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Famous birthdays for June 24: Mindy Kaling, Jeff Beck

By UPI Staff   |   June 24, 2019 at 3:00 AM
Mindy Kaling arrives on the red carpet at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Benefit "Camp: Notes on Fashion" on May 6. The actor turns 40 on June 24. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Solange Knowles arrives on the red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Benefit "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination" in New York City on May 7. The singer turns 33 on June 24. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

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

They include:

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-- 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 86)

-- Actor Michele Lee in 1942 (age 77)

-- Guitarist Jeff Beck in 1944 (age 75)

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-- Actor Peter Weller in 1947 (age 72)

-- Drummer Mick Fleetwood in 1947 (age 72)

-- Actor Nancy Allen in 1950 (age 69)

-- Actor Tommy Lister in 1958 (age 61)

-- Actor Mindy Kaling, born Vera Mindy Chokalingam, in 1979 (age 40)

-- Actor Minka Kelly in 1980 (age 39)

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-- Actor Vanessa Ray in 1981 (age 38)

-- Singer Solange Knowles in 1986 (age 33)

-- Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi in 1987 (age 32)

-- Actor Candice Patton in 1988 (age 31)

-- Actor Max Ehrich in 1991 (age 28)

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