Help us find and improve next week's Connection Finder profiles: Born in '24

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We're kicking off the new year looking back on the folks who have been born in '24 throughout the centuries. That's 1924, 1824, 1724, etc. starting with one of the last stars of the golden age of Hollywood in the Connection Finder next week, Eva Saint Hayden, born in 1924.

Who else should we feature? We have room for 12 notables. We can't feature everyone who is nominated, but if we don't feature a profile you work on, we may use it sometime in the future. And, of course, all contributions help improve our shared tree.

Our choice of features will depend partly on the notable person's CC7, i.e. their connection count within seven degrees. The more connections they have, the more likely it is for all WikiTree members to find a close and interesting connection to them. So, if you nominate someone, please help grow their CC7.

Suggestions are more likely to be considered if you provide a link to the person on WikiTree, some information about who they were or why you're nominating them, and if their profile is in good condition with a connection, image, and well-written and well-sourced biography.

We'll make a final decision on which ones to feature early next week.

Please reply here with what you're working on so that we don't duplicate our efforts. Thank you!

Take note that this is not the place to discuss why you think we shouldn't feature someone if those reasons are due to politics, actions, or opinions of those being suggested. Mentioning things like their not being connected, their biography still needing work, erroneous information, etc. are all suitable for discussion here and an opportunity to correct those situations.

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Here's some to consider from US Black Heritage.  All are connected and have good photos and bios.  Cicely has largest CC7 but was featured in 2021:

1.  Shirley Chisholm, first African-American woman in U.S. Congress, and first Black candidate for major party's nomination for President. (CC7:  85)

2. Patricia Roberts, first African-American woman to serve in U.S. Cabinet; she served as HUD Secretary followed by Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. (CC7: 95)

3.  Cicely Tyson, famous American theater and film actress. (CC7:  149)

by Katie Bryant G2G6 Mach 6 (62.3k points)
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1724 - Jane Colden - America's first female botanist.

1824 - Jesse Benton Fremont - Trailblazing female political leader. 

1924 - Denis Weaver - Actor with roles including in Gunsmoke and McCloud. 

by Russell Butler G2G6 Pilot (144k points)
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These notables were all born in 1924. The profiles have biographies (some potentially improvable) and images.

  • Alice Babs (1924–2014) Sweden, singer, CC7 38
  • James Baldwin (1924–1987) US, novelist and essayist, CC7 122
  • Colleen Dewhurst (1924–1991) Canada/US, actor, mainly in theatre, CC7 1,226
  • Nina Fock (1924–2008) Netherlands/US, actor including in Executive Suite and Spartacus, CC7 39
  • Janet Frame (1924–2004) New Zealand, writer of novels, short stories and poetry, CC7 590
  • Margaret Fulton (1924–2019) Scotland/Australia, food writer, journalist and presenter, CC7 59
  • Katy Jurado (1924–2002) Mexico, actor including in High Noon, CC7 245
  • Maria Sieber Germany, actor mainly in television, daughter of Marlene Dietrich, CC7 116
  • Sarah Vaughan (1924–1990) US, jazz pianist and singer, CC7 225
  • Dinah Washington (1924–1963) US, singer and pianist, CC7 177.

Edited to mention Margaret Fulton's birthplace. 

by Jim Richardson G2G Astronaut (1.0m points)
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Born in 1624:

Thanks, Jim.
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1324 - David Bruce, King of Scots - Scottish King
1824 - Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson (CC7 = 3,081) Governor of New Zealand
1824 - Sidney Dwight Root (CC7 = 15,479) Atlanta Merchant
1824 - Levi Ruggles (CC7 = 18,037) Founder of Florence, Arizona, solider and pioneer
1824 - Alfred Richard Cecil Selwyn (CC7 = 5,422) President of the Royal Society of Canada
1924 - Robert Aitken Rushworth (CC7 = 342) - Astronaut
1924 - Earl Eugene Scruggs (CC7 = 2,051) - Musician and Appalachia Project member
1924 - Dame Margaret Elizabeth Harvey (CC7 = 759) Doctor known for respiratory fields of asthma.
 

by Shonda Feather G2G6 Pilot (419k points)
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Canada Project seconds the nomination for Colleen Dewhurst. 1924

We also nominate Frederic Gisborne 1824, who built the first Trans-Atlantic telegeaph cable and Willard Sterling Boyle 1924, Nobel Prize winning inventor of the digital camera.

by Dave Rutherford G2G6 Pilot (129k points)
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France is suggesting Maurice Jarre, born 1924, composer of many memorable film scores (Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Witness, Dead Poets Society, Ghost....). Has international connections. I'm working on adding a bit meat to his circles.

by Isabelle Martin G2G6 Pilot (574k points)
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One of my favorite movie score composers! Thank you for including him!
+5 votes

Johnny Jordaan, dutch folksinger (1924-1989)

by Elsa van der Velde G2G6 Mach 3 (35.1k points)
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