The 144th day of the year, the 145th in a leap year
Born on 24 May
Every 24 May birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Gemini, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- GeminiAir, mutable, ruled by Mercury.
- Birthstone
- EmeraldThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Lily of the valley, HawthornUsually taken today to mean returning happiness and hope.
- Most common weekdays
- Tuesday and Sunday16 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 May in any year.
Which weekday 24 May falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 24 May falls on every day of the week: Tuesday 16, Sunday 16, Monday 15, Wednesday 15, Thursday 15, Saturday 15, Friday 15.
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How common a birthday 24 May is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,838 babies were born on 24 May in each year of the twenty, making it the 103rd 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 May
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Bob Dylan | 1941– | American singer-songwriter |
| Queen Victoria | 1819–1901 | Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 |
| Joseph Brodsky | 1940–1996 | Russian-American poet |
| Mikhail Sholokhov | 1905–1984 | Soviet writer |
| Jean-Paul Marat | 1743–1793 | politician and journalist during the French Revolution |
| Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit | 1686–1736 | German-Polish physicist and engineer |
| Tansu Çiller | 1946– | Turkish economist and politician, the first woman to be Prime Minister of Turkey, from 1993 to 1996 |
| Eric Cantona | 1966– | French footballer and actor |
| William Gilbert | 1544–1603 | English physician, physicist and natural philosopher |
| John C. Reilly | 1965– | American actor |
| Germanicus | 15 BC–19 AD | nephew and adopted son of emperor Tiberius, heir apparent of the Roman Empire, and father of emperor Caligula |
| Suzanne Lenglen | 1899–1938 | French tennis player |
| Priscilla Presley | 1945– | American actress and businesswoman |
| Jim Broadbent | 1949– | English actor |
| Kristin Scott Thomas | 1960– | British-French actress |
| Alfred Molina | 1953– | British actor |
| Rodrigo De Paul | 1994– | Argentine association football player |
| Pontormo | 1494–1557 | Florentine Mannerist painter |
Died on 24 May
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Nicolaus Copernicus | 1473–1543 | Polish mathematician and astronomer |
| Tina Turner | 1939–2023 | American-born Swiss singer and songwriter |
| Duke Ellington | 1899–1974 | American jazz pianist and composer |
| Luis de Góngora | 1561–1627 | Spanish Baroque lyric poet |
| John Foster Dulles | 1888–1959 | United States Secretary of State |
| David I of Scotland | 1084–1153 | King of Alba from 1124 to 1153 |
| Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell | 1883–1950 | British Army general and Viceroy of India |
| Annette von Droste-Hülshoff | 1797–1848 | German composer and writer |
| William Lloyd Garrison | 1805–1879 | American journalist and abolitionist |
| Robert Ritter von Greim | 1892–1945 | German field marshal |
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