Anniversaries 24 May

Birth

William Gilbert (astronomer)7

English physician, physicist and natural philosopher 1544–1603

Jean-Paul Marat10

politician and journalist during the French Revolution 1743–1793

William Whewell12

English philosopher & historian of science 1794–1866

Victoria of the United Kingdom11

British monarch who reigned 1837–1901 1819–1901

Arthur Wing Pinero3

British writer 1855–1934

Benjamin N. Cardozo52

United States federal judge 1870–1938

Jan Smuts30

military leader, politician and statesman from South Africa 1870–1950

Harry Emerson Fosdick40

American pastor 1878–1969

William F. Albright1

Orientalist, biblical scholar and archaeologist 1891–1971

Henri Michaux8

painter, poet, writer 1899–1984

Kazi Nazrul Islam2

Bengali poet 1899–1976

Arthur Llewellyn Basham2

British historian and Indologist 1914–1986

Kenneth R. Andrews12

Business scholar 1916–2005

William Trevor3

Irish writer 1928–2016

Gilbert Morris1

American writer 1929–2016

Arnold Wesker3

British dramatist 1932–2016

Joan Micklin Silver3

American film director 1935–2020

Jean-Pierre Willem1

French humanitarian 1938

Joseph Brodsky17

Russian and American poet and Nobel Prize for Literature la… 1940–1996

George Lakoff4

American linguist 1941

Bob Dylan523

American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist 1941

Giuseppe Lazzarotto1

Roman Catholic archbishop 1942

Choi Jang-jip1

South Korean political scientist 1943

Patti LaBelle1

American singer-songwriter and actress 1944

Stephen Chmilar1

1945

Priscilla Presley3

actress and businesswoman from the United States and former… 1945

Sun Chunlan1

Politburo member of the Communist Party of China 1950

David Morrison39

Australian army general 1956

Teng Chia-chi1

Taiwanese politician 1956

Walter Moers13

German comic creator and author 1957

Johan Neerman3

Belgian architect 1959

Guy Fletcher1

English multi-instrumentalist; keyboardist in Dire Straits 1960

Michael Chabon96

Novelist, short story writer, essayist 1963

John C. Reilly9

American actor 1965

Eric Cantona5

French actor and association football player 1966

Jacob Rees-Mogg5

British politician 1969

Layne Beachley1

Australian surfer 1972

Johannes Roberts1

British film director 1976

Paul Joseph Watson2

English YouTuber, radio host, writer, editor, and conspirac… 1982

Ben Croshaw116

English video game journalist 1983

Noa Tsurushima3

Japanese actress 2001

Death

Nicolaus Copernicus20

Renaissance mathematician, Polish astronomer, physician 1473–1543

Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury1

English Earl 1563–1612

Jane Porter1

Scottish historical novelist, dramatist and literary figure 1776–1850

Samuel Palmer8

British landscape painter, etcher and printmaker 1805–1881

William Lloyd Garrison33

American journalist 1805–1879

William Brett, 1st Viscount Esher16

British lawyer, judge and politician 1815–1899

Charles Henry Webb3

American poet 1834–1905

Henry Ossawa Tanner2

American painter 1859–1937

Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell7

senior officer of the British Army 1883–1950

John Foster Dulles3

United States Secretary of State 1888–1959

Hermione Gingold2

English actress 1897–1987

Duke Ellington14

American jazz musician, composer and band leader 1899–1974

Harold Wilson42

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1916–1995

Michel Crozier5

French sociologist 1922–2013

John Wain4

British writer 1925–1994

Beverly White4

American politician 1928–2021

Murray Gell-Mann10

American physicist 1929–2019

William Rathje1

American archaeologist 1945–2012

Mark Haines2

American journalist and television show presenter 1946–2011

Tanith Lee124

British writer 1947–2015

TotalBiscuit60

British game commentator 1984–2018