What happened on June 24 ?

1244 - Henry I of Hesse (d. 1308)

1340 - John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (d. 1399)

1386 - Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456)

1485 - Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558)

1519 - Theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605)

1532 - Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English politician (d. 1588)

1542 - St. John of the Cross, Spanish Carmelite friar and poet (d. 1591)

1546 - Robert Parsons, English Jesuit priest (d. 1610)

1663 - Jean Baptiste Massillon, French churchman (d. 1742)

1687 - Johann Albrecht Bengel, German scholar (d. 1757)

1694 - Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, Swiss publicist (d. 1748)

1704 - Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French writer (d. 1771)

1774 - François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (d. 1838)

1777 - John Ross, British naval officer and explorer (d. 1856)

1795 - Ernst Heinrich Weber, German anatomist and physiologist (d. 1878)

1803 - George James Webb, English-born composer (d. 1887)

1804 - Willard Richards, American religious leader (d. 1854)

1813 - Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman and reformer (d. 1887)

1826 - George Goyder, surveyor-general of South Australia (d. 1898)

1842 - Ambrose Bierce, American author

1850 - Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, British field marshal (d. 1916)

1882 - Carl Diem, German Olympic official (d. 1962)

1883 - Victor Franz Hess, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)

1886 - George Shiels, Northern Irish dramatist (d. 1949)

1888 - Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect (d. 1964)

1895 - Jack Dempsey, American boxer (d. 1983)

1897 - Daniel K. Ludwig, US shipping magnate (d. 1992)

1901 - Harry Partch, American composer (d. 1974)

1904 - Phil Harris, American singer, songwriter and comedian (d. 1995)

1906 - Pierre Fournier, French cellist (d. 1986)

1907 - Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet (d. 1989)

1908 - Hugo Distler, German composer (d. 1942)

1908 - Guru Gopinath, Indian classical dancer (d 1987)

1908 - Alfons Rebane, Estonian military officer (d. 1976)

1911 - Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine race car driver (d. 1995)

1914 - Robert Aickman, English author (d. 1981)

1915 - Fred Hoyle, British astronomer and science fiction author (d. 2001)

1922 - Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra)

1924 - Kurt Furgler, member of the Swiss Federal Council

1927 - Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1930 - Claude Chabrol, French film director

1931 - Billy Casper, American golfer

1934 - Jean-Pierre Ferland, Quebec singer and songwriter

1942 - Mick Fleetwood, musician (Fleetwood Mac)

1942 - Michele Lee, American actress

1944 - Jeff Beck, English guitarist (Yardbirds)

1944 - Arthur Brown, English musician

1944 - John "Charlie" Whitney, English guitarist (Family, Streetwalkers, Axis Point)

1944 - Chris Wood, British musician (d. 1983)

1945 - Colin Blunstone, British musician (The Zombies)

1945 - George Pataki, Governor of New York

1945 - Wayne Cashman, professional ice hockey player

1946 - Ellison Onizuka, American astronaut (d. 1986)

1946 - David Collenette, Canadian politician

1947 - Peter Weller, American actor

1948 - Patrick Moraz, Swiss keyboard player (Yes)

1949 - John Illsley, British bassist (Dire Straits)

1950 - Mercedes Lackey, American author

1950 - Nancy Allen, American actress

1952 - Stephen Pusey, British-born artist

1953 - Ivo Lill, Estonian artist

1953 - Garry Shider, American musician (P Funk)

1955 - Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, Guru of Siddha Yoga

1956 - Joe Penny, English actor

1958 - Jean Charest, Premier of Québec

1961 - Bernie Nicholls, Canadian ice hockey player

1961 - Curt Smith, musician and songwriter (Tears for Fears)

1963 - Anatoly Borisovich Jurkin, Russian writer

1963 - Mike Wieringo, American comic book artist

1964 - Gary Suter, professional ice hockey player

1967 - Janez Lapajne, Slovenian film director

1967 - Richard Kruspe-Bernstein, German guitarist (Rammstein)

1969 - Sissel Kyrkjebø, Norwegian singer

1970 - Glenn Medeiros, American singer and songwriter

1972 - Robbie McEwen, Australian professional road bicycle racer

1973 - Alexander Beyer, German actor

1978 - Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen, Finnish guitarist (Nightwish)

1978 - Luis García, Spanish footballer

1978 - Juan Román Riquelme, Argentine footballer

1979 - Craig Shergold, British internet folklore subject

1979 - Petra N?mcová, Czechoslovakian female supermodel

1982 - Kevin Nolan, English footballer

1986 - Solange Knowles, American actress and singer

1987 - Lionel Messi, Argentine footballer