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Famous People Born in 1924
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
Anderson, Brad
(
May 14
)
The creator of the comic
Marmaduke
Atkins, Chet
(
June 20
)
Creator of the "Nashville Sound"
Bacall, Lauren
(
September 16
)
Bogart's co-star in To Have and Have Not
Baldwin, James
(
August 2
)
Author of
Go Tell It On The Mountain
Brando, Marlon
(
April 3
)
Don Corleone in
The Godfather
Bush, George Herbert Walker
(
June 12
)
President of the United States, 1989-93
Capote, Truman
(
September 30
)
Author of
In Cold Blood
and
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Carter, Jimmy
(
October 1
)
The 39th President of the U.S., 1977-81
Chick, Jack T.
(
April 13
)
Creator of those little Christian comic books
Chisholm, Shirley
(
November 30
)
The first African-American woman to run for U.S. president
Coffin, William Sloane
(
June 1
)
The Yale chaplain who opposed the U.S. war in Vietnam
Donen, Stanley
(
April 13
)
The director of the movie 'Singin' in the Rain'
Fleming, Art
(
May 1
)
The of TV's
Jeopardy!
Haig, Alexander
(
December 2
)
Four-star general and U.S. Secretary of State, 1981-82
Hill, Benny
(
January 21
)
Cheeky British comedian
King Abdullah
King of Saudi Arabia, 2005-
Knotts, Don
(
July 21
)
Deputy Barney Fife on TV's
The Andy Griffith Show
Marvin, Lee
(
February 19
)
Rugged star of
The Dirty Dozen
Mugabe, Robert
(
February 21
)
The leader of Zimbabwe from 1980-2017
Murphy, Audie
(
June 20
)
The most-decorated American soldier of World War II
Phyllis McAlpin Stewart
(
August 15
)
The Republican woman who helped defeat the ERA in the 1970s
Pooh, Winnie the
Honey-loving stuffed bear of
The House at Pooh Corner
Rehnquist, William
(
October 1
)
16th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Roach, Max
(
January 10
)
Bebop drummer and bandleader with Clifford Brown
Saint, Eva Marie
(
July 4
)
Marlon Brando's co-star in
On the Waterfront
Serling, Rod
(
December 25
)
The creator and host of
The Twilight Zone
Short, Elizabeth
(
July 29
)
The "Black Dahlia" murder victim
Slayton, Donald K. "Deke"
(
March 1
)
The 'Original Seven' astronaut who later flew Apollo-Soyuz
Somers, Brett
(
July 11
)
Witty panelist on TV's
The Match Game
Tippit, J.D.
(
September 18
)
The Dallas policeman shot by Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963
Tyson, Cicely
(
December 19
)
The star of 'The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman'
Uris, Leon
(
August 3
)
The author of
Exodus
1923
1925
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