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Famous people born on May 24
Short answer
Well-known people born on May 24 include Bob Dylan (1941), Victoria (1819), Joseph Brodsky (1940) and Mikhail Sholokhov (1905). Our list below has 94 people for this date, most widely covered first.
This list covers people whose Wikidata record gives May 24 as their exact birth date and who have articles in at least 28 Wikipedia language editions. The earliest birth year here is 1619 (Philips Wouwerman) and the most recent is 2001 (Strahinja Pavlović). The most common fields on this date: football, actor, writer.
Who was born on May 24?
- Bob Dylan 1941 American singer-songwriter
- Victoria 1819 Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901
- Joseph Brodsky 1940 Russian-American poet, essayist, and Nobel laureate
- Mikhail Sholokhov 1905 Soviet writer
- Maia Sandu 1972 President of Moldova since 2020
- Jean-Paul Marat 1743 Politician and journalist during the French Revolution
- Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit 1686 German-Polish physicist and engineer
- Eric Cantona 1966 French footballer and actor
- Tansu Çiller 1946 Turkish politician, who has been the first female and 22nd prime minister of the country
- Ruslana Lyzhychko 1973 Ukrainian singer
- John C. Reilly 1965 American actor
- Priscilla Presley 1945 American actress and businesswoman
- Suzanne Lenglen 1899 French tennis player
- Jim Broadbent 1949 English actor
- Kristin Scott Thomas 1960 British-French actress
- Alfred Molina 1953 British actor
- Kazi Nazrul Islam 1899 National poet of Bangladesh
- Fraser Stoddart 1942 Scottish chemist and Nobel Laureate in 2016 for the design and synthesis of molecular…
- Rodrigo De Paul 1994 Argentine association football player
- Charles Lucien Bonaparte 1803 French noble, biologist, politician and art collector
- Inga Ruginienė 1981 Lithuanian politician (LSDP) and Prime Minister
- Jan Christiaan Smuts 1870 South African statesman and military leader
- Michael Chabon 1963 American novelist, short story writer, essayist
- Ne Win 1911 Military leader and head of state of Burma from 1962 to 1988
- Dimash Qudaibergen 1994 Kazakh singer
- Irena Szewińska 1946 Polish sprinter and sports official
- José Nasazzi 1901 Uruguayan footballer
- Déborah François 1987 Belgian actress
- William Whewell 1794 English philosopher and historian of science
- Abdulla Aripov 1961 4th Prime Minister of Uzbekistan
- Henri Michaux 1899 French painter, poet and writer
- Carlo Emanuele IV of Sardinia 1751 King of Sardinia
- Vladimír Šmicer 1973 Czech association football player
- Jill Johnson 1973 Swedish country and schlager singer
- Noah Okafor 2000 Swiss association football player
- Lillian Moller Gilbreth 1878 American psychologist and industrial engineer
- Roger Deakins 1949 British cinematographer
- Lilli Palmer 1914 German actress
- Erlend Loe 1969 Norwegian writer
- DaMarcus Beasley 1982 American soccer player
- Myint Swe 1951 Army officer and former Acting President of Myanmar
- Daisy Edgar-Jones 1998 British actress
- Michael Lonsdale 1931 French actor
- Strahinja Pavlović 2001 Serbian association football player
- Doug Jones 1960 American actor, contortionist and mime
- Patti LaBelle 1944 American singer and actress
- Arnold Wesker 1932 British dramatist
- Fabio Fognini 1987 Italian tennis player
- Norio Sasaki 1958 Japanese association football player and manager
- George Lakoff 1941 American linguist
- G-Eazy 1989 American rapper
- Emma McKeon 1994 Australian swimmer
- Jun Endo 2000 Japanese association football player
- Yannick Bolasie 1989 Konžský fotbalista (DRC)
- Mai Zetterling 1925 Swedish actress and film director
- Bryan Greenberg 1978 American actor and musician
- Jacob Rees-Mogg 1969 British politician
- Will Sasso 1975 Canadian actor and comedian
- Prince Louis of Battenberg 1854 Nobleman and naval officer
- Clark L. Hull 1884 American psychologist
- Adel Taarabt 1989 Moroccan footballer
- Jia Zhangke 1970 Chinese film director and screenwriter
- George Tabori 1914 Hungarian writer and theatre director
- William Trevor 1928 Irish writer
- Philips Wouwerman 1619 Painter from the Northern Netherlands
- Joe Dumars 1963 American basketball player and executive
- Helen B. Taussig 1898 Jewish-American cardiologist
- Tina Weirather 1989 Liechtensteiner alpine skier
- Driss Jettou 1945 Prime Minister of Morocco
- Adrian Frutiger 1928 Swiss typeface designer
- Tamarine Tanasugarn 1977 Thai tennis player
- William F. Albright 1891 American archaeologist, biblical scholar, philologist, and expert on ceramics
- Tommy Chong 1938 Canadian actor and comedian
- Hannu Mikkola 1942 Finnish rally driver, winner of the 1983 World Rally Championship for Drivers
- Sean Kelly 1956 Irish former professional road bicycle racer
- Maksim Surayev 1972 Russian cosmonaut and politician
- James Cosmo 1948 Scottish actor
- Svetlana Toma 1947 Soviet and Russian actress
- Jordi Gómez 1985 Spanish footballer
- Emanuel Leutze 1816 American artist
- Archie Shepp 1937 American jazz musician
- Prithvirajsing Roopun 1959 Former president of Mauritius since 2019 to December 2024
- Jean-Pierre Bacri 1951 French actor and screenwriter
- Jan Jönsson 1960 Swedish association football player and manager
- Cecilia Cheung 1980 Chinese actress and singer
- Marcus Bettinelli 1992 English association football player
- Custódio Castro 1983 Portuguese footballer
- Eric Close 1967 American actor
- Alma Zadić 1984 Austrian lawyer and politician
- Sun Chunlan 1950 Chinese politician
- Jaminton Campaz 2000 Colombian soccer player
- Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein 1995 Eldest child of Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein, and Duchess Sophie in Bavaria
- Víctor Bernárdez 1982 Honduran footballer
- Yoshiko Kawashima 1907 Japanese spy in China
Names link to each person's Wikidata entry, the source of the date. Data: Wikidata (CC0), refreshed October 30, 2026. People born on May 24 share the 24th of May as a birthday; check the Famous Birthdays Finder for any other date.