1924 births

James Earl Carter Jr. was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, Carter served from 1971 to 1975 as the 76th governor of Georgia and from 1963 to 1967 in the Georgia State Senate. He lived longer than any other president in US history, reaching age 100.

George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st president of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. Bush was Ronald Reagan's vice president from 1981 to 1989. He was the father of George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States.

Marlon Brando Jr. was an American actor. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential performers in the history of cinema, he received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, three BAFTAs, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Brando is credited with being one of the first actors to bring the Stanislavski system of acting and method acting to mainstream audiences.

King of Saudi Arabia from 2005 to 2015

American author (1924-1984)

American actress (1924–2014)

Armenian-French singer and diplomat (1924-2018)

Italian actor (1924–1996)

8th President of the Republic of Korea (1924–2009)

Prime Minister of India (1996, 1988-2004)

9th President of the Republic of Turkey (1924-2015)

Polish-born, French and American mathematician (1924–2010)

French physicist (1924-2010)

American writer (1924–1987)

Indian film actor, producer and director

Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor

First president of Zambia (1924–2021)

English physicist and radio astronomer (1924–2021)

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (12 August 192417 August 1988) was a Pakistani military officer and politician who served as the sixth president of Pakistan from 1978 until his death in an airplane crash in 1988. He also served as the second chief of the army staff of the Pakistan Army from 1976 until his death. The country's longest-serving de facto head of state and chief of the army staff, Zia's political ideology is known as Ziaism.

American director, producer and screenwriter (1924–2011)

American actor (1924–1987)

French philosopher (1924–1998)

American economist (1924–2023)

Kenyan President (2nd) (1924-2020)

American physicist (1924-1998)

French composer and conductor (1924-2009)

Scottish doctor and pharmacologist (1924–2010)

French-American neuroscientist (1924–2024)

President of Portugal (1924–2017)

first black woman elected to the United States Congress (1924-2005)

81st Prime Minister of Japan (1924–2025)

Swiss singer (1924-2018)

American actress (1924-1987)

American film composer (1924–1994)

Leader of Turkish Cypriots and founding President of TRNC (1924-2012)

British comedian and actor (1924–1992)

Soviet Armenian and Georgian film director (1924-1990)

Equatoguinean politician, 1st and former President of Equatorial Guinea (1924-1979)

American actress (1924–2021)

President of Cameroon (1924-1989)

former First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania, 1st President of the Republic of Albania (1925-2011)

American actor and stand-up comedian (1924-2006)

American computer scientist (1924–2007)

American actress (born 1924)

Soviet and Russian writer and singer (1924-1997)

American actress (1924-2018)

Austrian-born philosopher of science

Guinea-Bissauan and Cape Verdean politician (1924-1973)

Indian playback singer (1924–1980)

French historian (1924-2014)

former Ethiopian President (1924-2018)

Nepalese politician (1924 - 2010)

Swedish neuroscientist

74th Prime Minister of Japan (1924-2000)

Soviet chess grandmaster

American jazz and classical singer (1924–1990)

Israeli politiciann, 7th president of Israel (1993–2000)

Soviet minister of defence (1924-2020)

6th President of Singapore (1924–2016)

literary scholar, writer, and editor (1924–2020)