Births on 22 February
1900s
Harry Brook
1999
English cricketer (born 1999)
Jerome Robinson
1997
American basketball player (born 1997)
Ilya Samsonov
1997
Russian ice hockey player (born 1997)
Kia Nurse
1996
Canadian basketball player (born 1996)
Devonte' Graham
1995
American basketball player (born 1995)
Nam Joo-hyuk
1994
South Korean actor and model (born 1994)
Elfrid Payton
1994
American basketball player (born 1994)
Dixon Machado
1992
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1992)
Khalil Mack
1991
American football player (born 1991)
Franco Vázquez
1989
Argentine football player
Jonathan Borlée
1988
Belgian sprinter (born 1988)
Han Hyo-joo
1987
South Korean actress (born 1987)
Sergio Romero
1987
Argentine footballer (born 1987)
Rajon Rondo
1986
American basketball player (born 1986)
Hamer Bouazza
1985
Algeria international footballer (born 1985)
Georgios Printezis
1985
Greek professional basketball player (born 1985)
Zach Roerig
1985
American actor (born 1985)
Tommy Bowe
1984
Ireland international rugby union player
Branislav Ivanović
1984
Serbian footballer (born 1984)
Brian Duensing
1983
American baseball pitcher (born 1983)
Clint McKay
1983
Australian cricketer (born 1983)
Iliza Shlesinger
1983
American comedian and actress (born 1983)
Shaun Tait
1983
Australian cricketer
Jeanette Biedermann
1980
Musical artist
Brett Emerton
1979
Australian association football player
Lee Na-young
1979
South Korean actress (born 1979)
Hakan Yakin
1977
Swiss footballer (born 1977)
Drew Barrymore
1975
American actress (born 1975)
James Blunt
1974
English musician (born 1974)
Chris Moyles
1974
English radio and TV presenter and author
Philippe Gaumont
1973
French cyclist (1973–2013)
Juninho Paulista
1973
Brazilian footballer (born 1973)
Scott Phillips (musician)
1973
American drummer
Michael Chang
1972
American tennis player (born 1972)
Claudia Pechstein
1972
German speed skater
Haim Revivo
1972
Israeli footballer and businessman
Ben Sasse
1972
American academic administrator and politician (born 1972)
Lea Salonga
1971
Filipino actress and singer (born 1971)
Thomas Jane
1969
American actor (born 1969)
Brian Laudrup
1969
Danish footballer (born 1969)
Marc Wilmots
1969
Belgian footballer and politician
Shawn Graham
1968
Premier of New Brunswick from 2006 to 2010
Jeri Ryan
1968
American actress (born 1968)
Kazuhiro Sasaki
1968
Japanese baseball player (born 1968)
Jayson Williams
1968
American basketball player (born 1968)
Paul Lieberstein
1967
American actor and screenwriter (born 1967)
Psicosis II
1967
Mexican Luchador enmascarado (born 1967)
Rachel Dratch
1966
American actress (born 1966)
Chris Dudley
1965
American basketball player (born 1965)
Kieren Fallon
1965
20th and 21st-century Irish jockey
Pat LaFontaine
1965
American ice hockey player (born 1965)
Diane Charlemagne
1964
English singer-songwriter (1964–2015)
Andy Gray (footballer, born 1964)
1964
English footballer and manager (born 1964)
Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis
1963
British politician and journalist (born 1963)
Devon Malcolm
1963
English cricketer
Vijay Singh
1963
Fijian professional golfer (born 1963)
Steve Irwin
1962
Australian conservationist (1962–2006)
Akira Takasaki
1961
Japanese guitarist (born 1961)
Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde
1960
British Conservative politician (born 1960)
Jiří Čunek
1959
Czech politician (born 1959)
Kyle MacLachlan
1959
American actor (born 1959)
Bronwyn Oliver
1959
Australian sculptor (1959–2006)
Harry Leary
1959
American bicycle motocross rider (1959–2024)
Black Sabbath
1958
English heavy metal band
Richard Greenberg
1958
American playwright and television writer (1958–2025)
Willie Smits
1957
Dutch environmentalist
David Axelrod
1955
American political consultant (born 1955)
Tim Young (ice hockey)
1955
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1955)
Nigel Planer
1953
British actor, comedian and writer (born 1953)
Bill Frist
1952
American politician (born 1952)
Joaquim Pina Moura
1952
Portuguese politician (1952–2020)
Saufatu Sopoanga
1952
Prime Minister of Tuvalu from 2002 to 2004
Ellen Greene
1951
American actress and singer (born 1951)
Julius Erving
1950
American former basketball player (born 1950)
Lenny Kuhr
1950
Dutch singer-songwriter (born 1950)
Miou-Miou
1950
French actress (born 1950)
Genesis P-Orridge
1950
English artist, musician and writer (1950–2020)
Julie Walters
1950
British actress (born 1950)
John Duncan (footballer)
1949
Scottish footballer and manager (1949–2022)
Niki Lauda
1949
Austrian racing driver (1949–2019)
Olga Morozova
1949
Soviet tennis player
John Ashton (actor)
1948
American actor (1948–2024)
Dennis Awtrey
1948
American basketball player (born 1948)
Pirjo Honkasalo
1947
Finnish film director (born 1947)
Harvey Mason
1947
American drummer
John Radford (footballer)
1947
English footballer
Frank Van Dun
1947
Belgian law philosopher (born 1947)
Kresten Bjerre
1946
Danish footballer (1946-2014)
Oliver (singer)
1945
American pop singer (1945–2000)
Jonathan Demme
1944
American filmmaker (1944–2017)
Mick Green
1944
Musical artist
Robert Kardashian
1944
American attorney and businessman (1944–2003)
Christopher Meyer
1944
British diplomat (1944–2022)
Tom Okker
1944
Dutch tennis player (born 1944)
Terry Eagleton
1943
English author and academic (born 1943)
Horst Köhler
1943
President of Germany from 2004 to 2010
Dick Van Arsdale
1943
American basketball player (1943–2024)
Tom Van Arsdale
1943
American basketball player
Otoya Yamaguchi
1943
Japanese assassin (1943–1960)
Christine Keeler
1942
English model and showgirl (1942–2017)
Hipólito Mejía
1941
President of the Dominican Republic from 2000 to 2004
Judy Cornwell
1940
English actress (born 1940)
Chet Walker
1940
American basketball player (1940–2024)
Steve Barber
1938
American baseball player (1938–2007)
Tony Macedo
1938
Footballer (1938–2024)
Ishmael Reed
1938
American poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, and playwright (born 1938)
Tommy Aaron
1937
American professional golfer (born 1937)
Joanna Russ
1937
American writer and academic (1937–2011)
J. Michael Bishop
1936
American immunologist and microbiologist (1936–2026)
Sparky Anderson
1934
American baseball player and manager (1934–2010)
Sheila Hancock
1933
British actress (born 1933)
Katharine, Duchess of Kent
1933
Member of the British royal family (1933–2025)
Ernie K-Doe
1933
American R&B singer (1933–2001)
Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1933)
1933
English footballer (1933–2010)
Ted Kennedy
1932
American lawyer and politician (1932–2009)
Marni Nixon
1930
American singer and actress (1930–2016)
James Hong
1929
American actor (born 1929)
Rebecca Schull
1929
American actress
Clarence 13X
1928
Founder of The Nation of Gods and Earths
Texas Johnny Brown
1928
American singer
Paul Dooley
1928
American actor (born 1928)
Bruce Forsyth
1928
British entertainer and presenter (1928–2017)
Thomas E. Kurtz
1928
American computer scientist and educator (1928–2024)
Florencio Campomanes
1927
Filipino chess organizer and player (1927–2010)
Guy Mitchell
1927
American singer and actor (1927–1999)
Kenneth Williams
1926
British actor and comedian (1926–1988)
Edward Gorey
1925
American writer and illustrator (1925–2000)
Gerald Stern
1925
American poet, essayist, educator (1925–2022)
François Cavanna
1923
French writer and satirical newspaper editor (1923–2014)
Bleddyn Williams
1923
British Lions & Wales international rugby union player (1923–2009)
Zenaida Manfugás
1922
Musical artist
Joe Wilder
1922
American trumpeter
Jean-Bédel Bokassa
1921
Leader of Central Africa from 1966 to 1979
Giulietta Masina
1921
Italian actress (1921–1994)
Marshall Teague (racing driver)
1921
American racing driver (1921–1959)
Sid Abel
1918
Canadian ice hockey player (1918–2000)
Don Pardo
1918
American announcer (1918–2014)
Robert Wadlow
1918
Tallest person in recorded history (1918–1940)
Gus Lesnevich
1915
American boxer (1915–1947)
Renato Dulbecco
1914
Italian-American virologist (1914–2012)
George Hunt (footballer, born 1910)
1910
English footballer
Rómulo Betancourt
1908
President of Venezuela, 1945–48 and 1959–64
John Mills
1908
English actor (1908–2005)
Sheldon Leonard
1907
American actor and producer (1907–1997)
Robert Young (actor)
1907
American actor (1907–1998)
Constance Stokes
1906
Australian painter (1906–1991)
Morley Callaghan
1903
Canadian novelist, writer, broadcaster (1903–1990)
Frank P. Ramsey
1903
British philosopher, mathematician and economist (1903–1930)
Luis Buñuel
1900
Spanish-Mexican filmmaker (1900–1983)
1800s
George O'Hara (actor)
1899
American actor and screenwriter
Karol Świerczewski
1897
Polish and Soviet army general
Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre
1895
Peruvian politician, philosopher and author
Edna St. Vincent Millay
1892
American poet (1892–1950)
Vlas Chubar
1891
Ukrainian revolutionary and Soviet politician (1891–1939)
Olave Baden-Powell
1889
First Chief Guide for Britain (1889-1977)
R. G. Collingwood
1889
British historian and philosopher (1889–1943)
Owen Brewster
1888
American politician (1888–1961)
Savielly Tartakower
1887
Chess grandmaster (1887–1956)
Pat Sullivan (film producer)
1887
Australian animator
Hugo Ball
1886
German author and poet (1886–1927)
Marguerite Clark
1883
American actress (1883–1940)
Eric Gill
1882
English artist (1882–1940)
Joseph B. Ely
1881
American politician (1881-1956)
Albin Prepeluh
1881
Slovene politician
Eric Lemming
1880
Swedish athlete
Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted
1879
Danish physical chemist (1879–1947)
Zitkala-Ša
1876
Yankton Dakota writer (1876–1938)
Bill Klem
1874
American baseball umpire (1874-1951)
Jules Renard
1864
French author (1864–1910)
Charles McLean Andrews
1863
American historian
Lewis Akeley
1861
American academic (1981–1961)
Mary W. Bacheler
1860
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
1857
British soldier and founder of The Scout Association (1857–1941)
Heinrich Hertz
1857
German physicist (1857–1894)
Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin
1849
Russian mathematician
August Bebel
1840
German social democratic politician (1840–1913)
Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya
1836
Jean-Baptiste Salpointe
1825
Catholic bishop (1825–1898)
Pierre Janssen
1824
French astronomer (1824–1907)
James Russell Lowell
1819
American poet and diplomat (1819–1891)
Carl Wilhelm Borchardt
1817
German mathematician (1817–1880)
Józef Kremer
1806
Sarah Fuller Flower Adams
1805
English poet and hymnwriter (1805–1848)
Before 1800
Alexis Bachelot
1796
19th century French missionary Roman Catholic priest
Adolphe Quetelet
1796
Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (1796–1874)
Arthur Schopenhauer
1788
German philosopher (1788–1860)
Rembrandt Peale
1778
American artist and museum keeper (1778–1860)
Johann Nikolaus Forkel
1749
German musicologist (1749–1818)
George Washington
1732
U.S. Founding Father, president from 1789 to 1797
Charles-Nicolas Cochin
1715
French artist (1715–1790)
Bon Boullogne
1649
French painter (1649–1717)
Peder Syv
1631
Danish philologist, folklorist and priest
Nicholas Ferrar
1592
English scholar, courtier and church innovator 1592–1637
Charles de Ligne, 2nd Prince of Arenberg
1550
Flemish courtier, soldier, minister and diplomat
Moses Isserles
1520
Polish rabbi
Tahmasp I
1514
Safavid Shah of Iran from 1524 to 1576
Rodolfo Pio da Carpi
1500
16th-century Catholic cardinal
Ladislaus the Posthumous
1440
Duke of Austria, and King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia (r. 1440–57)
Charles VII of France
1403
King of France from 1422 to 1461
Rashi
1040
French rabbi and commentator (1040–1105)