Adrian Frutiger

Swiss typeface designer (1928-2015).

Born May 24th, 1928 in Unterseen.

Died September 10th, 2015 at 87 years old in Bremgarten bei Bern. ^[ref]

Thorbjørn Harr

Norwegian actor.

Born May 24th, 1974 (age 51 years) in Oslo. ^[ref]

Jordi Gómez

Spanish footballer.

Born May 24th, 1985 (age 40 years) in Barcelona.

Déborah François

Belgian actress.

Born May 24th, 1987 (age 38 years) in Rocourt.

Prithvirajsing Roopun

Former president of mauritius since 2019 to december 2024.

Born May 24th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Quatre Bornes.

Alessandro Cortini

Italian musician.

Born May 24th, 1976 (age 49 years) in Bologna.

Archie Shepp

American jazz musician.

Born May 24th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Fort Lauderdale.

Seijun Suzuki

Japanese film director (1923–2017).

Born May 24th, 1923 in Nihonbashi-ku.

Died February 13th, 2017 at 93 years old in Tokyo (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). ^[ref]

Ilya Ilin

Weightlifter.

Born May 24th, 1988 (age 37 years) in Kyzylorda.

Terry Callier

American jazz, soul and folk guitarist and singer-songwriter (1945-2012).

Born May 24th, 1945 in Chicago.

Died October 28th, 2012 at 67 years old in Chicago (cancer).

Yahtzee Croshaw

British video game journalist and author (born 1983).

Born May 24th, 1983 (age 42 years) in Rugby.

William Trevor

Irish writer (1928–2016).

Born May 24th, 1928 in Mitchelstown. ^[ref]

Died November 20th, 2016 at 88 years old in Somerset. ^[ref]

Kris Draper

Canadian ice hockey player.

Born May 24th, 1971 (age 54 years) in Toronto.

Carmine Infantino

American comic book artist (1925-2013).

Born May 24th, 1925 in Brooklyn.

Died April 4th, 2013 at 87 years old in Manhattan.

Willis Bouchey

American actor (1907-1977).

Born May 24th, 1907 in Vernon.

Died September 27th, 1977 at 70 years old in Burbank.

Steven Shane McDonald

American musician.

Born May 24th, 1967 (age 58 years) in Hawthorne. ^[ref]

Guy Nattiv

Israeli screenwriter, director, producer, and voice actor.

Born May 24th, 1973 (age 52 years) in Ra'anana.

Fraser Stoddart

Scottish chemist and nobel laureate in 2016 for the design and synthesis of molecular machines.

Born May 24th, 1942 in Edinburgh.

Died December 30th, 2024 at 82 years old in Melbourne. ^[ref]

Magnus Manske

German biochemist and mediawiki developer.

Born May 24th, 1974 (age 51 years) in Cologne. ^[ref]

Jesualdo Ferreira

Portuguese football manager (born 1946).

Born May 24th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Mirandela.

Rodrigo Bueno

Argentine singer (1973-2000).

Born May 24th, 1973 in Córdoba.

Died June 24th, 2000 at 27 years old in Berazategui (car collision).

Pat Verbeek

Canadian ice hockey player.

Born May 24th, 1964 (age 61 years) in Sarnia.

Elsa Maxwell

American gossip columnist, author, songwriter, and hostess (1883–1963).

Born May 24th, 1883 in Keokuk.

Died November 1st, 1963 at 80 years old in New York City.

Madhav Gadgil

Indian ecologist, writer, environmental activist.

Born May 24th, 1942 in Pune.

Died January 7th, 2026 at 83 years old in Pune.

Helen B. Taussig

Jewish-american cardiologist (1898-1986).

Born May 24th, 1898 in Cambridge.

Died May 20th, 1986 at 87 years old in Kennett Square (car collision).