August 22 - Births

Births

• 1601 – Georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1667)
• 1624 – Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (d. 1701)
• 1647 – Denis Papin, French physicist and inventor (d. c. 1712)
• 1679 – Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. 1758)
• 1760 – Pope Leo XII (d. 1829)
• 1764 – Charles Percier, French architect (d. 1838)
• 1771 – Henry Maudslay, English inventor (d. 1831)
• 1773 – Aimé Bonpland, French explorer (d. 1858)
• 1779 – James Kirke Paulding, American author (d. 1860)
• 1800 – William S. Harney, U.S. general (d. 1889)
• 1800 – Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian-Jewish scholar (d. 1865)
• 1811 – William Kelly, American inventor (d. 1888)
• 1822 – Virginia Clemm Poe, wife of Edgar Allan Poe (d. 1847)
• 1827 – Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman, industrialist and politician (d. 1906)
• 1834 – Samuel Pierpont Langley, American astronomer (d. 1906)
• 1836 – Archibald MacNeal Willard, American artist (d. 1918)
• 1845 – William Lewis Douglas, 42nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1924)
• 1848 – Melville E. Stone, American newspaper publisher (d. 1929)
• 1854 – Milan I, King of Serbia (d. 1901)
• 1857 – Ned Hanlon, American baseball player and manager (d. 1937)
• 1860 – Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, German inventor (d. 1940)
• 1860 – Eleonore of Reuss-Köstritz, tsaritsa of Bulgaria (d. 1917)
• 1862 – Claude Debussy, French composer (d. 1918)
• 1867 – Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (d. 1939)
• 1873 – Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (d. 1928)
• 1874 – Max Scheler, German philosopher (d. 1928)
• 1880 – George Herriman, American cartoonist (d. 1944)
• 1880 – Gorch Fock, German author and poet (d. 1916)
• 1887 – Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German minister of finance (d. 1977)
• 1891 – Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian/American sculptor (d. 1973)
• 1893 – Dorothy Parker, American writer (d. 1967)
• 1893 – Wilfred Kitching, British Salvation Army general (d. 1977)
• 1895 – Paul Comtois, French Canadian politician (d. 1966)
• 1900 – Sergei Ozhegov, Russian lexicographer (d. 1964)
• 1902 – Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (d. 2003)
• 1902 – Thomas Pelly, American politician (d. 1973)
• 1904 – Deng Xiaoping, Chinese statesman (d. 1997)
• 1908 – Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (d. 2004)
• 1908 – Erwin Thiesies, German rugby player and coach (d. 1993)
• 1909 – Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter (d. 2000)
• 1909 – Mel Hein, American football player (d. 1992)
• 1909 – Lucille Ricksen, American actress (d. 1925)
• 1913 – Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist (d. 1993)
• 1915 – David Dellinger, American social rights activist (d. 2004)
• 1915 – Hugh Paddick, British actor (d. 2000)
• 1915 – James Hillier, Canadian-born American scientist and inventor (d. 2007)
• 1915 – Edward Szczepanik, Polish politician (d. 2005)
• 1917 – John Lee Hooker, American musician (d. 2001)
• 1918 – Mary McGrory, American journalist (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Ray Bradbury, American writer
• 1920 – Denton Cooley, American heart surgeon
• 1921 – Dinos Dimopoulos, Greek film director and screenwriter (d. 2003)
• 1922 – Micheline Presle, French actress
• 1925 – Honor Blackman, English actress
• 1925 – James Kirkwood, Jr., American playwright and author (d. 1989)
• 1928 – Tinga Seisay, Sierra Leonean diplomat and pro-democracy advocate
• 1928 – Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Gilmar, Brazilian football player
• 1932 – Gerald P. Carr, American astronaut
• 1934 – Norman Schwarzkopf, U.S. general
• 1934 – Sir Donald McIntyre, English bass-baritone
• 1935 – E. Annie Proulx, American author
• 1936 – Dale Hawkins, American singer and songwriter (d. 2010)
• 1936 – Werner Stengel, German roller coaster designer and engineer
• 1936 – John Callaway, American journalist (d. 2009)
• 1938 – Paul Maguire, American football commentator
• 1939 – George Reinholt, American actor
• 1939 – Carl Yastrzemski, American baseball player
• 1939 – Valerie Harper, American actress
• 1940 – Bill McCartney, American football coach
• 1941 – Bill Parcells, American football coach
• 1941 – Hannspeter Winter, Austrian plasma physicist
• 1942 – Uğur Mumcu, Turkish journalist and writer (d. 1993)
• 1943 – Masatoshi Shima, Japanese computer scientist
• 1944 – Peter Hofmann, Czech-born German operatic tenor (d. 2010)
• 1945 – Ron Dante, American songwriter and record producer (The Archies)
• 1945 – Erol Gelenbe, Turkish computer scientist and mathematician
• 1947 – Cindy Williams, American actress
• 1947 – Donna Godchaux, American singer (Grateful Dead)
• 1948 – Eleonora Brown, Italian actress
• 1949 – Diana Nyad, American swimmer
• 1949 – Doug Bair, baseball player
• 1949 – Þórarinn Eldjárn, Icelandic writer
• 1950 – Ray Burris, American baseball player
• 1950 – Lewis Libby, American White House Chief of Staff for George W. Bush
• 1951 – Chandra Prakash Mainali, Nepalese politician
• 1952 – Peter Laughner, American musician (Rocket From the Tombs, Pere Ubu) (d. 1977)
• 1953 – Paul Ellering, American wrestling manager
• 1955 – Will Shetterly, American writer
• 1955 – Chiranjeevi, Indian film actor
• 1956 – Paul Molitor, baseball player
• 1957 – Steve Davis, English snooker player
• 1958 – Colm Feore, American actor
• 1958 – Lane Huffman, American professional wrestler
• 1958 – Vernon Reid, American musician (Living Colour)
• 1959 – Juan Croucier, American musician
• 1959 – Pia Gjellerup, Danish politician
• 1960 – Holger Gehrke, German footballer
• 1961 – Andres Calamaro, Argentine musician
• 1961 – Roland Orzabal, British musician (Tears for Fears)
• 1961 – Debbi Peterson, American musician (The Bangles)
• 1963 – Tori Amos, American singer/songwriter
• 1963 – Terry Catledge, American basketball player
• 1964 – Mats Wilander, Swedish tennis player
• 1965 – Tom Gibis, American voice actor
• 1965 – Courtney Gains, American actor
• 1965 – Chen Liping, Singaporean actress
• 1966 – Eric Andolsek, American football player (d. 1992)
• 1966 – GZA, American rapper
• 1966 – Rob Witschge, Dutch footballer
• 1967 – Layne Staley, American musician (Alice in Chains) (d. 2002)
• 1967 – Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, British actor
• 1967 – Ant, American comedian
• 1967 – Ty Burrell, American actor
• 1967 – Alfred Gough, American screenwriter
• 1967 – Yukiko Okada, Japanese singer (d. 1986)
• 1968 – Paul Colman, Australian guitarist (Newsboys)
• 1968 – Casper Christensen, Danish comedian
• 1968 – Rich Lowry, American magazine editor
• 1968 – Alexander Mostovoi, Russian footballer
• 1968 – Horst Skoff, Austrian tennis player (d. 2008)
• 1970 – Charlie Connelly, English writer
• 1970 – Giada De Laurentiis, Italian-born American chef and television host
• 1971 – Richard Armitage, English actor
• 1971 – Rick Yune, American actor
• 1971 – Craig Finn, American musician (The Hold Steady)
• 1972 – Steve Kline, American baseball player
• 1972 – Okkert Brits, South African pole vaulter
• 1972 – Paul Doucette, American drummer (Matchbox 20)
• 1972 – Max Wilson, Brazilian racing driver
• 1973 – Kristen Wiig, American comedian
• 1973 – Howie Dorough, American singer (Backstreet Boys)
• 1974 – Brimstone, American professional wrestler
• 1974 – Agustín Pichot, Argentine rugby player
• 1974 – Stefano Verderi, Italian guitarist
• 1975 – Clint Bolton, Australian footballer
• 1975 – Davor Krznarić, Croatian footballer
• 1975 – Sheree Murphy, British actress
• 1975 – Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor
• 1977 – Heiðar Helguson, Icelandic footballer
• 1977 – Jenna Leigh Green, American actress
• 1978 – Giannis Gagaloudis, Greek basketball player
• 1978 – Jeff Stinco, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
• 1979 – Brandon Quintin Adams, American actor
• 1979 – Matt Walters, American football player
• 1979 – Jennifer Finnigan, Canadian-born actress
• 1980 – Christi Shake, American model and actress
• 1980 – Roland Benschneider, German footballer
• 1980 – Nicolas Macrozonaris, French-Canadian track-and-field athlete
• 1981 – Alex Holmes, American football player
• 1981 – Saito Takumi, Japanese actor and model
• 1983 – Theo Bos, Dutch cyclist
• 1983 – Laura Breckenridge, American actress
• 1984 – Lee Camp, English footballer
• 1985 – Kether Donahue, American voice actress
• 1986 – Keiko Kitagawa, Japanese actress
• 1987 – Leonardo Moracci, Italian footballer
• 1991 – Federico Macheda, Italian footballer
• 1991 – Brayden Schenn, Canadian hockey player