Kristján Jóhannsson (75)
May 24th, 1948

Icelandic opera singer – Kristján Jóhannsson was born in Akureyri (Town in Iceland) on May 24th, 1948 and is 75 years old today.

Other personalities born on May 24

74

Jim Broadbent

English actor

*May 24th, 1949, Lincoln

51

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova since 2020

*May 24th, 1972, Risipeni

82

Bob Dylan

American singer-songwriter (born 1941)

*May 24th, 1941, Duluth

24

Tarjei Sandvik Moe

Norwegian actor

*May 24th, 1999, Oslo

55

Joseph Brodsky

Russian-American poet (1940-1996)

*May 24th, 1940, Saint Petersburg †January 28th, 1996, Brooklyn

84

Helga Piur

German actress and voice actress

*May 24th, 1939, Berlin

80

Pedro González González

American actor (1925-2006)

*May 24th, 1925, Aguilares †February 6th, 2006, Culver City

83

Werner von Moltke

Olympic athlete (1936-2019)

*May 24th, 1936, Mühlhausen †July 29th, 2019, Nieder-Olm

81

Fraser Stoddart

Scottish chemist and Nobel Laureate in 2016 for the design and synthesis of molecular machines

*May 24th, 1942, Edinburgh

58

Chris Jogis

Estonian-American badminton player

*May 24th, 1965, Palo Alto

68

Mai Zetterling

Swedish actress (1925–1994)

*May 24th, 1925, Västerås †March 17th, 1994, London

77

Selwyn Maister

Field hockey player

*May 24th, 1946, Christchurch

85

Tommy Chong

Canadian actor and comedian

*May 24th, 1938, Edmonton

58

John C. Reilly

American actor (born 1965)

*May 24th, 1965, Chicago

69

Mitch Kupchak

American basketball executive and retired player.

*May 24th, 1954, Hicksville

78

Priscilla Presley

American actress and businesswoman

*May 24th, 1945, Brooklyn

49

Bertrand Gallet

Badminton player

*May 24th, 1974, Lille

35

Ondřej Kopřiva

Badminton player

*May 24th, 1988, Hradec Králové

83

Arnold Wesker

British dramatist (1932-2016)

*May 24th, 1932, Stepney †April 12th, 2016, Brighton

74

Roger Deakins

British cinematographer

*May 24th, 1949, Torquay

32

Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin

Badminton player

*May 24th, 1991, Kuala Lumpur

49

Magnus Manske

German biochemist and MediaWiki developer

*May 24th, 1974, Cologne

70

Alfred Molina

British actor

*May 24th, 1953, Paddington

64

Franz Rieger

German politician (CSU)

*May 24th, 1959, Regensburg

29

Verdet Kessler

Badminton player

*May 24th, 1994, Adelaide

54

Jacob Rees-Mogg

British politician

*May 24th, 1969, Hammersmith

77

Tansu Çiller

Turkish politician, who has been the first female prime minister of the country

*May 24th, 1946, Istanbul

81

Victoria

Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901

*May 24th, 1819, Kensington Palace †January 22nd, 1901, Osborne House

76

Cleve Livingston

American rower

*May 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

75

José Cordero

Ecuadorian politician (1941-2017)

*May 24th, 1941, Cuenca †April 25th, 2017, Cuenca

Also born in 1948

69

Ole Thestrup

Danish actor (1948-2018)

*March 12th, 1948, Nibe †February 2nd, 2018, Tuse Næs

46

Maurizio Gucci

Italian businessman (1948-1995)

*September 26th, 1948, Florence †March 27th, 1995, Milan

75

Charles III of the United Kingdom

King of the United Kingdom since 2022

*November 14th, 1948, Buckingham Palace

75

Norbert Lammert

German politician, president of the Bundestag

*November 16th, 1948, Bochum

75

Jon Amiel

English film director

*May 20th, 1948, London

75

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

German actor and musician

*December 6th, 1948, Düsseldorf

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

75

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor, actor, and video producer (born 1948)

*July 12th, 1948, New Orleans

69

Bernard Bosson

French politician (1948-2017)

*February 25th, 1948, Annecy †May 13th, 2017, 8th arrondissement of Lyon

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

75

Kathy Bates

American film actress and director

*June 28th, 1948, Memphis

71

Robert Trump

US business executive and real estate developer (1948-2020)

*August 26th, 1948, Queens †August 15th, 2020, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

68

Bernie Wrightson

American illustrator

*October 27th, 1948, Baltimore †March 18th, 2017, Austin

75

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

76

John de Lancie

American actor

*March 20th, 1948, Philadelphia

76

Al Gore

Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

*March 31st, 1948, Washington, D.C.

75

Jonathan Hyde

Australian-born English actor

*May 21st, 1948, Brisbane

68

Altamas Kabir

39th Chief Justice of India

*July 19th, 1948, Kolkata †February 19th, 2017, Kolkata

75

Brian Eno

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

68

Carlos Gardini

Argentinian journalist (1948-2017)

*August 26th, 1948, Buenos Aires †March 1st, 2017, Buenos Aires

75

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

94th Prime Minister of France

*August 3rd, 1948, Poitiers

75

Donna Karan

American fashion designer

*October 2nd, 1948, New York City

75

Tom Wilkinson

English actor (1948–2023)

*February 5th, 1948, Leeds †December 30th, 2023, London

76

Bernadette Peters

American actress and singer

*February 28th, 1948, Queens

75

Ian McEwan

British author

*June 21st, 1948, Aldershot

76

Wolfgang Schomburg

Judge

*April 9th, 1948, Berlin

75

Sauli Niinistö

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

*August 24th, 1948, Salo

76

Féodor Atkine

French actor

*February 27th, 1948, Paris

75

Tony Gatlif

French film director, actor and screenwriter

*September 10th, 1948, Algiers

75

George R. R. Martin

American writer and television producer

*September 20th, 1948, Bayonne

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