List of Famous people born on August 24th

Robert Nance Haskell was a Maine state senator and the 65th Governor of Maine for five days in 1959.

Richard James Cushing was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Boston from 1944 to 1970 and was made a cardinal in 1958. Cushing's main role was as fundraiser and builder of new churches, schools, and institutions. Unlike his predecessor, he was on good terms with practically the entire Boston elite, as he softened the traditional confrontation between the Catholic Irish and the Protestant upper-class. He built useful relationships with Jews, Protestants, and institutions outside the usual Catholic community. He helped presidential candidate John F. Kennedy deflect fears of papal interference in American government if a Catholic became president.

Margaret Patricia Munn is the first Independent Chair of the Church of England’s National Safeguarding Panel, ProChancellor and Deputy Chair of the Board of Governors of Sheffield Hallam University, Chair of the British Council's Society Advisory Group and Non-Executive Director of the Phone-paid Services Authority. She was a Non-Executive Director of the Esh Group (2015-18).

Joe Regalbuto is an American actor and director. He is known for his role as Frank Fontana on the CBS television sitcom Murphy Brown, which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 1989.

James N. Aparo was a master American comic book artist best known for his 1960s and 1970s DC Comics work, including on the characters Batman, Aquaman and the Spectre.

Ronald William Gainer is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the eleventh and current Bishop of Harrisburg, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He previously served as the second Bishop of Lexington in Kentucky, before being named to Harrisburg.

Dominic Bryce Hubbard, 6th Baron Addington, is a British Liberal Democrat politician, the President of the British Dyslexic Association and the vice-president of the UK Sports Association.