page_title: 1924
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 1924 / Births / August
caption_attribution_description: English: Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, left, attends a meeting with King Abdullah bin Abdul al-Saud at the king's hunting lodge in Saudi Arabia to discuss current issues in the Middle East Jan. 17, 2007. DoD photo by Cherie A. Thurlby. (Released)
context_page_description: 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1924th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 924th year of the 2nd millennium, the 24th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1920s decade.
context_section_description: August 1
  King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (d. 2015)
  Georges Charpak, Ukrainian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)
  Frank Havens, American canoeist (d. 2018)
  Michael Stewart, American playwright, stage librettist (d. 1987)
  Frank Worrell, West Indies cricketer (d. 1967)
  August 2
  James Baldwin, African-American author, novelist, playwright and activist (d. 1987)
  Carroll O'Connor, American actor (d. 2001)
  August 3
  Max Oldmeadow, Australian politician (d. 2013)
  Leon Uris, American writer (d. 2003)
  August 4 – Antonio Maccanico, Italian constitutional specialist, social liberal politician (d. 2013)
  August 5
  Ben Jones, 7th Prime Minister of Grenada (d. 2005)
  Josefina Villalobos, First Lady of Ecuador
  August 6
  Ella Jenkins, American folk singer of children's music
  Terence Macartney-Filgate, English-born Canadian film director
  Erich Schriever, Swiss Olympic rower (d. 2020)
  August 7
  Cecil Abbott, Commissioner of the New South Wales Police in Australia (d. 2014)
  Kenneth Kendall, British newsreader, presenter (d. 2012)
  August 8 – Gene Deitch, American illustrator, animator and film director (d. 2020)
  August 9 – Marta Becket, American dancer (d. 2017)
  August 10
  Martha Hyer, American actress (d. 2014)
  Nancy Buckingham, British romance novelist
  August 12
  Derek Shackleton, English cricketer (d. 2007)
  Idris Shah II of Perak, 33rd Sultan of Perak (d. 1984)
  Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, leader of Pakistan (d. 1988)
  August 13
  Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, Brazilian cardinal (d. 2019)
  Josette Arène, French swimmer (d. 2019)
  Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (d. 2016)
  Pierre Lardinois, Belgian politician (d. 1987)
  August 14
  Eduardo Fajardo, Spanish actor (d. 2019)
  Holger Juul Hansen, Danish actor (d. 2013)
  Georges Prêtre, French orchestral, opera conductor (d. 2017)
  August 15
  Werner Abrolat, German actor (d. 1997)
  Robert Bolt, English writer (d. 1995)
  Phyllis Schlafly, American activist (d. 2016)
  Jo Benkow, Norwegian politician, writer (d. 2013)
  August 16
  Ralf Bendix, German Schlager singer, music producer, composer and songwriter (d. 2014)
  Fess Parker, American television actor, businessman (wine maker, resort operator) (d. 2010)
  Tankmar Horn, Finnish diplomat, business executive (d. 2018)
  Inez Voyce, American female baseball player
  Benny Bartlett, American child actor, musician (d. 1999)
  August 17
  Jean-Paul Alata, French political prisoner in Camp Boiro, Guinea (January 1971-July 1975) (d. 1978)
  Evan S. Connell, Jr., American fiction writer and poet (d. 2013)
  Charles Simmons, American author (d. 2017)
  August 18 – Frank Logue, 25th mayor of New Haven, Connecticut (d. 2010)
  August 19 – Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist (d. 2011)
  August 20 – Frank Joseph Guarini, American politician
  August 21 – Dalia Wood, Canadian politician (d. 2013)
  August 22 – Orlando Ramón Agosti, Argentine general (d. 1997)
  August 23
  Elaine Sturtevant, American artist (d. 2014)
  Robert Solow, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
  Wang Danfeng, Chinese actress (d. 2018)
  August 24
  Ahmadou Ahidjo, President of Cameroon (d. 1989)
  Alyn Ainsworth, British musician, singer and conductor (d. 1990)
  Jimmy Gardner, British actor (d. 2010)
  Louis Teicher, American pianist (Ferrante & Teicher) (d. 2008)
  August 25 – Sergio Bergonzelli, Italian director, screenwriter, producer and actor (d. 2002)
  August 26
  John Peake, English field hockey player
  Barbara Staff, American political activist (d. 2019)
  August 28
  Berislav Klobučar, Croatian opera conductor (d. 2014)
  Peggy Ryan, American dancer (d. 2004)
  August 29
  María Dolores Pradera, Spanish singer, actress (d. 2018)
  Clyde Scott, American athlete (d. 2018)
  Dinah Washington, African-American singer, pianist (d. 1963)
  August 31
  Buddy Hackett, American actor, comedian (d. 2003)
  Thomas J. Hudner Jr., American naval aviator (d. 2017)
caption: King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
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