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September 22 birthdays

322 notable historical figures were born on September 22, and 194 died on this day. Everyone born on September 22 is a Virgo.

17% of September 22 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (79) than any other country.

Born on September 22

• Andrea Bocelli (born 1958. Italian tenor (born 1958))
• Ronaldo (born 1976. Brazilian footballer (born 1976))
• Nick Cave (born 1957. Australian musician (born 1957))
• Isaac Herzog (born 1960. President of Israel since 2021)
• Michael Faraday (1791 to 1867. English chemist and physicist (1791–1867))
• Serdar Berdimuhamedow (born 1981. President of Turkmenistan since 2022)
• Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (born 1971. Norwegian princess (born 1971))
• Toni Basil (born 1943. American singer (born 1943))
• Anne of Austria (1601 to 1666. Queen of France from 1615 to 1644)
• Hussein-Ali Montazeri (1922 to 2009. Deputy Supreme Leader of Iran from 1985 to 1989)
• Ségolène Royal (born 1953. French politician (born 1953))
• Tommy Lasorda (1927 to 2021. American baseball player and manager (1927–2021))
• Jeongjo (1752 to 1800. King of Joseon from 1776 to 1800)
• Daniel Blumberg (born 1990. English musician and composer (born 1990))
• Junko Tabei (1939 to 2016. Japanese mountain climber (1939–2016))
• Rodrigo Paz (born 1967. President of Bolivia since 2025)
• Moneybagg Yo (born 1991. American rapper from Tennessee (born 1991))
• Norma McCorvey (1947 to 2017. "Roe v. Wade" plaintiff (1947–2017))
• Ben Chifley (1885 to 1951. Prime Minister of Australia from 1945 to 1949)
• Li Zicheng (1606 to 1645. Chinese rebel leader (1606–1645))
• David Adjaye (born 1966. Ghanaian-British architect (born 1966))
• Prince Alfred of Great Britain (1780 to 1782. British prince (1780–1782))
• Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875 to 1911. Lithuanian painter, composer and writer (1875–1911))
• Pawan Kumar Chamling (born 1950. Indian politician, writer, former and 5th Chief Minister of Sikkim (born 1950))
• Neil Cavuto (born 1958. American TV news anchor and journalist)
• Thiago Silva (born 1984. Brazilian footballer (born 1984))
• Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern (1835 to 1905. German prince (1835–1905))
• Peter Simon Pallas (1741 to 1811. German zoologist, botanist, and natural historian (1741–1811))
• Saul Perlmutter (born 1959. American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate (born 1959))
• Jeremiah Wright (born 1941. American pastor (born 1941))
• Masud Gharahkhani (born 1982. Iranian-Norwegian politician)
• King Sunny Adé (born 1946. Nigerian musician (born 1946))
• Algirdas Brazauskas (1932 to 2010. Lithuanian politician (1932–2010))
• Anne Blunt, 15th Baroness Wentworth (1837 to 1917. British musician and horse breeder (1837–1917))
• David Bawden (1959 to 2022. American claimant to papacy (1959–2022))
• R. Gordon Wasson (1898 to 1986. American ethnobiologist and author (1898–1986))
• William Playfair (1759 to 1823. British polymath (1759–1823))
• Charles X (1523 to 1590. French cardinal)
• Quiara Alegría Hudes (born 1977. American playwright and composer (born 1977))
• Theodore Hook (1788 to 1841. English writer)
• Owen Roizman (1936 to 2023. American cinematographer (1936–2023))
• John F. Mulholland Jr. (born 1955. American general)
• André Tardieu (1876 to 1945. Prime Minister of France (1876-1945))
• Sophia Brahe (1556 to 1643. Danish horticulturalist)
• Ibn Khallikan (1211 to 1282. Muslim historian (1211–1282))
• Farhad Darya (born 1962. Afghan singer, writer, and composer (born 1962))
• Kijirō Nambu (1869 to 1949. Japanese firearms designer (1869–1949))
• Afewerk Tekle (1932 to 2012. Ethiopian artist (1932–2012))
• Gunnar Asplund (1885 to 1940. Swedish architect (1885–1940))
• Ehsan ul Haq (born 1949. Pakistani general (born 1949))
• John W. Hendrix (born 1942. United States Army general)
• Charles Brenton Huggins (1901 to 1997. American physician (1901–1997))
• Atta-ur-Rahman (chemist) (born 1942. Pakistani chemist)
• Harold Huglin (1906 to 1975. American general (1906-1975))
• Tom Felton (born 1987. English actor (born 1987))
• Ian Mortimer (born 1967. British historian and writer)
• Hugh L. Scott (1853 to 1934. 7th Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1914–17))
• Richeza of Poland, Queen of Hungary (1013 to 1075. Queen of Hungary from 1060 to 1063)
• Robert Satcher (born 1965. American astronaut)
• Eugen Sänger (1905 to 1964. Austrian aerospace engineer (1905–1964))

Died on September 22

• Guru Nanak (1469 to 1539. Founder and first guru of Sikhism (1469–1539))
• Selim I (1470 to 1520. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520)
• Shaka (1787 to 1828. King of the Zulu Kingdom from 1816 to 1828)
• Irving Berlin (1888 to 1989. American songwriter (1888–1989))
• Giorgio Napolitano (1925 to 2023. President of Italy from 2006 to 2015)
• Manuela Gómez (1897 to 1961. American actress (1897–1961))
• Abul A'la Maududi (1903 to 1979. South Asian Islamic scholar, Founder of Jamaat-e-Islami (1903–1979))
• Fredric Jameson (1934 to 2024. American academic and literary critic (1934–2024))
• Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510 to 1554. Spanish explorer of the American southwest)
• Clement XIV (1705 to 1774. Head of the Catholic Church from 1769 to 1774)
• Chiang Wei-kuo (1916 to 1997. Adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek (1916–1997))
• Felix IV (Head of the Catholic Church from 526 to 530)
• Olaf III of Norway (1050 to 1093. King of Norway from 1067 to 1093)
• Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884–1948) (1884 to 1948. Prussian prince (1884–1948))
• Louise (1476 to 1531. Mother of Francis I, Regent of France)
• Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865 to 1952. Finnish politician and academic (1865–1952))
• Otto Robert Frisch (1904 to 1979. Austrian-born British nuclear physicist)
• Frederick Soddy (1877 to 1956. English radiochemist (1877–1956))
• Yehuda Amichai (1924 to 2000. Israeli poet and author (1924–2000))
• Harry Warren (1893 to 1981. American composer and lyricist (1893–1981))
• Carloman of Bavaria (830 to 880. King of Bavaria from 876 to 879)
• John VII Palaiologos (1370 to 1408. Byzantine emperor in 1390)
• Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (born 1743) (1743 to 1808. Austrian archduchess and abbess (1743–1808))
• François Bernier (1620 to 1688. French doctor political philosopher, physician and traveler (1620 – 1688))
• Abd ar-Rahman II (792 to 852. Emir of Cordoba from 822 to 852)
• Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom (1768 to 1840. British princess (1768–1840))
• Zhaozong (867 to 904. Emperor of Tang China from 888 to 904)
• Abdelkader Bensalah (1941 to 2021. Algerian politician (1941–2021))
• André Gorz (1923 to 2007. Austrian philosopher (1923 –2007))
• Herbert James Draper (1863 to 1920. British painter (1863-1920))

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