List of Famous people born on October 24th

Peter Takeo Okada was a Japanese prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Tokyo from 2000 to 2017.

David Allen Meltzer is an American journalist and sports historian who reports on professional wrestling and mixed martial arts.

Shih Szu is an actress from the Republic of China (Taiwan). She was born Lei Qui Si (雷秋思) to parents from Hunan Province. A ballet student from the age of six, at the age of sixteen she joined Shaw Brothers Studio after secondary school and began appearing in films such as The Crimson Charm and The Rescue. However, the film that would rocket her to stardom would be her appearance opposite the famous Cheng Pei-pei in 1971's The Lady Hermit. She then would go on to appear in numerous wuxia and kung fu films such as The Thunderbolt Fist, Heroes of Sung, The Shadow Boxer, The Lady of the Law. The Shaws, seeing great potential in her, gave her a role in Hammer and the Shaws’ co-production The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires but the film was not successful internationally.

Mario van Baarle is a track cyclist from the Netherlands. He competed in the men's team pursuit at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing 12th.