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November 22 birthdays

273 notable historical figures were born on November 22, and 200 died on this day. Everyone born on November 22 is a Sagittarius.

19% of November 22 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (61) than any other country.

Born on November 22

• Scarlett Johansson (born 1984. American actress (born 1984))
• Charles de Gaulle (1890 to 1970. French general and statesman (1890–1970))
• Mark Ruffalo (born 1967. American actor (born 1967))
• Billie Jean King (born 1943. American tennis player (born 1943))
• Boris Becker (born 1967. German tennis player, coach, and commentator (born 1967))
• George Eliot (1819 to 1880. English novelist and poet (1819–1880))
• Adèle Exarchopoulos (born 1993. French actress (born 1993))
• Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor (born 1958. King of Malaysia since 2024)
• Mary of Guise (1515 to 1560. Queen of Scotland from 1538 to 1542)
• André Gide (1869 to 1951. French author and Nobel laureate (1869–1951))
• Benjamin Britten (1913 to 1976. English composer and pianist (1913–1976))
• Michael Aleksandrovich (1878 to 1918. Son of Tsar Alexander III (1878–1918))
• Hoagy Carmichael (1899 to 1981. American composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader (1899–1981))
• Jamie Lee Curtis (born 1958. American actress and author (born 1958))
• Dora Maar (1907 to 1997. French artist and partner of Pablo Picasso (1907–1997))
• Paolo Gentiloni (born 1954. Italian politician (born 1954))
• Đuro Macut (born 1963. Prime Minister of Serbia since 2025)
• Ranavalona III (1861 to 1917. Queen of Madagascar from 1883 to 1897)
• Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 to 1999. Spanish composer and pianist (1901–1999))
• Guion Bluford (born 1942. First African-American in space (born 1942))
• James Burnham (1905 to 1987. American philosopher (1905–1987))
• Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang (born 1951. Vice President of Ghana since 2025 (born 1951))
• Elisabeth of France (1602 to 1644. Queen of Spain (1621–1644) and Portugal (1621–1640))
• Leo Amery (1873 to 1955. British Conservative politician (1873–1955))
• Heber J. Grant (1856 to 1945. American religious leader (1856–1945))
• Andrew Huxley (1917 to 2012. English physiologist and biophysicist (1917–2012))
• George Gissing (1857 to 1903. English novelist, short story writer and literary critic (1857–1903))
• Oscar Pistorius (born 1986. South African sprinter and convicted murderer (born 1986))
• Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (1728 to 1811. Grand Duke of Baden)
• Terrance Drew (born 1976. Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis (2022–present))
• Roland Busch (born 1964. German business executive, CEO of Siemens)
• Stephen Hough (born 1961. British music educator, pianist and academic)
• Terry Gilliam (born 1940. American-born British filmmaker (born 1940))
• Hryhorii Skovoroda (1722 to 1794. Ukrainian philosopher (1722–1794))
• Michael Guetlein (born 1967. U.S. Space Force general)
• Jeffrey Ullman (born 1942. American computer scientist)
• Endre Ady (1877 to 1919. Hungarian poet)
• Zack Knight (born 1991. British-Pakistani singer-songwriter (born 1 Jan 2020))
• Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon (1693 to 1775. Princess of Conti (1693–1775))
• Dugald Stewart (1753 to 1828. Scottish philosopher and mathematician (1753–1828))
• (born 1965. Danish actor (born 1965))
• Yitzhak Mordechai (born 1944. Israeli former general and politician)
• Manuel Alonso Corral (1934 to 2011. Palmarian Catholic Church pope (1934–2011))
• Santi Ghose (1916 to 1989. Indian politician)
• Isabel de Herédia (born 1966. Spouse of Pretender to the throne of Portugal)
• Louis Néel (1904 to 2000. French physicist (1904–2000))
• Ihor Surkis (born 1958. Ukrainian football executive)
• Yakov Perelman (1882 to 1942. Russian science writer (1882–1942))
• Cyrus Edwin Dallin (1861 to 1944. American sculptor (1861–1944))
• Anna of Denmark (1532 to 1585. Christian III's daughter, Augustus's wife)
• Bridget Bate Tichenor (1917 to 1990. Artist)
• Raphael Patai (1910 to 1996. Hungarian-Jewish ethnographer, historian, and anthropologist)
• Barbara von Krüdener (1764 to 1824. Baltic German mystic (1764–1824))
• Abigail Adams (1744 to 1818. First Lady of the United States from 1797 to 1801)
• Fritz Mauthner (1849 to 1923. Austrian philosopher and author of novels, satires (1849–1923))
• Robert Vaughn (1932 to 2016. American actor (1932–2016))
• Fikret Amirov (1922 to 1984. Azerbaijani composer (1922–1984))
• Song Hye-kyo (born 1981. South Korean actress (born 1981))
• Volkan Bozkır (born 1950. President of the 75th UN General Assembly)
• Hassan Shamaizadeh (born 1943. Musical artist)

Died on November 22

• Jack London (1876 to 1916. American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916))
• John F. Kennedy (1917 to 1963. President of the United States from 1961 to 1963)
• C. S. Lewis (1898 to 1963. British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963))
• Aldous Huxley (1894 to 1963. English writer and philosopher (1894–1963))
• Lorenz Hart (1895 to 1943. American lyricist (1895–1943))
• Ahmed I (1590 to 1617. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1603 to 1617)
• Anthony Burgess (1917 to 1993. English writer and composer (1917–1993))
• Bernardo Bertolucci (1941 to 2018. Italian film director and screenwriter (1941–2018))
• Arthur Eddington (1882 to 1944. British astrophysicist (1882–1944))
• Lynn Margulis (1938 to 2011. American evolutionary biologist (1938–2011))
• Kim Young-sam (1927 to 2015. President of South Korea from 1993 to 1998)
• Arthur Sullivan (1842 to 1900. British composer (1842–1900))
• René Coty (1882 to 1962. President of France from 1954 to 1959)
• Vladimir Demikhov (1916 to 1998. Soviet organ transplantation pioneer)
• Werner Mölders (1913 to 1941. German World War II flying ace)
• Mae West (1893 to 1980. American actress (1893–1980))
• Walter Reed (1851 to 1902. American military physician (1851–1902))
• Infanta Beatriz of Spain (1909 to 2002. Spanish infanta (1909–2002))
• Hans Krebs (biochemist) (1900 to 1981. British biochemist (1900–1981))
• Luis Barragán (1902 to 1988. Mexican architect (1902-1988))
• M. Balamuralikrishna (1930 to 2016. Musical artist)
• Philip de László (1869 to 1937. Anglo-Hungarian artist (1869–1937))
• Paul Motian (1931 to 2011. American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer (1931–2011))
• Asima Chatterjee (1917 to 2006. Indian organic chemist (1917–2006))
• Danielle Mitterrand (1924 to 2011. Spouse of the President of France from 1981 to 1995)
• As-Salih Najm al-din Ayyub (1205 to 1249. Ayyubid sultan of Egypt from 1240 to 1249)
• Valentin Serov (1865 to 1911. Russian painter (1865–1911))
• Felix II (400 to ?. Antipope from 355 to 365)
• D. N. Aidit (1923 to 1965. Indonesian communist politician (1923–1965))
• Master Tara Singh (1885 to 1967. Indian Sikh political and religious leader (1885–1967))

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