What happened on March 24 ?

1490 - Georg Agricola, German scientist (d. 1555)

1607 - Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (d. 1667)

1657 - Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)

1693 - John Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)

1725 - Samuel Ashe, Governor of North Carolina (d. 1813)

1725 - Thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman (d. 1788)

1782 - Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (d. 1836)

1796 - John Corry Wilson Daly, Canadian politician (d. 1878)

1820 - A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (d. 1891)

1830 - Robert Hamerling, Austrian poet (d. 1889)

1834 - William Morris, English writer and designer (d. 1896)

1834 - John Wesley Powell, American explorer and environmentalist (d. 1902)

1835 - Jo?ef Stefan, Slovenian physicist, mathematician, and poet (d. 1893)

1855 - Andrew Mellon, American financier (d. 1937)

1855 - Olive Schreiner, South African writer (d. 1920)

1874 - Harry Houdini, Hungarian-born magician (d. 1926)

1884 - Peter Debye, Dutch chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1966)

1886 - Edward Weston, American photographer (d. 1958)

1887 - Fatty Arbuckle, American actor (d. 1933)

1888 - Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian Bolshevik politician (d. 1922)

1889 - Albert Hill, British athlete (d. 1969)

1893 - Walter Baade, German astronomer (d. 1960)

1897 - Wilhelm Reich, Austrian-born psychotherapist (d. 1957)

1901 - Ub Iwerks, American cartoonist (d. 1971)

1902 - Thomas Dewey, American politician (d. 1971)

1903 - Adolf Butenandt, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)

1906 - Klavdiya Shulzhenko, Soviet singer (d. 1984)

1909 - Clyde Barrow, notorious bank robber (d. 1934)

1910 - Richard Conte, American actor (d. 1975)

1911 - Joseph Barbera, American cartoonist

1915 - Gorgeous George, American professional wrestler (d. 1963)

1916 - Donald Hamilton, Swedish-American novelist

1917 - John Kendrew, British molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1997)

1919 - Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American author and publisher

1919 - Robert Heilbroner, American economist (d. 2005)

1923 - Murray Hamilton, American actor (d. 1986)

1924 - Norman Fell, American actor (d. 1998)

1926 - Dario Fo, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate

1927 - Martin Walser, German author

1928 - Byron Janis, American pianist

1930 - David Dacko, first President of the Central African Republic (d. 2003)

1930 - Steve McQueen, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1980)

1935 - Peter Bichsel, Swiss writer

1936 - David Suzuki, Canadian environmentalist

1938 - Holger Czukay, German musician (Can)

1938 - David Irving, British historian

1944 - R. Lee Ermey, American actor

1945 - Robert T. Bakker, American paleontologist

1945 - Curtis Hanson, American film director

1951 - Tommy Hilfiger, American fashion designer

1953 - Louie Anderson, American comedian

1953 - Alfred Molina, British actor

1954 - Robert Carradine, American actor

1954 - Donna Pescow, American actress

1960 - Kelly LeBrock, American actress

1960 - Nena, German singer

1962 - Star Jones Reynolds, American television personality

1964 - Annabella Sciorra, American actress

1965 - The Undertaker, American professional wrestler

1970 - Lara Flynn Boyle, American actress

1970 - Sharon Corr, Irish musician (The Corrs)

1973 - Jacek B?k, Polish footballer

1974 - Chad Butler, American drummer (Switchfoot)

1974 - Alyson Hannigan, American actress

1975 - Thomas Johansson, Swedish tennis player

1976 - Aaron Brooks, American football player

1976 - Peyton Manning, American football player

1981 - Patrick Kisnorbo, Australian footballer

1984 - Chris Bosh, American basketball player

1985 - Haruka Ayase, Japanese actress and model

1988 - Ryan Higgins, Zimbabwean Legspinner

1990 - Keisha Castle-Hughes, New Zealand-born child actress