Who Was Alive

Famous people born on 24 January

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

Dan Shechtman and Neil Diamond were born on the very same day, 24 January 1941.

  1. Frederick the Great 1712King of Prussiadied aged 74
  2. Luis Suárez 1987Uruguayan footballerliving, 39
  3. Hadrian AD 76Roman emperordied aged 62
  4. Moon Jae-in 1953South Korean politician who served as President of South Korealiving, 73
  5. Joachim Gauck 1940German pastor and politicianliving, 86
  6. Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais 1732French playwright and diplomatdied aged 67
  7. E. T. A. Hoffmann 1776German writerdied aged 45 or 46
  8. Edith Wharton 1862American writerdied aged 75
  9. Ernest Borgnine 1917American actordied aged 95
  10. Michio Kaku 1947American theoretical physicist and futuristliving, 79
  11. Dan Shechtman 1941Israeli scientist and physicistliving, 85
  12. Sharon Tate 1943American actor and modeldied aged 26
  13. Nastassja Kinski 1961German actorliving, 65
  14. Christian Wolff 1679Prussian philosopherdied aged 75
  15. Gustav III 1746Monarch of Swedendied aged 46
  16. Neil Diamond 1941American recording artist and singer-songwriterliving, 85