Halldór Blöndal (87)
August 24th, 1938

Icelandic politician – Halldór Blöndal was born in Reykjavík (Capital and largest city in Iceland) on August 24th, 1938 and is 87 years old today.

Other personalities born on August 24

48

Anne Marie Waters

UK far-right politician (1977-)

*August 24th, 1977, Dublin

78

Anne Archer

American actress

*August 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

78

Paulo Coelho

Brazilian lyricist and novelist

*August 24th, 1947, Rio de Janeiro

86

Jorge Luis Borges

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

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

78

Roger De Vlaeminck

Belgian cyclist

*August 24th, 1947, Eeklo

70

Mike Huckabee

Governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007

*August 24th, 1955, Hope

77

Jean-Michel Jarre

French composer, performer and record producer (born 1948)

*August 24th, 1948, 4th arrondissement of Lyon

86

Marc Laurendeau

Canadian actor

*August 24th, 1939, Montreal

95

Pierre Barillet

French playwright and writer

*August 24th, 1923, 16th arrondissement of Paris †January 8th, 2019, 7th arrondissement of Paris

88

Jean Rhys

British novelist (1890–1979)

*August 24th, 1890, Roseau †May 14th, 1979, Exeter

80

Christine Ostrowski

German politician

*August 24th, 1945, Plauen

73

Kenny Guinn

American politician; 27th Governor of Nevada (1936-2010)

*August 24th, 1936, Garland †July 22nd, 2010, Las Vegas

70

Alberto Bonacossa

Italian tennis player (1883-1953)

*August 24th, 1883, Vigevano †December 31st, 1953, Milan

30

Ane Etxezarreta

Association football player

*August 24th, 1995, Beasain

Also born in 1938

87

Otto Rehhagel

German footballer and manager

*August 9th, 1938, Essen

82

Diana Rigg

English actress (1938–2020)

*July 20th, 1938, Doncaster †September 10th, 2020, London

87

Lorraine Crapp

Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder

*October 1st, 1938, Sydney

80

Kofi Annan

7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)

*April 8th, 1938, Kumasi †August 18th, 2018, Bern

78

Michael Bogdanov

British theatre director

*December 15th, 1938, Neath †April 16th, 2017, Greece

87

Jon Voight

American actor (born 1938)

*December 29th, 1938, Yonkers

87

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski

Peruvian politician and economist; Prime Minister (2005–06), President (2016–18)

*October 3rd, 1938, Lima

83

Herbert Achternbusch

German writer, painter and filmmaker (1938–2022)

*November 23rd, 1938, Munich †January 10th, 2022, Munich

82

Fips Asmussen

German comedian (1938–2020)

*April 30th, 1938, Hamburg †August 9th, 2020, Carl-von-Basedow-Klinikum

84

Fritz Pleitgen

German journalist and author (1938-2022)

*March 21st, 1938, Duisburg †September 15th, 2022, Cologne

88

Tommy Chong

Canadian actor and comedian

*May 24th, 1938, Edmonton

43

Romy Schneider

German-French actress (1938–1982)

*September 23rd, 1938, Vienna †May 29th, 1982, 7th arrondissement of Paris

78

Inga Ålenius

Swedish actress (1938-2017)

*May 15th, 1938, Stockholm †April 24th, 2017, Helsingborg

78

Silvano Basagni

Italian sport shooter (1938-2017)

*August 6th, 1938, Florence †May 10th, 2017, Florence

73

Jean Giraud

French comics author (1938–2012)

*May 8th, 1938, Nogent-sur-Marne †March 10th, 2012, Montrouge

88

Juan Carlos I of Spain

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014

*January 5th, 1938, Rome

87

Elliott Gould

American actor

*August 29th, 1938, Brooklyn

42

Vladimir Vysotsky

Soviet singer-songwriter and actor (1938–1980)

*January 25th, 1938, Moscow †July 25th, 1980, Moscow

88

Giuliano Amato

Italian politician (born 1938)

*May 13th, 1938, Turin

87

Derek Jacobi

English actor (born 1938)

*October 22nd, 1938, Leytonstone

87

Connie Stevens

American actress and singer

*August 8th, 1938, Brooklyn

87

Dolores Hart

American Roman Catholic religious sister, and former actress

*October 20th, 1938, Chicago

88

Frank Langella

American actor

*January 1st, 1938, Bayonne

88

William Bolcom

American composer

*May 26th, 1938, Seattle

87

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

24th president of Liberia

*October 29th, 1938, Monrovia

87

Heinz Fischer

Austrian politician (SPÖ), 8th president of Austria (born 1938)

*October 9th, 1938, Graz

87

Enrico Macias

French recording artist; singer,(Born on December 11, 1938 he is an Algerian-born French Jewish singer.He was born in Constantine, Algeria.)

*December 11th, 1938, Constantine

81

Terrence McNally

American playwright (1938–2020)

*November 3rd, 1938, St. Petersburg †March 24th, 2020, Sarasota

86

Duane Eddy

American guitarist (1938–2024)

*April 26th, 1938, Corning †April 30th, 2024, Franklin

81

Brian Dennehy

American actor (1938–2020)

*July 9th, 1938, Bridgeport †April 15th, 2020, New Haven

Halldór Blöndal