List of Famous people born on August 24th

Louis Martin-Chauffier, real name Louis Martin, was a 20th-century French journalist and writer and a member of the French Resistance.

Gary Albert Filmon is Canadian politician from Manitoba. He was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba from 1983 to 2000, and served as the 19th premier of Manitoba from 1988 to 1999.

Donald Douglas was a Scottish actor in the United States who performed in films, on the stage and in radio.

Otto Lang was a German actor and director.

Leopold Horner was a German chemist who published a modified Wittig reaction using phosphonate-stabilized carbanions now called the Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction or Horner-Wittig reaction.

Motoko Fujishiro Huthwaite was an American teacher. She served during World War II, with the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program. In 2015, she was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Fujishiro Huthwaite also worked closely with the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art and its founder Robert M. Edsel to continue the mission of the MFAA and preserve their legacy.