January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 341 days remaining (342 in leap years).
- 76 - Hadrian, Roman emperor (+ 138)
- 1712 - King Frederick II of Prussia (+ 1786)
- 1776 - E.T.A. Hoffmann, poet, composer, and painter (+ 1822)
- 1862 - Edith Wharton, writer (+ 1937)
- 1888 - Vicki Baum[?], writer (+ 1960)
- 1888 - Ernst Heinkel, aircraft designer (+ 1958)
- 1895 - Eugen Roth[?], lyricist and narrator (+ 1976)
- 1917 - Ernest Borgnine, actor
- 1918 - Oral Roberts[?], evangelist
- 1925 - Maria Tallchief[?], prima ballerina
- 1928 - Desmond Morris, anthropologist, writer
- 1939 - Doug Kershaw[?], musician
- 1939 - Ray Stevens, country music musician
- 1943 - Sharon Tate, actress (+ 1969)
- 1944 - Neil Diamond, singer
- 1946 - Michael Ontkean[?], actor
- 1947 - Warren Zevon, musician
- 1949 - John Belushi, actor (+ 1982)
- 1960 - Nastassja Kinski, actress
- 1968 - Mary Lou Retton, gymnast
- 1958 - Jools Holland[?], musician
- 1979 - Tatyana Ali, actress
- 1366 - King Alfonso IV of Aragon
- 1920 - Amedeo Modigliani, painter, sculptor
- 1939 - Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and Muesli[?] inventor
- 1960 - Edwin Fischer, pianist and conductor
- 1965 - Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1973 - J. Carrol Naish[?], actor
- 1975 - Larry Fine[?], actor (The Three Stooges[?])
- 1986 - L. Ron Hubbard, science fiction writer, founder of Scientology
- 1986 - Gordon MacRae[?], actor, singer
- 1986 - Vincente Minnelli[?], director
- 1989 - Ted Bundy, serial killer (electrocuted)
- 1993 - Thurgood Marshall, United States Supreme Court justice
- 2003 - Gianni Agnelli, Fiat president
See Also: January,
February,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
September,
October,
November,
December
January 23 - January 25 - December 24 - February 24 -- listing of all days