List of Famous people who born in 1924

Sybil Werden was a German dancer and actress during the 1950s.

Lidia Menapace was an Italian resistance fighter and politician who served in the Senate from 2006 to 2008, representing the Communist Refoundation Party.

Michel d'Ornano was a French politician. A descendant of both Marie Walewska and Philippe Antoine d'Ornano, he began his political career as mayor of Deauville in 1962. He served as president of the General Councils of both Calvados and Basse-Normandie before going on to represent the fourth district of Calvados in the Parliament of France; in that body he sat first as an Independent Republican and later with the Union for French Democracy. He served in numerous cabinet positions under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, including as Secretary of State for Ecology, the Minister of Culture, and Minister of Industry.

Martin Joseph Beckmann was a professor for Economics and Applied Mathematics. He was professor at the University of Chicago, University of Yale and Brown University, as well as the University of Bonn and Technische Universität München. He received honorary degrees from the University of Karlsruhe, the Umeå University and the University of the Bundeswehr Hamburg. He was president of the European Regional Science Association and received the Regional Science Founders Medal in 1983. His research spans a wide field in spatial analysis and regional economics, with a special focus on transport economics.

Carmen Dolores Cohen Sarmento was a Portuguese film, television and stage actress. She played in among others the film Camões and television programm Chuva de Maio. She received several awards. She became Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of Portugal, Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry and Knight of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword. At the 2004 Golden Globes of Portugal she became the best stage actress.

Michel Ragon was a French art and literature critic and writer. His primary focus was on anarchic and libertarian literature.

Jacques Lusseyran was a French author and political activist.

Mordechai Tzipori was an Israeli politician who served as Minister of Communications from 1981 until 1984.

Marie Sabouret was a French stage and film actress.

Ronald Charles Taylor BSC was a British cinematographer, best known for his collaborations with directors Richard Attenborough and Dario Argento. Throughout his career, he was nominated for two BAFTA Awards for Best Cinematography and won an Academy Award for his work on Gandhi (1982), which he shared with Billy Williams.