February 24th Birthdays

American singer and actress, Joanie Sommers was born on this day, as Joan Drost, in 1941 in Buffalo, NY. Here’s Joanie’s big 1962 hit “Johnny Get Angry” with Sha Na Na.

• 1931
  Dominic Chianese, American actor
• 1934
  Renata Scotto, Italian soprano
• 1942
  Paul Jones, English singer
• 1945
  Barry Bostwick, American actor
• 1946
  Grigory Margulis, Russian mathematician
  John Stapleton, English television presenter
• 1947
  Mike Fratello, American basketball head coach
  Rupert Holmes, English musician
• 1947
  Edward James Olmos, American actor
• 1948
  Tim Staffell, English singer
  Dennis Waterman, British actor
• 1950
  George Thorogood, American singer, guitarist
• 1951
  Debra Jo Rupp, American actress
  Helen Shaver, Canadian actress
• 1956
  Eddie Murray, American baseball player
  Paula Zahn, American journalist
• 1958
  Sammy Kershaw, American musician
  Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer
• 1958
  Mark Moses, American actor
• 1959
  Beth Broderick, American actress
• 1962
  Michelle Shocked, American musician
• 1964
  Todd Field, American actor, film director
• 1966
  Billy Zane, American actor
  Ben Miller, English comedian, actor
• 1970
  Jeff Garcia, American football player
  Jonathan Ward, American actor
• 1973
  Chris Fehn, American percussionist
• 1974
  Chad Hugo, American musician
  Bonnie Somerville, American actress, singer
• 1976
  Matt Skiba, American musician
  Eric Griffin, American guitarist
  Crista Flanagan, American comedian
  Zach Johnson, American professional golfer
• 1977
  Floyd Mayweather Jr, American boxer
  Bronson Arroyo, American baseball player
• 1979
  Claire Cooper, British actress
• 1982
  Nick Blackburn, American baseball player
• 1989
  Trace Cyrus, American musician
• 1989
  Kosta Koufos, American basketball player
• 2001
  Ramona Marquez, English actress

February Birthday Calendar

Died on February 24th:

• 1982
  Virginia Bruce, American actress (age 72)
• 1990
  Johnnie Ray, American singer, pianist (age 63)
• 1991
  George Gobel, American actor (age 71)
  Webb Pierce, American singer, guitarist (age 69)
• 1994
  Dinah Shore, American actress, singer (age 77)
• 1998
  Henny Youngman, English-American comedian, violinist (age 91)
• 2004
  John Randolph, American actor (age 88)
• 2006
  Octavia E. Butler, American author, educator (age 58)
  Don Knotts, American actor, comedian (age 81)
  Dennis Weaver, American actor, director (age 81)
• 2008
  Larry Norman, American singer, songwriter (age 60)
• 2014
  Harold Ramis, American actor, director, screenwriter (age 69)
• 2017
  Ben Cooper, American actor (age 86)
• 2019
  Mac Wiseman, American singer, musician (age 93)
• 2022
  Sally Kellerman, American actress (age 84)