List of Famous people who born in 1924
Reginald Arnold
Reginald Athelstane Arnold was an Australian racing cyclist.
Noel Hush
Noel Sydney Hush AO FRS FNAS FAA FRACI FRSN was an Australian chemist at the University of Sydney.
Maya Turovskaya
Maya Iosifovna Turovskaya was a Soviet and Russian theatrical and film critic, film historian, screenwriter, and culturologist.
Lucien Neuwirth
Lucien Neuwirth was a French politician first elected to the French National Assembly in 1958. His namesake, the Neuwirth Law legalized birth control in France on 28 December 1967.
Alfred Bader
Alfred Robert Bader, CBE was a Canadian chemist, businessman, philanthropist, and collector of fine art. He was considered by the Chemical & Engineering News poll of 1998 to be one of the "Top 75 Distinguished Contributors to the Chemical Enterprise" during C&EN's 75-year history.
Rudolf Pleil
Rudolf Pleil was a German serial killer known as Der Totmacher. He was convicted of killing a salesman and nine women, but claimed to have killed 25 people. Many of his crimes took place mainly in the Harz mountain range.
Kōbō Abe
Kōbō Abe , pen name of Kimifusa Abe , was a Japanese writer, playwright, musician, photographer and inventor. Abe has been often compared to Franz Kafka and Alberto Moravia for his modernist sensibilities and his surreal, often nightmarish explorations of individuals in contemporary society.
Sammy Nestico
Samuel Louis Nistico, better known as Sammy Nestico, was an American composer and arranger. Nestico is best known for his arrangements for the Count Basie orchestra.
Chen Hsing-ling
Chen Hsing-ling was a Taiwanese air force general officer and pilot. He served as the Commander in Chief of the Republic of China Air Force in Taiwan from 1986 to 1989 and the Chief of General Staff of the Republic of China Armed Forces from 1989 until 1991.
Arthur Moulin
Arthur Moulin was a French politician. He joined the French Resistance during World War II. He served as a member of the National Assembly from 1958 to 1973, representing Nord. He also served as a member of the French Senate from 1983 to 1992, representing Nord. He was the mayor of Avesnes in Pas-de-Calais from 1971 to 1989.