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December 22 in recent years

December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; nine days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1901Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-American conductor and composer (d. 1980)
  • 1903Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983)
  • 1905Pierre Brasseur, French-Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 1972)
  • 1905 – Pierre Levegh, French ice hockey player and racing driver (d. 1955)
  • 1905 – Kenneth Rexroth, American poet, translator, and academic (d. 1982)
  • 1907Peggy Ashcroft, English actress (d. 1991)
  • 1908 – Giacomo Manzù, Italian sculptor and academic (d. 1991)
  • 1909Patricia Hayes, English actress (d. 1998)
  • 1911 – Danny O'Dea, English actor (d. 2003)
  • 1912Elias Degiannis, Greek commander (d. 1943)
  • 1912 – Lady Bird Johnson, American beautification activist; 38th First Lady of the United States (d. 2007)
  • 1913 – Giorgio Oberweger, Italian discus thrower and hurdler (d. 1998)
  • 1915Barbara Billingsley, American actress (d. 2010)
  • 1915 – Phillip Glasier, English author and academic (d. 2000)
  • 1917Gene Rayburn, American game show host and actor (d. 1999)
  • 1921Dimitri Fampas, Greek guitarist and composer (d. 1996)
  • 1921 – Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963)
  • 1922Ruth Roman, American actress (d. 1999)
  • 1922 – Jim Wright, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 2015)
  • 1923Peregrine Worsthorne, English journalist and author (d. 2020)
  • 1924 – Frank Corsaro, American actor and director (d. 2017)
  • 1925 – Lewis Glucksman, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2006)
  • 1925 – Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Turkish footballer and manager (d. 2012)
  • 1926Alcides Ghiggia, Italian-Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 2015)
  • 1926 – Roberta Leigh, English writer, artist and TV producer (d. 2014)
  • 1928Fredrik Barth, German-Norwegian anthropologist and academic (d. 2016)
  • 1929 – Wazir Mohammad, Indian-Pakistani cricketer
  • 1930 – Ardalion Ignatyev, Russian sprinter and educator (d. 1998)
  • 1931 – Gisela Birkemeyer, German hurdler and coach
  • 1931 – Carlos Graça, São Toméan lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (d. 2013)
  • 1932Phil Woosnam, Welsh soccer player and manager (d. 2013)
  • 1933John Hartle, English motorcycle racer (d. 1968)
  • 1934David Pearson, American race car driver (d. 2018)
  • 1935 – Paulo Rocha, Portuguese director and screenwriter (d. 2012)
  • 1936 – James Burke, Irish historian and author
  • 1936 – Héctor Elizondo, American actor and director
  • 1937Charlotte Lamb, English author (d. 2000)
  • 1937 – Eduard Uspensky, Russian author, poet, and playwright (d. 2018)
  • 1937 – Ken Whitmore, English author and playwright
  • 1938 – Matty Alou, Dominican-American baseball player and scout (d. 2011)
  • 1938 – Lucien Bouchard, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Premier of Quebec
  • 1938 – Red Steagall, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and poet
  • 1940Luis Francisco Cuéllar, Colombian rancher and politician (d. 2009)
  • 1940 – Mike Molloy, English journalist, author, and illustrator
  • 1942Jerry Koosman, American baseball player
  • 1942 – Dick Parry, English saxophonist
  • 1943 – Stefan Janos, Slovak-Swiss physicist and academic
  • 1943 – Paul Wolfowitz, American banker and politician, 25th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
  • 1944Mary Archer, English chemist and academic
  • 1944 – Steve Carlton, American baseball player
  • 1944 – Barry Jenkins, English drummer
  • 1945 – Frances Lannon, English historian and academic
  • 1945 – Sam Newman, Australian footballer and sportscaster
  • 1945 – Diane Sawyer, American journalist
  • 1946 – Roger Carr, English businessman
  • 1946 – C. Eugene Steuerle, American economist and author
  • 1947 – Brian Daley, American author and screenwriter (d. 1996)
  • 1947 – Dilip Doshi, Indian cricketer
  • 1948 – Steve Garvey, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 1948 – Don Kardong, American runner, journalist, and author
  • 1948 – Rick Nielsen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1948 – Chris Old, English cricketer and coach
  • 1948 – Lynne Thigpen, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
  • 1949Maurice Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2003)
  • 1949 – Robin Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2012)
  • 1949 – Ray Guy, American football player (d. 2022)
  • 1950 – Manfred Moore, American football player and rugby league player (d. 2020)
  • 1951 – Lasse Bengtsson, Swedish journalist
  • 1951 – Charles de Lint, Dutch-Canadian author and critic
  • 1951 – Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, British landowner, businessman and philanthropist (d. 2016)
  • 1951 – Tony Isabella, American comic book writer, editor, actor, artist and critic
  • 1951 – Jan Stephenson, Australian golfer
  • 1952Sandra Kalniete, Latvian politician and diplomat, former Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • 1953 – Ian Turnbull, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1953 – Tom Underwood, American baseball player (d. 2010)
  • 1954 – Hideshi Matsuda, Japanese racing driver
  • 1954 – Derick Parry, Nevisian cricketer
  • 1955 – Galina Murašova, Lithuanian discus thrower
  • 1955 – Lonnie Smith, American baseball player
  • 1955 – Thomas C. Südhof, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1956 – Jane Lighting, English businesswoman
  • 1957 – Stephen Conway, English bishop
  • 1957 – Carole James, English-Canadian educator and politician
  • 1957 – Peter Mortimer, Australian rugby league player
  • 1958Frank Gambale, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
  • 1958 – David Heavener, American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director
  • 1959Bernd Schuster, German footballer and manager
  • 1960Jean-Michel Basquiat, American painter and poet (d. 1988)
  • 1960 – Luther Campbell, American rapper and actor
  • 1960 – Paul Kuniholm, Artist
  • 1961Yuri Malenchenko, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
  • 1962Ralph Fiennes, English actor
  • 1963Giuseppe Bergomi, Italian footballer and coach
  • 1963 – Brian McMillan, South African cricketer and educator
  • 1963 – Luna H. Mitani, Japanese-American painter and illustrator
  • 1964Mike Jackson, American baseball player
  • 1964 – Simon Kirby, English businessman and politician
  • 1965David S. Goyer, American screenwriter
  • 1965 – Urszula Włodarczyk, Polish heptathlete and triple jumper
  • 1966 – Dmitry Bilozerchev, Russian gymnast and coach
  • 1966 – Marcel Schirmer, German singer-songwriter and bass player
  • 1966 – David Wright, English lawyer and politician
  • 1967Richey Edwards, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)
  • 1967 – Stéphane Gendron, Canadian lawyer and politician
  • 1967 – Rebecca Harris, English businesswoman and politician
  • 1967 – Dan Petrescu, Romanian footballer and manager
  • 1968 – Emre Aracı, Turkish composer, conductor, and historian
  • 1968 – Luis Hernández, Mexican footballer
  • 1968 – Lori McKenna, American singer-songwriter
  • 1968 – Dina Meyer, American actress
  • 1969 – Myriam Bédard, Canadian biathlete
  • 1969 – Mark Robins, English footballer and manager
  • 1970 – Gary Anderson, Scottish darts player
  • 1970 – Ted Cruz, Canadian-American lawyer and politician
  • 1971 – Ajeenkya Patil, Indian economist and academic
  • 1972 – Mark Hill, English musician, producer and songwriter
  • 1972 – Kirk Maltby, Canadian ice hockey player and scout
  • 1972 – Vanessa Paradis, French singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1974 – Rei Hance, American actress
  • 1975 – Sergei Aschwanden, Swiss martial artist
  • 1975 – Dmitri Khokhlov, Russian footballer and manager
  • 1975 – Marcin Mięciel, Polish footballer
  • 1975 – Stanislav Neckář, Czech ice hockey player
  • 1975 – Takuya Onishi, Japanese astronaut
  • 1976 – Katleen De Caluwé, Belgian sprinter
  • 1976 – Jason Lane, American baseball player and coach
  • 1976 – Aya Takano, Japanese author and illustrator
  • 1977 – Steve Kariya, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1978 – Danny Ahn, South Korean singer
  • 1978 – Joy Ali, Fijian boxer (d. 2015)
  • 1978 – Emmanuel Olisadebe, Nigerian-Polish footballer
  • 1979 – Jamie Langfield, Scottish footballer and coach
  • 1980 – Chris Carmack, American actor, singer, and model
  • 1980 – Marcus Haislip, American basketball player
  • 1981 – Marina Kuptsova, Russian high jumper
  • 1982 – Britta Heidemann, German fencer
  • 1982 – Alinne Moraes, Brazilian actress and model
  • 1983José Fonte, Portuguese footballer
  • 1983 – Doc Gallows, American wrestler
  • 1983 – Viola Kibiwot, Kenyan runner
  • 1984Basshunter, Swedish singer, record producer and DJ
  • 1984 – Greg Finley, American actor
  • 1986 – Dennis Armfield, Australian footballer
  • 1986 – Fatih Öztürk, Turkish footballer
  • 1987 – Zack Britton, American baseball player
  • 1987 – Éder, Bissau-Portuguese footballer
  • 1988Scott Darling, American ice hockey player
  • 1988 – Mohamed El Shenawy, Egyptian footballer
  • 1988 – Leigh Halfpenny, Welsh rugby player
  • 1989Jordin Sparks, American singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1990Jean-Baptiste Maunier, French actor and singer
  • 1991DaBaby, American rapper
  • 1992 – Michaela Hončová, Slovak tennis player
  • 1992 – Nick Johnson, American basketball player
  • 1992 – Moonbyul, South Korean rapper, vocalist and songwriter
  • 1993Raphaël Guerreiro, Portuguese footballer
  • 1993 – Meghan Trainor, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1994 – Rúben Lameiras, Portuguese footballer
  • 1998G Hannelius, American actress and singer
  • 1998 – Casper Ruud, Norwegian tennis player
  • 2000 – Joshua Bassett, American actor and singer
  • 2001 – Camila Osorio, Colombian tennis player
  • 2006 – Callan McKenna, Scottish footballer; goalkeeper at AFC Bournemouth

Deaths

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Holidays and observances

See also

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