Famous people born on 24 February

• Steve JobsAmerican entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. · 1955–2011
  56 yrs
• Enrico CarusoItalian opera singer · 1873–1921
  48 yrs
• Chester W. NimitzUnited States Navy fleet admiral · 1885–1966
  80 yrs
• Bettino Craxi ↗Italian politician · 1934–2000
  65 yrs
• Bingu wa Mutharika ↗Malawi politician and economist · 1934–2012
  78 yrs
• Wilhelm Grimm ↗German author, philologist, collector of fairy tales and legends · 1786–1859
  73 yrs
• Denis Law ↗Scottish footballer · 1940–2025
  84 yrs
• Michel Legrand ↗French film score composer · 1932–2019
  86 yrs
• Emil Lenz ↗Baltic German physicist · 1804–1865
  60 yrs
• Charles Le Brun ↗17th-century French painter and art theorist · 1619–1690
  70 yrs
• Jayaram Jayalalithaa ↗Indian Actress, Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu · 1948–2016
  68 yrs
• Leo von Caprivi ↗German Chancellor and Prussian General of the Infantry and Prime Minister · 1831–1899
  67 yrs
• Emmanuelle Riva ↗French actress · 1927–2017
  89 yrs
• Renata Scotto ↗Italian soprano, opera director · 1934–2023
  89 yrs
• Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz ↗Polish artist, dramatist and novelist · 1885–1939
  54 yrs
• Arrigo Boito ↗Italian poet and opera composer and librettist of Verdi's opera ''Otello'' · 1842–1918
  76 yrs
• Fyodor Ushakov ↗Russian Saint and Admiral · 1745–1817
  72 yrs
• Irène Némirovsky ↗French novelist · 1903–1942
  39 yrs
• Mitch Hedberg ↗American stand-up comedian · 1968–2005
  37 yrs
• Abe Vigoda ↗American actor · 1921–2016
  94 yrs
• Winslow Homer ↗American landscape painter · 1836–1910
  74 yrs
• Phutthaloetla Naphalai ↗King of Siam · 1768–1824
  56 yrs
• Joe Lieberman ↗American politician · 1942–2024
  82 yrs
• Zdzisław Beksiński ↗Polish artist · 1929–2005
  75 yrs
• Piero the Unfortunate ↗Italian noble · 1472–1504
  31 yrs
• Luis Galván ↗Argentine footballer · 1948–2025
  77 yrs
• Teófilo Braga ↗Portuguese politician · 1843–1924
  80 yrs
• Vladimir Bartol ↗Slovenian writer · 1903–1967
  64 yrs
• Coluccio Salutati ↗Italian humanist · 1332–1406
  74 yrs
• Johan Christian Dahl ↗Norwegian painter · 1788–1857
  69 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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