July 24

• 1132 – Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily.
• 1148 – Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade.
• 1304 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle: King Edward I of England takes the stronghold using the War Wolf.
• 1411 – Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place.
• 1412 – Behnam Hadloyo becomes Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Mardin.{{cite book | last1 =Barsoum| first1=Ephrem |date=2003|title=The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences|edition=2nd|publisher=Gorgias Press|translator=Matti Moosa|author-link=Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum|page=497}}
• 1487 – Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands, strike against a ban on foreign beer.
• 1534 – French explorer Jacques Cartier plants a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and takes possession of the territory in the name of Francis I of France.
• 1567 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and be replaced by her one-year-old son James VI.

• 1701 – Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit.
• 1712 – War of the Spanish Succession: The French under Marshal Villars win a decisive victory over Eugene of Savoy at Denain.* {{Cite book |title=The Wars of Louis XIV: 1667–1714 |last=Lynn |first=John A. |author-link=John A. Lynn |year=1999 |publisher=Longman |location=London |isbn=0-582-05629-2 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/warsoflouisxiv1600lynn|page=354}}
• 1847 – After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City.
• 1847 – Richard March Hoe, American inventor, patented the rotary-type printing press.
• 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown: Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley.
• 1866 – Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to Congress following the American Civil War.

• 1901 – O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
• 1910 – The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.
• 1911 – Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
• 1915 – The passenger ship {{SS|Eastland}} capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
• 1922 – The draft of the British Mandate of Palestine was formally confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations; it came into effect on 26 September 1923.
• 1923 – The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.
• 1924 – Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
• 1927 – The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
• 1929 – The Kellogg–Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy, goes into effect (it is first signed in Paris on August 27, 1928, by most leading world powers).
• 1935 – The Dust Bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109 °F (43 °C) in Chicago and 104 °F (40 °C) in Milwaukee.
• 1943 – World War II: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian aeroplanes bomb Hamburg by night, and American planes bomb the city by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.
• 1950 – Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
• 1959 – At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev have a "Kitchen Debate".
• 1963 – The ship Bluenose II was launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The schooner is a major Canadian symbol.
• 1966 – Michael Pelkey makes the first BASE jump from El Capitan along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken bones. BASE jumping has now been banned from El Cap.
• 1967 – During an official state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle declares to a crowd of over 100,000 in Montreal: Vive le Québec libre! ("Long live free Quebec!"); the statement angered the Canadian government and many Anglophone Canadians.
• 1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
• 1974 – Watergate scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.
• 1977 – End of a four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War.
• 1980 – The Quietly Confident Quartet of Australia wins the men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay at the Moscow Olympics, the only time the United States has not won the event at Olympic level.
• 1982 – Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299.
• 1983 – The Black July anti-Tamil riots begin in Sri Lanka, killing between 400 and 3,000. Black July is generally regarded as the beginning of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
• 1983 – George Brett playing for the Kansas City Royals against the New York Yankees, has a game-winning home run nullified in the "Pine Tar Incident".
• 1987 – US supertanker {{SS|Bridgeton}} collides with mines laid by IRGC causing a 43-square-meter dent in the body of the oil tanker.
• 1987 – Hulda Crooks, at 91 years of age, climbed Mt. Fuji. Crooks became the oldest person to climb Japan's highest peak.
• 1998 – Russell Eugene Weston Jr. bursts into the United States Capitol and opens fire killing two police officers. He is later ruled to be incompetent to stand trial.
• 1999 – Air Fiji flight 121 crashes while en route to Nadi, Fiji, killing all 17 people on board.{{cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |date= |title=Air Fiji Flight 121 |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19990724-0 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}
• 2001 – The Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos. Eleven civilian and military aircraft are destroyed and 15 are damaged. All 14 commandos are shot dead, while seven soldiers from the Sri Lanka Air Force are killed. In addition, three civilians and an engineer die. This incident slowed the Sri Lankan economy.
• 2009 – Aria Air Flight 1525 crashes at Mashhad International Airport, killing 16.{{cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=Accident description |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20090724-0t |url-status=dead |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |accessdate=24 July 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728072721/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20090724-0t |archivedate=28 July 2009}}
• 2012 – Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Girkê Legê.{{cite news|title=Girke Lege Becomes Sixth Kurdish City Liberated in Syria |url=http://www.rudaw.net/english/news/syria/4992.html |access-date=27 July 2012 |newspaper=Rudaw |date=24 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129100410/http://www.rudaw.net/english/news/syria/4992.html |archive-date=29 November 2012 }}
• 2013 – Santiago de Compostela derailment: A high-speed train derails in Spain rounding a curve with an {{convert|80|kph|abbr=on}} speed limit at {{convert|190|kph|abbr=on}}, killing 78 passengers.
• 2014 – Air Algérie Flight 5017 loses contact with air traffic controllers 50 minutes after takeoff. It was travelling between Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Algiers. The wreckage is later found in Mali. All 116 people on board are killed.
• 2019 – Boris Johnson becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after defeating Jeremy Hunt in a leadership contest, succeeding Theresa May.{{citation |title=Boris Johnson becomes UK's new prime minister|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49102466|work=BBC News|date=July 24, 2019 |access-date=July 24, 2019}}
• 2024 – A Saurya Airlines Bombardier CRJ200 crashes during takeoff from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal killing 18.{{Cite web |last=Hradecky |first=Simon |date=2024-07-24 |title=Crash: Saurya CRJ2 near Kathmandu on Jul 24 2024, rolled right and lost height after take off |url=https://avherald.com/h?article=51b861c3&opt=0 |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=The Aviation Herald}}

• 1242 – Christina von Stommeln, German Roman Catholic mystic, ecstatic, and stigmatic (died 1312)
• 1468 – Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria (died 1524){{cite book|author=Constantin von Wurzbach|title=Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich: enthaltend die Lebensskizzen der denkwürdigen Personen, welche 1750 bis 1850 im Kaiserstaate und in seinen Kronländern gelebt haben. Guadagni - Habsburg (Agnes - Ludwig). 6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gEuBrSfMDssC&pg=PA402|year=1860|publisher=Zamarski|language=de|pages=402–}}
• 1529 – Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (died 1577)
• 1561 – Maria of the Palatinate-Simmern (died 1589){{cite book|author1=Anne Commire|author2=Deborah Klezmer|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|url=https://archive.org/details/womeninworldhist14comm|url-access=registration|year=1999|publisher=Yorkin Publications|isbn=978-0-7876-4080-4}}
• 1574 – Thomas Platter the Younger, Swiss physician and author (died 1628){{cite book|editor=Jennifer Speake|editor-link=Jennifer Speake|title=Literature of Travel and Exploration: G to P|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j3w07y2oRu8C&pg=PA968|year=2003|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-57958-424-5|pages=968}}

• 1660 – Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (died 1718)Stuart Handley, '[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26922 Talbot, Charles, duke of Shrewsbury (1660–1718)]', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 8 October 2018.
• 1689 – Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, son of Queen Anne of Great Britain and Prince George of Denmark (died 1700){{cite book|author=Michael A. Beatty|title=The English Royal Family of America, from Jamestown to the American Revolution|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2xNmOeE7LH8C&pg=PA107|date=1 January 2003|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-1558-8|pages=107}}
• 1725 – John Newton, English sailor and priest (died 1807)
• 1757 – Vladimir Borovikovsky, Ukrainian-Russian painter (died 1825)
• 1783 – Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan commander and politician, second President of Venezuela (died 1830)
• 1786 – Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (died 1843)
• 1794 – Johan Georg Forchhammer, Danish mineralogist and geologist (died 1865)
• 1802 – Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright (died 1870)
• 1803 – Adolphe Adam, French composer and critic (died 1856)
• 1803 – Alexander J. Davis, American architect (died 1892)
• 1821 – William Poole, American boxer and gangster (died 1855)
• 1826 – Jan Gotlib Bloch, Polish theorist and activist (died 1902)
• 1851 – Friedrich Schottky, Polish-German mathematician and theorist (died 1935)
• 1856 – Émile Picard, French mathematician and academic (died 1941)
• 1857 – Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1943)
• 1857 – Juan Vicente Gómez, Venezuelan general and politician, 27th President of Venezuela (died 1935)
• 1860 – Princess Charlotte of Prussia (died 1919)
• 1860 – Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter and illustrator (died 1939)
• 1864 – Frank Wedekind, German actor and playwright (died 1918){{cite web |title=Frank Wedekind {{!}} German actor and dramatist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frank-Wedekind |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=5 February 2020 |language=en}}
• 1867 – Fred Tate, English cricketer and coach (died 1943)
• 1874 – Oswald Chambers, Scottish minister and author (died 1917)
• 1877 – Calogero Vizzini, Italian mob boss (died 1954)
• 1878 – Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Irish author, poet, and playwright (died 1957)
• 1880 – Ernest Bloch, Swiss-American composer and educator (died 1959)
• 1884 – Maria Caserini, Italian actress (died 1969)
• 1886 – Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese author (died 1965)
• 1888 – Arthur Richardson, Australian cricketer and coach (died 1973)
• 1889 – Agnes Meyer Driscoll, American cryptanalyst (died 1971)
• 1895 – Robert Graves, English poet, novelist, critic (died 1985){{cite ODNB |title=Graves, Robert von Ranke (1895–1985), poet and novelist |year=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/31166 |language=en}}
• 1897 – Amelia Earhart, American pilot and author (died 1937){{cite book|author=Kathryn Cullen-DuPont|title=Encyclopedia of women's history in America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oIro7MtiFuYC&pg=PA76|date=August 1, 2000|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-0-8160-4100-8|page=76 |access-date=July 21, 2020}}
• 1899 – Chief Dan George, Canadian actor (died 1981)
• 1900 – Zelda Fitzgerald, American author, visual artist and ballet dancer (died 1948){{cite journal |last1=Templeton |first1=Erin |title=Fitzgerald, Zelda Sayre (1900–1948) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM87-1|isbn=9781135000356 }}

• 1909 – John William Finn, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2010){{cite web |title=JOHN WILLIAM FINN |url=http://navylog.navymemorial.org/finn-john-0 |website=United States Navy Memorial |access-date=22 July 2019}}
• 1910 – Harry Horner, American director and production designer (died 1994)
• 1912 – Essie Summers, New Zealand author (died 1998)
• 1913 – Britton Chance, American biologist and sailor (died 2010)
• 1914 – Frances Oldham Kelsey, Canadian pharmacologist and physician (died 2015)
• 1914 – Ed Mirvish, American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (died 2007)
• 1914 – Alan Waddell, Australian walker (died 2008)
• 1915 – Enrique Fernando, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (died 2004)
• 1916 – John D. MacDonald, American colonel and author (died 1986)
• 1917 – Robert Farnon, Canadian trumpet player, composer, and conductor (died 2005)
• 1917 – Jack Moroney, Australian cricketer (died 1999)
• 1918 – Ruggiero Ricci, American violinist and educator (died 2012)
• 1919 – Robert Marsden Hope, Australian lawyer and judge (died 1999)
• 1919 – Kenneth S. Kleinknecht, NASA manager (died 2007)
• 1919 – John Winkin, American baseball player, coach, and journalist (died 2014)
• 1920 – Bella Abzug, American lawyer and politician (died 1998){{cite book|author=Kathryn Cullen-DuPont|title=Encyclopedia of women's history in America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oIro7MtiFuYC&pg=PA1|date=August 1, 2000|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-0-8160-4100-8|page=1 |access-date=July 21, 2020}}
• 1920 – Constance Dowling, American model and actress (died 1969)
• 1921 – Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian tenor and actor (died 2008)
• 1921 – Billy Taylor, American pianist and composer (died 2010)
• 1922 – Madeleine Ferron, Canadian radio host and author (died 2010)
• 1924 – Wilfred Josephs, English composer (died 1997)
• 1924 – Aris Poulianos, Greek anthropologist and archaeologist (died 2021)
• 1926 – Grace Glueck, American arts journalist (died 2022){{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/08/business/media/grace-glueck-dead.html|title=Grace Glueck, 96, Dies; Arts Writer Fought for Equality at The Times|last=Giovannini|first=Joseph|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 8, 2022|accessdate=October 9, 2022}}
• 1927 – Alex Katz, American painter and sculptor
• 1927 – Zara Mints, Russian-Estonian philologist and academic (died 1990)
• 1928 – Keshubhai Patel, Indian politician, tenth Chief Minister of Gujarat (died 2020)
• 1930 – Alfred Balk, American journalist and author (died 2010)
• 1931 – Ermanno Olmi, Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (died 2018)
• 1931 – Éric Tabarly, French commander (died 1998)
• 1932 – Gustav Andreas Tammann, German astronomer and academic (died 2019)
• 1933 – Doug Sanders, American golfer (died 2020)
• 1934 – Willie Davis, American football player (died 2020){{cite web |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard |title=Willie Davis, Packers Hall of Famer, Is Dead at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/sports/football/willie-davis-dead.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=24 July 2023 |date=16 April 2020}}
• 1934 – P. S. Soosaithasan, Sri Lankan accountant and politician (died 2017)
• 1935 – Aaron Elkins, American author and academic
• 1935 – Pat Oliphant, Australian cartoonist
• 1935 – Mel Ramos, American painter, illustrator, and academic (died 2018)
• 1935 – Les Reed, English pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2019)
• 1935 – Derek Varnals, South African cricketer (died 2019)
• 1936 – Ruth Buzzi, American actress and comedian (died 2025)
• 1936 – Mark Goddard, American actor (died 2023){{cite book|last=Aaker|first=Everett|title=Television Western Players, 1960/1975: A Biographical Dictionary|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland & Company|date=2017|isbn=9781476662503|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yXAkDwAAQBAJ|page=1964}}
• 1937 – Manoj Kumar, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2025){{Cite web |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |date=April 4, 2025 |title=Manoj Kumar, Indian Actor-Director Known for Patriotic and Social Themes, Dies at 87 |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/obituaries-people-news/manoj-kumar-dead-patriotic-films-1236359775/ |access-date=April 8, 2025 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}
• 1937 – Quinlan Terry, English architect, designed the Brentwood Cathedral
• 1938 – Eugene J. Martin, American painter (died 2005)
• 1939 – Walt Bellamy, American basketball player and coach (died 2013)
• 1940 – Dan Hedaya, American actor
• 1941 – John Bond, English banker and businessman
• 1942 – Heinz, German-English singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2000)
• 1942 – David Miner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1942 – Chris Sarandon, American actor
• 1945 – Frank Close, English physicist and academic
• 1945 – Azim Premji, Indian businessman and philanthropist
• 1945 – Hugh Ross, Canadian-American astrophysicist and astronomer
• 1945 – Anthony Watts, English geologist, geophysicist, and academic
• 1946 – Gallagher, American comedian and actor (died 2022)
• 1946 – Hervé Vilard, French singer-songwriter
• 1947 – Zaheer Abbas, Pakistani cricketer and manager
• 1948 – Marc Racicot, American politician, 21st Governor of Montana{{ cite web | url=http://www.netstate.com/states/government/mt_formergov.htm | title=Former State Governors | publisher=www.netstate.com | access-date=October 8, 2013}}
• 1949 – Michael Richards, American actor and comedian
• 1950 – Jadranka Stojaković, Yugoslav singer-songwriter (died 2016)
• 1951 – Lynda Carter, American actress
• 1951 – Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, English politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
• 1952 – Gus Van Sant, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1953 – Jon Faddis, American trumpet player, composer, and conductor
• 1953 – Tadashi Kawamata, Japanese contemporary artist"Yomiuri Yearbook 2016" (Yomiuri Shimbun Tokyo Head Office, 2016) p.477
• 1953 – Claire McCaskill, American lawyer and politician
• 1953 – James Newcome, English bishop
• 1954 – Jorge Jesus, Portuguese footballer and manager
• 1956 – Charlie Crist, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of Florida
• 1957 – Pam Tillis, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
• 1958 – Jim Leighton, Scottish footballer and coach
• 1960 – Catherine Destivelle, French rock climber and mountaineer
• 1961 – Kerry Dixon, English footballer and manager
• 1963 – Karl Malone, American basketball player and coach
• 1964 – Barry Bonds, American baseball player
• 1964 – Pedro Passos Coelho, Portuguese economist and politician, 118th Prime Minister of Portugal
• 1965 – Andrew Gaze, Australian basketball player and sportscaster
• 1965 – Kadeem Hardison, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1966 – Aminatou Haidar, Sahrawi human rights activist
• 1966 – Martin Keown, English footballer and coach
• 1968 – Kristin Chenoweth, American actress and singer
• 1968 – Malcolm Ingram, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1969 – Rick Fox, Bahamian basketball player
• 1969 – Jennifer Lopez, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1971 – Dino Baggio, Italian footballer
• 1971 – Patty Jenkins, American film director and screenwriter{{cite news|last=De La Cruz|first=Rene Ray|title='Wonder Woman' director has ties to High Desert|work=Victorville Daily Press|date=July 25, 2017|access-date=July 25, 2018|url=http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/20170725/wonder-woman-director-has-ties-to-high-desert}}
• 1972 – Kaiō Hiroyuki, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1973 – Amanda Stretton, English racing driver and journalist
• 1974 – Andy Gomarsall, English rugby player
• 1975 – Tracey Crouch, English politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
• 1975 – Jamie Langenbrunner, American ice hockey player
• 1975 – Torrie Wilson, American model, fitness competitor, actress and professional wrestler
• 1976 – Rafer Alston, American basketball player
• 1976 – Tiago Monteiro, Portuguese racing driver and manager
• 1978 – Andy Irons, American surfer (died 2010)
• 1979 – Rose Byrne, Australian actress
• 1979 – Jerrod Niemann, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1980 – Joel Stroetzel, American guitarist
• 1981 – Doug Bollinger, Australian cricketer
• 1981 – Nayib Bukele, Salvadoran politician, 81st President of El Salvador{{cite web|url=http://www.nayibbukele.com/nayib/biografia|title=Biografía Nayib Bukele|first=Nayib|last=Bukele|access-date=25 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402151210/http://www.nayibbukele.com/nayib/biografia|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead|language=es|website=Nayib Bukele.com}}
• 1981 – Summer Glau, American actress{{cite news|last=Rose|first=Mike|title=Today's top celebrity birthdays list for July 24, 2018|work=The Plain Dealer|date=July 24, 2018|access-date=July 25, 2018|url=https://www.cleveland.com/expo/life-and-culture/erry-2018/07/bbd850ae356975/todays-top-celebrity-birthdays.html}}
• 1982 – Mewelde Moore, American football player
• 1982 – Elisabeth Moss, American actress
• 1982 – Anna Paquin, Canadian-New Zealand actress
• 1983 – Daniele De Rossi, Italian footballer and manager
• 1983 – Asami Mizukawa, Japanese actress
• 1985 – Patrice Bergeron, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Aries Merritt, American hurdler
• 1985 – Lukáš Rosol, Czech tennis player
• 1986 – Natalie Tran, Australian actress and online producer
• 1987 – Nathan Gerbe, American ice hockey player
• 1987 – Zack Sabre Jr., English wrestler
• 1987 – Mara Wilson, American actress{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for July 24, 2022 includes celebrities Jennifer Lopez, Elisabeth Moss |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/07/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-july-24-2022-includes-celebrities-jennifer-lopez-elisabeth-moss.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=24 July 2023 |date=24 July 2022}}
• 1988 – Han Seung-yeon, South Korean singer and dancer{{cite book |author=Mark Russell |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ |title=K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution |date=April 29, 2014 |publisher=Tuttle Publishing |isbn=978-1-4629-1411-1 |page=94}}
• 1988 – Nichkhun, Thai-American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1988 – Ricky Petterd, Australian footballer
• 1989 – Maurkice Pouncey, American football player
• 1991 – Emily Bett Rickards, Canadian actress
• 1991 – Elliot Rodger, English-American mass murderer (died 2014){{cite web |url=https://www.news.com.au/world/california-shooter-elliot-rodgers-father-was-assistant-director-of-the-hunger-games/news-story/8922b1b250c78c02ad1111856bf61b34 |title=California shooter Elliot Rodger's father was assistant director of The Hunger Games |publisher=News.com.au |date=May 25, 2014 |accessdate=October 25, 2024}}
• 1992 – Mikaël Kingsbury, Canadian skier{{cite web |title=Mikaël Kingsbury {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mikael-kingsbury |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=12 December 2020}}
• 1994 – Phillip Lindsay, American football player{{cite web|title=Phillip Lindsay|url= http://www.nfl.com/player/philliplindsay/2559947/profile|website=NFL.com|access-date=16 March 2020|language=en}}
• 1995 – Valentine Holmes, Australian rugby league player{{cite web |title=Valentine Holmes |url=https://www.nrl.com/players/state-of-origin/queensland/valentine-holmes/ |website=National Rugby League |access-date=12 December 2020 |language=en}}
• 1995 – Kyle Kuzma, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Kyle Kuzma |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/nba/player/gamelog/_/id/3134907/kyle-kuzma |website=ESPN |access-date=12 December 2020}}
• 1995 – Meisei Chikara, Japanese sumo wrestler{{cite web |title=Meisei Chikara profile |url=http://sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataRikishi/profile/3337/|website=sumo.or.jp |access-date=4 December 2020}}
• 1996 – Joe Mixon, American football player{{cite web |title=Joe Mixon |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3116385/joe-mixon |publisher=ESPN |access-date=24 July 2023}}
• 1998 – Bindi Irwin, Australian conservationist, zookeeper, and actress{{Cite web|title=The Crocodile Hunter - Steve Irwin's Biography|url=http://www.crocodilehunter.com.au/crocodile_hunter/about_steve_terri/family_biography.html|access-date=2021-09-07|website=www.crocodilehunter.com.au}}
• 2001 – Ryan Johnson, American ice hockey player{{Cite web |title=Ryan Johnson |url=https://www.nhl.com/sabres/player/ryan-johnson-8481564 |access-date=23 September 2024 |publisher=National Hockey League }}
• 2001 – Drake London, American football player{{cite web |title=Drake London Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LondDr00.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=July 22, 2024}}

• 759 – Oswulf, king of Northumbria
• 811 – Gao Ying, Chinese politician (born 740)
• 946 – Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid, Egyptian ruler (born 882)
• 1115 – Matilda of Tuscany (born 1046)
• 1129 – Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (born 1053)
• 1198 – Berthold of Hanover, Bishop of Livonia
• 1345 – Jacob van Artevelde, Flemish statesman (born 1290)
• 1568 – Carlos, Prince of Asturias (born 1545)
• 1594 – John Boste, English martyr and saint (born 1544)

• 1601 – Joris Hoefnagel, Flemish painter (born 1542)
• 1612 – John Salusbury, Welsh politician and poet (born 1567)
• 1739 – Benedetto Marcello, Italian composer and educator (born 1686)
• 1768 – Nathaniel Lardner, English theologian and author (born 1684)
• 1862 – Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, eighth President of the United States (born 1782)
• 1891 – Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (born 1827)

• 1908 – Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet (born 1867)
• 1908 – Sigismondo Savona, Maltese educator and politician (born 1835){{cite book |last1=Schiavone |first1=Michael J. |title=Dictionary of Maltese Biographies Vol. II G–Z |date=2009 |publisher=Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza |location=Pietà |isbn=9789993291329 |pages=1414–1415}}
• 1910 – Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (born 1841)
• 1927 – Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (born 1892)
• 1957 – Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (born 1885)
• 1962 – Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (born 1917)
• 1965 – Constance Bennett, American actress and producer (born 1904)
• 1966 – Tony Lema, American golfer (born 1934)
• 1969 – Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (born 1904)
• 1970 – Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman, philanthropist, and civil servant (born 1897)
• 1974 – James Chadwick, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1891){{Cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/james-chadwick-the-quiet-genius-who-discovered-the-neutron-2620115-2024-10-20|title=James Chadwick, the quiet genius who discovered the neutron|last=Chakrabarty|first=Roshni|date=20 October 2024|magazine=India Today|access-date=22 October 2024}}
• 1980 – Peter Sellers, English actor and comedian (born 1925)
• 1985 – Ezechiele Ramin, Italian missionary and martyr (born 1953)
• 1986 – Fritz Albert Lipmann, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)
• 1986 – Qudrat Ullah Shahab, Pakistani civil servant and author (born 1917)
• 1991 – Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902)
• 1992 – Arletty, French actress and singer (born 1898)
• 1992 – Sam Berger, Canadian lawyer and businessman (born 1900)
• 1994 – Helen Cordero, Cochiti Pueblo (Native American) Pueblo potter (born 1915)
• 1995 – George Rodger, English photographer and journalist (born 1908)
• 1996 – Alphonso Theodore Roberts, Vincentian cricketer and activist (born 1937)
• 1997 – William J. Brennan Jr., American colonel and jurist (born 1906)
• 1997 – Saw Maung, Burmese general and politician, seventh Prime Minister of Burma (born 1928)
• 2000 – Ahmad Shamloo, Iranian poet and journalist (born 1925)
• 2001 – Georges Dor, Canadian author, playwright, and composer (born 1931)
• 2005 – Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (born 1912)
• 2007 – Albert Ellis, American psychologist and author (born 1913)
• 2007 – Nicola Zaccaria, Greek opera singer (born 1923)
• 2008 – Norman Dello Joio, American pianist and composer (born 1913)
• 2009 – Jack Le Goff, French equestrian (born 1931){{Cite web |title=Jack Le Goff |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/12293 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=13 March 2024 }}
• 2010 – Alex Higgins, Northern Irish snooker player (born 1949){{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-10752632|title=Alex Higgins: Tributes paid to talent of 'Hurricane'|work=BBC News |date=July 25, 2010}}
• 2011 – Frank Dietrich, German politician (born 1966)
• 2011 – Dan Peek, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1950)
• 2011 – Harald Johnsen, Norwegian bassist and composer (born 1970)
• 2011 – David Servan-Schreiber, French physician, neuroscientist, and author (born 1961)
• 2011 – Skip Thomas, American football player (born 1950)
• 2012 – Chad Everett, American actor and director (born 1937)
• 2012 – Sherman Hemsley, American actor and singer (born 1938)
• 2012 – Larry Hoppen, American singer and guitarist (born 1951)
• 2012 – Robert Ledley, American physiologist and physicist, invented the CT scanner (born 1926)
• 2012 – Themo Lobos, Chilean author and illustrator (born 1928)
• 2012 – John Atta Mills, Ghanaian lawyer and politician, President of Ghana (born 1944)
• 2012 – Gregorio Peces-Barba, Spanish jurist and politician (born 1938)
• 2013 – Garry Davis, American pilot and activist, created the World Passport (born 1921)
• 2013 – Fred Dretske, American philosopher and academic (born 1932)
• 2013 – Virginia E. Johnson, American psychologist and sexologist (born 1925)
• 2013 – Pius Langa, South African lawyer and jurist, 19th Chief Justice of South Africa (born 1939)
• 2014 – Ik-Hwan Bae, Korean-American violinist and educator (born 1956)
• 2014 – Dale Schlueter, American basketball player (born 1945)
• 2014 – Hans-Hermann Sprado, German journalist and author (born 1956)
• 2015 – Peg Lynch, American actress and screenwriter (born 1916){{cite news|last1=Weber|first1=Bruce|title=Peg Lynch, Writer and Star of Early Situation Comedy, Dies at 98|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/27/arts/television/peg-lynch-writer-and-star-of-early-situation-comedy-dies-at-98.html?_r=0|access-date=July 27, 2015|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 27, 2015}}
• 2015 – Ingrid Sischy, South African-American journalist and critic (born 1952){{cite news|last1=Carter|first1=Graydon|title=Ingrid Sischy: An Appreciation|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2015/07/graydon-carter-remembers-ingrid-sischy|access-date=25 July 2015|work=Vanity Fair|date=24 July 2015}}
• 2016 – Marni Nixon, American actress and singer (born 1930)Fox, Margalit. [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/arts/music/marni-nixon-singer-soprano-dies-86.html "Marni Nixon, the Singing Voice Behind the Screen, Dies at 86"], The New York Times, July 25, 2016
• 2017 – Harshida Raval, Indian Gujarati playback singer
• 2020 – Regis Philbin, American actor and television host (born 1931){{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/25/entertainment/regis-philbin-dies/index.html|title=Regis Philbin, television personality, has died at 88|author=Dakin Andone and Chuck Johnston|website=CNN|date=25 July 2020 }}
• 2021 – Dale Snodgrass, United States Naval Aviator and air show performer (born 1949){{cite news |last1=John |first1=Caroline |title=Dale Snodgrass Bio: Facts about the Legendary Pilot Who Died in a Crash |url=https://www.earnthenecklace.com/dale-snodgrass-bio-age-wife-family/ |access-date=11 August 2021 |publisher=EarnTheNecklace.com |date=26 July 2021}}
• 2021 – Rodney Alcala, American serial killer (born 1943){{cite web | url=https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/news/2021/07/24/condemned-inmate-rodney-alcala-dies-of-natural-causes/ | title=Condemned Inmate Rodney Alcala Dies of Natural Causes | date=24 July 2021 }}
• 2022 – David Warner, English actor (born 1941){{Cite news |date=25 July 2022 |title=Titanic and Omen actor David Warner dies at 80 |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-62219839 |access-date=25 July 2022}}
• 2023 – George Alagiah, BBC News journalist and broadcaster (born 1955){{Cite news |date=24 July 2023 |title=George Alagiah: 'Brilliant, kind' BBC journalist and newsreader dies aged 67 |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65949435 |access-date=24 July 2023}}
• 2023 – Trevor Francis, Britain's first "£1 million player" (born 1954){{Cite news |date=24 July 2023 |title=Trevor Francis: Ex-England player and Britain's first £1m footballer dies aged 69 |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66287307 |access-date=24 July 2023}}
• 2024 – Shafin Ahmed, Bangladeshi bassist and singer-songwriter (born 1961)
• 2024 – Hamzah Haz, Indonesian journalist and politician, 9th Vice President of Indonesia (born 1940){{Cite web |last=Loasana |first=Nina A. |date=July 24, 2024 |title=Former vice president Hamzah Haz dies at 84 - Politics |url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2024/07/24/former-vice-president-hamzah-haz-dies-at-84.html |access-date=July 25, 2024 |website=The Jakarta Post |language=en}}
• 2024 – Dmytro Kiva, Ukrainian engineer and designer (born 1942){{Cite web |title=Умер Дмитрий Кива, экс-гендиректор "Антонова" и Герой Украины |url=https://kp.ua/life/a694183-ushel-iz-zhizni-znamenityj-aviakonstruktor-eks-hendirektor-antonova-dmitrij-kiv |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=KP.UA |language=ru}}

• Carnival of Awussu (Tunisia)
• Children's Day (Vanuatu)
• Christian feast day:
• Charbel (Maronite Church/Catholic Church)
• Christina the Astonishing
• Christina of Bolsena
• Declán of Ardmore
• John Boste
• Kinga (or Cunegunda) of Poland
• Martyrs of Daimiel
• Menefrida of Cornwall
• Sigolena of Albi
• July 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Pioneer Day (Utah)
• Police Day (Poland)
• Simón Bolívar Day (Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia, and Bolivia)
• Navy Day (Venezuela)

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• {{NYT On this day|month=07|day=24}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/july/24 |title=Historical Events on July 24 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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