List of Famous people who born in 1924

George Carr Frison was an American archaeologist. He received the Society for American Archaeology's Lifetime Achievement Award, the Paleoarchaeologist of the Century Award, and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. He was Wyoming’s first State Archaeologist, and was a founder of the University of Wyoming Anthropology Department. He died in September 2020 at the age of 95.

Arne Melchior was a Danish politician of Jewish descent and supporter of Jewish causes. He was the son of Marcus Melchior.

Francesco Leonetti was an Italian poet, novelist, art critic, teacher and political activist.

Giovanni Berlinguer was an Italian politician, humanist and professor of social medicine.

Myles Walter Ponsonby CBE, was a British soldier, intelligence officer, diplomat and politician. He was Ambassador to Mongolia from 1974 to 1977.

Edward Palmer Thompson was a British historian, writer, socialist and peace campaigner. He is probably best known today for his historical work on the British radical movements in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, in particular The Making of the English Working Class (1963).