The 114th day of the year, the 115th in a leap year
Born on 24 April
Every 24 April birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Taurus, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- TaurusEarth, fixed, ruled by Venus.
- Birthstone
- DiamondThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Daisy, Sweet peaUsually taken today to mean innocence and blissful pleasure.
- Most common weekdays
- Sunday and Friday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 24 April in any year.
Which weekday 24 April falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 24 April falls on every day of the week: Sunday 16, Friday 16, Saturday 15, Monday 15, Tuesday 15, Thursday 15, Wednesday 15.
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How common a birthday 24 April is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,784 babies were born on 24 April in each year of the twenty, making it the 260th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 24 April
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Barbra Streisand | 1942– | American singer and actress |
| Philippe Pétain | 1856–1951 | French military and political leader |
| Shirley MacLaine | 1934– | American actress |
| Carl Spitteler | 1845–1924 | Swiss writer |
| Kelly Clarkson | 1982– | American singer-songwriter |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 1973– | Indian cricket player |
| William the Silent | 1533–1584 | Dutch statesman and revolt leader |
| Hashim Thaçi | 1968– | Kosovar politician |
| Roger D. Kornberg | 1947– | American biochemist |
| Josep Borrell | 1947– | Catalan-Spanish diplomat and politician |
| Vincent de Paul | 1581–1660 | French priest, founder and saint |
| Jan Vertonghen | 1987– | Belgian association football player |
| Enda Kenny | 1951– | Irish politician, Taoiseach from 2011 to 2017 |
| Erich Raeder | 1876–1960 | German admiral |
| Anthony Trollope | 1815–1882 | English novelist of the Victorian period |
| Djimon Hounsou | 1964– | Beninese actor |
| Józef Gosławski | 1908–1963 | Polish sculptor and medallic artist |
| Jean Paul Gaultier | 1952– | French fashion designer |
Died on 24 April
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Defoe | 1660–1731 | English trader, writer, and journalist |
| Max von Laue | 1879–1960 | German physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi |
| Helmuth von Moltke the Elder | 1800–1891 | German Field Marshal |
| Alejo Carpentier | 1904–1980 | Cuban-French writer and musicologist |
| Gerhard Domagk | 1895–1964 | German bacteriologist |
| Wallis Simpson | 1896–1986 | American socialite and wife of the Duke of Windsor |
| Sathya Sai Baba | 1926–2011 | Indian spiritual guru |
| Vasily Zhukovsky | 1783–1852 | Russian poet |
| Lucy Maud Montgomery | 1874–1942 | Canadian writer |
| Willa Cather | 1873–1947 | American writer |
| Vladimir Komarov | 1927–1967 | Soviet cosmonaut |
| Karin Boye | 1900–1941 | Swedish poet and novelist |
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