24 June: today's birthdays

• Viktor Adler - German politician
• Piero Barone - Italian tenor. He is a member of the group Il Volo (The Flight) along with Gianluca Ginoble and Ignazio Boschetto
• Ergün Berisha - Swiss soccer player of Turkish descent
• Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce - American writer and journalist. He wrote The Devil's Dictionary, a satirical dictionary
• Yves Bonnefoy - French poet, art critic and translater
• Claude Chabrol - French film director. He directed the films Le beau Serge, Les Cousins and Story of Women. He was one of the most important exponents of the Nouvelle Vague
• Cicinho - Nickname of Brazilian soccer player Cícero João de Cezare
• Francesca Dallapé - Italian diver. She won the silver medal  with Tania Cagnotto at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympics
• Cícero João de Cezare - Brazilian soccer player, best known as Cicinho
• Anita Desai - Indian authoe. She wrote Clear Light of Day, In Custody and Fasting, Feasting
• Robert Dudley - English historical figure
• Juan Manuel Fangio - Former Argentine racing driver
• Fred Hoyle - English astronomer
• Vladimir Luxuria - Former Italian politician and television personality
• Günther Mader - Former Austrian alpine skier
• Lionel Andrés Messi - Argentine footballer
• Terry Riley - American musician and composer
• Juan Román Riquelme - Argentine soccer player
• Curt Smith - English singer and bassist, one of the founders of the band Tears for Fears
• Gustav von Schmoller - German economist