1924
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Art and culture
- Inversions, the first French gay journal is published.
- André Breton publishes the Surrealist Manifesto
- Heroin illegal in USA in the "Heroin Act"
Film
- The Inhuman Woman (1924)
- Aelita (1924)
- The Hands of Orlac (1924)
- Ballet mécanique (1924)
- Diagonal Symphony (1924) - Viking Eggeling
Art
- Adam and Eve, tableau vivant of nude Marcel Duchamp and Bronja Perlmutter
Literature
- Corydon (1924) André Gide
Births
January-February
- January 3 - Hank Stram, American football coach and broadcaster (d. 2005)
- January 6 - Earl Scruggs, American musician
- January 10 - Max Roach, American percussionist, drummer, and composer (d. 2007)
- January 11
- Roger Guillemin, French neuroendocrinologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Sam B. Hall, American politician (d. 1994)
- Slim Harpo, American musician (d. 1970)
- January 12 - Olivier Gendebien, Belgian race car driver (d. 1998)
- January 16 - Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (d. 2002)
- January 19 - Jean-Francois Revel, French author (d. 2006)
- January 21 - Telly Savalas, American actor (d. 1994)
- January 26 - Annette Strauss, American philanthropist and mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. 1998)
- January 27 - Sabu, Indian actor (d. 1963)
- January 29 - Luigi Nono, Italian composer (d. 1990)
- January 30 - Lloyd Alexander, American writer (d. 2007)
- February 2 - Elfi von Dassanowsky, Austrian-born producer and musician
- February 7 - Hattie Jacques, English star of the Carry On films (d. 1980)
- February 17 - Margaret Truman, American novelist and only child of Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman
- February 19 - Lee Marvin, American actor (d. 1987)
- February 20
- Gerson Goldhaber, particle physicist and Astrophysicist
- Gloria Vanderbilt, American cosmetics entrepreneur
- February 21 - Robert Mugabe, first Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
- February 23 - Allan McLeod Cormack, South African physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1998)
- February 29 - Al Rosen, baseball player
March-April
- March 1 - Deke Slayton, astronaut (d. 1993)
- March 2 - Wendell Wise Mayes, Jr. He received the first Wendell Mayes, Jr. Medal in 1986. The Diabetes Association named the highest award given to non-medical professional volunteers, in his honor.
- March 3 - John Woodnutt, British actor (d. 2006)
- March 4 - Kenneth O'Donnell, aide to US President John F. Kennedy (d. 1977)
- March 7 - Kobo Abe, Japanese novelist (d. 1993)
- March 15 - Walter Gotell, German actor (d. 1997)
- March 27 - Sarah Vaughan, American jazz singer (d. 1990)
- March 28 - Freddie Bartholomew, British actor (d. 1992)
- March 30 - Alan Davidson, British author (d. 2003)
- April 1 - Brendan Byrne, Governor of New Jersey
- April 3
- Marlon Brando, American actor (d. 2004)
- Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand author (d. 2005)
- Doris Day, American actress
- April 4 - Gil Hodges, American baseball player (d. 1972)
- April 6 - Jimmy Roberts, American singer, The Lawrence Welk Show (d. 1999)
- April 7 - Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian writer
- April 12 - Raymond Barre, French politician and Prime Minister (d. 2007)
- April 15 - Sir Neville Marriner, English conductor and violinist
- April 16 - Henry Mancini, American composer and arranger (d. 1994)
- April 18
- Clarence Gatemouth Brown, American blues musician (d. 2005)
- Henry Hyde, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois (d. 2007)
- April 19 - Al Balding, Canadian golfer (d. 2006)
- April 23 - Bobby Rosengarden, American jazz drummer (d. 2007)
- April 24 - Clement Freud, British writer, radio personality, and politician
May-June
- May 1 - Art Fleming, American actor, game show host, original host of Jeopardy!. (d. 1995)
- May 11 - Antony Hewish, English radio astronomer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics
- May 12 - Tony Hancock, English comedian (d. 1968)
- May 18 - Priscilla Pointer, American actress
- May 19 - Sandy Wilson, British composer
- May 22 - Charles Aznavour, French singer, actor, and songwriter
- May 24
- Vincent Cronin, British historical writer and biographer
- Maria Koepcke, ornithologist
- June 1 - Dr. William Sloane Coffin, American clergyman (d. 2006)
- June 2 - June Callwood, Canadian journalist, author & social activist (d. 2007)
- June 3
- Ted Mallie, American radio and television announcer (d. 1999)
- Torsten Wiesel, Swedish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- June 4 - Dennis Weaver, American actor (d. 2006)
- June 12 - George Herbert Walker Bush, 41th President of the United States
- June 15 - Ezer Weizman, 7th President of Israel (d. 2005)
- June 18 - George Mikan, basketball player (d. 2005)
- June 20
- Chet Atkins, American country guitar player and producer (d. 2001)
- Audie Murphy, American World War II hero and actor (d. 1971)
- June 24 - Kurt Furgler, member of the Swiss Federal Council
- June 27 - Bob Appleyard, English cricketer
- June 29
- Flo Sandon's, Italian singer
- Ezra Laderman, American composer
July-August
- July 3 - S. R. Nathan, 6th president of Singapore
- July 4 - Eva Marie Saint, American actress
- July 5
- Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and museum curator (d. 2001)
- Osman Lins, Brazilian novelist (d. 1978)
- János Starker, Hungarian cellist
- July 11
- Brett Somers, Canadian-born actress (d. 2007)
- Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1971)
- July 13
- Carlo Bergonzi, Italian tenor
- Johnny Gilbert, American game show announcer
- July 14 - James W. Black, Scottish pharmacologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- July 15 - Makhmud Esambayev, Chechen dancer (d. 2000)
- July 19 - Stanley K. Hathaway, American politician
- July 21 - Don Knotts, American actor (d. 2006)
- July 29 - Elizabeth Short, American actress, also known as 'The Black Dahlia' (d. 1947)
- August 1
- Georges Charpak, Ukrainian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
- August 2 - Carroll O'Connor, American actor (d. 2001)
- August 3 - Leon Uris, American writer (d. 2003)
- August 7 - Kenneth Kendall, British newsreader and presenter
- August 12
- Derek Shackleton, English cricketer
- Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, leader of Pakistan (d. 1988)
- August 15 - Robert Bolt, English writer (d. 1995)
- August 23 - Robert Solow, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- August 28 - Peggy Ryan, American actress (d. 2004)
- August 29 - Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (d. 2005)
- August 30 - Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (d. 2004)
- August 31 - Buddy Hackett, American comedian and actor (d. 2003)
September-October
- September 2 - Daniel arap Moi, President of Kenya
- September 4 - Joan Aiken, English writer (d. 2004)
- September 5 - Paul Dietzel, College football coach
- September 8 - Mimi Parent, Canadian painter (d. 2005)
- September 9 - Rik Van Steenbergen, Belgian cyclist (d. 2003)
- September 11
- Tom Landry, American football player and coach (d. 2000)
- Rudolf Vrba, escapee from Auscwitz (d. 2006)
- September 14 - Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean diplomat and author (d. 1994)
- September 15 - Bobby Short, American entertainer (d. 2005)
- September 19 - Don Harron, Canadian entertainer
- September 21 - Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer (d. 1957)
- September 22
- Charles Keeping, English illustrator (d. 1988)
- Rosamunde Pilcher, English novelist
- September 24 - Nina Bocharova, Soviet gymnast
- September 27 - Bernard Waber, American children's author
- September 30 - Truman Capote, American author (d. 1984)
- October 1
- Jimmy Carter, President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005)
- October 8 - Alphons Egli, member of the Swiss Federal Council
- October 10
- Margaret Fulton, Australian Food Writer
- Ed Wood, American filmmaker (d. 1978)
- October 11 - Mal Whitfield, American athlete
- October 14 - Robert Webber, American actor (d. 1989)
- October 15 - Mark Lenard, American actor (d. 1996)
- October 21 - Celia Cruz, Cuban singer (d. 2003)
- October 24 - Christine Glanville English puppeteer ( d. 1999
November-December
- November 6 - Jeanette Schmid, famous whistler (d. 2005)
- November 10 - Russell Johnson, American actor
- November 13 - Motoo Kimura, Japanese population geneticist (d. 1994)
- November 19 - William Russell, British actor
- November 20 - Benoît Mandelbrot, Polish-born mathematician
- November 24 - Mel Patton, American athlete
- November 25 - Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, critic, and philosopher.
- November 28 - Dennis Brutus, South African poet and anti-Apartheid activist
- December 2 - Alexander M. Haig, Jr., American politician
- December 6 - Wally Cox, television and motion picture actor. (d.1973)
- December 12 - Ed Koch, Mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989
- December 25
- Rod Serling, American television screenwriter (d. 1975)
- Atal Behari Vajpayee, tenth Prime Minister of India
- Moktar Ould Daddah, first President of Mauritania (d. 2003)
- December 28 - Milton Obote, President of Uganda (d. 2005)
- December 31
- Taylor Mead, American actor
- Frank J. Kelley, 50th Michigan Attorney General
Deaths
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