Lina Ben Mhenni

Tunisian internet activist and blogger (1983–2020).

Born May 22nd, 1983 in Tunis. ^[ref]

Died January 27th, 2020 at 36 years old in Tunis (kidney failure). ^[ref]

Marine Boyer

French artistic gymnast.

Born May 22nd, 2000 (age 26 years) in Saint-Benoît. ^[ref]

Joana Preiss

French actress.

Born May 22nd, 1972 (age 54 years) in Marseille.

Josephine Diebitsch Peary

American explorer.

Born May 22nd, 1863 in Maryland.

Died December 19th, 1955 at 92 years old in Portland.

Fritz von Uhde

German artist (1848–1911).

Born May 22nd, 1848 in Wolkenburg.

Died February 25th, 1911 at 62 years old in Munich.

Hong Yong-jo

North korean footballer.

Born May 22nd, 1982 (age 44 years) in Pyongyang.

Guillermo Toledo

Spanish actor.

Born May 22nd, 1970 (age 56 years) in Madrid.

Ma Jun

Chinese environmentalist.

Born May 22nd, 1968 (age 58 years) in Qingdao.

Rena Tanaka

Japanese actress.

Born May 22nd, 1980 (age 46 years) in Kurume.

Jean-Christophe Péraud

French racing cyclist.

Born May 22nd, 1977 (age 49 years) in Toulouse.

Alex Bogdanovic

British tennis player.

Born May 22nd, 1984 (age 42 years) in Belgrade.

Andrei Nazarov

Russian ice hockey player.

Born May 22nd, 1974 (age 52 years) in Chelyabinsk.

Petar Božović

Serbian actor (born 1946).

Born May 22nd, 1946 (age 80 years) in Zemun.

Emilio Alzamora

Spanish motorcycle racer.

Born May 22nd, 1973 (age 53 years) in Lleida.

Florea Dumitrache

Romanian footballer (1948-2007).

Born May 22nd, 1948 in Bucharest.

Died April 26th, 2007 at 58 years old in Bucharest (cerebral hemorrhage). ^[ref]

Arno Peters

German historian and filmmaker (1916–2002).

Born May 22nd, 1916 in Charlottenburg.

Died December 2nd, 2002 at 86 years old in Bremen.

Arokia Rajiv

Indian athlete.

Born May 22nd, 1991 (age 35 years) in Lalgudi.

Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan

Armenian general (1939-2021).

Born May 22nd, 1939 in Tbilisi.

Died March 31st, 2021 at 81 years old in Yerevan. ^[ref]

Catulle Mendès

French poet and man of letters (1841–1909).

Born May 22nd, 1841 in Bordeaux. ^[ref]

Died February 8th, 1909 at 67 years old in Saint-Germain-en-Laye (railway accident). ^[ref]

Jesper Tjäder

Swedish freestyle skier.

Born May 22nd, 1994 (age 32 years) in Östersund.

Jørgen Randers

Norwegian professor of climate strategy (1945-).

Born May 22nd, 1945 (age 81 years) in Worcester.

Molly Lamont

British actress (1910–2001).

Born May 22nd, 1910 in Boksburg.

Died July 7th, 2001 at 91 years old in Brentwood (disease).

Léon Kengo

Democratic republic of the congo politician.

Born May 22nd, 1935 (age 91 years) in Libenge.

Mario Rosas

Spanish footballer and coach.

Born May 22nd, 1980 (age 46 years) in Málaga.

John Mayasich

American ice hockey player.

Born May 22nd, 1933 (age 93 years) in Eveleth.