List of Famous people who died at 24

Khaled Kelkal was a French and Algerian terrorist affiliated with the GIA. He was involved in the 1995 terror bombings in France.

Bahattin Sofuoğlu was a successful motorcycle racer for the Turkish Honda team.

Alexander Socrates Onassis was an American-born Greek businessman. He was the son of the Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis and his first wife Tina Livanos. He and his sister Christina Onassis were upset by his father's marriage to Jacqueline Kennedy, and he was credited with attempting to improve the relationship between his father and Stavros Niarchos.

Samuel Kamau Wanjiru was a Kenyan long-distance runner who won the 2008 Beijing Olympics Marathon in an Olympic record time of 2:06:32; becoming the first Kenyan to win the Olympic gold in the marathon. He became the youngest gold medallist in the marathon since 1932.

Lee Eun-ju was a South Korean actress. She was the star of hit films including Taegukgi and The Scarlet Letter. She died by suicide at age 24.

Shosei Koda was a Japanese citizen who was kidnapped and later beheaded in Iraq on 29 October 2004, by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group, while touring the country. He was the first Japanese person beheaded in Iraq.

Christopher Lee Pettiet was an American television and film actor best known for his role as Jesse James in the Western TV series The Young Riders and as Zach Crandell in the cult comedy film Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991).

Shady Habash was an Egyptian filmmaker.

Peter Wirnsberger II, so called to distinguish him from the just homonymous Peter Wirnsberger is an Austrian former alpine skier.

Cătălin George Hîldan was a Romanian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his career at Dinamo București, where he gained team captaincy, and amassed eight appearances for the Romania national team.