On This Day — September 24
4101 noted people were born and 1764 died on September 24 in our archive, including Howard Florey, Adrian Bejan and Anatoly Mishnev.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on September 24
Howard Florey
1898 – 1968
Adrian Bejan
b. 1948
Anatoly Mishnev
b. 1957
Andrey Molchanov
b. 1971
André Frédéric Cournand
1895 – 1988
Ash Carter
1954 – 2022
Augusto de Vasconcelos
1867 – 1951
Barbara Beatrice Bertelsen
b. 1973
Don Brash
b. 1940
E. Franklin Frazier
1894 – 1962
Elena Ochoa
b. 1958
Eliane Karp
b. 1953
Friedrich Maassen
1823 – 1900
G. Wayne Clough
b. 1941
Geoffrey Burbidge
1925 – 2010
Georges Calzant
1897 – 1962
Georges Claude
1870 – 1960
Georges Jean Marie Darrieus
1888 – 1979
Germain Bazin
1901 – 1990
Ian Stewart
b. 1945
Ibrahim Assane Mayaki
b. 1951
Ivor Roberts
b. 1946
Joel Sussman
b. 1943
John R. Dunning
1907 – 1975
John Rutter
b. 1945
John Young
1930 – 2018
Juan Pablo Fusi
b. 1945
Lucio Rossi
b. 1955
Lyman Page
b. 1957
Lyudmila Shvetsova
1949 – 2014
Manfred Wörner
1934 – 1994
Marcelle Soares-Santos
b. 1983
Olav Gjærevoll
1916 – 1994
Pol Swings
1906 – 1983
Raffaele Farina
b. 1933
Raoul Bott
1923 – 2005
Ronald Noble
b. 1956
Ruhollah Khomeini
1902 – 1989
Samuel Williston
1861 – 1963
Shigetarō Shimada
1883 – 1976
Somerville Pinkney Tuck
1848 – 1923
Tadeusz Ważewski
1896 – 1972
Tony Juniper
b. 1960
Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow
1887 – 1952
Walter Simons
1861 – 1937
William Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill
1893 – 1965
William M. Jackson
b. 1936
Wolfgang Prinz
b. 1942
A. P. Herbert
1890 – 1971
Adolphe d'Archiac
1802 – 1868
Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
b. 1965
Albert Gerald Stern
1878 – 1966
Albrecht von Wallenstein
1583 – 1634
Aleksandr Vysokinsky
b. 1973
Alexander Bunge
1803 – 1890
Alexandr Rasnitsyn
b. 1936
Alfrēds Rubiks
b. 1935
Andrew Benson
1917 – 2015
Antoni Castells i Oliveres
b. 1950
Antonio Tabucchi
1943 – 2012
Artur Lemba
1885 – 1963
Augustus Voelcker
1822 – 1884
Beryl Beaurepaire
1923 – 2018
Brad Bird
b. 1957
Bruce Baillie
1931 – 2020
Camilo Mori
1896 – 1973
Cao Jianming
b. 1955
Cao Yu
1910 – 1996
Cardiss Collins
1931 – 2013
Charlotte Moore Sitterly
1898 – 1990
Christopher L. Eisgruber
b. 1961
Clemence B. Horrall
1895 – 1960
Clive Baillieu, 1st Baron Baillieu
1889 – 1967
Clive Loader
b. 1953
Curtis Blair
b. 1970
Daniel B. Allyn
b. 1959
Daniel Thew Wright
1864 – 1943
Daoiz Uriarte
b. 1956
Daryl Caudle
b. 1963
Douglas Kmiec
b. 1951
Edgardo Angara
1934 – 2018
Emilio Daddario
1918 – 2010
Endre Berner
1893 – 1983
Enn Kasak
b. 1954
Erica Wagner
b. 1967
Ernest de Sélincourt
1870 – 1943
Francesco d'Errico
b. 1957
Franklin Clarence Mars
1883 – 1934
Gad Landau
b. 1954
George Chan Hong Nam
b. 1936
Gerard Vasilyev
b. 1935
Germano Rigotto
b. 1949
Gerolamo Cardano
1501 – 1576
Gilberto Aceves Navarro
1931 – 2019
Gilles Lipovetsky
b. 1944
H. Bernhard Schlegel
b. 1951
Hanna Damasio
b. 1942
Harry Jenkins
1925 – 2004
Henry A. Barnum
1833 – 1892
Horace Walpole
1717 – 1797
Héctor Fix-Zamudio
1924 – 2021
Ida Rodríguez Prampolini
1925 – 2017
Igino Giordani
1894 – 1980
Igor Yasulovich
1941 – 2023
Ingrid Laubrock
b. 1970
Jade Picon
b. 2001
Jean-Louis Ezine
b. 1948
Jim Barnes
1908 – 1995
Johannes Käbin
1905 – 1999
John Kerr
1914 – 1991
John Loughhead
b. 1948
John Marshall
1755 – 1835
John Stone Stone
1869 – 1943
Johnny Munkhammar
1974 – 2012
Josh Balk
b. 1979
Juan Villoro
b. 1956
Karen Kwiatkowski
b. 1960
Kirsten Tackmann
b. 1960
Knut Schmidt-Nielsen
1915 – 2007
Lee Huan
1917 – 2010
Levon Pashalian
1868 – 1943
Li Yuan-tsu
1923 – 2017
Linda Deutsch
1943 – 2024
Margarida Balseiro Lopes
b. 1989
Mark Leno
b. 1951
Mary Jane Osborn
1927 – 2019
María Teresa Ruiz
b. 1946
Matthias Kollatz
b. 1957
Max Lercher
b. 1986
Mikhail Stepanovich Andreyev
1873 – 1948
Mimi Ajzenstadt
b. 1956
Mishuk Munier
1959 – 2011
Moti Kirschenbaum
1939 – 2015
Myint Htwe
1948 – 2026
Nduduzo Makhathini
b. 1982
Nicholas Minorsky
1885 – 1970
Nikolai Anderson
1845 – 1905
Nikolay Sabev
b. 1960
Oliver Wittke
b. 1966
Owen West
b. 1969
Paulo Raimundo
b. 1976
Peter Halley
b. 1953
Peter Rae
b. 1932
Piet Groeneboom
b. 1941
Pietro Pavesi
1844 – 1907
Piotr Skowron
b. 1985
Rafael Rodríguez Méndez
1845 – 1919
Renaud Denoix de Saint-Marc
b. 1938
Richard D. McCarthy
1927 – 1995
Robert Kelly
b. 1935
Roberto Marcelino Ortiz
1886 – 1942
Romanzo Bunn
1829 – 1909
Sari Sarkomaa
b. 1965
Severo Ochoa
1905 – 1993
Silvio Benigno Crespi
1868 – 1944
Spiridon Vikatos
1878 – 1960
Stephanie McMahon
b. 1976
Stewart Cheifet
1938 – 2025
Thomas Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of Culross
1892 – 1955
Thomas Lemke
b. 1963
Tik Chi-yuen
b. 1957
Uwe Reinhardt
1937 – 2017
Walter Wallmann
1932 – 2013
Werner Wolfgang Rogosinski
1894 – 1964
Werner Zorn
b. 1942
Wilhelm Hertz
1835 – 1902
William Bundy
1917 – 2000
William Dickson
1898 – 1987
William G. Pietersen
b. 1937
Yury Butusov
1961 – 2025
Yury Tolstoy
1927 – 2025
Zenjiro Kaneko
b. 1943
Abdul Aziz Ahmad
b. 1954
Adeline Marie Russell, Duchess of Bedford
1852 – 1920
Adélard Godbout
1892 – 1956
Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede
b. 1966
Alan Colmes
1950 – 2017
Alban Bagbin
b. 1957
Albert Houtum-Schindler
1846 – 1916
Alejandro Zambra
b. 1975
Aleksandr Bashirov
b. 1955
Alessandra Locatelli
b. 1976
Alexandra Botez
b. 1995
Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov
1737 – 1807
Alexis De Veaux
b. 1948
Alfonso Portillo
b. 1951
Alfred Cluysenaar
1837 – 1902
Allen J. Ellender
1890 – 1972
Ally McCoist
b. 1962
Almon Harris Thompson
1839 – 1906
Alvaro Pillado
b. 1986
Amy C. Smith
b. 1966
Ana Mato Adrover
b. 1959
Anders Arborelius
b. 1949
Andrew Cheung
b. 1961
Andrzej Panufnik
1914 – 1991
Anna Christmann
b. 1983
Anna Luísa Beserra
b. 1997
Anna McMorrin
b. 1971
Anna Zádor
1904 – 1995
… and 3,901 more
Died on September 24
Alfred Stillé
1813 – 1900
Barry Ramachandra Rao
1922 – 2005
Raja Ramanna
1925 – 2004
Adriaan Daniel Fokker
1887 – 1972
Amadou Mahtar M'Bow
1921 – 2024
Aziz Suryal Atiya
1898 – 1988
Bill Mollison
1928 – 2016
Bruno Pontecorvo
1913 – 1993
Frederick Hilgendorf
1874 – 1942
Gisèle Casadesus
1914 – 2017
Hans Geiger
1882 – 1945
Henry Hart Milman
1791 – 1868
Ida Noddack
1896 – 1978
Josué de Castro
1908 – 1973
Koizumi Matajirō
1865 – 1951
Louis Ratisbonne
1827 – 1900
Louis de Geer the Elder
1818 – 1896
Niels Ryberg Finsen
1860 – 1904
Paul Douglas
1892 – 1976
Paul Mikat
1924 – 2011
Paul Quilès
1942 – 2021
Pavel Alexandrovich Alexandrov
1866 – 1940
Robert D. Richtmyer
1910 – 2003
Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky
1919 – 2007
Émile Picot
1844 – 1918
Adolf Marschall von Bieberstein
1842 – 1912
Alexandre Lacassagne
1843 – 1924
Allan Marquand
1853 – 1924
Andrew C. McLaughlin
1861 – 1947
Bill Blaikie
1951 – 2022
Chandler Davis
1926 – 2022
Christopher Hogwood
1941 – 2014
Debabrata Chatterjee
1911 – 1960
Denis Blundell
1907 – 1984
Donald W. McGowan
1899 – 1967
Edmund Oscar von Lippmann
1857 – 1940
Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén
1758 – 1852
Frank S. Bowen
1905 – 1976
François Valentin
1909 – 1961
Françoise Sagan
1935 – 2004
Frederic Wake-Walker
1888 – 1945
Gennady Yanayev
1937 – 2010
George Marks, 1st Baron Marks
1858 – 1938
George Murray Humphry
1820 – 1896
Gottfried Feder
1883 – 1941
Harold Keith Johnson
1912 – 1983
Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge
1785 – 1856
Herbert Chermside
1850 – 1929
Horacio Rivero, Jr.
1910 – 2000
Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba
1878 – 1953
Jacques Cartier
1491 – 1557
James Spilker
1933 – 2019
Jan Jakob Maria de Groot
1854 – 1921
Janet E. Courtney
1865 – 1954
Joel Broyhill
1919 – 2006
John Merryweather
1932 – 2019
Lev Schnirelmann
1905 – 1938
Louis Euzet
1923 – 2013
Mahidol Adulyadej, Prince Father
1892 – 1929
Mahmud Aliyev
1908 – 1958
Manuel Estrada Cabrera
1859 – 1924
Manuel da Silva Martins
1927 – 2017
Marcus Pløen Ingstad
1837 – 1918
Mary Agnes Chase
1869 – 1963
Nicholas Christofilos
1916 – 1972
Paracelsus
1493 – 1541
Pat Galvin
1911 – 1980
Paul E. Kahle
1875 – 1964
Peter Sorokin
1931 – 2015
Pierre-William Glenn
1943 – 2024
Piet Zwart
1885 – 1977
Robustiano Patrón Costas
1878 – 1965
Roger H. Zion
1921 – 2019
Rogers McVaugh
1909 – 2009
Sagadat Nurmagambetov
1924 – 2013
Sulo Suorttanen
1921 – 2005
Tetsurō Tamba
1922 – 2006
Valentyn Serdiuk
1942 – 2021
Vladimir Kadyshevsky
1937 – 2014
Vladimir Medvedev
1948 – 2018
Walter Dill Scott
1869 – 1955
Walter Neumann
1946 – 2024
Warren William
1894 – 1948
William Henderson
1819 – 1905
William Russell
1838 – 1913
Aaron Burr Sr.
1716 – 1757
Abisag Tüllmann
1935 – 1996
Absalón Valencia Zavala
1877 – 1950
Achille Etna Michallon
1796 – 1822
Alan Moore
1914 – 2015
Albert Baird Hastings
1895 – 1987
Albert of Mainz
1490 – 1545
Alexandru Mavrodi
1881 – 1934
Alfred W. Chandler
1890 – 1978
Ali Këlcyra
1891 – 1963
Amin Tarokh
1953 – 2022
Anatoly Novikov
1896 – 1984
Andreas Londos
1784 – 1846
André Grétry
1741 – 1813
Angelo Ramazzotti
1800 – 1861
Anton Martin Slomšek
1800 – 1862
Antonio Gandin
1891 – 1943
Antonio Poma
1910 – 1985
Barbara A. Jones
Belva Davis
1932 – 2025
Brownie Wise
1913 – 1992
Béla Iványi-Grünwald
1867 – 1940
Carl B. Allendoerfer
1911 – 1974
Carl Wilhelmson
1866 – 1928
Charles Frederick Gale
1860 – 1928
Charles I. Murray
1896 – 1977
Charles J. Warner
1875 – 1955
Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême
1573 – 1650
Chic Brodie
1944 – 2022
Cora Roberton
1881 – 1962
Daniel Harvey Hill
1821 – 1889
David Mark
1947 – 2022
David Napley
1915 – 1994
David William Hutchison
1908 – 1982
Dawid Kahane
1903 – 1998
Dean C. Strother
1908 – 2000
Ded Gjo Luli
1840 – 1915
Donald L. Tucker
1935 – 2019
Douglas Imrie McKay
1883 – 1962
Dr. Seuss
1904 – 1991
Dwight Dickinson
1916 – 1997
Earl E. Stone
1895 – 1989
Earle Cabell
1906 – 1975
Edna Fischel Gellhorn
1878 – 1970
Edward Bingham
1881 – 1939
Edward Conze
1904 – 1979
Edwin W. Higgins
1874 – 1954
Elaine Hoffman-Watts
1932 – 2017
Elon R. Brown
1857 – 1922
Emma Howell Knight
1865 – 1928
Erhard Kroeger
1905 – 1987
Ernest M. Pollard
1869 – 1939
Ernie Shore
1891 – 1980
Ester Boserup
1910 – 1999
Ezequiel Hurtado
1825 – 1890
Forrest Church
1948 – 2009
Frank S. Farley
1901 – 1977
Freddie Fu
1950 – 2021
Frederik Krag
1655 – 1728
Félix Ayo
1933 – 2023
Gaston Pierre de Lévis
1699 – 1757
George Alfred Baitsell
1885 – 1971
George Edward Bradley
1906 – 1993
George Hardy
1925 – 2025
Gerald A. Cann
1931 – 2024
Gervais de La Rue
1751 – 1835
Ghazanfar Roknabadi
1966 – 2015
Gustav Wittfeld
1855 – 1923
Guy Maier
1891 – 1956
Harry Colebourn
1887 – 1947
Harry Foote Hodges
1860 – 1929
Hasso von Manteuffel
1897 – 1978
Heinrich Adolf von Bardeleben
1819 – 1895
Helena Kagan
1888 – 1978
Henry Marshall
1847 – 1938
Herbert Raphael
1859 – 1924
Hilde Holger
1905 – 2001
Howard Morrison
1935 – 2009
Hugh Gregg
1917 – 2003
Humphrey Jennings
1907 – 1950
Idabelle Yeiser
1897 – 1954
Israel T. Hatch
1808 – 1875
Ivar Holmquist
1879 – 1954
Jacqueline de Chambrun
1920 – 2013
Jai Pal Singh
1930 – 1997
James Alexander Hamilton
1788 – 1878
James Allred
1899 – 1959
James Crowden
1927 – 2016
James Frederick Joy
1810 – 1896
Jan Karol Chodkiewicz
1560 – 1621
Jan Willem Moll
1851 – 1933
Jean Catelas
1894 – 1941
Jeremiah F. Shanahan
1834 – 1886
Jirō Tamon
1878 – 1934
Johannes Heimbeck
1892 – 1976
John Allen Giles
1808 – 1884
John B. Steele
1814 – 1866
John C. Handy
1844 – 1891
John C. Watts
1902 – 1971
John Chichester
1598 – 1669
John Hamilton
1892 – 1973
John Joseph Myers
1941 – 2020
John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham
1756 – 1835
John Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock
1837 – 1912
John Wilson Campbell
1782 – 1833
Joseph M. McDade
1931 – 2017
José María Hurtado Ruiz-Tagle
1945 – 2018
Joyce Reynolds
1924 – 2019
Joyce Steele
1909 – 1991
Józef Szanajca
1902 – 1939
Jørgen Sonne
1801 – 1890
Jōkō Obama
1886 – 1948
Karl Miller
1931 – 2014
Keith Baxter
1933 – 2023
Keith Riglin
1957 – 2023
… and 1,564 more