November 24th Birthdays
If you were born on November 24th, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Oscar Robertson (“The Big O“)
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame American professional basketball player, NBA 12-time All-Star point guard (Cincinnati Royals; Milwaukee Bucks – 1971 NBA champs), and 1964 NBA MVP, born November 24, 1938. (Oscar Robertson c. 1960s Photo)
Eric Wilson (aka Eric Hamilton)
Canadian youth adventure fiction writer, author of the Tom and Liz Austen mystery series (Murder on the Canadian; Vampires of Ottawa; The Case of the Golden Boy; The Ghost of Lunenburg Manor), adult detective fiction novels (Paris ’97), born November 24, 1940. (Eric Wilson Photo: Courtesy Eric Wilson)
Pete Best (nee Randolph Peter Scanland)
British Indian musician (The Pete Best Band), first drummer (1960-1962) for the Quarrymen / Beatles (My Bonnie), sometimes called the Fifth Beatle, documentary writer & producer (Best of the Beatles), born November 24, 1941. (Pete Best 1964 I’ve Got a Secret)
Billy Connolly (nee William Connolly; “The Big Yin“)
Scottish comedian, actor of TV (Head of the Class; Billy; Parkinson) & movies (Mrs. Brown; Timeline; The Last Samurai; Crossing the Line; The Boondock Saints; Beautiful Joe; Gulliver’s Travels; What We Did on Our Holiday), born November 24, 1942. Married Pamela Stephenson. (Billy Connolly 2006o: followsean)
Lee Michaels (nee Michael Olsen)
American session musician, record producer, rock singer and songwriter (Do You Know What I Mean; Can I Get a Witness; Heighty Hi; Rock Me Baby; If I Lose You; Same Old Song; Stormy Monday; Mad Dog), and restaurateur (Killer Shrimp) born November 24, 1945. (Lee Michaels 1973 Photo: A & M Records)
Stanley Livingston (older brother of Barry Livingston)
American director, producer, editor, screenwriter, writer, and child actor of TV (Chip Douglas on My Three Sons; The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet) and movies (Private Parts; Please Don’t Eat the Daisies; X-15), born November 24, 1950; age 72. (Stanley Livingston c. 1960 – 1963 Painting: A. Hamilton)
Denise Crosby (granddaughter of Bing Crosby & Dixie Lee)
American actress of TV (Lisa Davis on Days of Our Lives; Star Trek: The Next Generation; Ray Donovan; The Walking Dead; Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman) & films (Pet Sematary; Relative Fear), born November 24, 1957. Daughter of Dennis Crosby. (Denise Crosby 2003: Sonlui-commonswiki)
Garret Dillahunt (married Michelle Hurd)
American actor of TV (Burt Chance on Raising Hope; John Dorie on Fear the Walking Dead; One Life to Live; The Mindy Project; Deadwood; Justified; The 4400) and films (The Last House on the Left; No Country for Old Men; Looper), born November 24, 1964. (Garret Dillahunt 2008 Photo: Kristin Dos Santos)
English producer, screenwriter, director, comedian & actor of TV (The Office; The Ricky Gervaise Show; An Idiot Abroad: Hello Ladies) & movies (Table 19; I Give It a Year; Logan; Fighting With My Family; The Girl in the Spider’s Web; Hall Pass), born November 24, 1974. (Stephen Merchant 2011: Justin Hoch)
(Geraldine Fitzgerald 1942 | Howard Duff 1948)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on November 24th!
Remember These November 24th Famous Birthdays
Jack Hogan (nee Richard Roland Benson Jr.; ex of Joyce Nizzari)
American actor of TV (PFC William G. Kirby on Combat!; Jake and the Fatman; Sierra; Adam-12; Hawaii Five-O; Dr. Christian; Lawman; Bat Masterson; Sea Hunt; Tombstone Territory; The Rifleman; Magnum, P.I.), movies (The Bonnie Parker Story; The Legend of Tom Dooley), & Korean War Air Force veteran (born Nov. 24, 1929 – died Dec. 6, 2023; age 94) (Jack Hogan Painting: A. Hamilton)
Howard Duff (ex of Ida Lupino; ex partner of Ava Gardner)
Blacklisted American actor of radio (Sam Spade), TV (The Felony Squad; Mr. Adams and Eve; Flamingo Road; Knots Landing; Police Story; Kung Fu; East of Eden), & films (The Naked City; Jennifer; Boy’s Night Out; The Broken Star; Kramer vs. Kramer) (born Nov. 24, 1913 – died July 8, 1990; age 76). Howard Duff died of a heart attack. (Howard Duff 1969 Photo: 20th Century Fox TV)
Garson Kanin (married Ruth Gordon, Marian Seldes)
American theatre, film & TV actor, playwright (Born Yesterday), screenwriter (Pat and Mike; Adam’s Rib; A Double Life; Mr. Broadway; The Rat Race; Some Kind of a Nut), director (The Diary of Ann Frank; Funny Girl; Bachelor Mother; They Knew What They Wanted), & novelist (Smash) (born Nov. 24, 1912 – died Mar. 13, 1999; age 86). Brother of Michael Kanin. (Garson Kanin 1939: RKO)
Frances Hodgson Burnett (nee Frances Eliza Hodgson)
British-American short story writer for magazines (Godey’s Lady’s Book; Harper’s Bazaar; Scribner’s Monthly), playwright (Esmerelda), children’s fiction author (The Secret Garden; A Little Princess; Little Lord Fauntleroy), historical & romance novelist (A Lady of Quality; The Making of a Marchioness) (born Nov. 24, 1849 – died Oct. 29, 1924; age 74). (Frances Hodgson Burnett c. 1890-1910)
Spencer Johnson (nee Patrick Spencer Johnson)
American doctor, author of the ValueTale children’s fiction series (The ValueTale of Elizabeth Fry; The value of humor: the story of Will Rogers) & management self-help books (The One Minute Manager; Who Moved My Cheese?) (born Nov. 24, 1938 – died July 3, 2017; age 78). Spencer Johnson died of pancreatic cancer. (Spencer Johnson 1984 Photo: Elliot Kamenitz)
Harry Kemelman
American short story writer (The Nine Mile Walk & Professor Nicky Welt stories) & novelist, author of the Edgar Award-winning Rabbi David Small mystery series (Friday the Rabbi Slept Late; Monday the Rabbi Took Off; Someday the Rabbi Will Leave; The Day the Rabbi Resigned) (born Nov. 24, 1908 – died Dec. 15, 1996; age 88). (Harry Kemelman 1967: William Charles Studio)
Rene Enriquez
Nicaraguan-American actor of TV (Lt. Ray Calletano on Hill Street Blues; Benson; Quincy M.E.; Chico and the Man; Police Story; Dream West) and movies (Under Fire; The Evil That Men Do; Bulletproof; Bananas; Harry and Tonto; Girl of the Night)(born Nov. 24, 1933 – died Mar. 23, 1990; age 56). Rene Enriquez died of AIDS complications. (Rene Enriquez 1975 Katherine)
Dale Carnegie (nee Dale Harbison Carnagey)
American self-improvement lecturer, author (How to Win Friends and Influence People; How to Stop Worrying and Start Living), and developer of the Dale Carnegie Course in Effective Speaking and Human Relations (born Nov. 24, 1888 – died Aug. 3, 1955; age 77). Cause of death for Dale Carnegie was Hodgkin’s disease & uremia complication. (Dale Carnegie Photo: Unknown)
Geraldine Fitzgerald (Orson Welles relationship)
Daytime Emmy-winning American Theater Hall of Fame Irish actress of stage, TV (Our Private World), & films (Wuthering Heights; Dark Victory; Watch on the Rhine; Shining Victory; Nobody Lives Forever; So Evil My Love; Ten North Frederick; Rachel, Rachel) (born Nov. 24, 1913 – died July 17, 2005; age 91). Geraldine Fitzgerald died of Alzheimer’s disease. (Geraldine Fitzgerald 1940)
Anthony Ray (aka Tony Ray; son of Nicholas Ray; ex of Gloria Grahame)
American producer & assistant director of TV & films (Iron Horse; The Outcasts; Harry and Tonto; Cactus Flower; The Liberation of L.B. Jones; The Rose; Blume in Love), and actor of TV (The Twilight Zone) and movies (War Hunt; We Shall Return; Shadows) (born Nov. 24, 1937 – died June 29, 2018; age 80). Anthony Ray died after a long illness. (Anthony Ray 1960 Tombstone Territory)
Roscoe Born (ex of Roberta Weiss, Randall Edwards, Adrienne Hampton)
American singer-songwriter & TV actor (Joe Novak on Ryan’s Hope; Tom Fisher on The Young and the Restless; Mitch Laurence on One Life to Live; Robert Barr / Quinn Armitage on Santa Barbara; Trent/Dean Robbins & Baron Coe on Days of Our Lives; The City; As the World Turns; Paper Dolls; Passions) (born Nov. 24, 1950 – died Mar. 3, 2020; age 69). (Roscoe Born c. 1981 Painting: A. Hamilton)
Scott Joplin (“King of Ragtime“)
Pulitzer Prize-winning pianist, songwriter (Maple Leaf Rag; The Entertainer; Bethena; Syncopation; Rag Time Dance; Original Rags; Solace; Pineapple Rag; Country Club; The Chrysanthemum; St. Louis Rag; Wall Street Rag; Magnetic Rag) and opera composer (Treemonisha) (born Nov. 24, 1868 – died Apr. 1, 1917; age 48). Scott Joplin died of syphilitic dementia. (Scott Joplin c.1903 Portrait)
Toulouse-Lautrec (nee Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa)
French aristocrat, artist, caricaturist, illustrator, & Post-Impressionist painter of figures and portraits (La Blanchisseuse; La toilette; Moulin Rouge: La Goulue; Oscar Wilde; Equestrienne at the Circus Fernando; The Jockey) (born Nov. 24, 1864 – died Sept. 9, 1901; age 36). Toulouse-Lautrec died of complications of syphilis and alcoholism. (Toulouse-Lautrec c. 1894: Paul Sescau)
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