Notable Birthdays for Oct. 24
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Those born on this date include:
- Pioneering Dutch microscope maker Anton Van Leeuwenhoek in 1632
- Journalist Sarah Josepha Hale, author of Mary Had a Little Lamb, in 1788
- Attorney Belva Lockwood, the first woman candidate for U.S. president, nominated by the National Equal Rights Party, in 1830
- Film producer-director Merian Cooper (the original King Kong) in 1893
- Former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman in 1936 (age 74)
- Former NAACP president Kweisi Mfume in 1948 (age 62)
- Actor David Nelson in 1936 (age 74)
- Actor F. Murray Abraham in 1939 (age 71)
- Actor Kevin Kline in 1947 (age 63)
- Singer Monica (Arnold) in 1980 (age 30)
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