August 24th, 1987

Born on August 24th, 1987

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 13,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 613 days, exactly on December 22nd, 2025, people who were born on August 24th, 1987 will be 14,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 24th?

August 24th, 2006

The International Astronomical Union passed a resolution redefining the term planet and classifying Pluto as a dwarf planet.

August 24th, 2004

Eighty-nine people died after suicide bombers attacked two airliners flying out of Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport.

August 24th, 1992

Hurricane Andrew, the third-most intense Category 5 cyclone to impact the United States in the 20th century, made landfall in southern Florida.

August 24th, 1966

Cultural Revolution: Red Guards vandalised the Jokhang, the holiest Buddhist temple in Tibet.

August 24th, 1963

Buddhist crisis: The U.S. State Department ordered Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (pictured) to encourage South Vietnamese Army officers to oust Ngo Dinh Diem if he did not willingly remove Ngo Dinh Nhu from his unofficial position of power.

August 24th, 1942

World War II: At the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, bombers from the U.S. aircraft carrier Saratoga sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō near Santa Isabel Island, contributing to an Allied victory.

August 24th, 1941

Adolf Hitler ordered the suspension of the T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and disabled, although killings continued in secret for the remainder of World War II.

August 24th, 1921

The Royal Navy's R.38, the world's largest airship at the time, was destroyed by a structural failure over Hull, killing 44 of the 49 crew aboard.

August 24th, 1914

World War I: The Battle of Cer ended with the first Allied victory of the war.

August 24th, 1889

The predominantly Māori New Zealand Native football team (pictured) played the last match of their 107-game tour, the longest in rugby union history.

August 24th, 1888

89 New Zealand Native football team

August 24th, 1814

War of 1812: British forces invaded Washington, D.C., setting fire to various U.S. government buildings, including the White House (damage depicted).

August 24th, 1781

American Revolutionary War: Near present-day Aurora, Indiana, American Indians led by Joseph Brant killed or captured all members of a Pennsylvania militia.

August 24th, 1662

The 1662 Book of Common Prayer was legally enforced as the liturgy of the Church of England, precipitating the Great Ejection of Dissenter ministers from their benefices.

August 24th, 1643

A Dutch expedition arrived at the mouth of the Valdivia River, in present-day Chile, to establish a new colony in the ruins of the abandoned Spanish settlement of Valdivia.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 24th

Born on August 24th, 1987

36

Anže Kopitar

Slovenian ice hockey player

*August 24th, 1987, Hrušica

36

Daniel Fogg

British swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games bronze medallist

*August 24th, 1987, Edmonton

36

Oleksandr Gladkiy

Ukrainian footballer

*August 24th, 1987, Lozova

36

Ri Jun-il

North Korean footballer

*August 24th, 1987, Kaesong

36

Luisa María Alcalde Luján

Mexican politician

*August 24th, 1987, Mexico City

36

Jon Scheyer

American basketball player and coach

*August 24th, 1987, Northbrook

36

Daichi Miura

Japanese singer and dancer

*August 24th, 1987, Okinawa Prefecture

36

Suchith Suresan

Indian Playback Singer

*August 24th, 1987, Thiruvananthapuram

36

Daniel Giasson

Footballer

*August 24th, 1987, Caxias do Sul

36

Fritz Dopfer

Austrian alpine skier

*August 24th, 1987, Innsbruck

36

Beverly Ramos

Puerto Rican Olympic athlete

*August 24th, 1987, San Juan

36

Anja Zdovc

Slovene volleyball player

*August 24th, 1987, Slovenj Gradec

36

Rodolfo Salinas

Mexican footballer

*August 24th, 1987, Durango

36

Caroline Randall Williams

American writer

*August 24th, 1987, Nashville

36

Jonathan Duhamel

Canadian poker player (born 1987)

*August 24th, 1987, Boucherville

36

R. J. Webb

American football player, wide receiver

*August 24th, 1987, Greenville

36

Ayesha Farooq

Pakistani fighter pilot

*August 24th, 1987, Hasilpur

36

Julian Quintart

Television personality

*August 24th, 1987, Sur la Heid

36

Éric Bauthéac

French footballer

*August 24th, 1987, Bagnols-sur-Cèze

36

Jonathan Ruttens

Belgian footballer

*August 24th, 1987, City of Brussels

36

Rogério de Almeida Florindo dos Santos

Brazilian footballer

*August 24th, 1987, Araras

36

Nyco Lilliu

French singer and actor

*August 24th, 1987, Carspach

36

Niccolò Ferrari

Canoe slalom racer

*August 24th, 1987, Padua

36

Luiz Henrique Santos

Brazilian footballer

*August 24th, 1987, Santo Ângelo

36

Karanja Mack

Antigua and Barbuda footballer

*August 24th, 1987, Antigua and Barbuda

36

Marcel Sacramento

Brazilian association football player

*August 24th, 1987, Vera Cruz

36

Gordon Hinse

Canadian football player

*August 24th, 1987, Edmonton

36

Gong Maoxin

Chinese tennis player

*August 24th, 1987, Nanjing

36

Gavin McCallum

Canadian footballer

*August 24th, 1987, Mississauga

36

Franklin Ayodele

Footballer

*August 24th, 1987, Gusau

36

Dumitru Dolgov

Footballer

*August 24th, 1987, Perevalsk

36

Ren Hayakawa

Japanese archer

*August 24th, 1987, Anyang

36

Cameron Tringale

Professional golfer

*August 24th, 1987, Mission Viejo

36

Ryan O'Leary

Scottish footballer (born 1987)

*August 24th, 1987, Glasgow

36

Yan Shimin

Chinese rower

*August 24th, 1987, Zhejiang

36

Lyès Saïdi

Footballer

*August 24th, 1987, Sidi Aïch

36

Sam Yip

Hong Kong politician

*August 24th, 1987, British Hong Kong

36

Masaki Yamamoto

Japanese association football player

*August 24th, 1987, Shizuoka

36

Jonathan Orlando

American soccer player

*August 24th, 1987, Washington, D.C.

36

Rob Claeys

Belgian footballer

*August 24th, 1987, Kortrijk

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 24th?

46

Anne Marie Waters

UK far-right politician (1977-)

*August 24th, 1977, Dublin

35

Rupert Grint

English actor

*August 24th, 1988, Harlow

35

Romain Hardy

Racing cyclist

*August 24th, 1988, La Chapelle-d'Andaine

42

Lorenzo Porzio

Italian rower

*August 24th, 1981, Rome

41

Kim Källström

Swedish association football player

*August 24th, 1982, Sandviken

34

Ralf Matzka

German road cyclist

*August 24th, 1989, Villingen-Schwenningen

66

Stephen Fry

British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist

*August 24th, 1957, Hampstead

26

Alan Walker

Norwegian DJ and music producer

*August 24th, 1997, Northampton

42

Hervé Bugnet

French footballer

*August 24th, 1981, Sainte-Foy-la-Grande

32

John Fleck

Scottish association football player (born 1991)

*August 24th, 1991, Glasgow

45

Alex Lutz

French actor

*August 24th, 1978, Strasbourg

31

Leonie Pieper

German rower

*August 24th, 1992, Düsseldorf

66

Matthias Klinghardt

German Protestant theologian

*August 24th, 1957, Waldshut-Tiengen

39

Meghan O'Leary

American rower

*August 24th, 1984, Tulsa

86

Jorge Luis Borges

Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator (1899–1986)

*August 24th, 1899, Buenos Aires †June 14th, 1986, Geneva

76

Anne Archer

American actress

*August 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

42

Chad Michael Murray

American actor

*August 24th, 1981, Buffalo

25

Marc Hirschi

Swiss cyclist

*August 24th, 1998, Bern

76

Paulo Coelho

Brazilian lyricist and novelist

*August 24th, 1947, Rio de Janeiro

75

Sauli Niinistö

Finnish politician and the 12th President of Finland (2012–2024)

*August 24th, 1948, Salo

Same year
Born in 1987

36

Kendrick Lamar

American rapper, singer and record producer (born 1987)

*June 17th, 1987, Compton

36

Tontowi Ahmad

Indonesian badminton player

*July 18th, 1987, Banyumas

37

Annari Viljoen

Badminton player

*January 16th, 1987, Bloemfontein

36

Jax Jones

English DJ, songwriter, record producer and remixer

*July 25th, 1987, London

36

Kontra K

German rapper

*July 3rd, 1987, Berlin

36

Milan Borjan

Canadian association football player

*October 23rd, 1987, Knin

37

Eva Avila

Canadian singer, songwriter and actress

*February 25th, 1987, Gatineau

36

Philippa Strache

Austrian presenter and politician

*December 1st, 1987, Vienna

36

Rosalie Thomass

German actress

*August 14th, 1987, Munich

36

Lionel Messi

Argentine association football player (born 1987)

*June 24th, 1987, Rosario

36

Vladimir Ivanov

Russian badminton player

*July 3rd, 1987, Kusa

37

Andrew Ellis

Badminton player

*January 21st, 1987, Leeds

36

Shendy Puspa Irawati

Indonesian badminton player

*May 20th, 1987, Nganjuk

36

Sevdaliza

Iranian-Dutch singer-songwriter, record producer, visual artist and director

*September 1st, 1987, Tehran

37

Anna Hopkins

Canadian actress

*February 12th, 1987, Montreal

37

Vaidas Baumila

Lithuanian singer

*March 28th, 1987, Vilnius

37

Megan Sweeney

American luger

*February 17th, 1987, Portland

36

Duda Beat

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*October 8th, 1987, Recife

37

Kevin-Prince Boateng

Ghanaian association football player

*March 6th, 1987, West Berlin

36

Novak Djokovic

Serbian tennis player

*May 22nd, 1987, Belgrade

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 24th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 24th.

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Born on August 24th, 1987
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1987 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
August 1987