List of Famous people who born in 1924

William Szathmary, known as Bill Dana, was an American comedian, actor, and screenwriter. He often appeared on television shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show, frequently in the guise of a heavily accented Bolivian character named José Jiménez. Dana often portrayed the Jiménez character as an astronaut.

Juan Furagganan Ponce Enrile Sr., abbreviated JPE, is a Filipino politician and lawyer. He was a protégé of President Ferdinand Marcos, and served as Justice Secretary and Defense Minister under the Marcos regime. He later became one of the leaders of the 1986 People Power Revolution that drove Marcos from power and into exile. Enrile has continued to be a prominent politician since then; he was Senate President from November 2008 until his resignation on June 5, 2013.

Lisel Mueller was a German-born American poet, translator and academic teacher. Her family fled the Nazi regime, and she arrived in the U.S. in 1939 at the age of 15. She worked as a literary critic and taught at the University of Chicago, Elmhurst College and Goddard College. She began writing poetry in the 1950s and published her first collection in 1965, after years of self-study. She received awards including the National Book Award in 1981 and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1997, as the only German-born poet awarded that prize.

Edith Mae Savage-Jennings was an American civil rights leader from New Jersey. She was known for her association with civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

Peter Addenbrooke Thomas was an American announcer and narrator of television programs with a career spanning more than 70 years, including shows such as Nova and Forensic Files.

Anthony Claude Acevedo was a Mexican-American soldier during World War II. He kept a diary while being held at the Berga concentration camp that was instrumental in documenting Nazi atrocities against American prisoners of war. In civilian life, Acevedo worked as an engineer.

Kesab Chandra Gogoi was an Indian politician who was the Chief Minister of the state of Assam for two months in 1982. He was member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Dibrugarh constituency.

Frank Joseph Kelley, is an American politician who served as the 50th Attorney General of the U.S. state of Michigan. His 37-year term of office, from 1961 to 1999, made him both the youngest and oldest Attorney General in the state's history, and led to his nickname as the "Eternal General." He was the longest serving state attorney general in United States history, until Tom Miller of Iowa surpassed his longevity record in 2019, although Kelley still holds the record for longest continuous tenure as an attorney general.

Elfie Pertramer (1924–2011) was a German stage and film actress. Born in Munich, she appeared in a number of films, particularly comedies, with a Bavarian theme.

Ikuma Dan was a Japanese composer.