Famous Birthdays for March 22nd

Pre-1600

• 841 – Bernard Plantapilosa, Frankish son of Bernard of Septimania (d. 885)
• 875 – William I, Duke of Aquitaine (d. 918)
• 1212 – Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1235)
• 1367 – Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (probable;^[37] d. 1399)
• 1394 – Ulugh Beg, Persian astronomer and mathematician (d. 1449)
• 1459 – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1519)^[38]
• 1499 – Johann Carion, German astrologer and chronicler (d. 1537)
• 1503 – Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian author and educator (d. 1583)
• 1517 – Gioseffo Zarlino, Italian composer (d. 1590)
• 1519 – Catherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, English noblewoman (d. 1580)
• 1582 – John Williams, Archbishop of York (d. 1650)
• 1599 – Anthony van Dyck, Flemish-English painter and etcher (d. 1641)

1601–1900

• 1609 – John II Casimir Vasa, Polish king (d. 1672)
• 1615 – Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh, British scientist (d. 1691)^[39]
• 1663 – August Hermann Francke, German clergyman, philanthropist, and scholar (d. 1727)
• 1684 – William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician, Secretary at War (d. 1764)
• 1712 – Edward Moore, English poet and playwright (d. 1757)^[40]
• 1720 – Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect, designed the Yellow Palace and Bernstorff Palace (d. 1799)
• 1723 – Charles Carroll, American lawyer and politician (d. 1783)
• 1728 – Anton Raphael Mengs, German painter and theorist (d. 1779)
• 1785 – Adam Sedgwick, English scientist (d. 1873)
• 1797 – William I, German Emperor (d. 1888)^[41]
• 1808 – Caroline Norton, English feminist, social reformer, and author (d. 1877)^[42]
• 1808 – David Swinson Maynard, American physician and lawyer (d. 1873)
• 1812 – Stephen Pearl Andrews, American author and activist (d. 1886)
• 1814 – Thomas Crawford, American sculptor, designed the Statue of Freedom (d. 1857)
• 1817 – Braxton Bragg, American general (d. 1876)
• 1818 – John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer, founded Penwortham (d. 1846)
• 1822 – Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, scholar, statesman and jurist (d. 1895)
• 1841 – Anastassios Christomanos, Greek scientist (d. 1906) ^[43]
• 1842 – Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1912)
• 1846 – Randolph Caldecott, English illustrator and painter (d. 1886)
• 1846 – James Timberlake, American lieutenant, police officer, and farmer (d. 1891)
• 1852 – Otakar Ševčík, Czech violinist and educator (d. 1934)
• 1852 – Hector Sévin, French cardinal (d. 1916)
• 1855 – Dorothy Tennant, British painter (d. 1926)
• 1857 – Paul Doumer, French mathematician, journalist, and politician, 14th President of France (d. 1932)
• 1866 – Jack Boyle, American baseball player and umpire (d. 1913)
• 1868 – Robert Andrews Millikan, American colonel and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)
• 1869 – Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (d. 1964)^[44]
• 1869 – Tom McInnes, Scottish-English footballer (d. 1939)
• 1873 – Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (d. 1939)
• 1880 – Ernest C. Quigley, Canadian-American football player and coach (d. 1960)
• 1884 – Arthur H. Vandenberg, American journalist and politician (d. 1951)
• 1884 – Lyda Borelli, Italian actress (d. 1959)
• 1885 – Aryeh Levin, Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and educator (d. 1969)
• 1886 – August Rei, Estonian lawyer and politician, Head of State of Estonia (d. 1963)
• 1887 – Chico Marx, American actor (d. 1961)
• 1890 – George Clark, American race car driver (d. 1978)
• 1892 – Charlie Poole, American country banjo player (d. 1931)
• 1892 – Johannes Semper, Estonian poet and scholar (d. 1970)
• 1896 – He Long, Chinese general and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1969)
• 1896 – Joseph Schildkraut, Austrian-American actor (d. 1964)
• 1899 – Ruth Page, American ballerina and choreographer (d. 1991)

1901–present

• 1901 – Greta Kempton, Austrian-American painter (d. 1991)
• 1902 – Johannes Brinkman, Dutch architect, designed the Van Nelle Factory (d. 1949)
• 1902 – Madeleine Milhaud, French actress and composer (d. 2008)
• 1903 – Bill Holman, American cartoonist (d. 1987)
• 1907 – James M. Gavin, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (d. 1990)
• 1908 – Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (d. 1991)
• 1908 – Louis L'Amour, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1988)
• 1909 – Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author and educator (d. 1983)
• 1910 – Nicholas Monsarrat, English sailor and author (d. 1979)
• 1912 – Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor and performer (d. 1985)
• 1912 – Karl Malden, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1912 – Agnes Martin, Canadian-American painter and educator (d. 2004)
• 1912 – Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (d. 1959)
• 1913 – Tom McCall, American journalist and politician, 30th Governor of Oregon (d. 1983)
• 1913 – Lew Wasserman, American businessman and talent agent (d. 2002)
• 1913 – James Westerfield, American actor (d. 1971)
• 1914 – John Stanley, American author and illustrator (d. 1993)
• 1914 – Donald Stokes, Baron Stokes, English businessman (d. 2008)
• 1917 – Virginia Grey, American actress (d. 2004)
• 1917 – Irving Kaplansky, Canadian-American mathematician and academic (d. 2006)
• 1917 – Paul Rogers, English actor (d. 2013)
• 1918 – Cheddi Jagan, Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana (d. 1997)
• 1919 – Bernard Krigstein, American illustrator (d. 1990)
• 1920 – James Brown, American actor and singer (d. 1992)
• 1920 – Werner Klemperer, German-American actor (d. 2000)
• 1920 – Lloyd MacPhail, Canadian businessman and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (d. 1995)
• 1920 – Fanny Waterman, English pianist and educator, founded the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition (d. 2020)
• 1920 – Katsuko Saruhashi, Japanese geochemist (d. 2007)
• 1920 – Ross Martin, American actor (d. 1981)
• 1921 – Nino Manfredi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
• 1922 – John J. Gilligan, American politician, 62nd Governor of Ohio (d. 2013)
• 1922 – Stewart Stern, American screenwriter (d. 2015)
• 1923 – Marcel Marceau, French mime and actor (d. 2007)
• 1924 – Al Neuharth, American journalist and author, founded USA Today (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Yevgeny Ostashev, Russian test pilot, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite (d. 1960)^[45]
• 1924 – Osman F. Seden, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1998)
• 1924 – Bill Wendell, American television announcer (d. 1999)
• 1927 – Marty Blake, American basketball player and manager (d. 2013)
• 1927 – Nicolas Tikhomiroff, Russian photographer (d. 2016)
• 1928 – Carrie Donovan, American journalist (d. 2001)
• 1928 – E. D. Hirsch, American author, critic, and academic
• 1928 – Ed Macauley, American basketball player, coach, and priest (d. 2011)
• 1929 – Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist
• 1929 – P. Ramlee, Malaysian actor, director, singer, songwriter, composer, and producer (d. 1973)
• 1930 – Derek Bok, American lawyer and academic
• 1930 – Pat Robertson, American minister and broadcaster, founded the Christian Broadcasting Network
• 1930 – Stephen Sondheim, American composer and songwriter (d. 2021)
• 1931 – Burton Richter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)
• 1931 – William Shatner, Canadian actor
• 1931 – Leslie Thomas, Welsh journalist and author (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Els Borst, Dutch physician and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Larry Evans, American chess player and journalist (d. 2010)
• 1933 – Abolhassan Banisadr, Iranian economist and politician, 1st President of Iran (d. 2021)
• 1934 – May Britt, Swedish actress
• 1934 – Sheila Cameron, English lawyer and judge
• 1934 – Orrin Hatch, American lawyer and politician (d. 2022)
• 1935 – Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova, Russian-born Soviet test pilot and aerobatics champion (d. 2004)^[46]
• 1935 – Lea Pericoli, Italian tennis player and journalist
• 1935 – Frank Pulli, American baseball player and umpire (d. 2013)
• 1935 – M. Emmet Walsh, American actor
• 1936 – Ron Carey, American trade union leader (d. 2008)
• 1936 – Roger Whittaker, Kenyan-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1936 – Erol Büyükburç, Turkish singer-songwriter, pop music composer, and actor (d. 2015)
• 1937 – Angelo Badalamenti, American pianist and composer
• 1937 – Armin Hary, German sprinter
• 1937 – Jon Hassell, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2021)
• 1937 – Foo Foo Lammar, British drag queen (d. 2003)^[47][48]
• 1938 – Rein Etruk, Estonian chess player (d. 2012)
• 1940 – Dave Keon, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1940 – Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-American physician and author (d. 1996)
• 1940 – George Edward Alcorn, Jr., American physicist and inventor
• 1941 – Billy Collins, American poet
• 1941 – Jeremy Clyde, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1941 – Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor (d. 2019)
• 1941 – Cassam Uteem, Mauritian politician, 2nd President of Mauritius
• 1942 – Jorge Ben Jor, Brazilian singer-songwriter
• 1942 – Dick Pound, Canadian lawyer and academic
• 1943 – George Benson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist^[49]
• 1943 – Nazem Ganjapour, Iranian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 1943 – Keith Relf, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1976)
• 1945 – Eric Roth, American screenwriter and producer
• 1946 – Don Chaney, American basketball player and coach
• 1946 – Rivka Golani, Israeli viola player and composer
• 1946 – Rudy Rucker, American mathematician, computer scientist, and author
• 1946 – Harry Vanda, Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1947 – George Ferguson, English architect and politician, 1st Mayor of Bristol
• 1947 – James Patterson, American author and producer
• 1947 – Maarten van Gent, Dutch basketball player and coach
• 1948 – Andrew Lloyd Webber, English composer and director^[50]
• 1949 – Fanny Ardant, French actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1949 – Brian Hanrahan, English journalist (d. 2010)
• 1952 – Des Browne, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
• 1953 – Kenneth Rogoff, American economist and chess grandmaster
• 1955 – Lena Olin, Swedish actress
• 1955 – Valdis Zatlers, Latvian physician and politician, 7th President of Latvia
• 1956 – Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (born María Teresa Mestre y Batista)
• 1957 – Jürgen Bucher, German footballer
• 1957 – Stephanie Mills, American actress and singer
• 1959 – Matthew Modine, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 – Simon Furman, British comic book writer^[51]
• 1962 – Nikos Kourbanas, Greek footballer ^[52]
• 1963 – Deborah Bull, English ballerina
• 1963 – Susan Ann Sulley, English pop singer
• 1963 – Martín Vizcarra, Peruvian engineer and politician, 67th President of Peru^[53]
• 1964 – David Gillespie, Australian rugby league player
• 1966 – Todd Ewen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
• 1966 – Artis Pabriks, Latvian academic and politician, 11th Minister for Defence of Latvia
• 1966 – António Pinto, Portuguese runner^[54]
• 1966 – Brian Shaw, American basketball player and coach
• 1967 – Mario Cipollini, Italian cyclist
• 1967 – Bernie Gallacher, Scottish-English footballer (d. 2011)
• 1970 – Andreas Johnson, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1970 – Leontien van Moorsel, Dutch cyclist
• 1970 – Hwang Young-cho, South Korean runner
• 1971 – Keegan-Michael Key, American actor, comedian, and writer
• 1972 – Shawn Bradley, German-American basketball player, coach, and actor
• 1972 – Cory Lidle, American baseball player (d. 2006)
• 1972 – Elvis Stojko, Canadian figure skater and sportscaster
• 1973 – Beverley Knight, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1974 – Marcus Camby, American basketball player
• 1974 – Philippe Clement, Belgian footballer
• 1974 – Grigoria Golia, Greek handball player ^[55]
• 1974 – Geo Meneses, Mexican producer and singer
• 1975 – Cole Hauser, American actor and producer
• 1975 – Jiří Novák, Czech-Monegasque tennis player
• 1976 – Teun de Nooijer, Dutch field hockey player
• 1976 – Asako Toki, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1976 – Reese Witherspoon, American actress and producer
• 1977 – Tom Poti, American ice hockey player^[56]
• 1979 – Michalis Kouinelis, Greek hip hop singer ^[57]
• 1979 – Aaron North, American guitarist
• 1979 – Juan Uribe, Dominican baseball player
• 1981 – Arne Gabius, German runner
• 1982 – Piá, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 – Enrico Gasparotto, Italian cyclist
• 1982 – Michael Janyk, Canadian skier
• 1984 – Piotr Trochowski, German footballer
• 1985 – Mayola Biboko, Belgian footballer
• 1985 – Jakob Fuglsang, Danish cyclist^[58]
• 1985 – Justin Masterson, American baseball player^[59]
• 1985 – Kelli Waite, Australian swimmer^[60]
• 1986 – Dexter Fowler, American baseball player^[61]
• 1987 – Ike Davis, American baseball player
• 1987 – Jairo Mora Sandoval, Costa Rican environmentalist (d. 2013)
• 1987 – Liam Doran, British rallycross driver^[62]
• 1989 – Ruben Popa, Romanian footballer
• 1989 – J. J. Watt, American football player^[63]
• 1994 – Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarusian tennis player^[64]
• 2000 – Dimitrios Meliopoulos, Greek footballer ^[65]