List of Famous people born on August 24th
Lee Kyoung-Hoon
Lee Kyoung-hoon, also known as K. H. Lee, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.
Deepti Sharma
Deepti Bhagwan Sharma is an international cricketer who plays for the Indian women's national cricket team. She is an all rounder who bats Left-handed and bowls right-arm off break and is currently ranked 4th in the top all-rounders in the ICC Cricket Rankings. Deepti Sharma is also the current third highest individual scorer by a woman cricketer in ODIs.
Hans Vanaken
Hans Vanaken is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Belgian First Division A club Club Brugge and the Belgium national team. Vanaken is well known in Belgium for his prolific goal scoring ability despite playing in midfield.
Beth Riesgraf
Beth Jean Riesgraf is an American actress. She is known for her portrayal of Parker on the TNT television series Leverage (2008–2012).
Kirsten Heisig
Kirsten Heisig was a German juvenile magistrate. Heisig was criticized by parts of the political left and parts of the Arabic community for her statements and for her view that some foreign cultures neglect education and encourage juvenile delinquency. As a juvenile magistrate for Neukölln, an area with a crime rate 40% above the average of Berlin, she initiated a model that streamlined procedures and targeted an appearance before court within 3–5 weeks after the deed had been committed for deeds punishable by a maximum imprisonment of 4 weeks. Other key elements were encounters between delinquent and victim and community service and a cooperation between legal organs and social workers. This model was extended to the entire city of Berlin in June 2010 and caught attention on a national level.
Shivaram Rajguru
Shivaram Hari Rajguru was an Indian revolutionary from Maharashtra, known mainly for his involvement in the assassination of a British Raj police officer. He also fought for the independence of India and On 23 March 1931 he was hanged by the British government along with Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev Thapar.
John Fleck
John Alexander Fleck is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for English Premier League club Sheffield United.
Ciputra
Ciputra or Tjiputra was an Indonesian businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He founded Ciputra Group, one of Indonesia's largest real estate companies, with three subsidiaries, including Ciputra Development, listed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange. Known as one of Indonesia's most generous philanthropists, he established ten schools, the Ciputra University of Entrepreneurship in Surabaya, and the Ciputra Artpreneur Museum in Jakarta.
Guillermo Bredeston
Guillermo Juan Bredeston was an Argentine stage, television and film actor.
Lavinia Fontana
Lavinia Fontana was a Bolognese Mannerist painter active in Bologna and Rome. She is best known for her successful portraiture, but also worked in the genres of mythology and religious painting. She was trained by her father Prospero Fontana who was a teacher at the School of Bologna. She is regarded as the first female career artist in Western Europe as she relied on commissions for her income. Her family relied on her career as a painter, and her husband served as her agent and raised their eleven children. She was perhaps the first woman artist to paint female nudes, but this is a topic of controversy among art historians.