The 55th day of the year
Born on 24 February
Every 24 February birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Pisces, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- PiscesWater, mutable, ruled by Jupiter.
- Birthstone
- AmethystThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Violet, PrimroseUsually taken today to mean faithfulness and young love.
- Most common weekdays
- Tuesday 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 February in any year.
Which weekday 24 February falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 24 February falls on every day of the week: Tuesday 16, Friday 16, Thursday 15, Saturday 15, Sunday 15, Wednesday 15, Monday 15.
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How common a birthday 24 February is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,796 babies were born on 24 February in each year of the twenty, making it the 221st 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 February
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Steve Jobs | 1955–2011 | American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. |
| Ibn Battuta | 1304–1368 | 14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer |
| Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor | 1500–1558 | Holy Roman Emperor from 1519 to 1556 |
| Judith Butler | 1956– | American feminist gender studies philosopher |
| Pope Clement VIII | 1536–1605 | pope of the Catholic Church from 1592 to 1605 |
| Erna Solberg | 1961– | Prime Minister of Norway from 2013 to 2021 |
| Giovanni Pico della Mirandola | 1463–1494 | Italian Renaissance philosopher |
| David J. Wineland | 1944– | American physicist |
| Alain Prost | 1955– | French racing driver |
| Brian Schmidt | 1967– | American-born Australian astrophysicist |
| Chester W. Nimitz | 1885–1966 | United States Navy fleet admiral |
| Bettino Craxi | 1934–2000 | Italian politician |
| Floyd Mayweather Jr. | 1977– | American boxer |
| Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor | 1557–1619 | Holy Roman Emperor |
| Billy Zane | 1966– | American actor |
| Wilhelm Grimm | 1786–1859 | German author, philologist, collector of fairy tales and legends |
| Barry Bostwick | 1945– | American actor |
| Denis Law | 1940–2025 | Scottish footballer |
Died on 24 February
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Nikolai Lobachevsky | 1792–1856 | Russian mathematician |
| Henry Cavendish | 1731–1810 | English natural philosopher and scientist |
| Georg Christoph Lichtenberg | 1742–1799 | German scientist and satirist |
| Katherine Johnson | 1918–2020 | African-American mathematician |
| Sridevi | 1963–2018 | Indian actress |
| Robert Fulton | 1765–1815 | American engineer and inventor |
| Sandro Pertini | 1896–1990 | Italian journalist, resistance leader and politician, President of Italy from 1978 to 1985 |
| Claude Shannon | 1916–2001 | American mathematician and information theorist |
| Hjalmar Branting | 1860–1925 | Prime Minister of Sweden |
| Gerd von Rundstedt | 1875–1953 | German Field Marshal during World War II |
| Nikolai Bulganin | 1895–1975 | Soviet politician |
| Don Knotts | 1924–2006 | American actor and stand-up comedian |
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