22 January Births

January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 343 days remaining until the end of the year (344 in leap years). This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Wednesday or Thursday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Saturday (56).

    826 – Emperor Montoku of Japan (d. 858)
    1263 – Ibn Taymiyyah, Syirian scholar and theologian (d. 1328)
    1440 – Ivan III of Russia (d. 1505)
    1552 – Walter Raleigh, English poet, soldier, courtier, and explorer (d. 1618)
    1561 – Francis Bacon, English philosopher and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (d. 1626)
    1570 – Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington, English historian and politician, founded the Cotton library (d. 1631)
    1592 – Pierre Gassendi, French mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (d. 1655)
    1645 – William Kidd, Scottish sailor and pirate hunter (d. 1701)
    1654 – Richard Blackmore, English physician and poet (d. 1729)
    1690 – Nicolas Lancret, French painter (d. 1743)
    1729 – Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German philosopher and author (d. 1781)
    1733 – Philip Carteret, English admiral and explorer (d. 1796)
    1740 – Noah Phelps, American soldier, lawyer, and judge (d. 1809)
    1781 – François Habeneck, French violinist and conductor (d. 1849)
    1788 – Lord Byron, English poet and playwright (d. 1824)
    1796 – Karl Ernst Claus, Estonian-Russian chemist, botanist, and academic (d. 1864)
    1797 – Maria Leopoldina of Austria (d. 1826)
    1799 – Ludger Duvernay, Canadian journalist, publisher, and politician (d. 1852)
    1802 – Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (d. 1878)
    1831 – Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1917)
    1840 – Ernest Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907)
    1849 – August Strindberg, Swedish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1912)
    1858 – Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist (d. 1943)
    1865 – Wilbur Scoville, American chemist and pharmacist (d. 1942)
    1869 – José Vicente de Freitas, Portuguese colonel and politician, 97th Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1952)
    1874 – Edward Harkness, American philanthropist (d. 1940)
    1874 – Jay Hughes, American baseball player and coach (d. 1924)
    1875 – D. W. Griffith, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1948)
    1877 – Tom Jones, American baseball player and manager (d. 1923)
    1879 – Francis Picabia, French painter and poet (d. 1953)
    1880 – Bill O'Neill, Canadian-American baseball player (d. 1920)
    1880 – Frigyes Riesz, Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1956)
    1881 – Ira Thomas, American baseball player and manager (d. 1958)
    1886 – John J. Becker, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1961)
    1887 – Helen Hoyt, American poet and author (d. 1972)
    1889 – Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (d. 1935)
    1889 – Amos Strunk, American baseball player and manager (d. 1979)
    1890 – Fred M. Vinson, American judge and politician, 13th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1953)
    1891 – Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher and politician (d. 1937)
    1892 – Marcel Dassault, French businessman, founded Dassault Aviation (d. 1986)
    1893 – Conrad Veidt, German-American actor, director, and producer (d. 1943)
    1897 – Rosa Ponselle, American operatic soprano (d. 1981)
    1897 – Dilipkumar Roy, a Bengali Indian musician, musicologist, novelist, poet and essayist. (d. 1980)
    1898 – Ross Barnett, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of Mississippi (d. 1987)
    1898 – Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director and screenwriter (d. 1948)
    1898 – Denise Legeay, French actress (d. 1968)
    1899 – Martti Haavio, Finnish poet and mythologist (d. 1973)
    1900 – Ernst Busch, German actor and singer (d. 1980)
    1902 – Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler, coach, and academic (d. 1970)
    1903 – Fritz Houtermans, Polish-German physicist and academic (d. 1966)
    1904 – George Balanchine, Russian-American dancer, choreographer, and director, co-founded the New York City Ballet (d. 1983)
    1904 – Arkady Gaidar, Russian journalist and author (d. 1941)
    1905 – Willy Hartner, German physicist, historian, and academic (d. 1981)
    1906 – Robert E. Howard, American author and poet (d. 1936)
    1907 – Douglas Corrigan, American pilot and engineer (d. 1995)
    1907 – Dixie Dean, English footballer (d. 1980)
    1908 – Lev Landau, Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
    1908 – Prince Oana, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
    1909 – Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican race car driver, polo player, and diplomat (d. 1965)
    1909 – Ann Sothern, American actress and singer (d. 2001)
    1909 – U Thant, Burmese educator and diplomat, 3rd United Nations Secretary-General (d. 1974)
    1911 – Bruno Kreisky, Austrian lawyer and politician, 22nd Chancellor of Austria (d. 1990)
    1913 – Henry Bauchau, Belgian psychoanalyst and author (d. 2012)
    1913 – William Conway, Irish cardinal (d. 1977)
    1913 – Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian and publisher (d. 2003)
    1914 – Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek violinist and composer (d. 2001)
    1915 – Heinrich Albertz, German theologian and politician, Mayor of Berlin (d. 1993)
    1916 – Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1972)
    1916 – Henri Dutilleux, French pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2013)
    1916 – Harilal Upadhyay, Indian author, poet, and astrologist (d. 1994)
    1918 – Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
    1919 – Diomedes Olivo, Dominican baseball player and scout (d. 1977)
    1920 – Irving Kristol, American journalist, author, and academic, founded The National Interest (d. 2009)
    1920 – Alf Ramsey, English footballer and coach (d. 1999)
    1922 – Howard Moss, American poet, playwright and critic (d. 1987)
    1923 – Diana Douglas, British-American actress (d. 2015)
    1924 – J. J. Johnson, American trombonist and composer (d. 2001)
    1924 – Ján Chryzostom Korec, Slovak cardinal (d. 2015)
    1924 – Charles Lisanby, American production designer and art director (d. 2013)
    1925 – Johnny Bucha, American baseball player (d. 1996)
    1925 – Bobby Young, American baseball player (d. 1985)
    1927 – Lou Creekmur, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2009)
    1927 – Joe Perry, American footballer (d. 2011)
    1928 – Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historian, author, and academic (d. 2004)
    1929 – Petr Eben, Czech composer, organist and choirmaster (d. 2007)
    1930 – Mariví Bilbao, Spanish actress (d. 2013)
    1930 – Éamon de Buitléar, Irish accordion player and director (d. 2013)
    1931 – Sam Cooke, American singer-songwriter (d. 1964)
    1931 – Galina Zybina, Russian shot putter and javelin thrower
    1932 – Berthold Grünfeld, Norwegian psychiatrist and academic (d. 2007)
    1932 – Piper Laurie, American actress
    1933 – Yuri Chesnokov, Russian volleyball player and coach (d. 2010)
    1934 – Vijay Anand, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
    1934 – Bill Bixby, American actor and director (d. 1993)
    1934 – Graham Kerr, English chef and author
    1935 – Alexander Men, Russian priest and scholar (d. 1990)
    1936 – Ong Teng Cheong, Singaporean architect and politician, 5th President of Singapore (d. 2002)
    1936 – Alan J. Heeger, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
    1937 – Edén Pastora, Nicaraguan politician
    1937 – Joseph Wambaugh, American police officer and author
    1938 – Peter Beard, Australian photographer and author
    1938 – Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, Brazilian footballer
    1939 – Jørgen Garde, Danish admiral (d. 1996)
    1939 – Alfredo Palacio, Ecuadoran physician and politician, President of Ecuador
    1939 – J. C. Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player and scout (d. 1994)
    1940 – John Hurt, English actor
    1940 – George Seifert, American football player and coach
    1940 – Gillian Shephard, English educator and politician, Secretary of State for Education
    1941 – Jaan Kaplinski, Estonian poet, philosopher, and critic
    1942 – Mimis Domazos, Greek footballer
    1943 – Marília Pêra, Brazilian actress and singer (d. 2015)
    1943 – Michael Spicer, English journalist and politician
    1944 – Khosrow Golsorkhi, Iranian journalist, poet, and activist (d. 1974)
    1944 – Uto Ughi, Italian violinist and conductor
    1945 – Jophery Brown, American baseball player, actor, and stuntman (d. 2014)
    1945 – Jean-Pierre Nicolas, French race car driver and manager
    1945 – Christoph Schönborn, Bohemian-Austrian cardinal
    1945 – Alojz Uran, Slovenian archbishop
    1946 – Malcolm McLaren, English singer-songwriter and manager (d. 2010)
    1946 – Serge Savard, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
    1947 – Vladimir Oravsky, Czech-Swedish author and director
    1948 – Gilbert Levine, American conductor and academic
    1949 – Mike Caldwell, American baseball player and coach
    1949 – J.P. Pennington, American country-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
    1949 – Steve Perry, American singer-songwriter and producer
    1950 – Paul Bew, Northern Irish historian and academic
    1951 – Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater and coach (d. 1989)
    1951 – Leon Roberts, American baseball player and manager
    1952 – Ramón Avilés, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
    1953 – Winfried Berkemeier, German footballer and manager
    1953 – Myung-whun Chung, South Korean pianist and conductor
    1953 – Jim Jarmusch, American director and screenwriter
    1953 – Karen Moe, American swimmer
    1955 – Thomas David Jones, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
    1955 – Timothy R. Ferguson, American politician
    1956 – Steve Riley, American drummer
    1957 – Mike Bossy, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
    1957 – Brian Dayett, American baseball player and manager
    1957 – Godfrey Thoma, Nauruan politician
    1957 – Francis Wheen, English journalist and author
    1958 – Nikos Anastopoulos, Greek footballer and manager
    1958 – Filiz Koçali, Turkish journalist and politician
    1959 – Linda Blair, American actress and producer
    1960 – Michael Hutchence, Australian singer-songwriter (d. 1997)
    1961 – Quintin Dailey, American basketball player (d. 2010)
    1962 – Jimmy Herring, American guitarist
    1962 – Huw Irranca-Davies, Welsh lawyer and politician
    1963 – Javier Ortiz, American baseball player
    1963 – Andrei Tchmil, Russian-Belgian cyclist and politician
    1964 – Nigel Benn, English-Australian boxer
    1964 – Stojko Vranković, Croatian basketball player
    1965 – Steven Adler, American rock drummer
    1965 – DJ Jazzy Jeff, American DJ and producer
    1965 – Diane Lane, American actress
    1965 – Andrew Roachford, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
    1966 – Craig Salvatori, Australian rugby league player and coach
    1967 – Nick Gillingham, English swimmer
    1968 – Guy Fieri, American chef, author, and television host
    1968 – Heath, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player
    1968 – Frank Leboeuf, French footballer, sportscaster, and actor
    1968 – Mauricio Serna, Colombian footballer
    1969 – Olivia d'Abo, English-American singer-songwriter and actress
    1969 – Keith Gordon, American baseball player and coach
    1970 – Jason Lowrie, New Zealand rugby league player and coach
    1970 – Abraham Olano, Spanish cyclist
    1971 – Stan Collymore, English footballer and sportscaster
    1972 – Terry Hill, Australian rugby league player and coach
    1973 – Larry Birkhead, American photographer
    1973 – Rogério Ceni, Brazilian footballer
    1974 – Cameron McConville, Australian race car driver and sportscaster
    1974 – Joseph Muscat, Maltese journalist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Malta
    1975 – Felipe Giaffone, Brazilian race car driver
    1975 – David Výborný, Czech ice hockey player
    1975 – Balthazar Getty, American actor and musician
    1976 – Jimmy Anderson, American baseball player and coach
    1976 – James Dearth, American football player
    1977 – Mario Domm, Mexican singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
    1977 – Jono Gibbes, New Zealand rugby player and coach
    1977 – Anna Linkova, Russian tennis player
    1977 – Hidetoshi Nakata, Japanese footballer
    1977 – Luciano Andrade Rissutt, Brazilian footballer
    1977 – Ben Taylor, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
    1978 – Chone Figgins, American baseball player
    1979 – Aidan Burley, New Zealand-English politician
    1979 – Carlos Ruiz, Panamanian baseball player
    1980 – Jake Grove, American football player
    1981 – Willa Ford, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
    1981 – Ben Moody, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
    1981 – Ibrahima Sonko, French footballer
    1981 – Guy Wilks, English race car driver
    1982 – Fabricio Coloccini, Argentinian footballer
    1983 – Shaun Cody, American football player
    1984 – Ben Eager, Canadian ice hockey player
    1984 – Ubaldo Jiménez, Dominican baseball player
    1984 – Leon Powe, American basketball player
    1984 – Maceo Rigters, Dutch footballer
    1985 – Fotios Papoulis, Greek footballer
    1986 – Maher Magri, Tunisian footballer
    1986 – Matt Simon, Australian footballer
    1987 – Astrid Jacobsen, Norwegian skier
    1987 – Shane Long, Irish footballer
    1987 – Ray Rice, American football player
    1988 – Asher Allen, American football player
    1988 – Greg Oden, American basketball player
    1989 – Theo Robinson, English-Jamaican footballer
    1990 – Alizé Cornet, French tennis player
    1990 – Dean Whare, New Zealand rugby league player
    1990 – Logic, American rapper
    1991 – Marcus Canty, American singer and dancer
    1991 – Stefan Kolb, German footballer
    1991 – Alex MacDowall, English race car driver
    1993 – Alex Marques, Portuguese footballer (d. 2013)
    1993 – Rio Haryanto, Indonesian race car driver
    1996 – Joshua Ho-Sang, Canadian ice hockey player

Source: Wikipedia