March 24: Today's Notable Birthdays

Is March 24th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on March 24th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

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March 24th was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

March 24th Birthdays: Famous Artists

American animator and cartoon artist Joseph Barbera (Hanna-Barbera) was born on March 24, 1911. With William Hannah, Joseph Barbera created many popular cartoon figures, including The Flintstones, Huckleberry Hound, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, The Smurfs, Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear and others.

Marcos Antonio da Fonseca, Portuguese operatic composer (Portogallo), was born on March 24, 1762.

American screenwriter, film director and Academy Award winner (1997) Curtis Lee Hanson was born on March 24, 1945. Curtis Hanson directed 8 Mile, Bad Influence, The Bedroom Window, The Children of Times Square, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, In Her Shoes, L.A. Confidential, Losin' It, Lucky You, The River Wild, Sweet Kill and Wonder Boys.

American landscape photographer Edward Weston was born on March 24, 1886. Two of Edward Weston's sons, Brett Weston and Cole Weston, were also photographers.

March 24th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Dominican professional baseball player Jesus Maria Rojas Alou (Houston Astros, New York Mets, Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants) was born on March 24, 1942. Jesus Alou's brothers are professional baseball players Felipe Alou and Matty Alou.

Philippe Boucher, American professional hockey player (Los Angeles Kings) and Olympic gold medalist (1998), was born on March 24, 1973.

American professional golfer Pat Bradley was born on March 24, 1951.

Charlie Daniels, American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist (1904 and 1980), was born on March 24, 1885. Olympian Charlie Daniels was not related to the popular country musician Charlie Daniels.

American professional football player Peyton Manning (Indianapolis Colts) was born on March 24, 1976. Son of professional football player Archie Manning, Peyton Manning is the brother of professional football player Eli Manning (New York Giants).

Thelma Kalama, American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist (1948), was born on March 24, 1931.

David Moravec, Czechoslovakian hockey player and Olympic gold medalist (1998), was born on March 24, 1973.

American professional baseball player John Robert (Bob) Tillman (Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees) was born on March 24, 1937.

Earl Williams American professional basketball player (Boston Celtics), was born on March 24, 1951.

March 24th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

American poetess and hymnist Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby was born on March 24, 1820. Blind since her early childhood, Fanny Crosby penned many of the most popular Protestant hymns in Christendom, including "All the Way My Savior Leads Me," "Blessed Assurance," "The Bright Forever," "Close to Thee," "Draw Me Nearer," "I Am Thine O Lord," "Jesus Is Tenderly Calling You Home," "My Savior First of All," "Near the Cross," "Pass Me Not O Gentle Saviour," "Praise Him Praise Him," "Redeemed How I Love to Proclaim It," "Rescue the Perishing," "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," "Saviour More Than Life to Me," "Tell Me the Story of Jesus" and ""To God Be the Glory."

Emile Fabre, French playwright and theater administrator (La Comedie Francaise), was born on March 24, 1869.

American poet and author Lawrence Ferlinghetti (A Coney Island of the Mind) was born on March 24, 1919.

Dario Fo, Italian playwright (Abducting Diana, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Archangels Don't Play Pinball, Fedayin, The First Miracle of the Infant Jesus, Isabella Three Tall Ships and a Con Man, The Tale of a Tiger, The Tricks of the Trade, Trumpets and Raspberries and The Virtuous Burglar) and Nobel Prize winner (1997), was born on March 24, 1926. Dario Fo married actress Franca Rame.

William Morris, British graphic designer, poet and author (The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems, The Dream of John Ball, The Earthly Paradise, The Life and Death of Jason and News from Nowhere), was born on March 24, 1834.

March 20th Birthdays: Famous Business Leaders

Tommy Hilfiger, American fashion designer (Tommy Hilfiger), was born on March 24, 1951.

American fashion designer Bob Mackie was born on March 24, 1940. Bob Mackie has designed costumes and clothing for Carol Burnette, Diahann Carroll, Carol Channing, Cher, Madonna, RuPaul, Barbra Streisand and other celebrities.

Andrew William Mellon, American diplomat, industrialist and banker (Mellon Bank), was born on March 24, 1855. Andrew Mellon served as 49^th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (under 29^th U.S. President Warren G. Harding).

March 24th Birthdays: Famous Performers

Louie Anderson, American comedian and television personality (Family Feud), was born on March 24, 1953. Louie Anderson created the cartoon show Life with Louie.

American singer and songwriter (Dave Appell and the Applejacks) was born on March 24, 1922.

Roscoe Conkling (Fatty) Arbuckle, American silent movie actor (Keystone Comedies with Charlie Chaplin, The Lizzies of Mack Sennett and Mabel and Fatty), was born on March 24, 1887. Fatty Arbuckle is perhaps best remembered for appearing in the Keystone Kops movies.

American dancer and actor Eugene Leander (Gene Nelson) Berg (The Atomic Man, Lullaby of Broadway, Oklahoma, Tea for Two and The West Point Story) was born on March 24, 1920.

Mason Durrell Betha, American rap artist and inspirational speaker, was born on March 24, 1977. Mason Betha is known popularly as Mase.

American actress Lara Flynn Boyle (The Dead Poets Society, Poltergeist 3, The Practice, Red Rock West, Threesome, Twin Peaks and Wayne's World) was born on March 24, 1970.

Smylla (Vanessa Brown) Brynd, Austrian actress (The Bad and the Beautiful, The Fighter, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The Heiress, The Late George Apley, My Favorite Husband, The Seven Year Itch, Tarzan and the Slave Girl, Three Husbands, The Witch Who Came from the Sea, The Wonder Years and Youth Runs Wild) and radio personality (Our Kids and Quiz Kids), was born on March 24, 1928. Vanessa Brown married television director Mark Sandrich, Jr.

American alternative rock drummer Chad Butler (Switchfoot) was born on March 24, 1974.

Robert Carradine, American actor (Body Bags, Coming Home, The Cowboys, Double-Crossed, The Long Riders, Massacre at Central High, The Revenge of the Nerds and Wavelength), was born on March 24, 1954. Son of actor John Carradine, Robert Carradine is brother to actors David Carradine and Keith Carradine.

New Zealand actress Keisha Castle-Hughes (The Nativity Story, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Whale Rider) was born on March 24, 1990.

Algeria Junius (June) Clark, American jazz cornetist and trumpeter, was born on March 24, 1900. June Clark played with George Baquet, Vance Dixon, Jimmy Harrison, James P. Johnson, Jimmy Reynolds, Charlie Skeete, Willie Smith, Josephine Stevens, Ferman Tapp, Fess Williams and other jazz artists. June Clark also worked as a boxing promoter for Sugar Ray Robinson.

American actor Nicholas Peter Richard Conte (Four Just Men, The Godfather, Hotel, I'll Cry Tomorrow, They Came to Cordura, Tony Rome and A Walk in the Sun) was born on March 24, 1914.

Sharon Corr, Irish pop and rock pianist, violinist and singer (The Corrs), was born on March 24, 1970. Sharon Corr's sister is pop and rock singer Caroline Corr.

American actor Norman Fell (The End, The Graduate, Pork Chop Hill and Three's Company) was born on March 24, 1924.

Alyson Hannigan, American actress (American Pie, Buffy the Vampire Slayerand How I Met Your Mother), was born on March 24, 1974.

Danish rock harmonica player Oskar Levetin (Lee Oskar) Hansen (War) was born on March 24, 1946.

Starlet Marie (Star) Jones, American attorney and television personality, was born on March 24, 1962. Star Jones has appeared on Inside Edition, Jones & Jury, NBC Nightly News, Today and The View.

Kelly LeBrock, American actress (Hard to Kill, Weird Science and Woman in Red), was born on March 24, 1960. Kelly LeBrock married actor Steven Seagal.

British punk rock and new wave singer and songwriter Nick Lowe (Brinsley Schwarz and Kippington Lodge) was born on March 24, 1949. Nick Lowe has written several songs for Elvis Costello and other artists.

Steve McQueen, American actor (Bullitt, The Great Escape, Hell Is for Heroes, The Hunter, Le Mans, Love with the Proper Stranger, The Magnificent Seven, Papillon, The Sand Pebbles, The Towering Inferno and Wanted - Dead or Alive), was born on March 24, 1930. Steve McQueen married actress Ali McGraw.

American actress Donna Pescow (Angie, Glory Years, Out of this World, Policewoman Centerfold, Rainbow and Saturday Night Fever) was born on March 24, 1954.

Sarah Ross, Christian pop and rock singer (Everlife), was born on March 24, 19--. Sarah Ross' sisters are Christian pop and rock singers Amber Ross and Julia Ross.

American actress Annabella Sciorra (Cop Land, Jungle Fever, The Sopranos and True Love) was born on March 24, 1964.

William Smith, American actor (Angels Die Hard, East L.A. Warriors, Emperor of the Bronx, Eye of the Tiger, L.A. Vice, Maniac Cop and Platoon Leader), was born on March 24, 1933.

American R&B artist Rodney (Kool Kollie) Terry (The Ghosttown DJs) was born on March 24, 1962.

Dougie Thomson, Scottish rock bassist (Supertramp), was born on March 24, 1951.

Hungarian-American illusionist and escape artist Erich (Harry Houdini) Weiss was born on March 24, 1874. Harry Houdini, who renamed himself after Robert-Houdin, a legendary French magician wrote A Magician Among the Spirits, Miracle Mongers and Their Methods and The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin.

American pianist and orchestral conductor Byron Janis Yanks was born on March 24, 1928. Popularly known as Yankees, Byron Janis Yanks conducted the NBC Symphony Orchestra.

Brandon Yoder, American alternative rock musician (Mourning September), was born on March 24, 19--.

March 24th Birthdays: Famous Scientists

German physician, metallurgical pioneer, mineralogist and author (De re Metallica) Georgius Agricola was born on March 24, 1494. Georgius Agricola has been called The Father of Mineralogy.

Adolph Butenandt, German bio-chemist and Nobel Prize winner (1939), was born on March 24, 1903.

Peter Debye, Dutch physicist, chemist and Nobel Prize winner (1936), was born on March 24, 1884.

American explorer, ethnologist and geologist John Wesley Powell was born on March 24, 1834. John Wesley Powell wrote Canyons of the Colorado and Explorations of the Colorado River of the West.

Wilhelm Reich, Austrian-American psychologist and psychoanalyst, was born on March 24, 1897.

March 24th Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders

Thomas Edmund Dewey, American attorney, author (Journey to the Far Pacific and Thomas E. Dewey on the Two Party System) and New York Governor, was born on March 24, 1902. Thomas Edmund Dewey ran for the U.S. Presidency in 1944, gaining the Republican nomination, but losing the election to 32^nd U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Italian President Luigi Einaudi was born on March 24, 1874.

Erskine Sandiford, Premier of Barbados, was born on March 24, 1937.

Do you know any others who are celebrating birthdays on March 24th?

If you know additional notable people (including yourself) who may be celebrating a birthday on March 24th, please indicate so in a comment below. Thank you!

Happy Birthday, March 24th.

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