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April 22 birthdays

302 notable historical figures were born on April 22, and 170 died on this day. Everyone born on April 22 is a Taurus.

17% of April 22 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (72) than any other country.

Born on April 22

• Kaká (born 1982. Brazilian footballer (born 1982))
• J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904 to 1967. American theoretical physicist (1904–1967))
• Jack Nicholson (born 1937. American actor and filmmaker (born 1937))
• Immanuel Kant (1724 to 1804. German philosopher (1724–1804))
• Isabella I of Castile (1451 to 1504. Queen of Castile and León from 1474 to 1504)
• Donald Tusk (born 1957. Prime Minister of Poland (2007–2014; since 2023))
• Amber Heard (born 1986. American actress (born 1986))
• Alexander Kerensky (1881 to 1970. Russian politician (1881–1970))
• Sherri Shepherd (born 1967. American actress (born 1967))
• Anwar al-Awlaki (1971 to 2011. American-Yemeni Islamic cleric and lecturer (1971–2011))
• Kamla Persad-Bissessar (born 1952. Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (2010–2015; 2025–present))
• Louise Glück (1943 to 2023. American poet and Nobel laureate (1943–2023))
• Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (1868 to 1924. Austrian archduchess)
• Duke of Västerbotten (1906 to 1947. Swedish prince (1906–1947))
• Yehudi Menuhin (1916 to 1999. American-British violinist (1916–1999))
• Yelena Yemchuk (born 1970. Ukrainian photographer (born 1970))
• Akbar Shah II (1760 to 1837. Mughal emperor from 1806 to 1837)
• Henry Fielding (1707 to 1754. English writer and judge (1707–1754))
• Germaine de Staël (1766 to 1817. French novelist and woman of letters (1766–1817))
• Giorgio Agamben (born 1942. Italian philosopher (born 1942))
• Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909 to 2012. Italian neurologist (1909–2012))
• Vahagn Khachaturyan (born 1959. President of Armenia since 2022)
• Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia (1847 to 1909. Russian grand duke (1847–1909))
• Princess Margaret of Prussia (1872 to 1954. Landgravine of Hesse)
• James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812 to 1860. Scottish statesman and colonial administrator (1812–1860))
• Michael Atiyah (1929 to 2019. British-Lebanese mathematician (1929–2019))
• Antoine of Navarre (1518 to 1562. King of Navarre from 1555 to 1562)
• David Luiz (born 1987. Brazilian footballer (born 1987))
• Ethel Smyth (1858 to 1944. English composer and suffragette (1858–1944))
• Alexander VIII (1610 to 1691. Head of the Catholic Church from 1689 to 1691)
• Isao Tomita (1932 to 2016. Japanese composer (1932–2016))
• Paul Davies (born 1946. English physicist, writer and broadcaster (born 1946))
• István Tisza (1861 to 1918. Hungarian politician (1861–1918))
• Jerry Fodor (1935 to 2017. American philosopher (1935–2017))
• Indro Montanelli (1909 to 2001. Italian journalist and historian (1909–2001))
• Richard Diebenkorn (1922 to 1993. American painter and printmaker)
• James Stirling (architect) (1926 to 1992. British architect (1924–1992))
• Sam Altman (born 1985. American entrepreneur and investor (born 1985))
• María Zambrano (1904 to 1991. Spanish philosopher (1904–1991))
• Hereditary Grand Duke Friedrich Franz (1910 to 2001. Heir to the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1910–2001))
• Mart Laar (born 1960. Estonian politician and historian)
• George Abela (born 1948. President of Malta from 2009 to 2014)
• Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg (1780 to 1857. Duchess Louis of Württemberg)
• Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal (1800 to 1834. Portuguese infanta (1800–1834))
• Natsagiin Bagabandi (born 1950. 2nd President of Mongolia from 1997 to 2005)
• Byron Haskin (1899 to 1984. American film and television director (1899–1984))
• David J. C. MacKay (1967 to 2016. Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge (1967–2016))
• John C. Raaen Jr. (born 1922. U.S. Army major general (born 1922))
• Chondra Echert (born 1983. American writer)
• Robert Bárány (1876 to 1936. Austria-born otologist (1876–1936))
• Donald J. Cram (1919 to 2001. American chemist (1919–2001))
• Giora Eiland (born 1952. Israeli Major General (born 1952))
• Stanislav Poplavsky (1902 to 1973. Polish-Soviet general (1902–1973))
• Sophie Labelle (born 1988. Canadian writer and cartoonist)
• Princess Xenia of Montenegro (1881 to 1960. Montenegrin princess (1881–1960))
• Manuel Gómez Pedraza (1789 to 1851. President of Mexico from 1832 to 1833)
• Helene Cooper (born 1966. Liberian-born American journalist)
• Diana Fleischman (born 1981. American evolutionary psychologist (born 1981))
• Vladimír Špidla (born 1951. Czech politician)
• Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille (1797 to 1869. French physicist and physiologist (1797–1869))

Died on April 22

• Richard Nixon (1913 to 1994. President of the United States from 1969 to 1974)
• Miguel de Cervantes (1547 to 1616. Spanish writer (1547–1616))
• Mircea Eliade (1907 to 1986. Romanian historian (1907–1986))
• Richard Trevithick (1771 to 1833. British inventor and mining engineer (1771–1833))
• Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836 to 1908. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908)
• Petronius Maximus (396 to 455. Western Roman emperor in 455)
• Caius (Head of the Catholic Church from 283 to 296)
• Kūkai (774 to 835. Japanese Buddhist monk and Founder of the Shingon tradition)
• Michael Tilson Thomas (1944 to 2026. American conductor, composer and pianist (1944–2026))
• Agapetus I (490 to 536. Head of the Catholic Church from 535 to 536)
• Zurab Tsereteli (1934 to 2025. Georgian artist (1934–2025))
• Fritz Strassmann (1902 to 1980. German chemist (1902–1980))
• Emilio Segrè (1905 to 1989. Italian-American nuclear physicist and radiochemist (1905–1989))
• Pierre-Charles Villeneuve (1763 to 1806. French Navy officer (1763–1806))
• Eduardo Paolozzi (1924 to 2005. Scottish sculptor and artist (1924–2005))
• Mahmud Hotaki (1697 to 1725. Hotak ruler of Iran from 1722 to 1725)
• Infanta Isabel, Countess of Girgenti (1851 to 1931. Princess of Asturias)
• Markian Popov (1902 to 1969. Soviet general (1902–1969))
• Jack Cardiff (1914 to 2009. British cinematographer, director and photographer (1914–2009))
• Ansel Adams (1902 to 1984. American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984))
• Abdul Qadir (Afghan communist) (1944 to 2014. Afghan military officer and politician (1944–2014))
• Munir Ahmad Khan (1926 to 1999. Pakistani nuclear engineer (1926–1999))
• Victor Weisskopf (1908 to 2002. American theoretical physicist (1908–2002))
• Emperor Wuzong of Tang (814 to 846. Emperor of China from 840 to 846)
• Nicolás Bravo (1786 to 1854. President of Mexico in 1839, from 1842 to 1843, in 1846)
• Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1893 to 1971. Marshal of the Royal Air Force (1893–1971))
• Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes (1721 to 1794. French statesman and minister (1721–1794))
• Lê Đức Anh (1920 to 2019. President of Vietnam from 1992 to 1997)
• Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822 to 1893. American explorer, surveyor, ambassador (1822–1893))
• Murad Bey (1750 to 1801. Egyptian ruler)

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