Celebrities born on 24 August

The zodiac sign for 24 August is Leo or Virgo, depending on the year and the time of birth. The Sun leaves Leo for Virgo on or about 24 August, at a different moment each year, so a birth on this date can fall either side of the change. Leo is a fixed fire sign and Virgo is a mutable earth sign. In 2026 the Sun is in Virgo throughout 24 August (UTC).

Paulo Coelho, Rupert Grint and Jean-Michel Jarre were born on 24 August. StarMap has birth charts for 23 people born on this date, listed here with the best known first.

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Famous birthdays on 24 August

24 August, year by year: Leo or Virgo

Times are UTC. A birth in another time zone happened at a different clock time, so within a few hours of the change the place of birth decides the sign as much as the hour does. A chart drawn from the full birth details settles it.

Years in which the Sun entered Virgo on 24 August

1902 at 02:53
1903 at 08:42
1906 at 02:13
1907 at 08:03
1910 at 01:27
1911 at 07:13
1914 at 00:30
1915 at 06:15
1919 at 05:28
1923 at 04:52
1927 at 04:05
1931 at 03:10
1935 at 02:24
1939 at 01:31
1943 at 00:55
1947 at 00:09

Virgo all day: 1900, 1901, 1904, 1905, 1908, 1909, 1912, 1913, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.

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Signs are computed from the Sun’s position with the astronomy-engine ephemeris, checked against Swiss Ephemeris. Birth dates and places come from Wikidata. A sign is shown beside a name only when it holds for the whole of the birth date; where it does not, both possibilities are given. How to read a birth chart.

Photo credits (23 photos from Wikimedia Commons)

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