List of Famous people who born in 1924

Fukumi Shimura is a Japanese textile artist who has created kimono since 1958. Shimura was awarded multiple honours including the Living National Treasure in 1990 and the 2014 Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy.

Roy Thomas Frank Bentley was an English football player and manager.

Évelyne Sullerot was a French feminist. She was the author of many feminist books.

Paco Ignacio Taibo I, was a prolific Spanish-Mexican writer and journalist.

Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern was the head of the Princely House of Hohenzollern for over 45 years.

Masao Horiba was a Japanese businessman. In 1945, he founded Horiba Radio Laboratory, now Horiba Ltd., a manufacturer of advanced analytical and measurement technology. Masao Horiba received several awards from the Japanese government including a national Blue Ribbon Medal, and was the first non-American to receive the Pittcon Heritage Award.

Luigi Nono was an Italian avant-garde composer of classical music.

Max De Pree was an American businessman and writer. A son of D. J. De Pree, founder of Herman Miller office furniture company, he and his brother Hugh De Pree assumed leadership of the company in the early 1960s, Hugh becoming CEO and president in 1962. Max succeeded his brother Hugh as CEO in 1980 and served in that capacity to 1987, and he was a member of the company's Board of Directors until 1995. His book Leadership is an Art has sold more than 800,000 copies. In 1992, De Pree was inducted into Junior Achievement's U.S. Business Hall of Fame. He was involved with the Max De Pree Center for Leadership at Fuller Theological Seminary since its establishment. He died at his home in Holland, Michigan in 2017.

Elfriede "Elfi" von Dassanowsky was an Austrian-born singer, pianist and film producer.

Chi Pang-yuan is professor emeritus of English and comparative literature at National Taiwan University and a notable writer, academic, and Chinese–English translator. She has been instrumental in introducing Taiwanese literature to the western world through translations.