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May 22 in recent years

May 22 is the 142nd day of the year (143rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 223 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1901 – Maurice J. Tobin, American politician, 6th United States Secretary of Labor (d. 1953)
  • 1902 – Jack Lambert, English footballer and manager (d. 1940)
  • 1902 – Al Simmons, American baseball player and coach (d. 1956)
  • 1904 – Uno Lamm, Swedish electrical engineer and inventor (d. 1989)
  • 1905 – Bodo von Borries, German physicist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope (d. 1956)
  • 1905 – Tom Driberg, British politician (d. 1976)
  • 1907Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator (d. 1983)
  • 1907 – Laurence Olivier, English actor, director, and producer (d. 1989)
  • 1908Horton Smith, American golfer and captain (d. 1963)
  • 1909Bob Dyer, American-Australian radio and television host (d. 1984)
  • 1909 – Margaret Mee, English illustrator and educator (d. 1988)
  • 1912Herbert C. Brown, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
  • 1913Rafael Gil, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 1986)
  • 1913 – Dominique Rolin, Belgian author (d. 2012)
  • 1914Max Kohnstamm, Dutch historian and diplomat (d. 2010)
  • 1914 – Sun Ra, American pianist, composer, bandleader, poet (d. 1993)
  • 1917 – George Aratani, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
  • 1917 – Jean-Louis Curtis, French author (d. 1995)
  • 1919Paul Vanden Boeynants, Belgian businessman and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 2001)
  • 1920Thomas Gold, Austrian-American astrophysicist and academic (d. 2004)
  • 1921 – George S. Hammond, American scientist (d. 2005)
  • 1922Quinn Martin, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1987)
  • 1924Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2018)
  • 1925Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor (d. 1991)
  • 1927 – Michael Constantine, American actor (d. 2021)
  • 1927 – Peter Matthiessen, American novelist, short story writer, editor, co-founded The Paris Review (d. 2014)
  • 1927 – George Andrew Olah, Hungarian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)
  • 1928 – Serge Doubrovsky, French theorist and author (d. 2017)
  • 1928 – John Mackenzie, Scottish director and producer (d. 2011)
  • 1928 – T. Boone Pickens, American businessman (d. 2019)
  • 1928 – Hiroshi Sano, Japanese novelist (d. 2013)
  • 1929Ahmed Fouad Negm, Egyptian poet (d. 2013)
  • 1930 – Kenny Ball, English jazz trumpet player, vocalist, and bandleader (d. 2013)
  • 1930 – Marisol Escobar, French-American sculptor (d. 2016)
  • 1930 – Harvey Milk, American lieutenant and politician (d. 1978)
  • 1932Robert Spitzer, American psychiatrist and academic (d. 2015)
  • 1933 – Fred Anderson, Australian-South African rugby league player (d. 2012)
  • 1933 – Chen Jingrun, Chinese mathematician and academic (d. 1996)
  • 1934 – Peter Nero, American pianist and conductor (d. 2023)
  • 1935 – Billy Rayner, Australian rugby league player (d. 2006)
  • 1936George H. Heilmeier, American engineer (d. 2014)
  • 1937Facundo Cabral, Argentinian singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
  • 1937 – Tomáš Janovic, Slovak writer (d.2023)
  • 1938Richard Benjamin, American actor and director
  • 1938 – Susan Strasberg, American actress (d. 1999)
  • 1939Paul Winfield, American actor (d. 2004)
  • 1940 – Kieth Merrill, American filmmaker
  • 1940 – E. A. S. Prasanna, Indian cricketer
  • 1940 – Michael Sarrazin, Canadian actor (d. 2011)
  • 1940 – Bernard Shaw, American journalist (d. 2022)
  • 1940 – Mick Tingelhoff, American football player (d. 2021)
  • 1941Menzies Campbell, Scottish sprinter and politician
  • 1942 – Roger Brown, American basketball player (d. 1997)
  • 1942 – Ted Kaczynski, American academic and mathematician turned anarchist and serial murderer (Unabomber) (d. 2023)
  • 1942 – Barbara Parkins, Canadian actress
  • 1942 – Richard Oakes, Native American civil rights activist (d. 1972)
  • 1943Betty Williams, Northern Irish peace activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2020)
  • 1943 – Tommy John, American baseball player
  • 1944 – John Flanagan, Australian fantasy author
  • 1945Bob Katter, Australian politician
  • 1946George Best, Northern Irish footballer and manager (d. 2005)
  • 1946 – Michael Green, English physicist and academic
  • 1946 – Howard Kendall, English footballer and manager (d. 2015)
  • 1946 – Andrei Marga, Romanian philosopher, political scientist, politician
  • 1946 – Lyudmila Zhuravleva, Russian-Ukrainian astronomer
  • 1948 – Tomás Sánchez, Cuban painter and engraver
  • 1948 – Nedumudi Venu, Indian actor and screenwriter (d. 2021)
  • 1949 – Cheryl Campbell, English actress
  • 1949 – Valentin Inzko, Austrian diplomat
  • 1950Bernie Taupin, English singer-songwriter and poet
  • 1953François Bon, French writer
  • 1953 – Cha Bum-kun, South Korean footballer and manager
  • 1953 – Paul Mariner, English footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2021)
  • 1954Barbara May Cameron, Native American human rights activist (d. 2002)
  • 1954 – Shuji Nakamura, Japanese-American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1955 – Iva Davies, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1956 – Lucie Brock-Broido, American poet (d. 2018)
  • 1957Lisa Murkowski, American lawyer and politician
  • 1959David Blatt, Israeli-American basketball player and coach
  • 1959 – Olin Browne, American golfer
  • 1959 – Morrissey, English singer-songwriter and performer
  • 1959 – Kwak Jae-yong, South Korean director and screenwriter
  • 1959 – Mehbooba Mufti, Indian politician
  • 1960Hideaki Anno, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter
  • 1962 – Andrew Magee, French-American golfer
  • 1962 – Brian Pillman, American football player and wrestler (d. 1997)
  • 1963 – Claude Closky, French contemporary artist
  • 1965Jay Carney, American journalist, 29th White House Press Secretary
  • 1966Johnny Gill, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1966 – Wang Xiaoshuai, Chinese director and screenwriter
  • 1968Graham Linehan, Irish comedy writer and activist
  • 1969 – Michael Kelly, American actor
  • 1969 – Cathy McMorris Rodgers, American lawyer and politician
  • 1970Naomi Campbell, English model
  • 1970 – Brody Stevens, American comedian and actor (d. 2019)
  • 1972 – Max Brooks, American author and screenwriter
  • 1973 – Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Danish actor
  • 1974 – Sean Gunn, American actor
  • 1974 – Garba Lawal, Nigerian footballer
  • 1974 – Henrietta Ónodi, Hungarian Olympic gymnast
  • 1974 – Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukrainian politician
  • 1974 – Canek Sánchez Guevara, Cuban author and dissident (d. 2015)
  • 1974 – Anne Beathe Tvinnereim, Norwegian politician
  • 1975Salva Ballesta, Spanish footballer and manager
  • 1976Christian Vande Velde, American cyclist
  • 1977Pat Smullen, Irish jockey (d. 2020)
  • 1978Ginnifer Goodwin, American actress
  • 1978 – Katie Price, English television personality and glamour model
  • 1979Nazanin Boniadi, Iranian-American actress
  • 1979 – Tihomir Dovramadjiev, Bulgarian Chess boxer
  • 1979 – Maggie Q, American actress
  • 1980 – Tarin Bradford, Australian rugby league player
  • 1980 – Sharice Davids, American politician
  • 1980 – Lucy Gordon, British actress and model (d. 2009)
  • 1981 – Daniel Bryan, American wrestler
  • 1981 – Bassel Khartabil, Syrian computer programmer and engineer (d. 2015)
  • 1981 – Jürgen Melzer, Austrian tennis player
  • 1981 – Mark O'Meley, Australian rugby league player
  • 1982 – Erin McNaught, Australian model and actress
  • 1982 – Apolo Ohno, American speed skater
  • 1982 – Hong Yong-jo, North Korean footballer
  • 1983 – Natasha Kai, American soccer player and Olympic medalist
  • 1984Clara Amfo, English television and radio presenter
  • 1984 – Karoline Herfurth, German actress
  • 1984 – Didier Ya Konan, Ivorian footballer
  • 1984 – Dustin Moskovitz, American entrepreneur, co-founder of Facebook
  • 1985Tranquillo Barnetta, Swiss footballer
  • 1985 – Tao Okamoto, Japanese model and actress
  • 1986Julian Edelman, American football player
  • 1986 – Matt Jarvis, English footballer
  • 1986 – Tatiana Volosozhar, Russian figure skater
  • 1987Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis player
  • 1987 – Arturo Vidal, Chilean footballer
  • 1988Heida Reed, Icelandic-British actress
  • 1989 – Corey Dickerson, American baseball player
  • 1990 – Wyatt Roy, Australian politician
  • 1991Joel Obi, Nigerian footballer
  • 1991 – Suho, South Korean singer and actor
  • 1992 – Anna Baryshnikov, American actress
  • 1994 – Florian Luger, Austrian male model
  • 1994 – Athena Manoukian, Greek-Armenian singer and songwriter
  • 1998 – Samile Bermannelli, Brazilian fashion model
  • 1999 – Femke Huijzer, Dutch model
  • 1999 – Hōshōryū Tomokatsu, Mongolian sumo wrestler
  • 2001 – Emma Chamberlain, American internet personality
  • 2004 – Peyton Elizabeth Lee, American actress

Deaths

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1601–1900

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Holidays and observances

See also

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