Paula Mollenhauer

German discus thrower (1908–1988).

Born December 22nd, 1908 in Hamburg.

Died July 7th, 1988 at 79 years old in Hamburg.

Štefka Drolc

Slovenian actress.

Born December 22nd, 1923 in Ponikva.

Died June 25th, 2018 at 94 years old in Ljubljana (pneumonia).

Kilasu Massamba

Dr congolese footballer (1950-2020).

Born December 22nd, 1950 in Kinshasa.

Died June 25th, 2020 at 69 years old ^[ref]

Luis Regueiro

Mexican footballer.

Born December 22nd, 1943 (age 82 years) in Mexico City.

Maurice Girardot

French basketball player (1921–2020).

Born December 22nd, 1921 in 18th arrondissement of Paris.

Died February 8th, 2020 at 98 years old in La Verrière. ^[ref]

Eduard Schönfeld

German astronomer (1828-1891).

Born December 22nd, 1828 in Hildburghausen.

Died May 1st, 1891 at 62 years old in Bonn.

Sandra Forgues

French slalom canoeist.

Born December 22nd, 1969 (age 56 years) in Tarbes.

Eiji Ueda

Japanese association football player and manager.

Born December 22nd, 1953 (age 72 years) in Tateyama.

Anatoly Sass

Soviet rower (1935–2023).

Born December 22nd, 1935 in Moscow.

Died August 31st, 2023 at 87 years old in Moscow. ^[ref]

Salvatore Gionta

Italian water polo player.

Born December 22nd, 1930 in Formia.

Died July 28th, 2025 at 94 years old in Rome. ^[ref]

Yasuyuki Kuwahara

Japanese association football player (1942–2017).

Born December 22nd, 1942 in Hiroshima.

Died March 1st, 2017 at 74 years old in Hiroshima (pneumonia).

Robin Duvillard

French cross-country skier.

Born December 22nd, 1983 (age 42 years) in Grenoble.

Patrick Heuscher

Volleyball player.

Born December 22nd, 1976 (age 49 years) in Frauenfeld.

Pierluigi Chicca

Italian fencer (1937–2017).

Born December 22nd, 1937 in Livorno.

Died June 18th, 2017 at 79 years old in Rome. ^[ref]

Inés Echeverría Bello

Chilean writer.

Born December 22nd, 1868 in Santiago.

Died January 13th, 1949 at 80 years old in Santiago.

Giuseppe Nazzaro

Italian bishop, theologian and orientalist (1937–2015).

Born December 22nd, 1937 in San Potito Ultra.

Died October 26th, 2015 at 77 years old in Avellino.

Jean-Louis Gauthier

French road bicycle racer (1955–2014).

Born December 22nd, 1955 in Angoulême.

Died July 11th, 2014 at 58 years old in Maine-de-Boixe (myocardial infarction).

Laurence Stoddard

American coxswain (1903-1997).

Born December 22nd, 1903 in New York City.

Died January 26th, 1997 at 93 years old in Bridgeport.

Zenon Przesmycki

Polish poet, translator and art critic of the literary period of młoda polska.

Born December 22nd, 1861 in Radzyń Podlaski. ^[ref]

Died October 17th, 1944 at 82 years old in Warsaw. ^[ref]

Nico Freriks

Dutch volleyball player.

Born December 22nd, 1981 (age 44 years) in Uden.

Mihail Andricu

Romanian composer (1894–1974).

Born December 22nd, 1894 in Bucharest.

Died February 4th, 1974 at 79 years old in Bucharest.

Anyu Angelov

Politician.

Born December 22nd, 1942 (age 83 years) in Haskovo.

Galina Murašova

Soviet discus thrower.

Born December 22nd, 1955 (age 70 years) in Vilnius.

Arthur Charles Hind

Field hockey player (1904-1991).

Born December 22nd, 1904 in Delhi.

Died November 20th, 1991 at 86 years old

Gianna Hablützel-Bürki

Swiss épée fencer.

Born December 22nd, 1969 (age 56 years) in Basel.