February 24: Today's Notable Birthdays

With Whom Do You Share Your Birthday?

Is February 24th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on February 24th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

February 24th was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

February 24th Birthdays: Famous Artists

William Todd Field, American actor (Radio Days) and film director (In the Bedroom), was born on February 24, 1964.

American painter Winslow Homer (The Bathers, the Bridle Path, Crack the Whip, Eating Watermelon, Eight Bells, The Gulf Stream, Maine Coast, Mending the Nets and Sunlight on the Coast) was born on February 24, 1836. (CTRL-click here to view samples of Winslow Homer's artwork online in a new window.)

Charles le Brun, French painter (Alexander and the Family of Darius, Alexander and Porus, The Assumption of the Virgin and The Battles of Alexander the Great), was born on February 24, 1619.

Michel Legrand, French film score composer (Brian's Song, Dingo, Ice Station Zebra, Summer of '42, The Thomas Crown Affair and Yentl) and Academy Award winner (1968 and 1983), was born on February 24, 1932.

February 24th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

American professional basketball player Tommy Burleson (Atlanta Hawks, Kansas City Kings and Seattle Super Sonics) was born on February 24, 1952.

Kendall Cross, American freestyle wrestler and Olympic gold medalist (1992 and 1996), was born on February 24, 1968.

American heavyweight boxing champion Jimmy Ellis was born on February 24, 1940.

Paul B. Elvstrom, Danish yachtsman and Olympic gold medalist (1948, 1952, 1956 and 1960), was born on February 24, 1928.

American professional football player Jeffrey Jason (Jeff) Garcia (Calgary Stampeders, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Philadephia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers) was born on February 24, 1970.

Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player, was born on February 24, 1981.

American professional baseball player Michael Averett (Mike) Lowell (Boston Red Sox, Florida Marlins and New York Yankees) was born on February 24, 1974.