Famous Birthdays for April 22nd

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1412 – Reinhard III, Count of Hanau (1451–1452) (d. 1452)
• 1444 – Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk (d. 1503)
• 1451 – Isabella I of Castile (d. 1504)
• 1518 – Antoine of Navarre (d. 1562)
• 1592 – Wilhelm Schickard, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1635)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1610 – Pope Alexander VIII (d. 1691)
• 1658 – Giuseppe Torelli, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1709)
• 1690 – John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1763)
• 1707 – Henry Fielding, English novelist and playwright (d. 1754)
• 1711 – Paul II Anton, Prince Esterházy, Austrian soldier (d. 1762)
• 1724 – Immanuel Kant, German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1804)
• 1732 – John Johnson, English architect and surveyor (d. 1814)
• 1744 – James Sullivan, American lawyer and politician, 7th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1808)
• 1766 – Germaine de Staël, French author and political philosopher (d. 1817)
• 1812 – Solomon Caesar Malan, Swiss-English orientalist (d. 1894)
• 1816 – Charles-Denis Bourbaki, French general (d. 1897)
• 1830 – Emily Davies, British suffragist and educator, co-founder and an early Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge University^[12][13]
• 1832 – Julius Sterling Morton, American journalist and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Agriculture (d. 1902)
• 1844 – Lewis Powell, American soldier, attempted assassin of William H. Seward (d. 1865)
• 1852 – William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (d. 1912)
• 1854 – Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943)
• 1858 – Ethel Smyth, English composer (d. 1944)^[14]
• 1858 – Fritz Mayer van den Bergh, Belgian art collector and art historian (d. 1901)^[15]
• 1870 – Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary and founder of Soviet Russia (d. 1924)
• 1872 – Princess Margaret of Prussia (d. 1954)
• 1873 – Ellen Glasgow, American author (d. 1945)
• 1874 – Wu Peifu, Chinese warlord, politician, and marshal of the Beiyang Army (d. 1939)^[16]
• 1876 – Róbert Bárány, Austrian-Swedish otologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
• 1876 – Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler and strongman (d. 1920)
• 1879 – Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player (d. 1939)
• 1884 – Otto Rank, Austrian-American psychologist and academic (d. 1939)
• 1886 – Izidor Cankar, Slovenian historian, author, and diplomat (d. 1958)
• 1887 – Harald Bohr, Danish mathematician and footballer (d. 1951)^[17]
• 1889 – Richard Glücks, German SS officer (d. 1945)
• 1891 – Laura Gilpin, American photographer (d. 1979)
• 1891 – Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (d. 1965)
• 1891 – Harold Jeffreys, English mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (d. 1989)
• 1891 – Nicola Sacco, Italian-American anarchist (d. 1927)
• 1892 – Vernon Johns, African-American minister and activist (d. 1965)
• 1899 – Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born novelist and critic (d. 1977)
• 1900 – Nellie Beer, British politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester from 1966 to 1967 (d. 1988)^[18]

1901–present[edit]

• 1904 – J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (d. 1967)
• 1905 – Robert Choquette, American-Canadian author, poet, and diplomat (d. 1991)
• 1906 – Eric Fenby, English composer and educator (d. 1997)
• 1906 – Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (d. 1947)
• 1909 – Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)
• 1909 – Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (d. 2001)
• 1909 – Spyros Markezinis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2000)
• 1910 – Norman Steenrod, American mathematician and academic (d. 1971)
• 1912 – Kathleen Ferrier, English operatic singer (d. 1953)
• 1912 – Kaneto Shindo, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 1914 – Baldev Raj Chopra, Indian director and producer (d. 2008)
• 1914 – Jan de Hartog, Dutch-American author and playwright (d. 2002)
• 1914 – José Quiñones Gonzales, Peruvian soldier and pilot (d. 1941)
• 1914 – Michael Wittmann, German SS officer (d. 1944)
• 1916 – Hanfried Lenz, German mathematician and academic (d. 2013)
• 1916 – Yehudi Menuhin, American-Swiss violinist and conductor (d. 1999)
• 1917 – Yvette Chauviré, French ballerina (d. 2016)
• 1917 – Sidney Nolan, Australian painter (d. 1992)
• 1918 – William Jay Smith, American poet and academic (d. 2015)
• 1918 – Mickey Vernon, American baseball player and coach (d. 2008)
• 1919 – Donald J. Cram, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)
• 1919 – Carl Lindner, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2011)
• 1922 – Richard Diebenkorn, American soldier and painter (d. 1993)
• 1922 – Charles Mingus, American bassist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1979)
• 1922 – Wolf V. Vishniac, American microbiologist and academic (d. 1973)
• 1923 – Peter Kane Dufault, American soldier, pilot, and poet (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Bettie Page, American model and actress (d. 2008)
• 1923 – Aaron Spelling, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
• 1924 – Nam Duck-woo, South Korean politician, 12th Prime Minister of South Korea (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Charlotte Rae, American actress and singer (d. 2018)
• 1926 – James Stirling, Scottish architect, designed the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and Seeley Historical Library (d. 1992)
• 1927 – Laurel Aitken, Cuban-Jamaican singer (d. 2005)
• 1928 – Estelle Harris, American actress and comedian (d. 2022)^[19]
• 1929 – Michael Atiyah, English-Lebanese mathematician and academic (d. 2019)
• 1929 – Robert Wade-Gery, English diplomat, British High Commissioner to India (d. 2015)
• 1930 – Enno Penno, Estonian politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (d. 2016)
• 1931 – John Buchanan, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 2019)
• 1931 – Ronald Hynd, English dancer and choreographer
• 1933 – Anthony Llewellyn, Welsh-American chemist and astronaut (d. 2013)
• 1935 – Christopher Ball, English linguist and academic
• 1935 – Paul Chambers, African-American bassist and composer (d. 1969)
• 1935 – Bhama Srinivasan, Indian-American mathematician and academic
• 1936 – Glen Campbell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2017)
• 1936 – Pierre Hétu, Canadian pianist and conductor (d. 1998)
• 1937 – Jack Nicholson, American actor and producer
• 1937 – Jack Nitzsche, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (d. 2000)
• 1938 – Alan Bond, English-Australian businessman (d. 2015)
• 1938 – Gani Fawehinmi, Nigerian lawyer and activist (d. 2009)
• 1938 – Issey Miyake, Japanese fashion designer (d. 2022)
• 1938 – Adam Raphael, English journalist and author
• 1939 – Mel Carter, American singer and actor
• 1939 – John Foley, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
• 1939 – Ray Guy, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2013)
• 1939 – Jason Miller, American actor and playwright (d. 2001)
• 1939 – Theodor Waigel, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Finance
• 1941 – Greville Howard, Baron Howard of Rising, English politician
• 1942 – Giorgio Agamben, Italian philosopher and academic
• 1942 – Mary Prior, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bristol
• 1943 – Keith Crisco, American businessman and politician (d. 2014)
• 1943 – Janet Evanovich, American author
• 1943 – Louise Glück, American poet
• 1943 – John Maples, Baron Maples, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence (d. 2012)
• 1943 – Scott W. Williams, American mathematician and professor
• 1944 – Steve Fossett, American businessman, pilot, and sailor (d. 2007)
• 1944 – Doug Jarrett, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)
• 1944 – Joshua Rifkin, American conductor and musicologist
• 1945 – Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Indian civil servant and politician, 22nd Governor of West Bengal
• 1945 – Demetrio Stratos, Egyptian-Italian singer-songwriter (d. 1979)
• 1946 – Steven L. Bennett, American captain and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1972)
• 1946 – Paul Davies, English physicist and author
• 1946 – Louise Harel, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1946 – Archy Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope, Scottish lawyer and politician
• 1946 – Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford, English economist and academic
• 1946 – John Waters, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1948 – John Pritchard, English bishop
• 1949 – Spencer Haywood, American basketball player^[20]
• 1950 – Peter Frampton, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1950 – Jancis Robinson, English journalist and critic
• 1951 – Aivars Kalējs, Latvian organist, composer, and pianist
• 1951 – Ana María Shua, Argentinian author and poet
• 1957 – Donald Tusk, Polish journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Poland
• 1960 – Mart Laar, Estonian historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Estonia
• 1961 – Alo Mattiisen, Estonian composer (d. 1996)
• 1962 – Jeff Minter, British video game designer and programmer^[21]
• 1962 – Danièle Sauvageau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1963 – Rosalind Gill, English sociologist and academic
• 1966 – Mickey Morandini, American baseball player and manager
• 1967 – David J. C. MacKay, English physicist, engineer, and academic (d. 2016)
• 1970 – Regine Velasquez, Filipino singer and actress^[22]
• 1976 – Dan Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1978 – Paul Malakwen Kosgei, Kenyan runner and coach
• 1979 – Zoltán Gera, Hungarian international footballer and manager^[23]
• 1979 – Daniel Johns, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1980 – Quincy Timberlake, Kenyan-Australian activist, engineer, and politician
• 1982 – Kaká, Brazilian footballer
• 1983 – Sam W. Heads, English-American entomologist and palaeontologist
• 1983 – Shkëlzen Shala, Albanian entrepreneur and veganism activist
• 1990 – Machine Gun Kelly, American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor^[24]
• 1991 – Danni Wyatt, English cricketer^[25][26]