Births on 22 August
2000s
Stiliana Nikolova
2005
Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
Cooper Connolly
2003
Australian cricketer (born 2003)
LaMelo Ball
2001
American basketball player (born 2001)
1900s
Maxx Crosby
1997
American football player (born 1997)
Fanum (streamer)
1997
American Twitch streamer (born 1997)
Lautaro MartĂnez
1997
Argentine footballer (born 1997)
Jessica-Jane Applegate
1996
British Paralympic swimmer
Somin (singer)
1996
South Korean singer (born 1996)
Dua Lipa
1995
English singer-songwriter (born 1995)
Israel Broussard
1994
American actor
Olli Määttä
1994
Finnish ice hockey player (born 1994)
Laura Dahlmeier
1993
German biathlete (1993–2025)
Dillon Danis
1993
American mixed martial artist (born 1993)
Ema Burgić
1992
Bosnian tennis player
Federico Macheda
1991
Italian footballer (born 1991)
Brayden Schenn
1991
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1991)
Randall Cobb (American football)
1990
American football player (born 1990)
Drew Hutchison (baseball)
1990
American baseball player (born 1990)
Robbie Rochow
1990
Australian rugby league footballer (born 1990)
Adam Thielen
1990
American football player (born 1990)
Giacomo Bonaventura
1989
Italian footballer (born 1989)
Apollo Crews
1987
American professional wrestler (born 1987)
Stephen Ireland
1986
Irish footballer (born 1986)
Tokushōryū Makoto
1986
Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1986)
Luke Russert
1985
American news correspondent (born 1985)
Jey Uso
1985
American professional wrestler (born 1985)
Jimmy Uso
1985
American professional wrestler (born 1985)
Salih Yoluç
1985
Turkish racing driver
Lee Camp (footballer)
1984
British footballer (born 1984)
Lawrence Quaye
1984
Qatari footballer (born 1984)
Theo Bos
1983
Dutch road and track cyclist
Jahri Evans
1983
American football player and administrator (born 1983)
Sean Rash
1982
American ten-pin bowler (born 1982)
Alex Holmes
1981
American football player (born 1981)
Jang Hyun-kyu
1981
South Korean footballer (1981–2012)
Christina Obergföll
1981
German javelin thrower
Roland Benschneider
1980
German footballer (born 1980)
Nicolas Macrozonaris
1980
Canadian sprinter
Seiko Yamamoto
1980
Martial artist from Japan
Brandon Adams (actor)
1979
American actor (born 1979)
Matt Walters
1979
American football player (born 1979)
James Corden
1978
English actor and comedian (born 1978)
Ioannis Gagaloudis
1978
Greek basketball player
HeiĂ°ar Helguson
1977
Icelandic footballer
Keren Cytter
1977
Israeli visual artist and writer
Marius Bezykornovas
1976
Lithuanian footballer (born 1976)
Bryn Davies (musician)
1976
American musician (born 1976)
Laurent Hernu
1976
French decathlete
Jeff Weaver
1976
American baseball player (born 1976)
Randy Wolf
1976
American baseball player (born 1976)
Clint Bolton
1975
Australian association football player
Rodrigo Santoro
1975
Brazilian actor (born 1975)
Cory Gardner
1974
American politician and attorney (born 1974)
Jenna Leigh Green
1974
American actress and singer
AgustĂn Pichot
1974
Argentina international rugby union player & administrator
Roslina Bakar
1973
Malaysian sport shooter (born 1973)
Howie Dorough
1973
American singer, member of the Backstreet Boys (born 1973)
Kristen Wiig
1973
American actress and comedian (born 1973)
Eurelijus Žukauskas
1973
Lithuanian basketball player
Okkert Brits
1972
South African track and field athlete
Paul Doucette
1972
American musician
Max Wilson
1972
Brazilian racing driver (born 1972)
Richard Armitage (actor)
1971
British actor (born 1971)
Craig Finn
1971
American singer-songwriter and musician
Rick Yune
1971
American actor
Charlie Connelly
1970
British author and broadcaster (born 1970)
Giada De Laurentiis
1970
Italian-American chef and television personality
TĂmea Nagy
1970
Hungarian fencer
Casper Christensen
1968
Danish comedian (born 1968)
Aleksandr Mostovoi
1968
Russian former professional footballer (born 1968)
Elisabeth Murdoch (businesswoman)
1968
British and American media executive (born 1968)
Horst Skoff
1968
Austrian tennis player
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
1967
British actor (born 1967)
Ty Burrell
1967
American actor (born 1967)
Paul Colman
1967
Musical artist
Layne Staley
1967
American rock musician (1967–2002)
GZA
1966
American rapper (born 1966)
Rob Witschge
1966
Dutch footballer (born 1966)
Wendy Botha
1965
South African-Australian surfer
David Reimer
1965
Canadian man raised as a girl (1965–2004)
Mats Wilander
1964
Swedish tennis player (born 1964)
Tori Amos
1963
American singer-songwriter (born 1963)
James DeBarge
1963
American singer (born 1963)
Stefano Tilli
1962
Italian sprinter (born 1962)
Andrés Calamaro
1961
Argentine musician and composer
Roland Orzabal
1961
English musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer (born 1961)
Holger Gehrke
1960
German association football player and manager
Collin Raye
1960
American country music singer (born 1960)
Regina Taylor
1960
American actress (born 1960)
Juan Croucier
1959
American bassist
Pia Gjellerup
1959
Danish politician
Mark Williams (actor)
1959
English actor, comedian, presenter and screenwriter
Colm Feore
1958
Canadian actor (born 1958)
Stevie Ray
1958
American professional wrestler (born 1958)
Vernon Reid
1958
British-American guitarist and songwriter
Steve Davis
1957
English snooker player (born 1957)
Holly Dunn
1957
American singer-songwriter (1957–2016)
Paul Molitor
1956
American baseball player and manager (born 1956)
Peter Taylor (Australian cricketer)
1956
Australian cricketer
Chiranjeevi
1955
Indian actor and philanthropist (born 1955)
Paul Ellering
1953
American professional wrestler and manager
Peter Laughner
1952
American guitarist, songwriter and singer (1952–1977)
Ray Burris
1950
American baseball player (born 1950)
Scooter Libby
1950
American lawyer and political advisor (born 1950)
Joop Donkervoort
1949
Dutch businessman
Diana Nyad
1949
American author & swimmer (born 1949)
David Marks
1948
American guitarist (born 1948)
Carolyn L. Mazloomi
1948
African-American art historian and quilter (born 1948)
Cindy Williams
1947
American actress (1947–2023)
David Chase
1945
American writer, director and producer (born 1945)
Ron Dante
1945
American musician, songwriter, record producer (born 1945)
Roger Cashmore
1944
Alun Michael
1943
Welsh politician (born 1943)
Masatoshi Shima
1943
Japanese electronics engineer
Bill Parcells
1941
American football coach (born 1941)
Bill McCartney
1940
American football player and coach (1940–2025)
Valerie Harper
1939
American actress (1939–2019)
Carl Yastrzemski
1939
American baseball player (born 1939)
Jean Berkey
1938
Former Washington state senator
Chuck Brown
1936
American go-go musician (1936–2012)
John Callaway
1936
American journalist
Dale Hawkins
1936
American rockabilly singer and guitarist (1936–2010)
Werner Stengel
1936
Roller coaster designer and engineer
Annie Proulx
1935
American novelist, short story and non-fiction author (born 1935)
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
1934
United States Army general (1934–2012)
Sylva Koscina
1933
Italian actress and model (1933–1994)
Gerald Carr (astronaut)
1932
American astronaut (1932–2020)
Gilmar
1930
Brazilian footballer (1930–2013)
Valery Alekseyev (anthropologist)
1929
Soviet anthropologist
Roy Clay
1929
American computer scientist (1929–2024)
Ulrich Wegener
1929
German police officer
Tinga Seisay
1928
Karlheinz Stockhausen
1928
German composer (1928–2007)
Marc Bohan
1926
French fashion designer (1926–2023)
Bob Flanigan (singer)
1926
Musical artist
Honor Blackman
1925
British actress (1925–2020)
James Kirkwood Jr.
1924
American playwright and actor (1924–1989)
Harishankar Parsai
1924
Hindi language humorist and satirist
Roberto Aizenberg
1922
Argentine painter and sculptor
Theoni V. Aldredge
1922
American costume designer (1922–2011)
Kelly Freas
1922
American science fiction artist
Dinos Dimopoulos
1921
Greek actor
Tony Pawson (cricketer)
1921
English sportsman (1921–2012)
Ray Bradbury
1920
American writer (1920–2012)
Denton Cooley
1920
American heart and cardiothoracic surgeon (1920–2016)
Mary McGrory
1918
American journalist and columnist (1918–2004)
John Lee Hooker
1917
American blues musician (1912 or 1917–2001)
David Dellinger
1915
American pacifist and activist
James Hillier
1915
Canadian-American scientist and inventor (1915–2007)
Edward Szczepanik
1915
Prime Minister of Poland (1915–2005)
Jack Dunphy
1914
American novelist and playwright (1914-1992)
Connie B. Gay
1914
American music entrepreneur (1914–1989)
Leonard Pagliero
1913
Bruno Pontecorvo
1913
Italian nuclear physicist (1913–1993)
Julius J. Epstein
1909
American screenwriter (1909–2000)
Mel Hein
1909
American football player and coach (1909–1992)
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1908
French photographer (1908–2004)
Erwin Thiesies
1908
Rugby player
Deng Xiaoping
1904
Leader of China from 1978 to 1989
Jerry Iger
1903
American cartoonist (1903–1990)
Thomas Pelly
1902
American politician (1902–1973)
Leni Riefenstahl
1902
German filmmaker (1902–2003)
Edward Rowe Snow
1902
American historian
Lisy Fischer
1900
Musical artist
1800s
Bill Woodfull
1897
Australian cricketer (1897–1965)
Laurence McKinley Gould
1896
American geologist and explorer
László Almásy
1895
Hungarian aristocrat and adventurer (1893–1951)
Paul Comtois
1895
Canadian politician
Wilfred Kitching
1893
British Salvation Army General (1893–1977)
Dorothy Parker
1893
American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist (1893–1967)
Ernest H. Volwiler
1893
American pharmaceutical chemist (1893–1992)
Henry Bachtold
1891
Jacques Lipchitz
1891
Lithuanian-born French cubist sculptor
Cecil Kellaway
1890
South African actor (1890–1973)
Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
1887
German politician (1887–1977)
Raymonde de Laroche
1882
French, world's first female pilot (1882–1919)
Bede Jarrett
1881
English Catholic priest and scholar (1881–1934)
James Newland
1881
Australian Army officer and Victoria Cross recipient
Gorch Fock (author)
1880
German writer (1880–1916)
George Herriman
1880
American cartoonist (1880–1944)
Max Scheler
1874
German philosopher (1874–1928)
Alexander Bogdanov
1873
Russian physician, philosopher, and revolutionary (1873–1928)
Willis R. Whitney
1868
American chemist (1868–1958)
Maximilian Bircher-Benner
1867
Swiss physician (1867–1939)
Charles Francis Jenkins
1867
American cinema pioneer
Claude Debussy
1862
French classical composer (1862–1918)
Paul Gottlieb Nipkow
1860
German electrical engineer and inventor (1860–1940)
Alfred Ploetz
1860
German eugenicist and biologist
Ned Hanlon (baseball)
1857
American baseball player and manager (1857–1937)
Milan I of Serbia
1854
Monarch of Serbia from 1868 to 1889
Melville Elijah Stone
1848
American journalist
John Forrest
1847
Australian politician (1847–1918)
William Lewis Douglas
1845
American politician (1845–1924)
George W. De Long
1844
American polar explorer (1844–1881)
Archibald Willard
1836
American painter
Samuel Langley
1834
American astronomer, physicist and inventor (1834–1906)
Ezra Butler Eddy
1827
Canadian politician
Rudolf von Jhering
1818
German jurist (1818–1892)
Samuel David Luzzatto
1800
Italian Orthodox rabbi, linguist and poet (1800–1865)
Before 1800
James Kirke Paulding
1778
American government official (1778–1860)
Aimé Bonpland
1773
French explorer and botanist (1773-1858)
Henry Maudslay
1771
English inventor and machine tool innovator (1771–1831)
Charles Percier
1764
French architect (1764–1838)
Pope Leo XII
1760
Head of the Catholic Church from 1823 to 1829
Pierre Guérin de Tencin
1679
French cardinal
Denis Papin
1647
French physicist, mathematician and inventor (1647–1713)
Jean Regnault de Segrais
1624
French poet and novelist (1624-1701)
Georges de Scudéry
1601
French novelist, dramatist and poet (1601–1667)
Agatha Marie of Hanau
1599
Franz von Dietrichstein
1570
Politician and Catholic clergyman
Frederick II, Elector of Saxony
1412
Elector of Saxony from 1428 to 1464