The Famous Birthdays: Celebrity birthdays and famous people biographies

Famous people who died on February 24th

Sridevi

Sridevi (1963 - 2018)

Indian actress
Katherine Johnson

Katherine Johnson (1918 - 2020)

American mathematician
Don Knotts

Don Knotts (1924 - 2006)

American actor
Bobby Moore

Bobby Moore (1941 - 1993)

English footballer
Clive Cussler

Clive Cussler (1931 - 2020)

American novelist
Dinah Shore

Dinah Shore (1916 - 1994)

American singer and actress
Harold Ramis

Harold Ramis (1944 - 2014)

American actor and director
Claude Shannon

Claude Shannon (1916 - 2001)

American engineer and mathematician
Joshua Chamberlain

Joshua Chamberlain (1828 - 1914)

American soldier and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine
Tommy Douglas

Tommy Douglas (1904 - 1986)

Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan
Johnnie Ray

Johnnie Ray (1927 - 1990)

American singer-songwriter and pianist
Gerd von Rundstedt

Gerd von Rundstedt (1875 - 1953)

German field marshal
Henry Cavendish

Henry Cavendish (1731 - 1810)

French-English scientist and philosopher
Henny Youngman

Henny Youngman (1906 - 1998)

American comedian
Malcolm Forbes

Malcolm Forbes (1919 - 1990)

American publisher
George Gobel

George Gobel (1919 - 1991)

Singer/Actor/Comedian
Anton Drexler

Anton Drexler (1884 - 1942)

German political figure
Alberto Sordi

Alberto Sordi (1920 - 2003)

Italian actor and director
Sandro Pertini

Sandro Pertini (1896 - 1990)

Italian politician, 7th President of Italy
Robert Fulton

Robert Fulton (1765 - 1815)

American engineer and inventor, invented the steamboat
Mario Bunge

Mario Bunge (1919 - 2020)

Argentine philosopher and physicist
Maurizio Costanzo

Maurizio Costanzo (1938 - 2023)

Italian journalist
Alma Woodsey Thomas

Alma Woodsey Thomas (1891 - 1978)

Expressionist painter and art educator
Walter Mirisch

Walter Mirisch (1921 - 2023)

American filmmaker
Jack Glasscock

Jack Glasscock (1857 - 1947)

American baseball player
Thomas Gann

Thomas Gann (1867 - 1938)

Irish archeologist and doctor