October 24 is the birthday of 49 notable people we've found so far, including authors, entrepreneurs, politicians and musicians, and 3 of them are billionaires.
Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich is a Russian business oligarch and politician. He is the former owner of Chelsea, a Premier League football club in London. He has Russian, Portuguese and Israeli citizenship.
German Borisovich Khan is a Ukrainian-Israeli-Russian oligarch, billionaire, and businessman. After graduating from university in 1988 he worked in a wholesale business selling consumer items, before setting up his own cooperative.
Share of the 49 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.
Authors31% (15 people)
Entrepreneurs22% (11 people)
Politicians20% (10 people)
Actors18% (9 people)
Musicians18% (9 people)
Athletes16% (8 people)
Creators16% (8 people)
Countries
30 countries, most often United States
Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.
United States9 (9 people)
France4 (4 people)
United Kingdom4 (4 people)
Japan3 (3 people)
Mexico2 (2 people)
Russia2 (2 people)
Australia1 (1 people)
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Rachel Agatha Keen, known professionally as Raye, is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. Her music blends elements of jazz, pop, dance, R&B, and soul, and her lyrics address personal experiences and contemporary issues.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known mononymously as Lula, is a Brazilian politician, trade unionist and former metalworker who has served as president of Brazil since 2023 and from 2003 to 2011. He is a member of the Workers' Party.
Palácio do Planalto from Brasilia, Brasil, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes was a French physicist and the Nobel Prize laureate in physics in 1991.
Dominique Morisseau Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux (LPEM) ESPCI Paris 10 rue Vauquelin 75005 Paris, Fr, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Robert Alexander Mundell was a Canadian economist who was a professor of economics at Columbia University, McGill University, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Nguyễn Thị Thiên Thanh, better known by her stage name Tila Tequila, is an American model, singer, and reality TV actress. She has also used the names Tila Nguyen, Miss Tila and Tornado Thien.
Malcolm Bligh Turnbull is an Australian former politician, businessman and barrister who served as the 29th prime minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018.
Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Esther Louise McVey is a British politician and television presenter who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton since 2017 and was the MP for Wirral West from 2010 to 2015.
F. Murray Abraham is an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he has received an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for a BAFTA Award, four Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award.
PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, better known as PewDiePie, is a Swedish YouTuber. Best known for his gaming videos, he is also recognised for his satirical commentary, comedy-sketches and lifestyle vlogging.
William George Wyman is an English musician who was the bassist of the rock band the Rolling Stones from 1962 to 1993. Wyman was part of the band's first stable lineup and performed on its first 19 studio albums.
Edson Omar Álvarez Velázquez is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for EFL Championship club West Ham United, and captains the Mexico national team.
Selección Nacional de México, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Iliana Malinova Iotova is a Bulgarian politician and journalist who has served as president of Bulgaria since 23 January 2026. She is the first woman to hold the office.
Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek was a Dutch microbiologist and microscopist in the Golden Age of Dutch art, science and technology. A largely self-taught man in science, he is commonly known as "the Father of Microbiology", and one of the first microscopists and microbiologists.
Robert Kane was an American comic book writer, animator, and artist who was traditionally credited as the creator of Batman but is now credited as his co-creator. Kane likewise worked on many other early related characters for DC Comics.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Caprice Comfort, known mononymously as Caprice, is an American socialite and media personality. She is known as an original main cast member on the Bravo reality television series Ladies of London (2014).
Adela Amalia Noriega Méndez is a retired Mexican actress. She rose to prominence after starring in teen-oriented coming-of-age telenovelas in the 1980s, including Quinceañera (1987–1988) and Dulce desafío (1988–1989).
François Gilbert Léopold Silly, known professionally as Gilbert Bécaud, was a French singer, composer, pianist and actor, known as "Monsieur 100,000 Volts" for his energetic performances.
Licio D'Aloisio / Reporters Associati & Archivi / Mondadori, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Alexandra David-Néel was a French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, anarchist, opera singer, and writer. She is most known for her 1924 visit to Lhasa, Tibet, when it was forbidden to foreigners.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Merian Caldwell Cooper was an American filmmaker, actor, producer and military aviator. In film, his most famous work was the 1933 movie King Kong, and he is credited as co-inventor of the Cinerama film projection process.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Vincent Philippe Antoine Candela is a French former professional footballer who played as a full-back; he is most well-known for his time playing for Italian club Roma.
Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina was a Soviet and Russian composer of modernist sacred music. She was highly prolific, producing numerous chamber, orchestral and choral works.
Mikhail Kozlovsky, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Johan Vincent Galtung was a Norwegian sociologist and the principal founder of the discipline of peace and conflict studies. He was the main founder of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) in 1959 and was its first director until 1970.
Niccolò Caranti, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Emmerich Kálmán was a Hungarian composer of operettas and a prominent figure in the development of Viennese operetta in the 20th century. Among his most popular works are Die Csárdásfürstin (1915) and Gräfin Mariza (1924).
Wilhelm Willinger, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Massimo Taparelli, Marquess of Azeglio, commonly called Massimo d'Azeglio, was a Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist, and painter. He was Prime Minister of Sardinia for almost three years until succeeded by his rival Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour.
Francesco Hayez, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Jeffrey Lorberbaum is an American billionaire and the chairman and chief executive officer of Calhoun, Georgia-based Mohawk Industries, the world's largest flooring company.
Carlos Jhilmar Lora Saavedra, better known as Jhilmar Lora, is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série B club Novorizontino and the Peru national team.
This page lists 49 people born on October 24, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. 3 of them carry a dated net-worth estimate citing Forbes or Bloomberg; combined wealth is the sum of the low end of those estimates, the newest as of 2026. Rankings compare all 366 dates in the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Milestone ages come from dated Wikidata statements; a tilde marks year-only dates. Nothing on this page is a prediction about anyone born on October 24. Read the full methodology.
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