Famous people born on 24 May

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

1. Bob Dylan 1941American singer and songwriterliving, 85
2. Queen Victoria 1819Emperor of Indiadied aged 81
3. Joseph Brodsky 1940Russian poetdied aged 55
4. George III 1738King of Hanoverdied aged 81
5. Maia Sandu 1972Politician who served as President of Moldovaliving, 54
6. Jean-Paul Marat 1743French politician and journalistdied aged 50
7. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit 1686German physicistdied aged 50
8. Aram Khachaturian 1903Soviet composerdied aged 74
9. Tansu Çiller 1946Turkish politician who served as Prime Minister of Turkeyliving, 80
10. Eric Cantona 1966French footballer and actorliving, 60
11. Ruslana 1973Singerliving, 53
12. William Gilbert 1544English philosopher who served as President of the Royal College of Physiciansdied aged 59
13. John C. Reilly 1965American actorliving, 61
14. Germanicus 15 BCRoman writerdied aged 33