* 1924 – Raymond Barre, French politician, Prime Minister of France ( d. 2007 )

* 1924 – Peter Safar, Austrian physician ( d. 2003 )

* 1924 – David Rowbotham, Australian poet ( d. 2010 )

* 1924 – Samuel Bowers, American murder, co-founded White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan ( d. 2006 )

* 1924 – James Baldwin, American writer ( d. 1987 )

* 1924 – Joe Harnell, American pianist, composer, and arranger ( d. 2005 )

* 1924 – Carroll O ' Connor, American actor ( d. 2001 )

* 1924 – Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years in jail for his participation in the " Beer Hall Putsch ".

* 1924 – The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.

* 1924 – Lloyd Hildebrand, French racing cyclist ( b. 1870 )

* 1924 – Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter ( b. 1876 )

* 2000 – Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart, Scottish jurist ( b. 1924 )

* 1924 – Marcia Mae Jones, American actress ( d. 2007 )

* 1924 – Frank Worrell, Indian cricketer ( d. 1967 )

* 1924 – Leon Uris, American novelist ( d. 2003 )

* 1924 – Joseph Conrad, Polish-English writer ( b. 1857 )

* 2004 – Bob Murphy, American sportscaster ( b. 1924 )

The second generation was led by Fernand Braudel ( 1902 – 1985 ) and included Georges Duby ( 1919 – 1996 ), Pierre Goubert ( 1915 – 2012 ), Robert Mandrou ( 1921 – 1984 ), Pierre Chaunu ( 1923 – 2009 ), Jacques Le Goff ( 1924 – ) and Ernest Labrousse ( 1895 – 1988 ).

* 1844 – Anatole France, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1924 )

In addition to the direct sequels about Sir Percy and his league, Orczy's related books include The Laughing Cavalier ( 1914 ) and The First Sir Percy ( 1921 ), about an ancestor of the Pimpernel's ; Pimpernel and Rosemary ( 1924 ), about a descendant ; and The Scarlet Pimpernel Looks at the World ( 1933 ), a depiction of the 1930s world from the point of view of Sir Percy.

* Percy Saint, district attorney, state representative, judge, and Attorney General of Louisiana from 1924 to 1932

The acquisition of Airco in February 1920 was a financial disaster for the BSA group, the blame since laid at Percy Martin's door, and all dividends were passed from 1920 to 1924.

* Life and Letters of George Wyndham ( 1924 ) Guy Percy Wyndham and J. W. Mackail

When Stanley Baldwin became Prime Minister in May of the same year, Percy was moved to the post of Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health, which he remained until the fall of the government in January 1924.

* Hon Percy Stewart, MP: Minister for Works and Railways ( to 8 August 1924 ) ( CP )

The CPR allowed him to return, however, and he built the second CPR Steamship Terminal in Victoria in 1923 – 1924 in association with another architect, Percy James.

The film was based on a best-selling novel from 1924 of the same name, written by Percy Marks, a Brown University English instructor who chronicled the life of the fast-set of that university and used the fictitious Sanford College as a backdrop.

The Plastic Age was based on the 1924 novel of the same name, which was written by Brown University professor Percy Marks, a popular novelist at the time.

* 1924 – Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 2011 )

* 2007 – June Callwood, Canadian journalist, author, and activist ( b. 1924 )

* 2011 – Jean Gratton, Canadian bishop ( b. 1924 )

* 2012 – Jonathan Frid, Canadian actor ( b. 1924 )

* 1924 – Judy LaMarsh, Canadian politician and broadcaster ( d. 1980 )

* 1924 – Erik Nielsen, Canadian politician ( d. 2008 )

* 1924 – Louis Laberge, Canadian labour union leader ( d. 2002 )

* 1924 – Nicolo Rizzuto, Sicilian-born Canadian organized crime figure ( d. 2010 )

* 1924 – Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian actress ( d. 1991 )

* 1924 – Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and museum curator ( d. 2001 )

* 1924 – Brett Somers, Canadian actress ( d. 2007 )

* 1924 – Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Canadian ballet dancer, choreographer and director ( d. 1996 )

* 2011 – Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist ( b. 1924 )

* 1924 – Les Lye, Canadian actor ( d. 2009 )

* 1924 – Jean-Luc Pépin, French Canadian politician ( d. 1995 )

* 1924 – ( Father ) David Bauer, Canadian ice hockey player and priest ( d. 1988 )

* 1924 – Johnny Bower, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1924 – Jean-Paul Cloutier, Canadian politician ( d. 2010 )

* 1924 – Marie-Claire Kirkland, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician

* 1924 – Mimi Parent, Canadian painter ( d. 2005 )

Between 1924 and 1967, 23 chapters of Phrateres were installed in universities across North America, including three other chapters in Canadian universities.

** Pierre-Calixte Neault, Canadian politician ( d. 1924 )

** Edmund Peck, Canadian missionary ( d. 1924 )