Famous birthdays for June 24: Solange Knowles, Mindy Kaling

June 24 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer.

They include:

-- Clergyman Henry Ward Beecher in 1813

-- Writer/satirist Ambrose Bierce in 1842

-- Basketball player/shoe designer Chuck Taylor in 1901

-- British astronomer Fred Hoyle in 1915

-- Author/editor Norman Cousins in 1915

-- Basketball Hall of Fame member Sam Jones in 1933 (age 85)

-- Actor Michele Lee in 1942 (age 76)

-- Guitarist Jeff Beck in 1944 (age 74)

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-- Actor Peter Weller in 1947 (age 72)

-- Drummer Mick Fleetwood in 1947 (age 71)

-- Actor Nancy Allen in 1950 (age 68)

-- Actor Tommy Lister in 1958 (age 60)

-- Actor Mindy Kaling, born Vera Mindy Chokalingam, in 1979 (age 39)

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-- Actor Minka Kelly in 1980 (age 38)

-- Actor Vanessa Ray in 1981 (age 37)

-- Singer Solange Knowles in 1986 (age 32)

-- Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi, four-time FIFA World Player of the Year, in 1987 (age 31)

-- Actor Candice Patton in 1988 (age 30)

-- Actor Max Ehrich in 1991 (age 27)

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