Famous Birthdays for 24th August 2019

1420 – Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist (Bamberg and Eichstattt), born in Ansbach, Germany (d. 1475)
1561 – Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry), born in Zielona Góra, Poland (d. 1613)
1759 – William Wilberforce, British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade, born in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England (d. 1833)
1827 – Walter Husted Stevens, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Penn Yan, New York (d. 1867)
1896 – Phil Baker, American comedian (Who’s Whose), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1963)
1913 – Dorothy Comingore [Linda Winters], American actress (Citizen Kane), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1971)
1918 – Sikander Bakht, Indian politician, Governor of Kerala, born in Delhi, India (d. 2004)
1960 – Franz Viehböck, Austrian 1st cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-13), born in Vienna, Austria
1963 – John Bush, American heavy metal singer (Armored Saint, Anthrax), born in Los Angeles, California
1965 – Reggie Miller, American NBA guard (Ind Pacers, Olympic gold 1996), born in Riverside, California

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