October 22 - Births

Births

• 1071 – William IX, Duke of Aquitaine and poet (d. 1126)
• 1197 – Emperor Juntoku of Japan (d. 1242)
• 1511 – Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1553)
• 1558 – Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)
• 1592 – Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (d. 1657)
• 1688 – Nadir Shah of Persia (d. 1747)
• 1689 – King John V of Portugal (d. 1750)
• 1692 – Elizabeth Farnese, second queen of King Philip V of Spain (d. 1766)
• 1701 – Maria Amalia of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1756)
• 1729 – Johann Reinhold Forster, German botanist (d. 1798)
• 1734 – Daniel Boone, American pioneer and hunter (d. 1820)
• 1770 – Thomas Seebeck, Baltic German physicist (d. 1831)
• 1809 – Volney E. Howard, American politician (d. 1889)
• 1811 – Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1886)
• 1818 – Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle, French poet (d. 1894)
• 1821 – Collis Potter Huntington, American railroad executive (d. 1900)
• 1844 – Louis Riel, Canadian Metis Political Leader (d. 1885)
• 1858 – German Empress Augusta Victoria, wife of German Emperor Wilhelm II (d. 1921)
• 1865 – Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter (d. 1943)
• 1870 – Alfred Douglas, English partner of Oscar Wilde (d. 1945)
• 1870 – Ivan Bunin, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)
• 1873 – Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finland-Swedish linguist and diplomat (d. 1950)
• 1881 – Clinton Davisson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
• 1886 – Erik Bergman, Lutheran pastor (d. 1970)
• 1887 – John Reed, American journalist (d. 1920)
• 1891 – Parker Fennelly, American comedian and actor (d. 1988)
• 1894 – Mei Lanfang, Chinese opera performer (d. 1961)
• 1896 – Charles Glen King, American biochemist (d. 1988)
• 1900 – Ashfaqulla Khan, Indian Revolutionary (d. 1927)
• 1903 – George Wells Beadle, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (d. 1989)
• 1903 – Curly Howard, American actor and comedian, member of the Three Stooges (d. 1952)
• 1904 – Constance Bennett, American actress (d. 1965)
• 1905 – Joseph Kosma, Hungarian-born composer (d. 1969)
• 1907 – Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player (d. 1967)
• 1908 – John Gould, American humorist, essayist, and columnist (d. 2003)
• 1912 – Frances Drake, American actress (d. 2000)
• 1912 – George N. Leighton, American jurist
• 1913 – Bảo Đại, Emperor of Vietnam (d. 1997)
• 1913 – Tamara Desni, German-born British actress (d. 2008)
• 1913 – Robert Capa, American war photographer (born in Hungary) (d. 1954)
• 1913 – Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 2002)
• 1917 – Joan Fontaine, American actress
• 1918 – Lou Klein, American baseball player (d. 1976)
• 1919 – Doris Lessing, British writer, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1919 – Kathleen Ankers, American scenic designer (d. 2001)
• 1920 – Timothy Leary, American writer (d. 1996)
• 1921 – Georges Brassens, French singer (d. 1981)
• 1921 – Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician (d. 1986)
• 1922 – Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentine footballer (d. 2001)
• 1923 – Bert Trautmann, German former footballer
• 1925 – Robert Rauschenberg, American painter and graphic artist (d. 2008)
• 1927 – Allan Hendrickse, South African politician (d. 2005)
• 1928 – Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Brazilian movie director
• 1929 – Lev Yashin, Soviet footballer (d. 1990)
• 1929 – Dory Previn, American songwriter
• 1933 – Helmut Senekowitsch, Austrian footballer (d. 2007)
• 1935 – Ann Rule, American true-crime writer
• 1936 – Col. John Blashford-Snell, British explorer and author
• 1936 – Bobby Seale, American civil rights activist
• 1937 – Manos Loïzos, Greek composer (d. 1982)
• 1938 – Derek Jacobi, English actor
• 1938 – Christopher Lloyd, American actor
• 1939 – George Cohen, English footballer
• 1939 – Tony Roberts, American actor
• 1939 – Joaquim Chissano, former (2nd) President of Mozambique
• 1942 – Annette Funicello, American actress
• 1942 – Bobby Fuller, American rock guitarist (d. 1966)
• 1943 – Jan de Bont, Dutch film director
• 1943 – Catherine Deneuve, French actress
• 1943 – Allen Coage, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)
• 1945 – Leslie West, American musician
• 1945 – Sheila Sherwood, British long jumper
• 1945 – Yvan Ponton, Canadian actor and television host
• 1946 – Kelvin MacKenzie, British media tycoon
• 1946 – Deepak Chopra, Indian-American physician and writer
• 1946 – Claude Charron, French-Canadian politician and TV personality
• 1946 – Eddie Brigati, American singer (The Rascals)
• 1947 – Raymond Bachand, French-Canadian politician and businessman
• 1947 – Haley Barbour, American politician, 63rd Governor of Mississippi
• 1948 – Lynette Fromme, American attempted assassin of Gerald Ford
• 1949 – Stiv Bators, American musician (The Dead Boys) (d. 1990)
• 1949 – Vasilios Magginas, Greek politician
• 1949 – Arsène Wenger, French football manager
• 1952 – Jeff Goldblum, American actor
• 1956 – Frank DiPino, American baseball player
• 1959 – Arto Salminen, Finnish writer (d. 2005)
• 1959 – Marc Shaiman, American composer
• 1960 – Darryl Jenifer, American bassist (Bad Brains)
• 1960 – Cris Kirkwood, American musician (Meat Puppets)
• 1961 – Robert Torti, American actor
• 1962 – Hüseyin Kenan Aydın, German politician
• 1962 – Bob Odenkirk, American actor and comedian (Mr. Show)
• 1963 – Brian Boitano, American figure skater
• 1964 – Dražen Petrović, Croatian basketball player (d. 1993)
• 1964 – Toby Mac, American singer and songwriter
• 1965 – John Wesley Harding, American musician
• 1965 – Otis Smith, American football player
• 1965 – Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek, frontman of the Polish deathmetal band Vader
• 1966 – Valeria Golino, Italian actress
• 1967 – Salvatore Di Vittorio, Italian composer and conductor
• 1967 – Rita Guerra, Portuguese singer
• 1967 – Ulrike Maier, Austrian alpine skier (d. 1994)
• 1967 – Carlos Mencia, Honduras-born American comedian
• 1967 – Ron Tugnutt, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1968 – Shaggy, Jamaican musician
• 1968 – Stéphane Quintal, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1968 – Jay Johnston, American actor and comedian (Mr. Show)
• 1969 – Héctor Carrasco, Dominican baseball player
• 1969 – Spike Jonze, American director and film producer
• 1969 – Helmut Lotti, Belgian singer
• 1970 – Amy Redford, American actress, director and producer
• 1971 – Kornel David, Hungarian basketball player
• 1972 – D'Lo Brown, American professional wrestler
• 1973 – Andrés Palop, Spanish footballer
• 1973 – Ichiro Suzuki, Japanese baseball player
• 1974 – Tim Kinsella, American musician
• 1974 – Giorgos Koltzos, Greek footballer
• 1974 – Jeff McInnis, American NBA basketball player
• 1974 – Miroslav Šatan, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1975 – Martín Cardetti, Argentine footballer
• 1975 – Jesse Tyler Ferguson, American actor
• 1975 – Míchel Salgado, Spanish footballer
• 1976 – Jon Foreman, American musician (Switchfoot)
• 1976 – Helen Svedin, Swedish model
• 1978 – Dion Glover, American basketball player
• 1978 – Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian footballer (d. 2007)
• 1978 – Owais Shah, English cricketer
• 1981 – Michael Fishman, Cuban/American actor
• 1981 – Olivier Pla, French racing driver
• 1982 – Robinson Canó, Dominican baseball player
• 1982 – Heath Miller, American football player
• 1983 – Plan B, English rapper and actor
• 1984 – Jonathan Helwig, American MMA fighter
• 1984 – Aleksandar Marić, Australian basketball player of Serbian descent
• 1985 – Evagelia Aravani, Greek fashion model
• 1985 – Zac Hanson, American musician
• 1986 – Kara Lang, Canadian footballer
• 1986 – Stefan Radu, Romanian footballer
• 1988 – Matt Evans, Filipino actor
• 1990 – Jonathan Lipnicki, American actor
• 1992 – Sofia Vassilieva, American actress