List of Famous people born on June 24th
Lionel Messi
Lionel Andrés Messi is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains both the Spanish club Barcelona and the Argentina national team. Often considered as the best player in the world and widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Messi has won a record six Ballon d'Or awards and a record six European Golden Shoes. He has spent his entire professional career with Barcelona, where he has won a club-record 33 trophies, including ten La Liga titles, four UEFA Champions League titles and six Copas del Rey. A prolific goalscorer and creative playmaker, Messi holds the records for most goals in La Liga (455), a La Liga and European league season (50), most hat-tricks in La Liga (36) and the UEFA Champions League (8), and most assists in La Liga (185), a La Liga and European league season (21) and the Copa América (12). He has scored over 700 senior career goals for club and country.
Owen Paterson
Owen William Paterson is a British Conservative Party politician who was the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2012 to 2014. He was first elected as the Member of Parliament for North Shropshire at the 1997 general election.
Gautam Adani
Gautam Shantilal Adani is an Indian billionaire industrialist who is the chairman and founder of the Adani Group -- an Ahmedabad-based multinational conglomerate involved in port development and operations in India. Adani is the president of the Adani Foundation, which is primarily led by his wife, Priti Adani.
Mindy Kaling
Vera Mindy Chokalingam, known professionally as Mindy Kaling, is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and director. She first gained recognition starring as Kelly Kapoor in the NBC sitcom The Office (2005–2013), for which she also served as a writer, executive producer, and director. For her work on the series, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series and five times for Outstanding Comedy Series. Kaling gained wider attention for creating, producing and starring in the Fox comedy series The Mindy Project (2012–2017). She created the NBC sitcom Champions (2018), also appearing in five episodes, the Hulu miniseries Four Weddings and a Funeral (2019), and the Netflix comedy-drama series Never Have I Ever (2020).
Doug Jones
Douglas Reid Jones was an American professional baseball relief pitcher. During a 16-year career in Major League Baseball (MLB), he played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles (1995), Oakland Athletics (1999–2000), Houston Astros (1992–1993), Philadelphia Phillies (1994), and Chicago Cubs (1996). Jones was a five-time MLB All-Star and a member of the 300 save club.
David Alaba
David Olatukunbo Alaba is an Austrian professional footballer who plays for German club Bayern Munich and the Austria national team. A versatile player, Alaba has played in a multitude of roles, including central midfield and right and left wing, but primarily plays as a centre-back or left-back.
Corina Crețu
Corina Crețu is a Romanian politician and a former European Commissioner for Regional Policy. Crețu is a member of the Romanian PRO Romania and former Member of the European Parliament. Between June 2014 and October 2014, she served as a Vice-President of the European Parliament.
JJ Redick
Jonathan Clay "JJ" Redick is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected 11th overall by the Orlando Magic in the 2006 NBA draft. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils.
Erin Moriarty
Erin Elair Moriarty is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Annie January / Starlight in the Amazon Prime Video series The Boys (2019–present), based on the comic book series of the same name. Prior to The Boys, she had notable roles in Netflix's Jessica Jones (2015), HBO's True Detective (2014), and ABC's Red Widow (2013). Outside of television, she has appeared in acclaimed independent films The Kings of Summer and Captain Fantastic, among others.
Darwin Núñez
Darwin Gabriel Núñez Ribeiro is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Portuguese club Benfica and the Uruguay national team.
LiSA
Risa Oribe , better known by her stage name LiSA, is a Japanese singer, songwriter and lyricist from Seki, Gifu, signed to Sacra Music under Sony Music Artists.
Tommy Lister Jr.
Tommy Debo Lister was an American character actor and occasional professional wrestler known for his roles as the neighborhood bully Deebo in the 1995 film Friday and its 2000 sequel and as President Lindberg in The Fifth Element. He had two short professional wrestling stints, with Hulk Hogan in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) after appearing as Zeus in the 1989 movie No Holds Barred, and resuming the feud as Z-Gangsta in 1996 for World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He was blind in his right eye which droops, and the look in movies is a product created by film crews. He played in both comedies and dramas, usually cast as 'the heavy.' He also had a distinguished track and field experience while in college.
Clay Helton
Charles Clay Helton is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at the University of Southern California. Helton has also been an assistant coach for the Duke Blue Devils, Houston Cougars and Memphis Tigers. His father, Kim Helton, was a coach in college, the National Football League, and the Canadian Football League.
Micah Richards
Micah Lincoln Richards is an English former professional footballer and pundit who played as a right back. He played in the Premier League and English Football League for Manchester City and Aston Villa, and in Serie A for Fiorentina.
Minka Kelly
Minka Kelly is an American actress and model. Her first starring role was in the NBC drama series Friday Night Lights (2006–2009) and she has also appeared on the shows Parenthood (2010–2011), Charlie's Angels (2011), and Almost Human (2013). Since 2018, Kelly portrays Dawn Granger / Dove in the DC Universe series Titans.
Geoff Keighley
Geoff Keighley is a Canadian video game journalist and television presenter. He was most known for hosting the video game show GameTrailers TV, and for co-hosting the now-defunct G4tv.com. Keighley is also a freelance writer whose work has appeared in Kotaku, among other publications. Keighley was the executive producer of the Spike Video Game Awards, and has served as the executive producer and host of The Game Awards since its inaugural show in 2014. He has also hosted the E3 Coliseum event at the Electronic Entertainment Expo.
Peter Weller
Peter Frederick Weller is an American film and stage actor, television director, and art historian.
Solange Knowles
Solange Piaget Knowles is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, performance artist, and actress. Expressing an interest in music from an early age, Knowles had several temporary stints as a backup dancer for Destiny's Child, which featured her elder sister, Beyoncé Knowles, among its members, before signing with her father Mathew Knowles's Music World Entertainment label. At age 16, Knowles released her first studio album Solo Star (2002). Between 2005 and 2007, Knowles had several minor acting roles, including the direct-to-video Bring It On: All or Nothing (2006) and continued writing music for Beyoncé and for former Destiny's Child group members Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams.
Tana Mongeau
Tana Marie Mongeau is an American Internet personality, musician, and model. She is known for her "storytime" videos and similar comedy videos.
Amber Rose Revah
Amber Rose Revah is an English actress. She is best known for playing the roles of Hala Hussein, Saddam's daughter, in the BBC/HBO series House of Saddam and Mary Magdalene in The Bible series and Son of God. Later she appeared in From Paris With Love (2010) and Aazaan (2011). She played the role of Dinah Madani in the Netflix original series The Punisher (2019).