Gordon Eklund (78)
July 24th, 1945

American writer – Gordon Eklund was born in Seattle (City in and county seat of King County, Washington, United States) on July 24th, 1945 and is 78 years old today.

Other personalities born on July 24

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Carsten Mogensen

Danish badminton player

*July 24th, 1983, Roskilde

75

Andreas Kunz

East German Nordic combined skier

*July 24th, 1946, Leipzig †January 1st, 2022, Leipzig

54

Jennifer Lopez

American singer and actress

*July 24th, 1969, The Bronx

24

Hugo Helmig

Danish singer-songwriter

*July 24th, 1998, Aarhus †November 23rd, 2022

48

Konrad Bansa

German handball player and coach

*July 24th, 1975, Neuwied

69

Jorge Jesus Nassar

Portuguese football manager and former player

*July 24th, 1954, Amadora

79

Eva Syková

Czech senator of Czech Parliament, doctor, professor and scientist

*July 24th, 1944, Rožmitál pod Třemšínem

66

Shavkat Mirziyoyev

2nd President of Uzbekistan (born 1957)

*July 24th, 1957, Zaamin District

55

Kristin Chenoweth

American actress, singer, author (born 1968)

*July 24th, 1968, Broken Arrow

75

Josef Fuchs

Swiss cyclist

*July 24th, 1948, Unteriberg

30

Artem Pochtarov

Ukrainian badminton player

*July 24th, 1993, Lysychansk

77

Al Lowe

Musician and game designer

*July 24th, 1946, gumbo

41

Amelia Earhart

American aviation pioneer and author

*July 24th, 1897, Atchison †January 5th, 1939, Howland Island

92

Ruth Greuner

German editor

*July 24th, 1931, Seehausen (Altmark)

41

Elisabeth Moss

British-American actress and producer

*July 24th, 1982, Los Angeles

89

Billy Taylor

American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator (1921-2010)

*July 24th, 1921, Greenville †December 28th, 2010, Manhattan

34

Marc Fielmann

German businessman

*July 24th, 1989, Hamburg

76

Gallagher

American stand-up comedian

*July 24th, 1946, Fort Liberty †November 11th, 2022, Palm Springs

86

Yvonne Hill

Australian sport shooter

*July 24th, 1937, Stirling

47

Simón Bolívar

South American military and political leader, protagonist of the Spanish-American emancipation against the Spanish Empire (1783-1830)

*July 24th, 1783, Birthplace of Simón Bolívar †December 17th, 1830, Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino

79

Daniel Morelon

French racing cyclist

*July 24th, 1944, Bourg-en-Bresse

128

Irene Alföldi

Hungarian singer and opera singer

*July 24th, 1871, Eger †January 1st, 2000

74

Michael Richards

American actor and comedian

*July 24th, 1949, Culver City

71

Gus Van Sant

American film director, producer, photographer and musician

*July 24th, 1952, Louisville

77

Ernst Tanner

Swiss manager

*July 24th, 1946, Schaffhausen

47

Rashida Tlaib

American politician and lawyer (born 1976)

*July 24th, 1976, Detroit

41

Anna Paquin

New Zealand actress (born 1982)

*July 24th, 1982, Winnipeg

61

Michael John LaChiusa

American musical theatre and opera composer (born 1962)

*July 24th, 1962, Chautauqua

72

Lynda Carter

American actress, singer, and beauty pageant titleholder

*July 24th, 1951, Phoenix

85

José Altafini

Brazilian-Italian footballer

*July 24th, 1938, Piracicaba

Also born in 1945

78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

79

Manuel Neuer

German association football player

*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

78

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

75

Gerd Müller

German footballer (1945–2021)

*November 3rd, 1945, Nördlingen †August 15th, 2021, Wolfratshausen

79

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

72

Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

*January 11th, 1945, Lengdorf †March 28th, 2017, Munich

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

78

Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

German actor

*October 30th, 1945, Arnstadt

78

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

79

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

78

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

78

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

78

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

78

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

76

Peter Patzak

Austrian film director and Screenwriter (1945-2021)

*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

71

Bernd Fritz

German author

*November 12th, 1945, Bechtheim †April 16th, 2017, Bechtheim

79

Barry Bostwick

American actor

*February 24th, 1945, San Mateo

78

Jean Nouvel

French architect (b.1945)

*August 12th, 1945, Fumel

78

Adrienne Barbeau

American actress

*June 11th, 1945, Sacramento

78

Rasa von Werder

American bodybuilder and sex worker

*July 16th, 1945, Calw

79

Eric Clapton

English guitarist, singer, and songwriter (born 1945)

*March 30th, 1945, Ripley

79

Linda Hunt

American actress

*April 2nd, 1945, Morristown

78

Patrick Modiano

French writer

*July 30th, 1945, Boulogne-Billancourt

78

Alain Juppé

92nd Prime Minister of France

*August 15th, 1945, Mont-de-Marsan

78

Eddy Merckx

Belgian cyclist (born 1945)

*June 17th, 1945, Meensel-Kiezegem

Gordon Eklund