List of Famous people born on August 24th

Samuel Rösch is a German singer. He appeared on and won the eighth season of The Voice of Germany.

Jackie Baumann is a retired German athlete who specialised in hurdling. She qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics where she finished 6th in her heat of the 400 m hurdles and did not qualify for the semifinals. She is a two-time German champion in the 400 m event. Her father, Dieter Baumann, was the Olympic champion in the 5000 m event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Elisabeth of Brandenburg was a Duchess consort of Brunswick-Göttingen-Calenberg by marriage to Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Regent of the Duchy of Brunswick-Göttingen-Calenberg during the minority of her son, Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, from 1540 until 1545. She is considered a "Reformation Princess", who, together with the Hessian reformer Anton Corvinus, helped the Reformation prevail in today's South Lower Saxony.

Rentarō Taki was a Japanese pianist and composer of the Meiji era.

Carola Scarpa, born Ana Carolina Rorato de Oliveira in São Paulo, was a Brazilian actress and socialite.

Einar Torgersen was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Matías Vecino Falero is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Inter Milan and the Uruguay national team.

Ferdinand, nicknamed Întregitorul, was the second King of Romania from 1914 until his death in 1927. Ferdinand was the second son of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern and Infanta Antónia of Portugal, daughter of Ferdinand II of Portugal and Maria II of Portugal. His family was part of the Catholic branch of the Prussian royal family Hohenzollern.

Michael Roth is a German politician and a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Since 27 September 1998, he has been member of the German Bundestag. Since 17 December 2013, he has been Minister of State for Europe at the German Federal Foreign Office in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel. Since January 2014, he has also been Commissioner for Franco-German Cooperation.

Linton Kwesi Johnson, also known as LKJ, is a Jamaican dub poet and activist who has been based in the United Kingdom since 1963. In 2002 he became the second living poet, and the only black poet, to be published in the Penguin Modern Classics series. His performance poetry involves the recitation of his own verse in Jamaican patois over dub-reggae, usually written in collaboration with renowned British reggae producer/artist Dennis Bovell.