Famous Births on 24 Apr1533 - William I of Orange (d. 1584)1581 - Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)1620 - John Graunt, English statistician and founder of the science of demography (d. 1674)1706 - Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian musician (d. 1780)1718 - Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (d. 1784)1743 - Edmund Cartwright, British inventor (d. 1823)1784 - Peter Vivian Daniel, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1860)1815 - Anthony Trollope, English novelist (d. 1882)1845 - Carl Spitteler, Nobel laureate (d. 1924)1856 - Henri Philippe Pétain, French soldier and statesman (d. 1951)1876 - Erich Raeder, German naval commander (d. 1960)1876 - Ioannis Georgiadis, Greek fencer (d. 1960)1878 - Jean Crotti, Swiss artist (d. 1958)1882 - Hugh Dowding, Scottish fighter pilot (d. 1970)1887 - Denys Finch Hatton, English big-game hunter (d. 1931)1889 - Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (d. 1924)1889 - Stafford Cripps, British politician (d. 1952)1896 - Benjamin Whorf, American linguist (d. 1941)1897 - Manuel Ãvila Camacho, President of Mexico (d. 1955)1899 - Oscar Zariski, Russian-born mathematician (d. 1986)1903 - José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange (d. 1936)1904 - Willem de Kooning, Dutch painter (d. 1997)1905 - Robert Penn Warren, American poet (d. 1989)1906 - William Joyce, Irish fascist (d. 1946)1907 - William Sargant, British psychiatrist (d. 1988)1908 - Marceline Day, American actor (d. 2000)1914 - William Castle, American film director and producer (d. 1977)1916 - Lou Thesz, American professional wrestler (d. 2002)1922 - J.D. Cannon, American actor (d. 2005)1924 - Ruth Kobart, American actor and singer (d. 2002)1924 - Sir Clement Freud, British writer, radio personality, and politician1926 - Thorbjörn Fälldin, Prime Minister of Sweden1929 - Dr.Rajkumar, Kannada actor1930 - Jerome Callet, American musician1930 - Richard Donner, American film director and producer1933 - Freddie Scott, American singer (d. 2007)1933 - Helmuth Lohner, Austrian actor1933 - Alan Eagleson, Canadian ice hockey agent and promoter1933 - Claire Davenport, British actress (d. 2002)1933 - Patricia Bosworth, American actor, journalist, writer and biographer1934 - Shirley MacLaine, American actor and author1936 - Jill Ireland, British actress (d. 1990)1937 - Joe Henderson, American jazz saxophonist (d. 2001)1940 - Sue Grafton, American author1941 - John Williams, Australian guitarist1942 - Barbra Streisand, American singer and actor1942 - Richard M. Daley, American politician1943 - Richard Sterban, American singer1945 - Doug Clifford, American drummer1945 - Robert Knight, American singer1945 - Doug Riley, Canadian musician (d. 2007)1945 - Dick Rivers, French singer and actor1947 - Roger D. Kornberg, American chemist, Nobel-prized1947 - Josep Borrell Fontelles, Former President of the European Parliament1947 - Claude Dubois, Quebec singer and songwriter1948 - Paul Cellucci, 69th Governor of Massachusetts and former United States Ambassador to Canada1949 - Véronique Sanson, French singer and songwriter1952 - Jean-Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer1953 - Eric Bogosian, American actor and writer1954 - Captain Sensible, British guitarist1954 - Mumia Abu-Jamal, American death-row inmate1955 - John de Mol, Dutch media businessman1957 - David J, British musician1957 - Boris Williams, British musician1958 - Valery Lantratov, Russian ballet dancer1958 - Brian Paddick, British former deputy assistant commissioner and most senior openlypolice officer1959 - Malcolm Oastler, Australian engineer1959 - Dave Ridgway, Canadian football player1960 - Paula Yates, British television presenter (d. 2000)1962 - Stuart Pearce, English footballer and manager1962 - Steve Roach, Australian rugby league footballer1963 - Paula Frazer, American singer/songwriter1963 - Billy Gould, American musician1963 - Mano Solo, French singer1963 - Tõnu Trubetsky, Estonian musician1964 - Djimon Hounsou, Beninese actor1964 - Cedric the Entertainer, American comedian and actor1965 - Son Chang Min, South Korean actor1966 - Pierre Brassard, Quebec humorist and actor1966 - Alessandro Costacurta, Italian footballer1967 - Omar Vizquel, Venezuelan baseball player1968 - Hashim Thaci, Kosovan politician1968 - Yuji Nagata, Japanese professional wrestler1968 - Todd Jones, American baseball player1968 - Stacy Haiduk, American actress1969 - Elias Atmatsidis, Greek footballer1969 - Melinda Clarke, American actress1969 - Viveca Paulin, Swedish actress1970 - Damien Fleming, Australian cricketer1971 - Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian guitarist and singer1972 - Jure KoÅ¡ir, Slovenian skier1972 - Chipper Jones, American baseball player1972 - Nicolas Gill, Canadian judoka1972 - Rab Douglas, Scottish footballer1973 - Eric Snow, American basketball player1973 - Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricketer1973 - Gabby Logan, British television presenter1974 - Dave Vitty, British radio personality1974 - Brian Marshall, American bassist1974 - Eric Kripke, American television writer, director and producer1974 - Derek Luke, American actor1974 - Kristie Krabe, American stage actress1974 - Joseph Bruce, American rapper1975 - Sam Doumit, American actress1976 - Steve Finnan, Irish footballer1977 - Carlos Beltran, Puerto Rican baseball player1977 - Siarhey Balakhonau, Belarusian writer1978 - Eric Balfour, American actor1978 - Kim Hyun-ju, Korean actress1978 - Stella Damasus Aboderin, Nigerian actress1980 - Fernando Arce, Mexican footballer1980 - Austin Nichols, American actor1981 - Taylor Dent, American tennis player1982 - Kelly Clarkson, American singer1983 - Princess Iman bint Al Hussein of Jordan1984 - Tyson Ritter, American musician1987 - Kristopher Letang, Canadian hockey player1987 - Jan Vertonghen, Belgian footballer1994 - Austin Rogers, American actor1998 - Ryan Newman, American actress