List of Famous people born on August 24th

Alessandro Ignazio Marcello was an Italian nobleman and composer.

Franca Tamantini was an Italian film, television and stage actress.

Svandís Svavarsdóttir is a member of parliament of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament. She is a member of the Left-Green Movement. She served as Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources in the government of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir. She was also the leader of the Left-Green Movement's parliamentary group. She is currently serving as the Minister of Health.

Ida Betty Odinga is a Kenyan businesswoman, activist and educator. She is the wife of Raila Odinga, the former Prime Minister of Kenya.and the leader of National Super Alliance (NASA). In 2010, The Standard named Odinga, who was one of the first women to head a major Kenyan company, as one of the top the most powerful women in Kenya in 2010.

Ljiljana Nikolovska is a Croatian singer who rose to prominence as the lead vocalist for the Split-based pop music act Magazin.

René-Jean Chauffard was a French film actor. He appeared in 40 films between 1945 and 1972.

Avery Robert Dulles was a Jesuit priest, theologian and cardinal of the Catholic Church. Dulles served on the faculty of Woodstock College from 1960 to 1974, of the Catholic University of America from 1974 to 1988, and as the Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society at Fordham University from 1988 to 2008. He was an internationally-known author and lecturer.