Arafat, Yasser (1929)
Head of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, 1969-2004
Famous People Born on August 24
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Baker, Kenny (1934)
The actor who plays R2-D2 in Star Wars -
Borges, Jorge Luis (1899)
Author of the short story collection Ficciones -
Brott, Armin (1958)
The author of the parenting book The Expectant Father -
Chappelle, Dave (1973)
The star of Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show -
DuVernay, Ava (1971)
The director of the movie Selma -
Green, John (1977)
The author of The Fault in Our Stars -
Grint, Rupert (1988)
Redheaded Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films -
Hijuelos, Oscar (1951)
The author of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love -
Huckabee, Mike (1955)
Governor of Arkansas, 1996-2007 -
Murray, Chad Michael (1981)
Basketball hero Lucas Scott in TV's One Tree Hill -
Peavy, Pauline (1901)
The painter who channeled the spirit "Lacamo" -
Ripken, Cal (1960)
The long-playing "Iron Man" of baseball's Baltimore Orioles -
Rocket, Charles (1949)
One-time Saturday Night Live actor who killed himself