Notable Birthdays for February 24
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this date include:
- Wilhelm Grimm, historian and, with his brother Jacob, compiler of Grimm's Fairy Tales, in 1786
- painter Winslow Homer in 1836
- Irish author George Moore in 1852
- baseball Hall of Fame member Honus Wagner in 1874
- Adm. Chester Nimitz, World War II commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific, in 1885
- actor Marjorie Main in 1890
- actor Abe Vigoda in 1921
- composer Michel Legrand in 1932 (age 85)
- co-founder of Nike, Phil Knight in 1938 (age 79)
- actor James Farentino in 1938
- former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, Ind-Conn., in 1942 (age 75)
- actor Barry Bostwick in 1945 (age 72), actor Edward James Olmos in 1947 (age 70)
- musician George Thorogood in 1950 (age 67)
- actor Helen Shaver in 1951 (age 66)
- Steve Jobs, founder of the Apple computer company, in 1955
- race car driver Alain Prost in 1955 (age 62)
- baseball Hall of Fame member Eddie Murray in 1956 (age 61)
- TV personality Paula Zahn in 1956 (age 61)
- actor Billy Zane in 1966 (age 51)
- the Kienast quintuplets of Liberty Corner, N.J., in 1970 (age 47)
- boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 1977 (age 40)
- tennis player Lleyton Hewitt in 1981 (age 36).
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