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December 22 birthdays

296 notable historical figures were born on December 22, and 182 died on this day. Everyone born on December 22 is a Capricorn.

19% of December 22 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (69) than any other country.

Born on December 22

• Joshua Bassett (born 2000. American actor and singer (born 2000))
• Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887 to 1920. Indian mathematician (1887–1920))
• Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960 to 1988. American artist (1960–1988))
• Diocletian (244 to 316. Roman emperor from 284 to 305)
• Guru Gobind Singh (1666 to 1708. Tenth Sikh guru from 1675 to 1708)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 to 1924. Italian opera composer (1858–1924))
• Percival Everett (born 1956. American writer and professor (born 1956))
• Kae Tempest (born 1985. English poet, musical artist, novelist and playwright)
• Paul Wolfowitz (born 1943. American politician and diplomat (born 1943))
• Chagatai Khan (1183 to 1242. Second son of Genghis Khan and Börte (1183–1242))
• Roger II (1095 to 1154. King of Sicily from 1130 to 1154)
• Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876 to 1944. Italian poet (1876–1944))
• Victoriano Huerta (1850 to 1916. President and Dictator of Mexico from 1913 to 1914)
• Steve Garvey (born 1948. American baseball player (born 1948))
• Sarada Devi (1853 to 1920. Wife of Hindu mystic (1853–1920))
• Cem Sultan (1459 to 1495. Claimant to the Ottoman throne (1459–1495))
• Edgard Varèse (1883 to 1965. French and American composer (1883–1965))
• Zalman Shazar (1889 to 1974. President of Israel from 1963 to 1973)
• Derek Tran (born 1980. American lawyer and politician (born 1980))
• Emperor Antoku (1178 to 1185. Emperor of Japan from 1180 to 1185)
• Frank B. Kellogg (1856 to 1937. American lawyer and statesman (1856–1937))
• Ludovico II (1799 to 1883. Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1847 to 1849)
• Kassim Majaliwa (born 1960. Prime Minister of Tanzania from 2015 to 2025)
• Matt Parker (born 1980. Australian comedian and mathematician (born 1980))
• M. Stanley Whittingham (born 1941. British-American chemist (born 1941))
• Ted Cruz (born 1970. American politician and attorney (born 1970))
• Porfirio Lobo Sosa (born 1947. 37th President of Honduras (2010–2014))
• Timothy Broglio (born 1951. American Catholic prelate (born 1951))
• Khutughtu Khan Kusala (1300 to 1329. 13th Khagan of the Mongol Empire)
• Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702 to 1789. Painter, art dealer, and Turkophile (1702–1789))
• Georges Couthon (1755 to 1794. French politician and lawyer (1755–1794))
• Thomas C. Südhof (born 1955. German-American biochemist)
• Charles I Louis (1617 to 1680. Elector Palatine from 1648 to 1680)
• Mariko Tamaki (born 1975. Canadian writer and artist (born 1975))
• Max Bill (1908 to 1994. Swiss architect, artist, painter and designer)
• Ralph Fiennes (born 1962. English actor and director (born 1962))
• Mary Archer (born 1944. British chemist (born 1944))
• Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1597 to 1659. Duke of Holstein-Gottorp from 1616 to 1659)
• Charles de Lint (born 1951. Canadian fantasy author (born 1951))
• Nicolae Timofti (born 1948. President of Moldova from 2012 to 2016)
• Kenneth Rexroth (1905 to 1982. American poet and translator (1905–1982))
• Jenny Blake Isabella (born 1951. American comic book creator and critic (born 1951))
• V. Dakshinamoorthy (1919 to 2013. Musical artist)
• Johann Jakob Bachofen (1815 to 1887. Swiss jurist and philologist (1815–1887))
• Red Steagall (born 1938. American performing artist (born 1938))
• Álvaro de Bazán, Marquis of Santa Cruz (1526 to 1588. 16th-century Spanish admiral)
• Farhat Hashmi (born 1957. Pakistani Canadian Islamic scholar)
• Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah (born 1940. 6th Prime Minister of Kuwait (r. 2006–2011))
• John C. Slater (1900 to 1976. American physicist (1900–1976))
• Carl Friedrich Abel (1723 to 1787. German composer (1723–1787))
• Aram Banu Begum (1584 to 1624. Mughal princess (1584–1624))
• Peter Green (historian) (1924 to 2024. British historian and novelist (1924–2024))
• Herman Potočnik (1892 to 1929. Slovenian military officer, electrical engineer and physicist (1892–1929))
• Osmar Schindler (1867 to 1927. German painter)
• Joseph Maria Olbrich (1867 to 1908. Austrian architect and one of the Vienna Secession founders)
• Borys Lyatoshynsky (1894 to 1968. Ukrainian composer (1895–1968))
• Vanessa Paradis (born 1972. French singer, model and actress (born 1972))
• Giovanni Bottesini (1821 to 1889. Italian composer)
• Jaan Tõnisson (1868 to 1941. Estonian statesman and prime minister (1866–1941))
• Lady Bird Johnson (1912 to 2007. First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969)

Died on December 22

• Karl Dönitz (1891 to 1980. German grand admiral (1891–1980))
• Samuel Beckett (1906 to 1989. Irish playwright and poet (1906–1989))
• George Eliot (1819 to 1880. English novelist and poet (1819–1880))
• Beatrix Potter (1866 to 1943. English writer and illustrator (1866–1943))
• Vitellius (15 to 69. Roman emperor in AD 69)
• Mehmed III (1566 to 1603. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 to 1603)
• Ma Rainey (1886 to 1939. American blues singer (1886–1939))
• John XXIII (1370 to 1419. Italian bishop and Pisan antipope from 1410 to 1415)
• Paddy Ashdown (1941 to 2018. British politician (1941–2018))
• José María Morelos (1765 to 1815. Mexican priest and rebel leader of Mexican War of Independence (1765–1815))
• Al-Nawawi (1233 to 1278. Syrian Sunni Shafi'ite jurist and hadith scholar (1233–1277))
• Nathanael West (1903 to 1940. American novelist (1903–1940))
• Guercino (1591 to 1666. Italian Baroque artist (1591–1666))
• Thom Bell (1943 to 2022. American producer, arranger, and songwriter (1943–2022))
• Lansana Conté (1934 to 2008. President of Guinea from 1984 to 2008)
• Otto Neurath (1882 to 1945. Austrian economist, philosopher and sociologist (1882–1945))
• Vasile Milea (1927 to 1989. Romanian general and politician (1927–1989))
• Salah Zulfikar (1926 to 1993. Egyptian actor and producer (1926–1993))
• William Hyde Wollaston (1766 to 1828. English chemist and physicist (1766–1828))
• Jean Bourgain (1954 to 2018. Belgian mathematician (1954–2018))
• Joe Cocker (1944 to 2014. English singer (1944–2014))
• Basarab III Laiotă the Old (Voivode of Wallachia in the 1470s)
• Ernst Krenek (1900 to 1991. Austrian/American composer (1900–1991))
• Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully (1560 to 1641. 17th-century French soldier and politician)
• Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (1681 to 1708. Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp from 1698 to 1702)
• Imroz (painter) (1926 to 2023. Indian artist and poet (1926–2023))
• Sohan Singh Bhakna (1870 to 1968. Sikh revolutionary (1870–1968))
• Irna Phillips (1901 to 1973. American screenwriter and actress (1901–1973))
• Desmond Hoyte (1929 to 2002. President of Guyana, politician, lawyer (1929–2002))
• Chiang Hsiao-yung (1948 to 1996. Taiwanese politician (1948–1996))

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