List of Famous people born on March 24th
Lynda Baron
Lilian Baron, known professionally as Lynda Baron, is an English actress, comedian and singer, best known for playing Auntie Mabel in the award-winning children's series Come Outside (1993–1997) and Nurse Gladys Emmanuel in the BBC comedy series Open All Hours (1976–1985) and its sequel, Still Open All Hours (2013–2016). In 2006, she played Linda Clarke in EastEnders, before returning from 2008 to 2009 and again in 2016.
T. J. Ford
Terrance Jerod Ford Sr. is an American former professional basketball player. Having been awarded numerous top basketball accolades in high school and college, Ford entered the 2003 NBA draft and was selected eighth overall by the Milwaukee Bucks. Ford's recurring back injuries resulted in him missing many games in his three seasons with the Bucks, but in 2005, it was announced that he was fit to play basketball again. Ford was traded to the Raptors prior to the 2006–07 NBA season, and established himself as the starting point guard, helping the team win the Atlantic Division crown and reach the 2007 NBA Playoffs. Following an injury sustained in the 2007–08 NBA season, however, Ford had difficulties reclaiming the starting spot and was traded to the Indiana Pacers. He signed with KK Zagreb of Croatia during the 2011 NBA lockout where he appeared in one game, playing 17 minutes and scoring 7 points. On December 9, 2011, Ford signed a contract with the San Antonio Spurs.
Rodolfo Landim
Luiz Rodolfo Landim Machado is a Brazilian sports director and petroleum engineer. He is the current president of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, elected for the 2019-2021 term.
S. Olvah Alhamid
Syarifah Olvah Bwefar Alhamid or beter known as S. Olvah Alhamid is an Indonesian model from Kaimana Regency and became the first Papuan women who won the title of Puteri Indonesia Perdamaian, precisely at the beauty pageant of Puteri Indonesia 2015. For her victory in the Top 5 Puteri Indonesia 2015, Olvah then appointed by the Puteri Indonesia Foundation to represent Indonesia in the Miss Eco Universe 2016 beauty pageant held in Egypt. At the pageant, he managed to occupy the Top 16 position and also won best national costume with costume named 'Bird of Paradise'.
Keisha Castle-Hughes
Keisha Castle-Hughes is an Australian–New Zealand actress who rose to prominence for playing Paikea "Pai" Apirana in the film Whale Rider. She was nominated for several awards, including an Academy Award for Best Actress and an award at the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards for Best Young Actor/Actress, which she won.
Joseph Priestley
Joseph Priestley was an English chemist, natural philosopher, separatist theologian, grammarian, multi-subject educator, and liberal political theorist who published over 150 works. He has historically been credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in its gaseous state, although Carl Wilhelm Scheele and Antoine Lavoisier also have strong claims to the discovery, Scheele having discovered it in 1772, two years before Priestley.
Paolo Duterte
Paolo "Pulong" Zimmerman Duterte is a Filipino politician who is the representative of Davao City's 1st district. He previously was vice mayor of Davao City from 2013 until his resignation in December 2017.
Tsay Ting-kuei
Tsay Ting-kuei is a Taiwanese civil engineering professor, political activist, and former government official. A professor at National Taiwan University in Taipei, he has conducted research in areas including coastal engineering and computational hydraulics. In politics, he served in various positions in the Chen Shui-bian administration in the mid-2000s, and rose to greater prominence for his protests in support of the Taiwan independence movement.
Aaron Brooks
Aaron Lafette Brooks is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons, primarily with the New Orleans Saints. He played college football at Virginia and was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round of the 1999 NFL Draft. After one season with the Packers, he was a member of the Saints for six seasons, where he led the franchise to their first playoff victory in 2000 against defending Super Bowl champion St. Louis Rams. Brooks also became the first NFL quarterback to eliminate the defending Super Bowl champions in his first career postseason start. In his final season, he played for the Oakland Raiders. Brooks retired in 2007 as the Saints' franchise leader in both season and career touchdown passes, since surpassed by Drew Brees. For his accomplishments with the franchise, he was inducted to the New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame in 2014.
Anxhela Peristeri
Anxhela Peristeri, also known mononymously as Anxhela, is an Albanian singer, songwriter and model. Peristeri emerged as the winner of the 19th edition of Kënga Magjike in 2017. After winning the 59th edition of Festivali i Këngës, she was announced as the Albania's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.