1962 Notable Births April 24

Stuart Pearce, English footballer, coach, and manager

Name: Stuart Pearce, English footballer, coach, and manager
Start: 1962

On April 24, in the year 1962, Stuart Pearce, English footballer, coach, and manager. This event is recorded as a Notable Births event in the history of April 24, a notable event in this corner of history.

1 notable person is associated with this event, including Stuart Pearce. Learn more below.

Stuart Pearce is an English professional football manager and former player, who was most recently a first-team coach for Premier League club West Ham United. He was nicknamed "Psycho" for his unforgiving style of play.

Key Facts

This event took place on April 24, 1962 (AD era).
It is categorised as a Notable Births event in recorded history.
Referenced in 1 Wikipedia article.
1 notable person is recorded as involved in or associated with this event.
Wikipedia source last updated on 2 April 2026.

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Notable Deaths	2022	Apr 24	Andrew Woolfolk, American saxophonist (born 1950)
Notable Deaths	2017	Apr 24	Robert Pirsig, American author and philosopher (born 1928)
Notable Deaths	2016	Apr 24	Tommy Kono, American weightlifter and coach (born 1930)
Notable Deaths	2015	Apr 24	Władysław Bartoszewski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1922)
Notable Deaths	2014	Apr 24	Hans Hollein, Austrian architect, designed Haas House (born 1934)
Notable Deaths	2014	Apr 24	Sandy Jardine, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1948)
Notable Deaths	2014	Apr 24	Shobha Nagi Reddy, Indian politician (born 1968)
Notable Deaths	2014	Apr 24	Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (born 1921)
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Historical Events	2013	Apr 24	Violence in Bachu County, Kashgar Prefecture, of China's Xinjiang results in death of 21 people
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Notable Deaths	2011	Apr 24	Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philanthropist (born 1926)
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Notable Deaths	2008	Apr 24	Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet player, and saxophonist, and composer (born 1921)
Historical Events	2006	Apr 24	Bombings in the Egyptian resort city of Dahab kill 23 people and injure about 80
Notable Deaths	2006	Apr 24	Brian Labone, English footballer (born 1940)
Notable Deaths	2006	Apr 24	Moshe Teitelbaum, Romanian-American rabbi and author (born 1914)
Historical Events	2005	Apr 24	Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI
Notable Deaths	2005	Apr 24	Ezer Weizman, Israeli general and politician, 7th President of Israel (born 1924)
Notable Deaths	2005	Apr 24	Fei Xiaotong, Chinese sociologist and academic (born 1910)
Historical Events	2004	Apr 24	The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in elim
Notable Deaths	2004	Apr 24	José Giovanni, French-Swiss director and producer (born 1923)
Notable Deaths	2004	Apr 24	Estée Lauder, American businesswoman, co-founded Estée Lauder Companies (born 1906)
Notable Deaths	2003	Apr 24	Nüzhet Gökdoğan, Turkish astronomer and mathematician (born 1910)
Selected Events	2003	Apr 24	A backhoe breached a pipeline in Toronto, Canada, which caused a gas explosion that killed seven people
Notable Births	2002	Apr 24	Olivia Gadecki, Australian tennis player
Notable Deaths	2002	Apr 24	Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourgish sculptor (born 1908)
Notable Deaths	2001	Apr 24	Josef Peters, German racing driver (born 1914)
Notable Deaths	2001	Apr 24	Johnny Valentine, American wrestler (born 1928)
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