Died On February 24th
Discover the most famous people who died on February 24. The list includes people like Don Knotts, Tommy Douglas, Robert Fulton, Henry Cavendish, Joshua Chamberlain. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, philosophers, journalists and novelists and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, France, United Kingdom & India and many more countries.
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Katherine Johnson(Mathematician and One of the First African-American Women to Work as a NASA Scientist)
Birthdate: August 26, 1918
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, United States
Died: 2020
2
Don Knotts(Actor and Comedian Known for His Role in TV Series: 'The Andy Griffith Show' and 'Three's Company')
Birthdate: July 21, 1924
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: 2006
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
3
Harold Ramis
(American actor)
Birthdate: November 21, 1944
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 2014
4
Dinah Shore(Singer and Actress Who was the Top Charting Female Vocalist of the 1940s)
Birthdate: February 29, 1916
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Winchester, Tennessee, United States
Died: 1994
5
Dennis Weaver(Actor and Former President of the Screen Actors Guild)
Birthdate: June 4, 1924
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Joplin, Missouri, United States
Died: 2006
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
Birthdate: June 2, 1937
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Long Beach, California, United States
Died: 2022
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Sridevi
(Indian Actress Cited as the 'First Female Superstar' of Indian Cinema)
Birthdate: August 13, 1963
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Sivakasi, Madras State, India
Died: 2018
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
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Tommy Douglas(Canadian Politician Who was Premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961)
Birthdate: October 20, 1904
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Camelon, Falkirk, Scotland
Died: 1986
Birthdate: June 22, 1947
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Pasadena, California, United States
Died: 2006
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Claude Shannon(Mathematician, Engineer & Cryptographer Known as a 'Father of Information Theory')
Birthdate: April 30, 1916
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Petoskey, Michigan, United States
Died: 2001
Birthdate: September 8, 1828
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Brewer
Died: 1914
Birthdate: November 14, 1765
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Little Britain, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Died: 1815
Birthdate: October 10, 1731
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Nice, France
Died: 1810
Birthdate: May 20, 1919
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died: 1991
Birthdate: March 16, 1906
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Whitechapel
Died: 1998
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Malcolm Forbes
(Businessperson)
Birthdate: August 19, 1919
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: 1990
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Bobby Moore
(Captain of the England Team that Won the 1966 FIFA World Cup)
Birthdate: April 12, 1941
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Barking, Essex, England
Died: 1993
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
Birthdate: January 10, 1927
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Dallas, Oregon, USA
Died: 1990
Birthdate: February 29, 1904
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Died: 1986
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Bhimsen Joshi(One of the Greatest Indian Vocalists in the Hindustani Classical Tradition)
Birthdate: February 4, 1922
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Gadag, Karnataka, India
Died: 2011
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Nikolai Bulganin(Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from 1955 to 1958)
Birthdate: June 11, 1895
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Died: 1975
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Alberto Sordi(Italian Comedian Known for Satirizing His Country's Social Mores in Pungent Black Comedies and Grim Drama)
Birthdate: June 15, 1920
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: 2003
Birthdate: July 28, 1934
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Billings, Montana, USA
Died: 2018
Birthdate: July 26, 1923
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 2012
Birthdate: April 16, 1969
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cedar Lake, Indiana
Died: 2010
Birthdate: May 19, 1906
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Tacoma, Washington, United States
Died: 2007
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
Birthdate: August 11, 1936
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States
Died: 1999
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Nikolai Lobachevsky
(Mathematician)
Birthdate: December 1, 1792
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Died: 1856
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Pierre Janet
(Psychologist)
Birthdate: May 30, 1859
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1947
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Hu Shih
(Diplomat, Professor, Journalist)
Birthdate: December 17, 1891
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Shanghai
Died: 1962
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Otto Goldschmidt
(Composer)
Birthdate: August 21, 1829
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
Died: 1907
Birthdate: November 1, 1923
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Montevideo
Died: 2014
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Sir Edmund Andros
(Colonial official)
Birthdate: December 6, 1637
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 1714
Birthdate: January 27, 1914
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Russian Empire
Died: 1996
35
Johann Weyer
(physician, writer)
Birthdate: February 24, 1515
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Grave, Netherlands
Died: 1588
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Dean Mahomed
(Traveller, surgeon, entrepreneur, and one of the most notable early non-European immigrants to the Western World)
Birthdate: 1759
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Patna, Bihar, India
Died: 1851
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Amanda Smith
(American Methodist Preacher and Former Slave Who Opened an Orphanage for African-American Girls)
Birthdate: January 23, 1837
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Long Green, Maryland, United States
Died: 1915
38
Mel Stewart
(Actor, Director)
Birthdate: September 19, 1929
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died: 2002
39
Bluma Zeigarnik
(Lithuanian-Soviet Psychologist and Psychiatrist)
Birthdate: November 9, 1901
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Prienai, Lithuania
Died: 1988
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Hjalmar Branting
(Former Prime Minister of Sweden Who Served for Three Terms Between 1920 and 1924)
Birthdate: November 23, 1860
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: 1925
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Emil August Fieldorf
(Military officer)
Birthdate: March 20, 1895
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kraków, Poland
Died: 1953
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Carlo Buonaparte
(Corsican Lawyer Best Known as the Father of 'Napoleon Bonaparte' and Grandfather of 'Napoleon III')
Birthdate: March 27, 1746
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Ajaccio, France
Died: 1785
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Richard de la Pole
(Noble)
Birthdate: 1480 AD
Birthplace: England
Died: 1525
Birthdate: January 13, 1951
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Chamalières, France
Died: 2003
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Aethelberht I
(King of Kent)
Birthdate: 0550 AD
Birthplace: Kingdom of Kent
Died: 0616
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Joseph Jenkins Roberts
(President)
Birthdate: March 15, 1809
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Died: 1876
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Larry Norman
(Singer-songwriter)
Birthdate: April 8, 1947
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
Died: 2008
48
Pearl Cornioley
(British wartime agent)
Birthdate: June 24, 1914
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 2008
49
Auguste Chouteau
(Politician)
Birthdate: September 7, 1749
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Died: 1829
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Edward W. Morley
(Scientist)
Birthdate: January 29, 1838
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, United States
Died: 1923
