Who Was Born Today – October 24 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on October 24 | ||
1632 | Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch naturalist. | |
1788 | Sarah Josepha Hale, magazine editor and poet whose book Poems for Our Children included “Mary Had a Little Lamb” (the first words to be recorded in sound) | |
1904 | Moss Hart, American playwright who, with George S. Kaufman, wrote plays such as You Can’t Take it with You and The Man who came to Dinner. | |
1911 | Sonny Terry, blues performer. | |
1923 | Denise Levertov, English poet. | |
1929 | George Henry Crumb, American composer. | |
1930 | The Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr.), singer, songwriter, musician; an early star of rock ‘n’ roll (“Chantilly Lace”), he died in the same plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the pilot, Roger Peterson. | |
1933 | Ronald and Reginald Kray, gangsters whose gang, The Firm, was the most infamous organized crime group in London’s East End in the 1950s and ’60s. | |
1941 | Dr. William H. Dobelle, biomedical researcher who developed technology that restored limited sight to blind patients. | |
1942 | Frank Delany, Irish author, journalist, broadcaster; best known for his novel Ireland and non-fiction book Simple Courage: A True Story of Peril on the Sea. | |
1958 | Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, US Army’s Deputy Director of Operations during the Iraq War that deposed dictator Saddam Hussein; presently (2013) commander of Third Army. |
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