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August 22nd

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482 Notable birthdays

Dua Lipa

British singer.

Born August 22nd, 1995 (age 30 years) in Westminster. [ref]

James Corden

English actor, comedian, singer and television host (born 1978).

Born August 22nd, 1978 (age 47 years) in Hillingdon.

Kristen Wiig

American actress and comedian (born 1973).

Born August 22nd, 1973 (age 52 years) in Canandaigua.

Chiranjeevi

Indian actor, politician.

Born August 22nd, 1955 (age 70 years) in Mogalthur.

LaMelo Ball

American basketball player.

Born August 22nd, 2001 (age 24 years) in Chino Hills. [ref]

Layne Staley

American rock musician (1967–2002).

Born August 22nd, 1967 in Bellevue.

Died April 5th, 2002 at 34 years old in Seattle (drug overdose).

Richard Armitage

British actor.

Born August 22nd, 1971 (age 54 years) in Huncote.

Ty Burrell

American actor and comedian.

Born August 22nd, 1967 (age 58 years) in Grants Pass.

Deng Xiaoping

Chinese politician and paramount leader from 1978 to 1989.

Born August 22nd, 1909 in Guang'an.

Died February 20th, 1997 at 87 years old in Beijing (Parkinson's disease).

Giada De Laurentiis

Italian-american chef, writer, and television personality.

Born August 22nd, 1970 (age 55 years) in Rome.

Tori Amos

American singer-songwriter and pianist.

Born August 22nd, 1963 (age 62 years) in Newton.

Cindy Williams

American actress and producer (1947–2023).

Born August 22nd, 1947 in Van Nuys.

Died January 25th, 2023 at 75 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

English actor.

Born August 22nd, 1967 (age 58 years) in Islington.

Ray Bradbury

American author and screenwriter (1920–2012).

Born August 22nd, 1920 in Waukegan.

Died June 6th, 2012 at 91 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

Claude Debussy

French classical composer (1862–1918).

Born August 22nd, 1862 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

Died March 25th, 1918 at 55 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (colorectal cancer). [ref]

Andrew Wilson

American actor.

Born August 22nd, 1964 (age 61 years) in Dallas.

Trey Gowdy

American politician and political commentator.

Born August 22nd, 1964 (age 61 years) in Greenville.

Valerie Harper

American actress (1939-2019).

Born August 22nd, 1939 in Suffern.

Died August 30th, 2019 at 80 years old in Los Angeles (meningeal carcinomatosis). [ref]

Lautaro Martínez

Argentine association football player.

Born August 22nd, 1997 (age 28 years) in Bahía Blanca.

Rodrigo Santoro

Brazilian actor.

Born August 22nd, 1975 (age 50 years) in Petrópolis.

Honor Blackman

British actress.

Born August 22nd, 1925 in London.

Died April 5th, 2020 at 94 years old in Lewes. [ref]

Leni Riefenstahl

German filmmaker (1902–2003).

Born August 22nd, 1902 in Berlin.

Died September 8th, 2003 at 101 years old in Pöcking.

Diana Nyad

American long-distance swimmer (born 1949).

Born August 22nd, 1949 (age 76 years) in New York City.

GZA

American rapper (born 1966).

Born August 22nd, 1966 (age 59 years) in Brooklyn.

Bill Parcells

American football coach (born 1941).

Born August 22nd, 1941 (age 84 years) in Englewood.

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