Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/March 24

Births

 * 1820 – Fanny Crosby, American Hymnist (d. 1915)
 * 1874 – Harry Houdini, Hungarian-born magician (d. 1926) (pictured)
 * 1930 – Steve McQueen, American actor (d. 1980)
 * 1970 – Lara Flynn Boyle, American actress

Deaths

 * 1603 – Queen Elizabeth I of England (b. 1533)
 * 1882 – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American author (b. 1807)
 * 1905 – Jules Verne, French author (b. 1828)