* 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 )

* 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 )

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

* Stan Rule ( b. 1924 ), Australian rules footballer

* Smithy ( 1924 film ), a silent American film starring Stan Laurel

Stanley K. Hathaway, or " Stan " as he was known to most of his friends and associates, was born on July 19, 1924, in Osceola, Nebraska, the fifth of six children born to Robert and Lily Knapp.

The film was parodied by Stan Laurel in Mud and Sand ( 1922 ) and by Will Rogers in the Hal Roach short film Big Moments From Little Pictures ( 1924 ).

By 1924, Stan Laurel had forsaken the stage for full-time film work, and was still involved with actress Mae Dahlberg.

Historian Hazel Rowley writes that because the Harding administration and the Republicans were seen associated with prosperity, prominent Democrats were reticent of running for president in 1924.

Martin Fortescue ( b. 5 January 1924 ), married Prudence Rowley, daughter of Sir Charles Rowley, 6th Baronet and had issue.

* 1924 – Brian Bevan, Australian rugby player ( d. 1991 )

* 2012 – Charlie Sutton, Australian footballer ( b. 1924 )

* 1854 – Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer ( d. 1924 )

* 1924 – James Clavell, Australian author ( d. 1994 )

* 1924 – Harold Blair, Australian tenor ( d. 1976 )

* April 9 – John Marden, Australian Headmaster and pioneer of women's education ( d. 1924 )

* Arthur Clues ( 1924 – 1998 ), Australian rugby league footballer

* Harry Bath ( 1924 – 2008 ), Australian rugby league footballer

The Fremantle state seat was continuously held by the Australian Labor Party from 1924 until 2009, when it was lost at a by-election to Greens candidate Adele Carles.

* Doug Heywood ( born 1924 ), Australian rules footballer

* Hugh Stretton ( b. 1924 ), Australian historian and professor

* John Irvine Hunter ( 1898 – 1924 ), Australian anatomist

* David Boyd ( artist ) ( 1924 – 2011 ), Australian artist

* Vivean Gray ( b 1924 ), actor, Nell Mangel in Australian soap opera Neighbours, her father was once a fish merchant on Grimsby Docks

Raymond Arthur Dart ( 4 February 1893 – 22 November 1988 ) was an Australian anatomist and anthropologist, best known for his involvement in the 1924 discovery of the first fossil ever found of Australopithecus africanus, an extinct hominid closely related to humans, at Taung in the North of South Africa in the province Northwest.

He boxed in Australia and won the Australian heavyweight champion title in 1922, and fought in England and South Africa in 1924.

* Jack Jones ( Australian rules footballer ) ( born 1924 ), Australian rules footballer for Essendon

1923 / 1924-During a period of 160 such days from 31 October 1923 to 7 April 1924, the Western Australian town of Marble Bar set a world record for the most consecutive days above.

Reptiles and Roy 1924 batrachian from south and south-west Australia Records of the Australian Museum 14 ( 3 ): 163-183

The Prior family owned and operated The Bulletin Newspaper company for the following decades, introducing new ventures such as the Wild Cat Monthly in 1923, the Australian Woman's Mirror in 1924, and, in a joint venture with Norman Lindsay designed to publish Australian writers, the Endeavour Press in 1932.