Bettye Swann (79)
October 24th, 1944

American singer-songwriter – Bettye Swann was born in Shreveport (Parish seat of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States) on October 24th, 1944 and is 79 years old today.

Other personalities born on October 24

66

John Kassir

American actor and comedian

*October 24th, 1957, Baltimore

69

Malcolm Turnbull

Prime Minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018

*October 24th, 1954, Sydney

26

Raye

British singer and songwriter

*October 24th, 1997, Tooting

70

Katherine Dunn

American novelist, journalist, poet

*October 24th, 1945, Garden City †May 11th, 2016, Portland

57

Conrad Pla

Canadian actor and former professional kickboxer

*October 24th, 1966, Madrid

38

Wayne Rooney

English association football manager and former player

*October 24th, 1985, Liverpool

69

Fernando Vázquez

Galician association football manager

*October 24th, 1954, O Pino

63

BD Wong

American actor

*October 24th, 1960, San Francisco

92

George Crumb

American composer (1929-2022)

*October 24th, 1929, Charleston †February 6th, 2022, Media

77

Kristina Richter

German handball player

*October 24th, 1946, Zwickau

74

Philipp Ludwig von Seidel

German mathematician

*October 24th, 1821, Zweibrücken †August 13th, 1896, Munich

34

PewDiePie

Swedish YouTuber (born 1989)

*October 24th, 1989, Gothenburg

76

Barbara Cassin

French philologist and philosopher

*October 24th, 1947, Boulogne-Billancourt

76

Kevin Kline

American actor

*October 24th, 1947, St. Louis

53

Raúl Esparza

American actor

*October 24th, 1970, Wilmington

74

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes

French physicist

*October 24th, 1932, 16th arrondissement of Paris †May 18th, 2007, Orsay

57

Matthew Warchus

British director and dramatist

*October 24th, 1966, Rochester

80

Maarten van Rossem

Dutch historian

*October 24th, 1943, Zeist

44

Amanda Aardsma

American actress

*October 24th, 1979, Denver

68

Giacomo Bulgarelli

Italian footballer (1940-2009)

*October 24th, 1940, Medicina †February 12th, 2009, Bologna

26

Cristo González

Cristo González Pérez el guapísimo futbolista español

*October 24th, 1997, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

84

F. Murray Abraham

American actor

*October 24th, 1939, Pittsburgh

70

Christoph Daum

German association football player and manager

*October 24th, 1953, Zwickau

71

Emmerich Kálmán

Hungarian-born composer of operettas

*October 24th, 1882, Siófok †October 30th, 1953, Paris

28

Ashton Sanders

American actor

*October 24th, 1995, Carson

74

Frank Delaney

Irish writer and journalist

*October 24th, 1942, Thomastown †February 21st, 2017, Torrington

93

Sybil Thorndike

British actress (1882-1976)

*October 24th, 1882, Gainsborough †June 9th, 1976, Chelsea

79

Stephen Covey

American educator, author, businessman and motivational speaker (1932-2012)

*October 24th, 1932, Salt Lake City †July 16th, 2012, Idaho Falls

87

Bill Wyman

British musician, former bassist of the Rolling Stones

*October 24th, 1936, London

78

Miguel Ángel Coria Varela

Spanish composer (1937-2016)

*October 24th, 1937, Madrid †February 24th, 2016, Madrid

Also born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

79

Mary Robinson

Former President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

*May 21st, 1944, Ballina

79

Chris Hillman

American musician

*December 4th, 1944, Los Angeles

79

Arne Lindtner Næss

Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter

*December 19th, 1944, Bergen

79

George Lucas

American filmmaker (born 1944)

*May 14th, 1944, Modesto

80

Françoise Hardy

French singer and songwriter

*January 17th, 1944, 9th arrondissement of Paris

76

Alan Parker

English film producer and director (1944-2020)

*February 14th, 1944, Islington †July 31st, 2020, London

80

Rakel Surlien

Norwegian judge and politician

*February 10th, 1944, Svelvik

73

Wolfgang Bochow

Badminton player

*May 26th, 1944, Brunswick †September 14th, 2017, Siegburg

72

László Csendes

Hungarian actor (1944-2017)

*September 21st, 1944, Rimavská Sobota †March 24th, 2017

72

Sibylle Tönnies

German opinion journalist, sociologist and jurist

*November 24th, 1944, Potsdam †March 25th, 2017

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