Who Was Alive

Famous people born on 24 August

13 of the people we track were born on 24 August, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

Sauli Niinistö and Jean-Michel Jarre were born on the very same day, 24 August 1948.

Rupert Grint and Maya Yoshida were born on the very same day, 24 August 1988.

  1. Jorge Luis Borges 1899Argentinian writer and translatordied aged 86
  2. Paulo Coelho 1947Brazilian lyricist and novelistliving, 79
  3. Sauli Niinistö 1948Finnish politician who served as President of Finlandliving, 78
  4. Rupert Grint 1988British actorliving, 38
  5. Fernand Braudel 1902French historiandied aged 83
  6. Jean-Michel Jarre 1948French composer who served as President of CISACliving, 78
  7. Marlee Matlin 1965American actorliving, 61
  8. Alan Walker 1997Norwegian producerliving, 29
  9. Stephen Fry 1957British comedian and actorliving, 69
  10. John Green 1977American author and novelistliving, 49
  11. Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy 1817Russian poet and novelistdied aged 58
  12. Maya Yoshida 1988Japanese footballerliving, 38
  13. William I of the Netherlands 1772King of the Netherlandsdied aged 71