Famous people born on 24 March

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

1. RORafael Orozco Maestre 1954Colombian singerdied aged 38
2. Dario Fo 1926Italian actor and playwrightdied aged 90
3. Harry Houdini 1874Hungarian-born illusionist and stunt performerdied aged 52
4. Nathalia Dill 1986Brazilian actorliving, 40
5. Steve McQueen 1930American actordied aged 50
6. PDPeter Debye 1884Dutch physicist and chemistdied aged 82
7. Jessica Chastain 1977American actor and producerliving, 49
8. William Morris 1834Designer and artistdied aged 62
9. Steve Ballmer 1956American entrepreneurliving, 70
10. Jim Parsons 1973American actorliving, 53
11. Adolf Butenandt 1903German biochemistdied aged 91
12. Wilhelm Reich 1897Austrian psychiatrist and psychoanalystdied aged 60
13. Alyson Hannigan 1974American actorliving, 52
14. Vasily Smyslov 1921Soviet Grandmasterdied aged 89
15. Georgius Agricola 1494German physician and mineralogistdied aged 61
16. John Kendrew 1917British biochemist and crystallographerdied aged 80
17. The Undertaker 1965American professional wrestlerliving, 61
18. Yanis Varoufakis 1961Greek economist and politicianliving, 65
19. Ilir Meta 1969Albanian politician who served as President of Albanialiving, 57
20. Luigi Einaudi 1874Politician who served as President of Italydied aged 87