Welcome! Check out today's birthdays, recent birthdays, or our birthday stats.
In the year 1922
1,012 Notable birthdays
Adam Williams
American actor (1922-2006).
Born November 26th, 1922 in Wall Lake.
Died December 4th, 2006 at 84 years old in Los Angeles (lymphoma). [ref]
Jason Evers
American actor (1922-2005).
Born January 2nd, 1922 in New York City.
Died March 13th, 2005 at 83 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Paul Picerni
American actor (1922-2011).
Born December 1st, 1922 in New York City.
Died January 12th, 2011 at 88 years old in Palmdale (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Michel de Certeau
French jesuit and scholar (1925–1986).
Born May 17th, 1922 in Chambéry. [ref]
Died January 10th, 1986 at 63 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Sven Nykvist
Swedish cinematographer and film director (1922-2006).
Born December 3rd, 1922 in Moheda.
Died September 20th, 2006 at 83 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Jean Ritchie
American folk singer.
Born December 8th, 1922 in Viper.
Died June 1st, 2015 at 92 years old in Berea.
George R. Price
American population geneticist (1922–1975).
Born October 6th, 1922 in New York.
Died January 6th, 1975 at 52 years old in London (exsanguination).
Rudi Gernreich
American fashion designer and gay activist (1922-1985).
Born August 8th, 1922 in Vienna.
Died April 21st, 1985 at 62 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer).
Ghulam Azam
Bangladeshi politician (1922-2014).
Born November 7th, 1922 in Dhaka.
Died October 23rd, 2014 at 91 years old in Dhaka (stroke).
Gershon Kingsley
American composer and musician (1922–2019).
Born October 28th, 1922 in Bochum.
Died December 10th, 2019 at 97 years old in New York City. [ref]
John Hick
English philosopher of religion and theologian (1922-2012).
Born January 20th, 1922 in Scarborough.
Died February 9th, 2012 at 90 years old in Birmingham. [ref]
Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii (1922–1950).
Born February 16th, 1922 in Calw.
Died July 15th, 1950 at 28 years old in Bordeaux (traffic collision).
María Casares
French actress of spanish origin (1923-1996).
Born November 21st, 1922 in A Coruña. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1996 at 74 years old in Alloue (cancer).
Jean Darling
American actress (1922–2015).
Born August 23rd, 1922 in Santa Monica.
Died September 4th, 2015 at 93 years old in Rodgau (disease).
Theodosia Okoh
Designer of the ghana national flag.
Born June 14th, 1922 in Effiduase.
Died April 19th, 2015 at 92 years old in Tema.
Michel Henry
French writer and philosopher (1922–2002).
Born January 10th, 1922 in Haiphong.
Died July 3rd, 2002 at 80 years old in Albi.
Seymour Martin Lipset
American sociologist (1922–2006).
Born March 18th, 1922 in Harlem.
Died December 31st, 2006 at 84 years old in Arlington County (stroke).
Richard Lazarus
American psychologist (1922–2002).
Born March 3rd, 1922 in New York City.
Died November 24th, 2002 at 80 years old in Walnut Creek.
Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria
Austrian imperial and royal (1922–1993).
Born May 31st, 1922 in Madrid.
Died January 6th, 1993 at 70 years old in Deutschfeistritz.
Michael Ventris
British architect and linguist (1922-1956).
Born July 12th, 1922 in Wheathampstead.
Died September 6th, 1956 at 34 years old in London (traffic collision).
Margherita Hack
Italian astrophysicist and popular science writer (1922-2013).
Born June 12th, 1922 in Florence.
Died June 29th, 2013 at 91 years old in Trieste (heart failure).
A. M. Rosenthal
American journalist (1922–2006).
Born May 2nd, 1922 in Sault Ste. Marie.
Died May 10th, 2006 at 84 years old in Manhattan (stroke).
Donald Keene
Japanese/american academic (1922–2019).
Born June 18th, 1922 in New York City.
Died February 24th, 2019 at 96 years old in Tokyo (heart failure). [ref]
Eric Gairy
Prime minister of grenada (1922-1997).
Born February 18th, 1922 in Dunfermline.
Died August 23rd, 1997 at 75 years old in Grand Anse.
Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin
German resistance member (1922–2013).
Died March 8th, 2013 at 90 years old in Munich.
Birthdays 251 to 275 of 1012
Every birthday is a gift. Every day is a gift. Aretha Franklin