24 August is the 236th day of the year (237th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. On this day was born in the year: 1198 – Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) 1669 – Alessandro Marcello, Italian composer (d. 1747) 1837 – Théodore Dubois, French composer and teacher (d. 1924) 1890 – Jean Rhys, Dominican author (d. 1979) 1897 – Fred Rose, American pianist, songwriter, and publisher (d. 1954) 1902 – Carlo Gambino, Italian-American mobster (d. 1976) 1905 – Arthur Crudup, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976) 1905 – Siaka Stevens, Sierra Leonean politician, 1st President of Sierra Leone (d. 1988) 1916 – Léo Ferré, French singer, composer, and poet (d. 1993) 1916 – Hal Smith, American actor (d. 1994) 1922 – René Lévesque, Canadian politician, 23rd Premier of Quebec (d. 1987) 1922 – Howard Zinn, American historian and activist (d. 2010) 1924 – Alyn Ainsworth, English singer and conductor (d. 1990) 1927 – Harry Markowitz, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate 1929 – Yasser Arafat, Palestinian engineer and politician (d. 2004) 1932 – Robert D. Hales, American religious leader, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles 1937 – Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, Nigerian politician (d. 1998) 1938 – David Freiberg, American singer and bass player (Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane, and Jefferson Starship) 1938 – Mason Williams, American guitarist and composer 1943 – John Cipollina, American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Dinosaurs, and Man) (d. 1989) 1944 – Gregory Jarvis, American astronaut (d. 1986) 1945 – Ronee Blakley, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress 1945 – Malcolm Duncan, Scottish saxophonist (Average White Band) 1945 – Ken Hensley, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Uriah Heep, The Gods, and Toe Fat) 1947 – Paulo Coelho, Brazilian author 1948 – Jean Michel Jarre, French pianist, composer, and producer 1948 – Kim Sung-Il, Korean pilot 1952 – John Cowan, American singer and bass player (New Grass Revival, The Sky Kings, and The Doobie Brothers) 1952 – Carlo Curley, American organist (d. 2012) 1952 – Linton Kwesi Johnson, Jamaican poet 1953 – Ron Holloway, American saxophonist 1954 – Philippe Cataldo, French singer and composer 1956 – Dick Lee, Singaporean singer-songwriter, composer, and playwright 1957 – Jeffrey Daniel, American singer-songwriter and dancer (Shalamar) 1963 – John Bush, American singer-songwriter (Anthrax and Armored Saint) 1964 – Salizhan Sharipov, Russian astronaut 1973 – Inge de Bruijn, Dutch swimmer 1973 – Grey DeLisle, American voice actress and singer 1973 – Carmine Giovinazzo, American actor and singer 1978 – Darren Robinson, American singer and guitarist (Phantom Planet) 1979 – Elva Hsiao, Taiwanese singer 1979 – Kaki King, American guitarist and composer 1981 – Jiro Wang, Taiwanese singer and actor (Fahrenheit and Dong Cheng Wei) 1982 – José Bosingwa, Portuguese footballer 1989 – Rocío Igarzábal, Argentine actress and singer (Teen Angels) 1990 – Juan Pedro Lanzani, Argentine actor and singer (Teen Angels) 1991 – Lucy Mecklenburgh, English actress, businesswoman and model 2003 – Alexandre Coste, French son of Albert II, Prince of Monaco Deaths
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