Anniversaries 24 May
Birth
![William Gilbert (astronomer) photo]()
English physician, physicist and natural philosopher
1544–1603
![Jean-Paul Marat photo]()
politician and journalist during the French Revolution
1743–1793
![William Whewell photo]()
English philosopher & historian of science
1794–1866
![Victoria of the United Kingdom photo]()
British monarch who reigned 1837–1901
1819–1901
![Benjamin N. Cardozo photo]()
United States federal judge
1870–1938
![Jan Smuts photo]()
military leader, politician and statesman from South Africa
1870–1950
![Harry Emerson Fosdick photo]()
American pastor
1878–1969
![William F. Albright photo]()
Orientalist, biblical scholar and archaeologist
1891–1971
![Henri Michaux photo]()
painter, poet, writer
1899–1984
![Arthur Llewellyn Basham photo]()
British historian and Indologist
1914–1986
![Kenneth R. Andrews photo]()
Business scholar
1916–2005
![Gilbert Morris photo]()
American writer
1929–2016
![Arnold Wesker photo]()
British dramatist
1932–2016
![Joan Micklin Silver photo]()
American film director
1935–2020
![Joseph Brodsky photo]()
Russian and American poet and Nobel Prize for Literature la…
1940–1996
![Bob Dylan photo]()
American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
1941
![Giuseppe Lazzarotto photo]()
Roman Catholic archbishop
1942
![Choi Jang-jip photo]()
South Korean political scientist
1943
![Patti LaBelle photo]()
American singer-songwriter and actress
1944
![Priscilla Presley photo]()
actress and businesswoman from the United States and former…
1945
![Sun Chunlan photo]()
Politburo member of the Communist Party of China
1950
![David Morrison photo]()
Australian army general
1956
![Teng Chia-chi photo]()
Taiwanese politician
1956
![Walter Moers photo]()
German comic creator and author
1957
![Guy Fletcher photo]()
English multi-instrumentalist; keyboardist in Dire Straits
1960
![Michael Chabon photo]()
Novelist, short story writer, essayist
1963
![Eric Cantona photo]()
French actor and association football player
1966
![Johannes Roberts photo]()
British film director
1976
![Paul Joseph Watson photo]()
English YouTuber, radio host, writer, editor, and conspirac…
1982
![Ben Croshaw photo]()
English video game journalist
1983
Death
![Nicolaus Copernicus photo]()
Renaissance mathematician, Polish astronomer, physician
1473–1543
![Jane Porter photo]()
Scottish historical novelist, dramatist and literary figure
1776–1850
![Samuel Palmer photo]()
British landscape painter, etcher and printmaker
1805–1881
![William Lloyd Garrison photo]()
American journalist
1805–1879
![William Brett, 1st Viscount Esher photo]()
British lawyer, judge and politician
1815–1899
![Henry Ossawa Tanner photo]()
American painter
1859–1937
![Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell photo]()
senior officer of the British Army
1883–1950
![John Foster Dulles photo]()
United States Secretary of State
1888–1959
![Hermione Gingold photo]()
English actress
1897–1987
![Duke Ellington photo]()
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
1899–1974
![Harold Wilson photo]()
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1916–1995
![Michel Crozier photo]()
French sociologist
1922–2013
![Beverly White photo]()
American politician
1928–2021
![Murray Gell-Mann photo]()
American physicist
1929–2019
![William Rathje photo]()
American archaeologist
1945–2012
![Mark Haines photo]()
American journalist and television show presenter
1946–2011
![TotalBiscuit photo]()
British game commentator
1984–2018
