List of Famous people born on October 24th
Pori Moni
Smrity Shamsunnahar , known by her stage name Porimoni, is a Bangladeshi actress and model. Her notable films include Aro Bhalobashbo Tomay, Rokto, Pure Jay Mon and Swapnajaal.
Yaqub Eyyubov
Yaqub Abdulla oglu Eyyubov is an Azerbaijani politician who has been First Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan since 2003.
Vikas Bhalla
Vikas Bhalla pronounced [ʋɪkaːs bʱəlla] is an Indian film, television actor, singer and producer. Vikas is trained in Hindustani classical music from Allahabad University, under Pandit Jialal Vasant. He appeared as a lead actor in films in the late 1990s, and went on to feature in several music and video albums. In 1995, Bhalla made his film debut in Ramesh Modi's Sauda, in which he played the lead role of Deepak, opposite Neelam. The film was inspired by the Hollywood blockbuster Indecent Proposal.
Mariafe Artacho Huayoli
Mariafe Artacho del Solar is an Australian beach volleyball player. She represented Australia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Artacho del Solar plays as a right-side defender. According to the Women's FIVB World Rankings, she and partner Taliqua Clancy are ranked 5th as of 21 January 2020.
Barbara Cassin
Barbara Cassin is a French philologist and philosopher. She was elected to the Académie française on 4 May 2018. Cassin is the recipient of the Grand Prize of Philosophy of the Académie française. She is an Emeritus Research Director at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris. Cassin is a program Director at the International College of Philosophy and the director of its Scientific Council and member of its Board of Directors. She was a director of Collège international de philosophie established by Jacques Derrida. In 2006 she succeeded Jonathan Barnes to the directorship of the leading centre of excellence in Ancient philosophy, Centre Leon-Robin, at the Sorbonne. In recent years she has been teaching seminars and writing books in partnership with Alain Badiou.
Mary Bono
Mary Bono is an American politician, businesswoman and lobbyist who served Palm Springs and most of central and eastern Riverside County, California in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1998 to 2013.
Cindy Breakspeare
Cynthia Jean Cameron Breakspeare is a Canadian-Jamaican jazz singer, musician and beauty queen. Breakspeare was crowned Miss World 1976. Breakspeare is the mother of reggae musician Damian Marley, through her relationship with Bob Marley, who remained married to Rita Marley until his death. Bob Marley is said to have written the song ‘Turn Your Lights Down Low’ about her.
Zephyr Teachout
Zephyr Rain Teachout is an American attorney, author, political candidate, and associate professor of law at Fordham University.
The Big Bopper
Jiles Perry "J. P." Richardson Jr., known as The Big Bopper, was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and disc jockey. His best known compositions include "Chantilly Lace" and "White Lightning", the latter of which became George Jones' first number-one hit in 1959. Richardson was killed in a plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa in 1959, along with fellow musicians Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens, and the pilot Roger Peterson. The accident was famously referred to as "The Day the Music Died" in Don McLean's 1971 song "American Pie".
Edson Álvarez
Edson Omar Álvarez Velázquez is a Mexican professional footballer who plays for Eredivisie club Ajax and the Mexico national team. Mainly a center-back, he is also capable of playing as a right-back, or as a defensive midfielder.