Famous people born on 24 June

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

1. Lionel Messi 1987Footballerliving, 39
2. Marc Chagall 1887Belarusian artistdied aged 97
3. Ambrose Bierce 1842American journalist and writer
4. Claudia Sheinbaum 1962Mexican politician who served as President of Mexicoliving, 64
5. Victor Hess 1883Austrian physicistdied aged 81
6. John of the Cross 1542Spanish mysticdied aged 49
7. Juan Manuel Fangio 1911Argentinian driverdied aged 84
8. Julia Kristeva 1941Bulgarian philosopher and psychoanalystliving, 85
9. MLMartin Lewis Perl 1927American physicistdied aged 87
10. Mustafa I 1591Sultan of the Ottoman Empiredied aged 47
11. ESErnesto Sabato 1911Argentinian writer and painterdied aged 99
12. Fred Hoyle 1915British astronomerdied aged 86
13. David Alaba 1992Austrian footballerliving, 34
14. Jan Matejko 1838Polish painterdied aged 55
15. Jeff Beck 1944British guitaristdied aged 78