List of Famous people who born in 1924

Leonid Genrikhovich Zorin was a Russian playwright. He was born in Baku, Soviet Union, and studied at Azerbaijan University and at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow. He is author of plays and screenplays. His most performed work is A Warsaw Melody (1967).

Roland Petit was a French ballet company director, choreographer and dancer. He trained at the Paris Opera Ballet school, and became well known for his creative ballets.

Edward Irving Koch was an American politician, lawyer, political commentator, film critic, and television personality. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and was mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989.

Rolf von Sydow was a German film director and author.

Marc Ferro is a French historian.

Harry Bush (1925–1994) was an American artist known for his homoerotic illustrations. Bush's meticulously detailed boy next door-style depictions of men made him one of the most notable artists of the era of beefcake magazines.

Vladimir Ivanovich Dolgikh was a Russian politician who was head of the Metallurgical Department of the Central Committee Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He was a candidate member (non-voting) of the Politburo from 1982 to 1988.

Faith Marie Domergue was an American film and television actress. Discovered at age sixteen by media and aircraft mogul Howard Hughes, she was signed to a contract with Hughes' RKO Radio Pictures and cast as the lead in the studio's thriller Vendetta, which had a troubled four-year production before finally being released in 1950.

Jack Weston was an American actor. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1976 and a Tony Award in 1981.

Robert William Brown was an American professional baseball third baseman and executive who was the president of the American League (AL) from 1984 to 1994. He also was a physician who studied for his medical degree during his eight-year playing career with the New York Yankees, where he was a member of four World Series championship teams.