Famous people born on August 24 — and what else happened that day
If your birthday is August 24, you share it with Cal Ripken Jr., Marlee Matlin, Rupert Grint — and you were born under Virgo, the sign of the thoughtful, precise, and quietly indispensable.
Birthday basics for August 24
Virgo ♍
Zodiac sign
Peridot
Birthstone
Gladiolus
Birth flower
236th
Day of the year
August 24 is the 236th day of the year (237th in leap years), with 129 days still to come.
Famous people born on August 24
Cal Ripken Jr. — American baseball 'Iron Man' who played 2,632 consecutive games (born 1960).
Marlee Matlin — American actress and first deaf performer to win an Academy Award (born 1965).
Rupert Grint — English actor who played Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films (born 1988).
Also sharing the day:
Jorge Luis Borges (b. 1899) — Argentine writer of labyrinthine short stories like "The Library of Babel."
Steve Guttenberg (b. 1958) — American actor of Police Academy and Three Men and a Baby.
Dave Chappelle (b. 1973) — American comedian behind the acclaimed Chappelle's Show.
August 24 in history
79 — Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
1891 — Thomas Edison filed a patent for his motion picture camera.
1932 — Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo nonstop across the United States.
1456 — The Gutenberg Bible, the first major book printed with movable type, was completed according to a famous inscription.
1995 — Microsoft released Windows 95 amid worldwide midnight-launch fanfare.
2006 — Astronomers voted to reclassify Pluto as a dwarf planet, shrinking the solar system to eight planets.
August 24 birthday questions
What zodiac sign is August 24?
Anyone born on August 24 is a Virgo — thoughtful, precise, and quietly indispensable.
What is the birthstone for August 24?
The birthstone for a August 24 birthday is Peridot, and the birth flower is the Gladiolus.
Who is the most famous person born on August 24?
Cal Ripken Jr. is among the best known — American baseball 'Iron Man' who played 2,632 consecutive games (born 1960).
What happened on August 24?
In 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
What day of the year is August 24?
August 24 is the 236th day of the year (237th in leap years), with 129 days still to come.
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