Famous Birthdays on February 22

Birthdays 1 - 200 of 307

• 1040 Rashi, French rabbi (d. 1105)
• 1403 Charles VII, King of France (1422-61), drove the English out from Northern France, (d. 1461)

• 1440 Ladislaus V ("the Posthumus"), Árpád dynasty and King of Bohemia (1453-57), King of Hungary and Croatia (1440-44), and Duke of Austria (1440-57), born in Komárom, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1457)
• 1500 Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (d. 1564)
• 1514 Tahmasp I, shah of Iran (1524-76) and author (Tazkire-i Shah), born in Shāhābād, Safavid Iran (d. 1576)
• 1542 Santino Garsi da Parma, Italian composer (d. 1604)
• 1573 Gemignano Capilupi, Italian choral composer (d. 1616)
• 1612 George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English statesman (d. 1677)
• 1634 Peter van Schooten, Dutch mathematician and fort architect, born in Leiden, Netherlands (d. 1679)
• 1684 William Pulteney, English politician (1st Earl of Bath, shortest-ever British Prime Minister for 2 days in 1746 disputed), born in London, England (d. 1684)
• 1705 Peter Arctedi, Swedish biologist ("father of ichthyology" study of fish), born in Anundsjö, Sweden (d. 1735)
• 1714 Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French historian (d. 1795)

• 1745 João de Sousa Carvalho, Portuguese composer and music teacher to the royal family, born in Estremoz, Portugal (d. 1798)
• 1749 Johann Nikolaus Forkel, German musicologist (1st biography of Johann Sebastian Bach), born in Meeder, Coburg (d. 1818)
• 1756 Georg Friedrich von Martens, German diplomat (d. 1821)
• 1761 Erik Tulindberg, Finland's first known classical composer, born in Vähäkyrö, Finland (d. 1814)
• 1761 Jacob Kimball, American pioneering composer and musician, bornin Topsfield, Massachusetts (d. 1826)
• 1764 Alexander Campbell, Scottish composer and writer (associate of Walter Scott), born in Tombea, Scotland (d. 1824)
• 1770 Jan August Vitasek, Bohemian composer working in Prague, born in Hořín (d. 1839)
• 1772 Joseph Lipavsky, Bohemian composer and pianist, born in Hohenmauth (d. 1810)
• 1772 Karl Jacob Wagner, German composer, born in Darmstadt (d. 1822)
• 1773 Matthijs Ignatius van Bree, Belgian painter of historical subjects, born in Antwerp (d. 1839)
• 1778 Rembrandt Peale, American portrait and historical painter (Margaret Irvine Miller ,1805; Court of Death, 1820), and museum keeper (Baltimore), born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania (d. 1860)
• 1779 Joachim Nicolas Eggert, Swedish violinist and composer, born in Ginst, Rügen Island (d. 1813)
• 1785 Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, French Physicist (Peltier effect 1834), born in Ham, France (d. 1845)
• 1788 Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher ("The World as Will and Representation") known for his philosophical pessimism, born in Danzig (Gdańsk), Poland (d. 1860)
• 1796 Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician and sociologist (body mass index scale), born in Ghent, French Republic (d. 1874)
• 1796 Alexis Bachelot, French missionary (d. 1837)
• 1798 Charles Mynn Thruston, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Lexington, Kentucky (d. 1873)
• 1806 Józef Kremer, Polish messianistic philosopher (d. 1875)
• 1810 Holger Simon Paulli, Danish conductor and composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1891)
• 1814 Oskar Kolberg, Polish ethnographer, folklorist, and composer (Lud), born in Przysucha, Poland (d. 1890)
• 1817 Carl Wilhelm Borchardt, German mathematician (d. 1880)
• 1817 Niels Wilhelm Gade, Danish violinist, organist, composer, and conductor, born in Copenhagen (d. 1890)
• 1819 Bernardo Calvo Puig, Spanish composer, born in Vic, Spain (d. 1880)
• 1819 James Russell Lowell, American poet, critic and diplomat (Biglow Papers), born in Cambrisge, Massachusetts (d. 1891)
• 1822 Adolf Kussmaul, German physician (stomach pump, Kuszmaul disease), born in Graben (d. 1902)
• 1824 Pierre Janssen, French astronomer, discovered helium, born in Paris, France (d. 1907)
• 1825 Jean Baptiste Salpointe, second Archbishop of Santa Fe, born in Saint-Maurice de Pionsat, France (d. 1898)
• 1827 James Barnet Fry, American historian and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Carrollton, Illinois (d. 1894)
• 1828 Robert Alexander Cameron, American soldier and newspaper publisher (Union Army), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1894)
• 1833 Josef Foerster, Czech composer and music teacher, born in Osenice, Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1907)
• 1834 Albert Heinrich Zabel, German-Russian harpist and composer (Russian Imperial Ballet), born in Berlin (d. 1910)
• 1836 Eduard Wachmann, Romanian composer, conductor and university professor, born in Bucharest, Wallachia (d. 1908)
• 1839 Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (The New York Sun - "Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus"), born in Rochester, New York (d. 1906)
• 1839 Octavius Catto, American educator (Institute for Colored Youth, 1859-71), civil rights activist, and baseball player (Philadelphia Pythians, 1865-71), born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1871)
• 1840 August Bebel, German socialist politician (one of the founders of the Social Democratic Worker's Party of Germany), born in Deutz (d. 1913)
• 1842 Leon Vanderkindere, Belgian historian and mayor (Ukkel), born in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek (d. 1906)
• 1843 Aldredo de Escragnolle Taunay, Brazilian writer (Inocencia), musician and politician, born in Rio Janeiro, Brazil (d. 1899)
• 1844 Kazamierz Julian Kratzer, Polish composer, born in Krakow (d. 1890)
• 1849 Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin, Russian mathematician (d. 1915)
• 1850 Isaac Rice, German-American businessman (namesake of Columbia Univ's Rice stadium, Electric Boat Company), born in Wachenheim, Bavaria (d. 1915)
• 1852 Pieter Klazes Pel, Dutch physician (Pel-Ebstein fever), born in Smallingerland, Netherlands (d. 1919)
• 1857 Heinrich Hertz, German physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves, born in Hamburg, German Confederation (d. 1894)

• 1859 Joey Palmer, Australian cricket medium pace/spin bowler (17 Tests, 78 wickets, BB 7/65; Victoria CA), born in Corowa, Australia (d. 1910)
• 1862 Karen Hulda Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Mot Solen/Eli), born near Hamar, Norway (d. 1934)
• 1864 Jules Renard, French writer (Poil de Carotte), born in Châlons-du-Maine, France (d. 1910)
• 1865 Otto Modersohn, German landscape painter (Worpswede artist colony), born in Soest (d. 1943)
• 1868 Henri Polak, Dutch union leader and politician (soc-dem) (d. 1943)
• 1874 Bill Klem, American Baseball HOF umpire (record 18 x World Series), born in Rochester, New York (d. 1951)

• 1877 Yme Schuitmaker, Dutch potato salesman and playwright, born in Frjentsjer (d. 1961)
• 1878 Walter Ritz, Swiss physicist (d. 1909)
• 1879 Norman Lindsay, Australian artist and novelist (The Magic Pudding), born in Creswick Victoria (d. 1969) [1]
• 1880 Frigyes Riesz, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1956)
• 1881 James Reese Europe, American ragtime and early jazz arranger, composer, and bandleader in New York, and with the military in France during WWI, born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 1919) [1]
• 1881 Joseph B. Ely, American politician (d. 1956)
• 1882 Eric Gill, English sculptor, engraver and typographer (Perpetua, Gill sans), born in Brighton, England (d. 1940)
• 1883 Alfred Wikenhauser, German RC exegetist (John-Apokalyps), born in Engen, Germany (d. 1960)
• 1883 Jaroslav Kocián, Czech composer and teacher, born in Ústí nad Orlicí (d. 1950)
• 1883 Marguerite Clark, American silent film actress (Snow White), born in Avondale, Cincinnati (d. 1940)
• 1884 Abe Attell, American boxer known as "The Little Hebrew" and World Featherweight Champion (1906-12), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1970)
• 1886 Hugo Ball, German playwright and social critic (co-founder Flametti, Dada), born in Pirmasens, Germany (d. 1927)
• 1888 Owen Brewster, American politician (d. 1961)
• 1889 Olave Baden-Powell, English founder of the Girl Guide (d. 1977)
• 1889 Robin G. Collingwood, English philosopher. historian ("The Principles of Art"; "The Idea of History") and archaeologist (Roman Britain), born in Cartmel Fell, England (d. 1943)
• 1891 Jan Wils, Dutch architect (Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium), born in Alkmaar, Netherlands (d. 1972)
• 1891 Vlas Chubar, Soviet politician (d. 1939)
• 1892 David Dubinsky, Belarusian-born American labor leader (Freedom Award, 1969 Medal of Freedom), born in Brest, Russian Empire (d. 1982)
• 1892 Edna St Vincent Millay, American poet, dramatist and feminist (Harp Weaver-Pulitzer Prize), born in Rockland, Maine (d. 1950)
• 1894 Alexander Spitzmüller, Austrian composer, educator, radio broadcaster, and music critic, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1962)
• 1895 Victor Raúl Haya de la Torre, Peruvian politician and author (founder of Peruvian Aprista Party), born in Trujillo, Peru (d. 1979)
• 1896 Edvin Wide, Swedish runner (Olympic silver 1924 and world record holder), born in Kimito, Finland (d. 1996)
• 1896 Enid Markey, American actress, 1st to play Tarzan's Jane, born in Dillon, Colorado (d. 1981)
• 1896 Nacio Herb Brown, American composer (Singin' In The Rain), born in Deming, New Mexico (d. 1964)
• 1896 Paul Van Ostaijen, Belgian-Dutch poet, writer and critic (Occupied City), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1928)
• 1897 Bob Ysaguirre, American jazz double bass and tuba player (Don Redman Orchestra), born in Belize, British Honduras (now Belize City, Belize) (d. 1982)
• 1897 Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (d. 1947)
• 1898 Anton de Kom, Surinamese worker's union leader and resistance fighter, born in Paramaribo, Suriname (d. 1945)
• 1899 Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (d. 1986)
• 1899 Dwight Frye, American actor (Black Camel, Dracula, Frankenstein), born in Salina, Kansas (d. 1943)
• 1899 George O'Hara, American silent era screenwriter and actor (The Sea Beast, The Grapes of Wrath), born in NYC, New York (d. 1966)
• 1900 Giorgos Seferis [Georgios Seferiades], Greek poet (Nobel 1963), born in Urla, Ottoman Empire (d. 1971)
• 1900 Luis Buñuel, Spanish surrealist film director (Belle de Jour), born in Calanda Spain (d. 1983)
• 1900 Seán Ó Faoláin [John Whelan], Irish short story writer (Murder at Cobbler's Hulk), born in Cork City, County Cork, Ireland (d. 1991)
• 1901 Charles Evans Whittaker, American Supreme Court justice (1957-62), born near Troy, Kansas (d. 1973)
• 1901 Mildred Davis, American actress (Grandma's Boy), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1969)
• 1901 Stefan Lorant, Hungarian-American writer, photojournalist, filmmaker, born in Budapest (d. 1997)
• 1903 Ain-Ervin Mere, Estonian Nazi (d. 1969)
• 1903 Morley Callaghan, Canadian author and radio personality (Toronto Star, Native Argosy), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1990)
• 1903 Robert Weede, American baritone (d. 1972)
• 1904 Peter Hurd, American painter (Portrait of Jose Herrera), born in Roswell, New Mexico (d. 1984)
• 1905 Luis Sandi, Mexican musician and composer, born in Mexico City (d. 1996)
• 1906 Edmund von Borck, German composer, born in Wrocław, Poland (d. 1944)
• 1907 Robert Young, American actor (Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby, M.D.), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1998)
• 1907 Sheldon Leonard, American actor, producer and director (Danny Thomas Show, Big Eddie), born in NYC, New York (d. 1997)
• 1908 Claude "Fiddler" Williams, American jazz violinist and guitarist (Twelve Clouds of Joy; Count Basie), born in Muskogee, Oklahoma (d. 2004)
• 1908 Romulo Betancourt, President of Venezuela (Acción Democrática: 1945-48, 1959-64) known as "The Father of Venezuelan Democracy", born in Guatire, Venezuela (d. 1981)
• 1908 Sir John Mills, British actor (Ryan's Daughter, Big Sleep, King Rat, War & Peace), born in North Elmham, Norfolk, England (d. 2005)
• 1911 Bill Baker, American baseball player (d. 2006)
• 1912 Jadwiga Szajna-Lewandowska, Polish pianist, composer, and pedagogue, born in Brody, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1994)
• 1913 George "Buddy" Tate, American jazz saxophonist, born in Sherman, Texas (d. 2001)
• 1914 Renato Dulbecco, Italian-born American virologist (1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for oncoviruses work), born in Catanzaro, Italy (d. 2012)
• 1915 Dan Seymour [Daniel Seymour Katz], American actor (To Have and Have Not, We the People, Sing It Again), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1993)
• 1915 Gus Lesnevich, American light heavyweight boxing champ (1947 fighter of year), born in Cliffside Park, New Jersey (d. 1964)
• 1917 Jack Robertson, English cricketer (superb England batsman, played 11 Tests), born in London, England (d. 1996)
• 1917 Jane Bowles, American writer, born in NYC, New York (d. 1973)

• 1918 Charles "Charlie O" Finley, American sports entrepreneur (MLB's Kansas City/Oakland A's: NHL's California Golden Seals), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 1996)
• 1918 Don Pardo, American television announcer (Jeopardy, Saturday Night Live), born in Westfield, Massachusetts (d. 2014)
• 1918 Robert Wadlow, American who was tallest known human (2.72 m, 8' 11.1"), born in Alton, Illinois (d. 1940)
• 1918 Sid Abel, Canadian NHL hockey player (1948-49 Hart Trophy), born in Melville, Saskatchewan (d. 2000)
• 1919 Jiří Pauer, Czech composer, born in Libušín (d. 2007)
• 1919 Tahia Carioca, Egyptian actress and belly dancer (Watch out for Zouzou), born in Egypt (d. 1999)
• 1920 Bettina Vernon, Austrian 'Bodenwieser' dancer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1995) [1]
• 1920 Del Wood [Adelaide Hazelwood], American country musician, born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1989)
• 1921 David Greene, British television director, born in Manchester, England (d. 2003)
• 1921 Giulietta Masina, Italian actress (La Strada; Nights of Cabiria; The White Sheik) and wife of director Federico Fellini, born in San Giorgio di Piano, Italy (d. 1994)

• 1921 Marshall Teague, American auto racer (Daytona Road Course Strictly Stock Car winner 1951, 52; AAA National Stock Car champion 1952, 54), born in Daytona Beach, Florida (d. 1959)
• 1921 Wayne Booth, American literary critic, born in American Fork, Utah (d. 2005)
• 1922 Andre Asriel, Austrian-German classical and film score composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2019)
• 1922 Felix Werder, German-born Australian composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2012)
• 1922 Jesús Iglesias, Argentine racing driver, born in Pergamino, Argentina (d. 2005)
• 1922 William J. Baumol, American economist (Baumol’s cost disease), born in South Bronx, New York (d. 2017)
• 1923 Gigliola Frazzoni, Italian operatic soprano, born in Bologna, Italy (d. 2016)
• 1923 Norman "Hurricane" Smith, British sound engineer (The Beatles, 1962-65), producer (Pink Floyd; The Pretty Things), and musician ("Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?"; "Don't Let It Die"),, born in Edmonton, London (d. 2008)
• 1924 Martin Engelman, Dutch cartoonist, painter and graphic artist, born in Hoenkoop, the Netherlands (d. 1992)
• 1925 Edward Gorey, American author & artist (Curious Sofa), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2000)
• 1925 Gerald Stern, American poet, (The One Thing in Life), essayist (Some Secrets), and educator, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2022) [1]
• 1925 Raymond Joseph Cecil, British architect (d. 1995)
• 1925 Willie Cunningham, Scottish soccer right back (8 caps; Airdrieonians FC, Preston North End 437 games), born in Hill of Beath, Fife, Scotland (d. 2000)
• 1926 (Alan) "Bud" Yorkin, American film and television producer and director (Divorce American Style; All in the Family; Sanford And Son), born in Washington, Pennsylvania (d. 2015)
• 1926 Kenneth Williams, British actor (Hancock's Half Hour, Carry On films), born in King's Cross, London (d. 1988)
• 1927 David Ahlstrom, American composer, born in Lancaster, New York (d. 1992)
• 1927 Donald May, American actor (Adam-Edge of Night, Colt .45), born in Chicago, Illinois
• 1927 Guy Mitchell [Albert George Cernik], American singer and actor (Red Garters; 3 Redheads from Seattle), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1999)
• 1928 Bruce Forsyth, English comedian & TV host (Generation Game), born in London, England
• 1928 Paul Dooley, American actor, writer and comedian(16 Candles, Strange Brew, Wedding), born in Parkersburg, West Virginia
• 1929 (Margaret) "Marni" Nixon [McEathron], American soprano singer and film 'ghost voice' (for Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady"; Natalie Wood in "West Side Story"; Deborah Kerr in "The King And I"), born in Altadena, California (d. 2016)
• 1929 James Hong, American-Chinese actor (The New Adventures of Charlie Chan), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 1929 Rebecca Schull [Wattenberg], American actress (Wings, United 93), born in NYC, New York
• 1929 Ryne Duren, American near-sighted pitcher (NY Yankees), born in Cazenovia, Wisconsin (d. 2011)
• 1930 Allison Hayes, American model & actress (Attack of the 50 Foot Woman), born in Charleston, West Virginia (d. 1977)
• 1930 James McGarrell, American painter, born in Indianapolis, Indiana
• 1930 Jules van Neerven, Dutch economist & editor (Limbourg Daily), born in Eindhoven, Netherlands

• 1933 Bobby Smith, English soccer centre forward (15 caps; Tottenham Hotspur 271 games, 176 goals), born in Lingdale, England
• 1933 Ernie K-Doe [Ernest Kador Jr.], American R&B singer ("Mother-in-Law"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2001)
• 1933 Faith Thomas, Australian cricket fast bowler (1 WTest; first Indigenous woman to represent Australia in any sport; South Australia), born in Nepabunna, Australia (d. 2023)
• 1933 Joseph Lechleider, American electrical engineer (invented DSL /high speed internet technology), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2015)
• 1933 Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley, Duchess of Kent, born in Hovingham, United Kingdom
• 1933 Louise Lopez, American disco singer (Odyssey -"Native New Yorker"; "Use It Up And Wear It Out"), born in Connecticut (d. 2015)
• 1933 Sheila Hancock, British stage and screen actress (Mr, Digby Darling - "Thelma"), born in Blackgang on the Isle of Wight, England
• 1934 Paavo Pohjola, Finnish concert violinist and conductor, born in Seinäjoki, Finland

• 1934 Thomas Paul, American bass (NYC Opera 1963-70), born in Chicago, Illinois
• 1936 J. Michael Bishop, American immunologist & microbiologist (Nobel Prize 1989), born in York, Pennsylvania
• 1937 Dubravko Detoni, Croatian composer, born in Križevci, Croatia
• 1937 Joanna Russ, American sci-fi author (Hugo, Female Man, Alyx), born in NYC, New York
• 1937 Noel Murphy, Irish rugby union player, born in County Cork, Ireland
• 1937 Samuel Whitbread, English brewer & multi-millionaire
• 1937 Tommy Aaron, American golfer (US Masters 1973), born in Gainesville, Georgia
• 1938 Bobby Hendricks, American R&B singer (Itchy Twitchy Feeling), born in Columbus, Ohio
• 1938 Ishmael Reed, American author (Last Days of Louisiana Red), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee
• 1938 Pierre Vallières, French Canadian politician, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1995)
• 1939 George Haslam, British avant-garde jazz baritone saxophonist, and tárogató player, born in Preston, Lancashire, England
• 1939 Steve Barber, American MLB pitcher (Baltimore Orioles, NY Yankees), born in Takoma Park, Maryland (d. 2007)
• 1940 Billy Name [William Linich Jr.], American photographer (Andy Warhol's factory), born in Poughkeepsie, New York (d. 2016)
• 1940 Chet Walker, American basketball forward (NBA All-Star 1964, 66, 67, 70, 71, 73, 74; NBA C'ship 1967, Philadelphia 76ers; Chicago Bulls), born in Bethlehem, Mississippi
• 1940 Johnson Mlambo, South African leader (Pan-African Congress), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
• 1940 Julian Chagrin, English mime & actor (Golddiggers), born in London, England
• 1940 Larry Eisenhauer, American football defensive end (AFL All-Star 1962, 63, 64, 66; Boston Patriots), born in Hicksville, New York (d. 2020)
• 1941 Hipólito Mejía, Dominican politician, born in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
• 1941 Jürgen Nöldner, German soccer midfielder (30 caps East Germany; ASK Vorwärts Berlin 285 games), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2022)
• 1942 Christine Keeler, British model & showgirl (Profumo affair), born in Uxbridge, England (d. 2017)
• 1943 David Skaggs, American politician (Rep-D-Colorado), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
• 1943 Dick Van Arsdale, American NBA all-star (New York Knicks, Phoenix Suns), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
• 1943 Horst Köhler, German politician, born in Skierbieszów, Poland
• 1943 Tom Van Arsdale, American NBA basketball player, 1965-77, 3X All-Star (Detroit Pistons, Cincinnati/Kansas City/Omaha Kings, Philadelphia 76ers), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
• 1944 E. J. Peaker, American actress (That's Life), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
• 1944 Jonathan Demme, American film director (Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia), born in Baldwin, New York (d. 2017)
• 1944 Ranjit Fernando, Sri Lankan cricket wicket-keeper (1975 World Cup), born in Colombo, Sri Lanka
• 1944 Robert Kardashian, American lawyer, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2003)
• 1944 Tom Okker, Dutch tennis player, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 1945 Leslie Charleson, American actress (Monica-General Hospital), born in Kansas City, Missouri
• 1945 Michael Zagaris, American sports photographer (Oakland Athletics, San Francisco 49ers), born in Chicago, Illinois
• 1945 Oliver [Swofford], American pop singer ("Good Morning Starshine"; "Jean"), born in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina (d. 2000)

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