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June 22 birthdays

306 notable historical figures were born on June 22, and 180 died on this day. Everyone born on June 22 is a Cancer.

18% of June 22 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (69) than any other country.

Born on June 22

• Meryl Streep (born 1949. American actress (born 1949))
• Amrish Puri (1932 to 2005. Indian actor (1932–2005))
• Octavia E. Butler (1947 to 2006. American science fiction writer (1947–2006))
• Philip IV the Handsome (1478 to 1506. Ruler of the Habsburg Netherlands (1482–1506) and King of Castile (1506))
• Abbas Kiarostami (1940 to 2016. Iranian filmmaker (1941–2016))
• Giuseppe Mazzini (1805 to 1872. Italian activist, politician, journalist and philosopher (1805–1872))
• Jens-Frederik Nielsen (born 1991. Prime Minister of Greenland since 2025)
• Jerry Rawlings (1947 to 2020. Leader of Ghana in 1979 and 1981–2001)
• Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice (born 1972. Prince of Venice)
• George Vancouver (1757 to 1798. Royal Navy officer and explorer (1757–1798))
• Rosario Murillo (born 1951. Co-President of Nicaragua since 2025)
• Tim Russ (born 1956. American actor (born 1956))
• H. Rider Haggard (1856 to 1925. English adventure novelist (1856–1925))
• Julian Huxley (1887 to 1975. English biologist and philosopher (1887–1975))
• Robert I, Duke of Normandy (1004 to 1035. Duke of Normandy from 1027 to 1035)
• Lee Min-ho (born 1987. South Korean actor (born 1987))
• Bruno Latour (1947 to 2022. French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist (1947–2022))
• Hermann Minkowski (1864 to 1909. German mathematician and physicist (1864–1909))
• Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767 to 1835. Prussian philosopher (1767–1835))
• Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (1510 to 1537. Duke of Florence from 1532 to 1537)
• Hermeto Pascoal (1936 to 2025. Brazilian jazz musician (1936–2025))
• Cyndi Lauper (born 1953. American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1953))
• Infanta Beatriz of Spain (1909 to 2002. Spanish infanta (1909–2002))
• Gwen John (1876 to 1939. Welsh artist (1876–1939))
• Emperor Ruizong of Tang (662 to 716. Emperor of Tang China (684–690, 710–712))
• Joie Lee (born 1962. American screenwriter, producer, and actress)
• William Brown (admiral) (1777 to 1857. Irish-Argentine admiral (1777–1857))
• John Hunt, Baron Hunt (1910 to 1998. British Army officer (1910–1998))
• Ada Yonath (born 1939. Israeli chemist (born 1939))
• Elizabeth Warren (born 1949. American politician (born 1949))
• Jennifer Finney Boylan (born 1958. American author (born 1958))
• Peter Pears (1910 to 1986. English tenor (1910–1986))
• Sa'dun Hammadi (1930 to 2007. Parliament Speaker of Iraq (1996 – 2003))
• Billy Wilder (1906 to 2002. Austrian and American filmmaker (1906–2002))
• Rached Ghannouchi (born 1941. Tunisian leader of the Ennahdha Party since 1991)
• Kay Redfield Jamison (born 1946. American bipolar disorder researcher)
• Adrian Năstase (born 1950. Romanian politician)
• Leire Martínez (born 1979. Spanish singer and songwriter (born 1979))
• Fanny Hesse (1850 to 1934. German biologist (1850–1934))
• Dan Brown (born 1964. American writer (born 1964))
• Gérard Mourou (born 1944. French physicist and Nobel laureate (born 1944))
• Wangechi Mutu (born 1972. Kenyan sculptor)
• André-Hercule de Fleury (1653 to 1743. French cardinal and statesman (1653–1743))
• J. Michael Kosterlitz (born 1943. British physicist)
• Sayf al-Dawla (916 to 967. 10th-century Muslim ruler of northern Syria)
• Géza Vermes (1924 to 2013. British biblical scholar, orientalist, and historian of religion)
• Sophia Stuart (1606 to 1606. English princess (1606–1606))
• Rodri (born 1996. Spanish footballer)
• Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1807–1844) (1807 to 1844. Grand Duchess of Oldenburg from 1831 to 1844)
• Hendrikus Colijn (1869 to 1944. Dutch politician (1869–1944))
• John of Görlitz (1370 to 1396. Duke of Görlitz)
• Eleanor of Naples, Duchess of Ferrara (1450 to 1493. Duchess of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio from 1473 to 1493)
• Kris Kristofferson (1936 to 2024. American singer and actor (1936–2024))
• Józef Oleksy (1946 to 2015. 46th Prime Minister of Poland from 1995 to 1996)
• Alejandro Aravena (born 1967. Chilean architect (born 1967))
• Arpita Singh (born 1937. Indian artist (born 1937))
• Paulino Santos (1890 to 1945. Filipino military officer)
• Étienne Méhul (1763 to 1817. French composer)
• Mustafa Sabri (1869 to 1954. Ottoman Islamic scholar)
• Prince Umberto, Count of Salemi (1889 to 1918. Count of Salemi)

Died on June 22

• Judy Garland (1922 to 1969. American actress and singer (1922–1969))
• George Carlin (1937 to 2008. American stand-up comedian (1937–2008))
• George I of Great Britain (1660 to 1727. King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714 to 1727)
• Alan Greenspan (1926 to 2026. American economist and financial advisor (born 1926))
• Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703 to 1792. Islamic scholar, jurist, and eponym of Wahhabi movement (1703–1792) from Saudi Arabia)
• Henry Hudson (1565 to 1611. English explorer (c. 1565 – after 1611))
• Muhammad Ahmad ibn ʿAbdallah (1844 to 1885. Sudanese religious and political leader (1844–1885))
• Suleiman II (1642 to 1691. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1687 to 1691)
• John Fisher (1469 to 1535. 16th-century Bishop of Rochester)
• Fred Astaire (1899 to 1987. American dancer and actor (1899–1987))
• Roger I of Sicily (1031 to 1101. Grand Count of Sicily from 1071 to 1101)
• Maria of Yugoslavia (1900 to 1961. Queen of Yugoslavia from 1922 to 1934)
• Joseph Losey (1909 to 1984. American theatre and film director (1909–1984))
• Harry Markowitz (1927 to 2023. American economist and Nobel Laureate (1927–2023))
• Moritz Schlick (1882 to 1936. German philosopher and physicist (1882–1936))
• Darius Milhaud (1892 to 1974. French composer, conductor and teacher (1892–1974))
• Innocent V (1220 to 1276. Head of the Catholic Church in 1276)
• Armand Fallières (1841 to 1931. President of France from 1906 to 1913)
• Benjamin Tucker (1854 to 1939. American individualist anarchist (1854–1939))
• Quett Masire (1925 to 2017. President of Botswana from 1980 to 1998)
• Wladimir Köppen (1846 to 1940. Russian–German meteorologist (1846–1940))
• Eppie Lederer (1918 to 2002. American journalist)
• Joby Baker (1934 to 2026. Canadian actor and painter (born 1934))
• Jamshid al-Kashi (1380 to 1429. Persian astronomer and mathematician (c. 1380–1429))
• Abdullah Mirza (1410 to 1451. 15th-century amir of the Timurid Empire)
• John Day (carpenter) (1750 to 1774. First recorded death in a diving chamber)
• Ilya Frank (1908 to 1990. Soviet physicist (1908–1990))
• Jens Otto Krag (1914 to 1978. Prime Minister of Denmark (1914–1978))
• Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823 to 1900. American painter (1823–1900))
• Yaşar Nuri Öztürk (1951 to 2016. Turkish philosopher (1951–2016))

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