22 May
Notable Births
Peyton Elizabeth Lee
b. 2004
American actress (born 2004)
Anthony Richardson (American football)
b. 2002
American football player (born 2002)
Emma Chamberlain
b. 2001
American media personality (born 2001)
Joshua Zirkzee
b. 2001
Dutch footballer (born 2001)
Samuel Chukwueze
b. 1999
Nigerian footballer (born 1999)
Hōshōryū Tomokatsu
b. 1999
Mongolian sumo wrestler (born 1999)
Lauri Markkanen
b. 1997
Finnish basketball player (born 1997)
Florian Luger
b. 1994
Austrian male fashion model (born 1994)
Anna Baryshnikov
b. 1992
American actress
Joel Obi
b. 1991
Nigerian footballer (born 1991)
Suho
b. 1991
South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (born 1991)
Wyatt Roy
b. 1990
Australian politician (born 1990)
Corey Dickerson
b. 1989
American baseball player (born 1989)
Heida Reed
b. 1988
Icelandic actress and model (born 1988)
Novak Djokovic
b. 1987
Serbian tennis player (born 1987)
Maggie Q
b. 1979
American actress (born 1979)
Marisol Escobar
b. 1930
Venezuelan American sculptor (1930–2016)
Harvey Milk
b. 1930
American gay rights activist (1930–1978)
Arthur Conan Doyle
b. 1859
British writer and physician (1859–1930)
Richard Wagner
b. 1813
German composer (1813–1883)
Notable Deaths
David Wilkie (swimmer)
d. 2024
Scottish swimmer (1954–2024)
Dervla Murphy
d. 2022
Irish writer and touring cyclist (1931–2022)
Judith Kerr
d. 2019
British writer and illustrator (1923–2019)
Nicky Hayden
d. 2017
American motorcycle racer
Bata Živojinović
d. 2016
Serbian actor
Marques Haynes
d. 2015
American basketball player (1926–2015)
Vladimir Katriuk
d. 2015
Ukrainian-Canadian Nazi collaborator (1921–2015)
Sigurd Schmidt
d. 2013
Russian historian (1922–2013)
Muzafar Bhutto
d. 2012
Sindhi nationalist politician
Wesley A. Brown
d. 2012
American naval officer
Joseph Brooks (songwriter)
d. 2011
American director and composer (1938–2011)
Martin Gardner
d. 2010
American mathematics and science writer (1914–2010)
Robert Asprin
d. 2008
American science fiction and fantasy author (1946–2008)
Pemba Doma Sherpa
d. 2007
Nepalese mountain climber
Lee Jong-wook
d. 2006
South Korean physician (1945–2006)
Charilaos Florakis
d. 2005
Greek communist politician
Thurl Ravenscroft
d. 2005
American actor (1914–2005)
Richard Biggs
d. 2004
American actor (1960–2004)
Mikhail Voronin
d. 2004
Russian gymnast
Davie Fulton
d. 2000
Canadian politician