Famous Birthdays for May 22nd

Pre-1600[edit]

• 626 – Itzam K'an Ahk I, Mayan king (d. 686)
• 1009 – Su Xun, Chinese writer (d. 1066)
• 1408 – Annamacharya, Hindu saint (d. 1503)
• 1539 – Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford (d. 1621)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1622 – Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French soldier and governor (d. 1698)
• 1644 – Gabriël Grupello, Flemish Baroque sculptor (d. 1730)
• 1650 – Richard Brakenburgh, Dutch Golden Age painter (d. 1702)
• 1665 – Magnus Stenbock, Swedish field marshal and Royal Councillor (d. 1717)
• 1694 – Daniel Gran, Austrian painter (d. 1757)
• 1715 – François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and diplomat (d. 1794)
• 1733 – Hubert Robert, French painter (d. 1808)
• 1752 – Louis Legendre, French butcher and politician (d. 1797)
• 1762 – Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, English politician (d. 1834)
• 1770 – Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)
• 1772 – Ram Mohan Roy, Indian philosopher and reformer (d. 1833)
• 1779 – Johann Nepomuk Schödlberger, Austrian painter (d. 1853)
• 1782 – Hirose Tansō, Japanese neo-Confucian scholar, teacher, writer (d. 1856)
• 1783 – William Sturgeon, English physicist and inventor, invented the electromagnet and electric motor (d. 1850)
• 1808 – Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator (d. 1855)
• 1811 – Giulia Grisi, Italian soprano (d. 1869)
• 1811 – Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle, English politician (d. 1864)
• 1813 – Richard Wagner, German composer (d. 1883)
• 1814 – Amalia Lindegren, Swedish painter (d. 1891)
• 1820 – Worthington Whittredge, American painter (d. 1910)
• 1828 – Albrecht von Graefe, German ophthalmologist and academic (d. 1870)
• 1831 – Henry Vandyke Carter, English anatomist and surgeon (d. 1897)
• 1833 – Félix Bracquemond, French painter and etcher (d. 1914)
• 1833 – Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla, Spanish politician, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1895)
• 1841 – Catulle Mendès, French poet, author, and playwright (d. 1909)
• 1844 – Mary Cassatt, American painter and educator (d. 1926)
• 1846 – Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican poet, educator, and activist (d. 1908)
• 1848 – Fritz von Uhde, German painter and educator (d. 1911)
• 1849 – Aston Webb, English architect and academic (d. 1930)
• 1858 – Belmiro de Almeida, Brazilian painter, illustrator, sculptor (d. 1935)
• 1859 – Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (d. 1930)
• 1859 – Tsubouchi Shōyō, Japanese author, playwright, and educator (d. 1935)
• 1864 – Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (d. 1931)
• 1868 – Augusto Pestana, Brazilian engineer and politician (d. 1934)
• 1874 – Daniel François Malan, South African clergyman and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1959)
• 1876 – Julius Klinger, Austrian painter and illustrator (d. 1942)
• 1879 – Warwick Armstrong, Australian cricketer and journalist (d. 1947)
• 1879 – Jean Cras, French admiral and composer (d. 1932)
• 1879 – Symon Petliura, Ukrainian statesman and independence leader (d. 1926)
• 1880 – Francis de Miomandre, French author and translator (d. 1959)
• 1884 – Wilhelmina Hay Abbott, Scottish suffragist and feminist (d. 1957)^[15]
• 1885 – Giacomo Matteotti, Italian lawyer and politician (d. 1924)
• 1885 – Soemu Toyoda, Japanese admiral (d. 1957)
• 1887 – A. W. Sandberg, Danish film director and screenwriter (d. 1938)
• 1891 – Johannes R. Becher, German politician, novelist, and poet (d. 1958)
• 1894 – Friedrich Pollock, German sociologist and philosopher (d. 1970)
• 1897 – Robert Neumann, German and English-speaking author (d. 1975)
• 1900 – Juan Arvizu, Mexican lyric opera tenor and bolero vocalist (d.1985)

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – Maurice J. Tobin, American politician, 6th United States Secretary of Labor (d. 1953)
• 1902 – Jack Lambert, English footballer and manager (d. 1940) ^[16]
• 1902 – Al Simmons, American baseball player and coach (d. 1956)
• 1904 – Uno Lamm, Swedish electrical engineer and inventor (d. 1989)
• 1905 – Bodo von Borries, German physicist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope (d. 1956)
• 1905 – Tom Driberg, British politician (d. 1976)
• 1907 – Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator (d. 1983)
• 1907 – Laurence Olivier, English actor, director, and producer (d. 1989)
• 1908 – Horton Smith, American golfer and captain (d. 1963)
• 1909 – Bob Dyer, American-Australian radio and television host (d. 1984)^[17]
• 1909 – Margaret Mee, English illustrator and educator (d. 1988)
• 1912 – Herbert C. Brown, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
• 1913 – Rafael Gil, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 1986)
• 1913 – Dominique Rolin, Belgian author (d. 2012)
• 1914 – Max Kohnstamm, Dutch historian and diplomat (d. 2010)
• 1914 – Sun Ra, American pianist, composer, bandleader, poet (d. 1993)
• 1917 – George Aratani, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
• 1917 – Jean-Louis Curtis, French author (d. 1995)
• 1919 – Paul Vanden Boeynants, Belgian businessman and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 2001)
• 1920 – Thomas Gold, Austrian-American astrophysicist and academic (d. 2004)
• 1921 – George S. Hammond, American scientist (d. 2005)
• 1922 – Quinn Martin, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1987)
• 1924 – Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2018)
• 1925 – Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor (d. 1991)
• 1927 – Michael Constantine, American actor (d. 2021)
• 1927 – Peter Matthiessen, American novelist, short story writer, editor, co-founded The Paris Review (d. 2014)
• 1927 – George Andrew Olah, Hungarian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)
• 1928 – Serge Doubrovsky, French theorist and author (d. 2017)
• 1928 – John Mackenzie, Scottish director and producer (d. 2011)
• 1928 – T. Boone Pickens, American businessman (d. 2019)
• 1928 – Hiroshi Sano, Japanese novelist (d. 2013)
• 1929 – Ahmed Fouad Negm, Egyptian poet (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Kenny Ball, English jazz trumpet player, vocalist, and bandleader (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Marisol Escobar, French-American sculptor (d. 2016)
• 1930 – Harvey Milk, American lieutenant and politician (d. 1978)
• 1932 – Robert Spitzer, American psychiatrist and academic (d. 2015)
• 1933 – Fred Anderson, Australian-South African rugby league player (d. 2012)^[18]
• 1933 – Chen Jingrun, Chinese mathematician and academic (d. 1996)
• 1934 – Peter Nero, American pianist and conductor
• 1935 – Billy Rayner, Australian rugby league player (d. 2006)^[19]
• 1936 – George H. Heilmeier, American engineer (d. 2014)
• 1937 – Facundo Cabral, Argentinian singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
• 1938 – Richard Benjamin, American actor and director
• 1938 – Susan Strasberg, American actress (d. 1999)
• 1939 – Paul Winfield, American actor (d. 2004)
• 1940 – Kieth Merrill, American filmmaker
• 1940 – E. A. S. Prasanna, Indian cricketer^[20]
• 1940 – Michael Sarrazin, Canadian actor (d. 2011)
• 1940 – Bernard Shaw, American journalist (d. 2022)
• 1940 – Mick Tingelhoff, American Pro Football Hall of Famer (d. 2021)
• 1941 – Menzies Campbell, Scottish sprinter and politician
• 1942 – Roger Brown, American basketball player (d. 1997)^[21]
• 1942 – Ted Kaczynski, American academic and mathematician turned anarchist and serial murderer (Unabomber)
• 1942 – Barbara Parkins, Canadian actress
• 1942 – Richard Oakes, Native American civil rights activist (d. 1972)
• 1943 – Betty Williams, Northern Irish peace activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2020)
• 1943 – Tommy John, American baseball player
• 1944 – John Flanagan, Australian fantasy author
• 1945 – Bob Katter, Australian politician
• 1946 – George Best, Northern Irish footballer and manager (d. 2005)
• 1946 – Michael Green, English physicist and academic
• 1946 – Howard Kendall, English footballer and manager (d. 2015)
• 1946 – Andrei Marga, Romanian philosopher, political scientist, politician
• 1946 – Lyudmila Zhuravleva, Russian-Ukrainian astronomer
• 1948 – Tomás Sánchez, Cuban painter and engraver
• 1948 – Nedumudi Venu, Indian actor and screenwriter (d. 2021)
• 1949 – Cheryl Campbell, English actress
• 1949 – Valentin Inzko, Austrian diplomat
• 1950 – Bernie Taupin, English singer-songwriter and poet
• 1953 – François Bon, French writer
• 1953 – Cha Bum-kun, South Korean footballer and manager
• 1953 – Paul Mariner, English footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2021)
• 1954 – Barbara May Cameron, Native American human rights activist (d. 2002)^[22]
• 1954 – Shuji Nakamura, Japanese-American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1955 – Iva Davies, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist^[23]
• 1956 – Lucie Brock-Broido, American poet (d. 2018)
• 1957 – Lisa Murkowski, American lawyer and politician
• 1959 – David Blatt, Israeli-American basketball player and coach
• 1959 – Olin Browne, American golfer^[24]
• 1959 – Morrissey, English singer-songwriter and performer
• 1959 – Kwak Jae-yong, South Korean director and screenwriter
• 1959 – Mehbooba Mufti, Indian politician
• 1960 – Hideaki Anno, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter
• 1962 – Andrew Magee, French-American golfer^[25]
• 1962 – Brian Pillman, American football player and wrestler (d. 1997)
• 1963 – Claude Closky, French contemporary artist^[26]
• 1965 – Jay Carney, American journalist, 29th White House Press Secretary
• 1966 – Johnny Gill, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1966 – Wang Xiaoshuai, Chinese director and screenwriter
• 1968 – Graham Linehan, Irish-born British activist
• 1969 – Cathy McMorris Rodgers, American lawyer and politician
• 1970 – Naomi Campbell, English model
• 1970 – Brody Stevens, American comedian and actor (d. 2019)
• 1972 – Max Brooks, American author and screenwriter
• 1973 – Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Danish actor
• 1974 – Garba Lawal, Nigerian footballer
• 1974 – Henrietta Ónodi, Hungarian Olympic gymnast
• 1974 – Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukrainian politician
• 1975 – Salva Ballesta, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1976 – Christian Vande Velde, American cyclist
• 1977 – Pat Smullen, Irish jockey (d. 2020)^[27]
• 1978 – Ginnifer Goodwin, American actress
• 1978 – Katie Price, English television personality and glamour model
• 1979 – Nazanin Boniadi, Iranian-American actress
• 1979 – Tihomir Dovramadjiev, Bulgarian Chess boxer^[28]
• 1979 – Maggie Q, American actress
• 1980 – Tarin Bradford, Australian rugby league player^[29]
• 1980 – Sharice Davids, American politician
• 1980 – Lucy Gordon, British actress and model (d. 2009)
• 1981 – Daniel Bryan, American wrestler
• 1981 – Bassel Khartabil, Syrian computer programmer and engineer (d. 2015)
• 1981 – Jürgen Melzer, Austrian tennis player
• 1981 – Mark O'Meley, Australian rugby league player^[30]
• 1982 – Erin McNaught, Australian model and actress
• 1982 – Apolo Ohno, American speed skater
• 1982 – Hong Yong-jo, North Korean footballer
• 1983 – Natasha Kai, American soccer player and Olympic medalist
• 1984 – Clara Amfo, English television and radio presenter
• 1984 – Karoline Herfurth, German actress
• 1984 – Didier Ya Konan, Ivorian footballer
• 1984 – Dustin Moskovitz, American entrepreneur, co-founder of Facebook
• 1985 – Tranquillo Barnetta, Swiss footballer
• 1985 – Tao Okamoto, Japanese model and actress
• 1986 – Julian Edelman, American football player
• 1986 – Matt Jarvis, English footballer
• 1986 – Tatiana Volosozhar, Russian figure skater
• 1987 – Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis player^[31]
• 1987 – Arturo Vidal, Chilean footballer
• 1988 – Heida Reed, Icelandic-British actress
• 1989 – Corey Dickerson, American baseball player
• 1990 – Wyatt Roy, Australian politician
• 1991 – Joel Obi, Nigerian footballer
• 1991 – Suho, South Korean singer and actor
• 1992 – Anna Baryshnikov, American actress^[32]
• 1994 – Florian Luger, Austrian male model
• 1994 – Athena Manoukian, Greek-Armenian singer and songwriter
• 1998 – Samile Bermannelli, Brazilian fashion model^[33]
• 1999 – Femke Huijzer, Dutch model^[34]
• 1999 – Hōshōryū Tomokatsu, Mongolian sumo wrestler^[35]
• 2001 – Emma Chamberlain, American internet personality^[36]
• 2004 – Peyton Elizabeth Lee, American actress^[37]