List of Famous people born on July 24th

Jean-Joseph Kapeller was a French painter, architect and geometer. Born in Marseille he was influenced by Jean-Baptiste de La Rose and Joseph Vernet, mainly producing landscapes and seascapes such as his 1756 masterwork Embarcation of the Expeditionary Corps for Minorca at the Port of Marseille under the command of the Duke of Richelieu. He and his contemporary Charles François Lacroix de Marseille produced seascapes which marked a step-change in the appreciation of seascapes in Provence in the second half of the 18th century.

Alaa Mashzoub was an Iraqi journalist, novelist, writer and historian. Many of Mashzoub's novels and writings focused on the history of Iraq, the city of Karbala, and the history of the Jews in Iraq. He was a frequent critic of sectarianism and the militias which hold sway in much of Iraq.

Alexander Brückner was a Baltic German historian who specialized in Russian studies. He was the father of geographer Eduard Brückner.

Kuchipudi Latha Praveen is an Indian film editor, based in Chennai, who works predominantly on Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and English films.