Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/October 24

Births

 * 1632 - Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microbiologist (d. 1723)
 * 1904 - Moss Hart, American dramatist (d. 1961)
 * 1930 - The Big Bopper, American singer (d. 1959)
 * 1939 - F. Murray Abraham, American actor
 * 1947 - Kevin Kline, American actor (pictured)
 * 1972 - Scott Peterson, American murderer

Deaths

 * 1537 - Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII of England
 * 1601 - Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer (b. 1546)
 * 1852 - Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician (b. 1782)
 * 1944 - Louis Renault, French automobile manufacturer (b. 1877)
 * 1957 - Christian Dior, French fashion designer (b. 1905)
 * 1972 - Jackie Robinson, baseball player (b. 1919)
 * 1991 - Gene Roddenberry, American television producer (b. 1921)
 * 2005 - Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (b. 1913)