2024: The Year in People

Generation Alpha · Year of the Dragon 🐉 · Born in 2024 turn 2 in 2026

The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$3.31

Median home

$372,000

Minimum wage

$7.25/hr

Movie ticket

$11.00

US population

8.12B

US president

Joe Biden

Top song

"Espresso" — Sabrina Carpenter

Top film

Inside Out 2

Top TV show

Sunday Night Football

Best Picture

Anora

In the news: AI reshapes industries; Paris Olympics

What happened in 2024

2024 (MMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2024th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 24th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2020s decade.

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Born in 2024

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Moo Deng

b. 2024 · July 10

Thai pygmy hippopotamus

Died in 2024

Eminem1955–2024 · American rapper
Adan Canto1981–2024 · Mexican actor
Hassan Nasrallah1960–2024 · Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024
Carl Weathers1948–2024 · American actor and football player
Alain Delon1935–2024 · French actor
Bob Newhart1929–2024 · American comedian and actor
Akira Toriyama1955–2024 · Japanese manga artist
Alexei Navalny1976–2024 · Russian opposition leader and activist
Dikembe Mutombo1966–2024 · Congolese-American basketball player
Barbara Taylor Bradford1933–2024 · British novelist
Bernard Hill1944–2024 · English actor
Dabney Coleman1932–2024 · American actor