Madhav Gadgil (81)
May 24th, 1942

Indian ecologist, writer, environmental activist – Madhav Gadgil was born in Pune (Metropolis in Maharashtra, India) on May 24th, 1942 and is 81 years old today.

Other personalities born on May 24

82

Bob Dylan

American singer-songwriter (born 1941)

*May 24th, 1941, Duluth

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

51

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova since 2020

*May 24th, 1972, Risipeni

24

Tarjei Sandvik Moe

Norwegian actor

*May 24th, 1999, Oslo

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

74

Jim Broadbent

English actor

*May 24th, 1949, Lincoln

85

Tommy Chong

Canadian actor and comedian

*May 24th, 1938, Edmonton

75

José Cordero

Ecuadorian politician (1941-2017)

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

68

Mai Zetterling

Swedish actress (1925–1994)

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

58

Chris Jogis

Estonian-American badminton player

*May 24th, 1965, Palo Alto

83

Arnold Wesker

British dramatist (1932-2016)

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

78

Priscilla Presley

American actress and businesswoman

*May 24th, 1945, Brooklyn

58

John C. Reilly

American actor (born 1965)

*May 24th, 1965, Chicago

49

Bertrand Gallet

Badminton player

*May 24th, 1974, Lille

77

Selwyn Maister

Field hockey player

*May 24th, 1946, Christchurch

82

George Lakoff

American linguist

*May 24th, 1941, Bayonne

35

Ondřej Kopřiva

Badminton player

*May 24th, 1988, Hradec Králové

69

Mitch Kupchak

American basketball executive and retired player.

*May 24th, 1954, Hicksville

79

Dominique Lavanant

French actress

*May 24th, 1944, Morlaix

32

Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin

Badminton player

*May 24th, 1991, Kuala Lumpur

49

Magnus Manske

German biochemist and MediaWiki developer

*May 24th, 1974, Cologne

29

Verdet Kessler

Badminton player

*May 24th, 1994, Adelaide

81

Victoria

Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901

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

93

Robert Bateman

Canadian artist

*May 24th, 1930, Toronto

54

Jacob Rees-Mogg

British politician

*May 24th, 1969, Hammersmith

64

Franz Rieger

German politician (CSU)

*May 24th, 1959, Regensburg

79

Patti LaBelle

American singer and actress

*May 24th, 1944, Philadelphia

80

Héctor Aguer

Catholic bishop

*May 24th, 1943, Buenos Aires

Also born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

27

Jimi Hendrix

American guitarist (1942–1970)

*November 27th, 1942, Seattle †September 18th, 1970, Kensington

75

Pierre Seron

Belgian comics artist (1942-2017)

*February 9th, 1942, Chênée †May 24th, 2017, Saint-Bénézet

81

Thomas Danneberg

German actor (1942–2023)

*June 2nd, 1942, Berlin †September 30th, 2023, Berlin

74

Sven-Erik Magnusson

Swedish singer and musician

*October 13th, 1942, Säffle †March 22nd, 2017, Karlstad

71

Bob Hoskins

British actor (1942–2014)

*October 26th, 1942, Bury St Edmunds †April 29th, 2014, Bury St Edmunds

82

Michael Bloomberg

American businessman and politician; 108th mayor of New York City

*February 14th, 1942, Boston

82

Mike Pender

British musician

*March 3rd, 1942, Kirkdale

70

Roger Ebert

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

*June 18th, 1942, Urbana †April 4th, 2013, Chicago

75

David Ogden Stiers

American actor (1942–2018)

*October 31st, 1942, Peoria †March 3rd, 2018, Newport

81

Fraser Stoddart

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

*May 24th, 1942, Edinburgh

Madhav Gadgil