Richard N. Richards

American astronaut.

Born August 24th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Key West.

Diamela Eltit

Chilean writer (born 1947).

Born August 24th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Santiago. ^[ref]

Jeffrey Friedman

Film director, producer.

Born August 24th, 1951 (age 74 years) in Los Angeles.

Jürgen Macho

Austrian association football player.

Born August 24th, 1977 (age 48 years) in Vienna.

Marcel Sacramento

Brazilian association football player.

Born August 24th, 1987 (age 38 years) in Vera Cruz.

Rocío Igarzábal

Argentine actress.

Born August 24th, 1989 (age 36 years) in Buenos Aires.

Kim Christofte

Danish footballer.

Born August 24th, 1960 (age 65 years) in Copenhagen.

Chaim Ozer Grodzinski

Lithuanian rabbi and talmudic scholar (1863–1940).

Born August 24th, 1863 in Iŭje.

Died August 9th, 1940 at 76 years old in Vilnius (cancer).

Maximilian Reinelt

German rower.

Born August 24th, 1988 in Ulm.

Died February 9th, 2019 at 30 years old in St. Moritz. ^[ref]

Jean-Luc Brassard

Canadian freestyle skier.

Born August 24th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.

Charles Sellon

American actor (1870–1937).

Born August 24th, 1870 in Boston.

Died June 26th, 1937 at 66 years old in La Crescenta-Montrose.

Kelly McCarty

American-russian basketball player (born 1975).

Born August 24th, 1975 (age 50 years) in Chicago.

Marcelo Nascimento da Costa

Brazilian footballer.

Born August 24th, 1984 (age 41 years) in Manacapuru.

Tina Trstenjak

Slovenian judoka.

Born August 24th, 1990 (age 35 years) in Celje. ^[ref]

Viktor Barna

Hungarian and british champion table tennis player (1911-1972).

Born August 24th, 1911 in Budapest.

Died February 28th, 1972 at 60 years old in Lima.

Mary Ellen Weber

American astronaut.

Born August 24th, 1962 (age 63 years) in Cleveland.

Katja Nyberg

Finnish-norwegian handball player.

Born August 24th, 1979 (age 46 years) in Stockholm.

Sven Stolpe

Swedish writer, translator, journalist, critic, and researcher (1905–1996).

Born August 24th, 1905 in Katarina church parish.

Died August 26th, 1996 at 91 years old in Filipstad church parish.

Franz Viehböck

Austrian astronaut.

Born August 24th, 1960 (age 65 years) in Vienna.

Angie Brooks

Liberian diplomat (1928-2007).

Born August 24th, 1928 in Virginia.

Died September 9th, 2007 at 79 years old in Houston.

Felix Mottl

Austrian conductor and composer (1856-1911).

Born August 24th, 1856 in Unter Sankt Veit. ^[ref]

Died July 2nd, 1911 at 54 years old in Munich (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Elmar Altvater

German marxist academic (1938-2018).

Born August 24th, 1938 in Kamen.

Died May 1st, 2018 at 79 years old in Berlin.

Paulo Leminski

Brazilian poet (1944–1989).

Born August 24th, 1944 in Curitiba.

Died June 7th, 1989 at 44 years old in Curitiba (liver cirrhosis).

Jean Desailly

French actor (1920–2008).

Born August 24th, 1920 in 13th arrondissement of Paris. ^[ref]

Died June 11th, 2008 at 87 years old in Dourdan. ^[ref]

Fabiano Santacroce

Italian footballer (1986-).

Born August 24th, 1986 (age 39 years) in Camaçari.