December 22

December 22 – Famous Birthdays

1900 – Marc Allégret, French director and screenwriter (d. 1973)
1901 – Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-American conductor and composer (d. 1980)
1903 – Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983)
1905 – Pierre Brasseur, French-Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 1972)
1905 – Pierre Levegh, French ice hockey player and race car driver (d. 1955)
1905 – Kenneth Rexroth, American poet, translator, and academic (d. 1982)
1907 – Peggy Ashcroft, English actress (d. 1991)
1908 – Giacomo Manzù, Italian sculptor and academic (d. 1991)
1909 – Patricia Hayes, English actress (d. 1998)
1911 – Danny O’Dea, English actor (d. 2003)
1912 – Elias Degiannis, Greek commander (d. 1943)
1912 – Lady Bird Johnson, American beautification activist; 38th First Lady of the United States (d. 2007)
1913 – Giorgio Oberweger, Italian discus thrower and hurdler (d. 1998)
1915 – Barbara Billingsley, American actress (d. 2010)
1915 – Phillip Glasier, English author and academic (d. 2000)
1917 – Gene Rayburn, American game show host and actor (d. 1999)
1921 – Dimitri Fampas, Greek guitarist and composer (d. 1996)
1921 – Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963)
1922 – Ruth Roman, American actress (d. 1999)
1922 – Jim Wright, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 2015)
1923 – Peregrine Worsthorne, English journalist and author
1924 – Frank Corsaro, American actor and director (d. 2017)
1925 – Lewis Glucksman, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2006)
1925 – Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Turkish footballer and manager (d. 2012)
1926 – Alcides Ghiggia, Italian-Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 2015)
1926 – Roberta Leigh (Rita Shulman Lewin), British writer, artist and TV producer (d. 2014)
1928 – Fredrik Barth, German-Norwegian anthropologist and academic (d. 2016)
1929 – Wazir Mohammad, Indian-Pakistani cricketer
1930 – Ardalion Ignatyev, Russian sprinter and educator (d. 1998)
1931 – Gisela Birkemeyer, German hurdler and coach
1931 – Carlos Graça, São Toméan lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (d. 2013)
1932 – Phil Woosnam, Welsh soccer player and manager (d. 2013)
1933 – John Hartle, English motorcycle racer (d. 1968)
1934 – David Pearson, American race car driver
1935 – Paulo Rocha, Portuguese director and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1936 – James Burke, Irish historian and author
1936 – Héctor Elizondo, American actor and director
1937 – Charlotte Lamb, English author (d. 2000)
1937 – Eduard Uspensky, Russian author, poet, and playwright
1937 – Ken Whitmore, English author and playwright
1938 – Matty Alou, Dominican-American baseball player and scout (d. 2011)
1938 – Lucien Bouchard, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Premier of Quebec
1938 – Red Steagall, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and poet
1940 – Luis Francisco Cuéllar, Colombian rancher and politician (d. 2009)
1940 – Mike Molloy, English journalist, author, and illustrator
1942 – Jerry Koosman, American baseball player
1942 – Dick Parry, English saxophonist
1943 – Stefan Janos, Slovak-Swiss physicist and academic
1943 – Paul Wolfowitz, American banker and politician, 25th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
1944 – Mary Archer, English chemist and academic
1944 – Steve Carlton, American baseball player
1944 – Barry Jenkins, English drummer
1945 – Frances Lannon, English historian and academic
1945 – Sam Newman, Australian footballer and sportscaster
1945 – Diane Sawyer, American journalist
1946 – Roger Carr, English businessman
1946 – C. Eugene Steuerle, American economist and author
1947 – Brian Daley, American author and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1947 – Dilip Doshi, Indian cricketer
1948 – Steve Garvey, American baseball player and sportscaster
1948 – Don Kardong, American runner, journalist, and author
1948 – Rick Nielsen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948 – Chris Old, English cricketer and coach
1948 – Lynne Thigpen, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
1949 – Maurice Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2003)
1949 – Robin Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2012)
1949 – Ray Guy, American football player
1951 – Lasse Bengtsson, Swedish journalist
1951 – Charles de Lint, Dutch-Canadian author and critic
1951 – Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, Anglo-Irish Territorial Army general, landowner, businessman, philanthropist, and hereditary peer (d. 2016)
1951 – Jan Stephenson, Australian golfer
1952 – Sandra Kalniete, Russian-Latvian politician and diplomat, Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1953 – Ian Turnbull, Canadian ice hockey player
1953 – Tom Underwood, American baseball player (d. 2010)
1954 – Hideshi Matsuda, Japanese race car driver
1954 – Derick Parry, Nevisian cricketer
1955 – Galina Murašova, Lithuanian discus thrower
1955 – Lonnie Smith, American baseball player
1955 – Thomas C. Südhof, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1956 – Jane Lighting, English businesswoman
1957 – Stephen Conway, English bishop
1957 – Carole James, English-Canadian educator and politician
1957 – Peter Mortimer, Australian rugby league player
1958 – Frank Gambale, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1958 – David Heavener, American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director
1959 – Bernd Schuster, German footballer and manager
1960 – Jean-Michel Basquiat, American painter and poet (d. 1988)
1960 – Mark Brydon, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1960 – Luther Campbell, American rapper and actor
1961 – Andrew Fastow, American businessman
1961 – Yuri Malenchenko, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1962 – Ralph Fiennes, English actor
1963 – Giuseppe Bergomi, Italian footballer and coach
1963 – Russell Lewis, British television writer and former child actor
1963 – Brian McMillan, South African cricketer and educator
1963 – Luna H. Mitani, Japanese-American painter and illustrator
1964 – Simon Kirby, English businessman and politician
1964 – Mike Jackson, American baseball player
1965 – David S. Goyer, American screenwriter
1965 – Urszula Włodarczyk, Polish heptathlete and triple jumper
1966 – Dmitry Bilozerchev, Russian gymnast and coach
1966 – Marcel Schirmer, German singer-songwriter and bass player
1966 – David Wright, English lawyer and politician
1967 – Richey Edwards, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)
1967 – Stéphane Gendron, Canadian lawyer and politician
1967 – Rebecca Harris, English businesswoman and politician
1967 – Paul Morris, Australian race car driver and businessman
1967 – Dan Petrescu, Romanian footballer and manager
1968 – Emre Aracı, Turkish composer, conductor, and historian
1968 – Luis Hernández, Mexican footballer
1968 – Dina Meyer, American actress
1969 – Myriam Bédard, Canadian biathlete
1969 – Mark Robins, English footballer and manager
1970 – Ted Cruz, American lawyer and politician
1971 – Ajeenkya Patil, Indian economist and academic
1972 – Kirk Maltby, Canadian ice hockey player and scout
1972 – Vanessa Paradis, French singer-songwriter and actress
1972 – Mark Hill, English musician, producer and songwriter
1974 – Michael Barron, English footballer, coach, and manager
1974 – Dani García, Spanish footballer
1975 – Sergei Aschwanden, Swiss martial artist
1975 – Dmitri Khokhlov, Russian footballer and manager
1975 – Marcin Mięciel, Polish footballer
1975 – Stanislav Neckář, Czech ice hockey player
1976 – Katleen De Caluwé, Belgian sprinter
1976 – Jason Lane, American baseball player and coach
1976 – Aya Takano, Japanese author and illustrator
1977 – Steve Kariya, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1978 – Danny Ahn, South Korean singer
1978 – Joy Ali, Fijian boxer (d. 2015)
1978 – Emmanuel Olisadebe, Nigerian-Polish footballer
1979 – Jamie Langfield, Scottish footballer and coach
1981 – Marina Kuptsova, Russian high jumper
1982 – Britta Heidemann, German fencer
1982 – Rodney Martin, American sprinter
1983 – Ryan Eversley, American racing driver
1983 – Drew Hankinson, American wrestler
1983 – Viola Kibiwot, Kenyan runner
1984 – Basshunter, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
1986 – Dennis Armfield, Australian footballer
1986 – Fatih Öztürk, Turkish footballer
1987 – Éder, Bissau-Portuguese footballer
1987 – Johannes Ahun, Estonian windsurfer
1987 – Garfield Darien, French hurdler
1988 – Leigh Halfpenny, Welsh rugby player
1989 – Jordin Sparks, American singer-songwriter and actress
1989 – Jharal Yow Yeh, Australian rugby league player
1990 – Jean-Baptiste Maunier, French actor and singer
1990 – Josef Newgarden, American race car driver
1991 – Paul Alo-Emile, New Zealand-Australian rugby league player
1992 – Michaela Hončová, Slovak tennis player
1992 – Moonbyul from Mamamoo, K-Pop star
1993 – David Klemmer, Australian rugby league player
1993 – Meghan Trainor, American singer-songwriter and producer
1994 – Rúben Lameiras, Portuguese footballer
1998 – G Hannelius, American actress and singer