History Births on January 22

Rio Haryanto, Indonesian race car driver

#Rio_Haryanto

Walter Raleigh, English poet, soldier, courtier, and explorer (d. 1618)

#Walter_Raleigh

Denise Legeay, French actress (d. 1968)

#Denise_Legeay

Nikos Anastopoulos, Greek footballer and manager

#Nikos_Anastopoulos

Mariví Bilbao, Spanish actress (d. 2013)

#Mariví_Bilbao

Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia

#Mizan_Zainal_Abidin_of_Terengganu

Jaan Kaplinski, Estonian poet, philosopher, and critic

#Jaan_Kaplinski

Karl Ernst Claus, Estonian-Russian chemist, botanist, and academic (d. 1864)

#Karl_Ernst_Claus

Ann Sothern, American actress and singer (d. 2001)

#Ann_Sothern

Joe Esposito, American author (d. 2016)

#Joe_Esposito_(author)

William Conway, Irish cardinal (d. 1977)

#William_Conway_(cardinal)

D. W. Griffith, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1948)

#D._W._Griffith

Alexander Men, Russian priest and scholar (d. 1990)

#Alexander_Men

Edward Harkness, American philanthropist (d. 1940)

#Edward_Harkness

Rosa Ponselle, American operatic soprano (d. 1981)

#Rosa_Ponselle

Prince Oana, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)

#Prince_Oana

Graham Kerr, English chef and author

#Graham_Kerr

Joe Perry, American footballer (d. 2011)

#Joe_Perry_(American_football)

Francis Picabia, French painter and poet (d. 1953)

#Francis_Picabia

Diana Douglas, British-American actress (d. 2015)

#Diana_Douglas

Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater and coach (d. 1989)

#Ondrej_Nepela

Philip Carteret, English admiral and explorer (d. 1796)

#Philip_Carteret

Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1972)

#Bill_Durnan

Willa Ford, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

#Willa_Ford

Ubaldo Jiménez, Dominican baseball player

#Ubaldo_Jiménez

Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans, (d. 1545)

#Charles_II_de_Valois,_Duke_of_Orléans

Heath, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player

#Heath_(musician)

Jonathan Woodgate, English footballer

#Jonathan_Woodgate

Steve Riley, American drummer

#Steve_Riley_(drummer)

Frigyes Riesz, Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1956)

#Frigyes_Riesz

Harilal Upadhyay, Indian author, poet, and astrologist (d. 1994)

#Harilal_Upadhyay

Alojz Uran, Slovenian archbishop

#Alojz_Uran

Stan Collymore, English footballer and sportscaster

#Stan_Collymore

Tom Jones, American baseball player and manager (d. 1923)

#Tom_Jones_(baseball)

Ira Thomas, American baseball player and manager (d. 1958)

#Ira_Thomas

Serge Savard, Canadian ice hockey player and manager

#Serge_Savard

Huw Irranca-Davies, Welsh lawyer and politician

#Huw_Irranca-Davies

Robert E. Howard, American author and poet (d. 1936)

#Robert_E._Howard

Fotios Papoulis, Greek footballer

#Fotios_Papoulis

Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher and politician (d. 1937)

#Antonio_Gramsci

Lord Byron, English poet and playwright (d. 1824)

#Lord_Byron

Douglas Corrigan, American pilot and engineer (d. 1995)

#Douglas_Corrigan

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German philosopher and author (d. 1781)

#Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing

Maria Leopoldina of Austria (d. 1826)

#Maria_Leopoldina_of_Austria

Malcolm McLaren, English singer-songwriter and manager (d. 2010)

#Malcolm_McLaren

Brian Dayett, American baseball player and manager

#Brian_Dayett

Ivan III of Russia (d. 1505)

#Ivan_III_of_Russia

Bruno Kreisky, Austrian lawyer and politician, 22nd Chancellor of Austria (d. 1990)

#Bruno_Kreisky

Uto Ughi, Italian violinist and conductor

#Uto_Ughi

José Vicente de Freitas, Portuguese colonel and politician, 97th Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1952)

#José_Vicente_de_Freitas

August Strindberg, Swedish novelist, poet, and playwright (d. 1912)

#August_Strindberg

Alf Ramsey, English footballer and coach (d. 1999)

#Alf_Ramsey

Jim Jarmusch, American director and screenwriter

#Jim_Jarmusch

Leon Powe, American basketball player

#Leon_Powe

Mauricio Serna, Colombian footballer

#Mauricio_Serna

Carlos Ruiz, Panamanian baseball player

#Carlos_Ruiz_(baseball)

Henri Dutilleux, French pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2013)

#Henri_Dutilleux

Conrad Veidt, German-American actor, director, and producer (d. 1943)

#Conrad_Veidt

Ernst Busch, German actor and singer (d. 1980)

#Ernst_Busch_(actor)

Fred M. Vinson, American judge and politician, 13th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1953)

#Fred_M._Vinson

Luigi Simoni, Italian footballer and manager

#Luigi_Simoni

Marcel Dassault, French businessman, founded Dassault Aviation (d. 1986)

#Marcel_Dassault

Francis Bacon, English philosopher and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (d. 1626)

#Francis_Bacon

Leon Roberts, American baseball player and manager

#Leon_Roberts

Christoph Schönborn, Austrian cardinal

#Christoph_Schönborn

Marcel Schmelzer, German footballer

#Marcel_Schmelzer

Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist (d. 1943)

#Beatrice_Webb

Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (d. 1935)

#Henri_Pélissier

Bobby Young, American baseball player (d. 1985)

#Bobby_Young

Ibn Taymiyyah, Syrian scholar and theologian (d. 1328)

#Ibn_Taymiyyah

Nicolas Lancret, French painter (d. 1743)

#Nicolas_Lancret

Jørgen Garde, Danish admiral (d. 1996)

#Jørgen_Garde

J. C. Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player and scout (d. 1994)

#J._C._Tremblay

Galina Zybina, Russian shot putter and javelin thrower

#Galina_Zybina

Mimis Domazos, Greek footballer

#Mimis_Domazos

Michael Hutchence, Australian singer-songwriter (d. 1997)

#Michael_Hutchence

Thomas David Jones, American captain, pilot, and astronaut

#Thomas_David_Jones

Sam Cooke, American singer-songwriter (d. 1964)

#Sam_Cooke

François Habeneck, French violinist and conductor (d. 1849)

#François_Habeneck

Guy Wilks, English race car driver

#Guy_Wilks

James Dearth, American football player

#James_Dearth

Steven Adler, American rock drummer

#Steven_Adler

Ross Barnett, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of Mississippi (d. 1987)

#Ross_Barnett

Piper Laurie, American actress

#Piper_Laurie

Mike Bossy, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

#Mike_Bossy

Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler, coach, and academic (d. 1970)

#Daniel_Kinsey

Gillian Shephard, English educator and politician, Secretary of State for Education

#Gillian_Shephard

Paul Bew, Northern Irish historian and academic

#Paul_Bew

Abraham Olano, Spanish cyclist

#Abraham_Olano

Guy Fieri, American chef, author, and television host

#Guy_Fieri

Shane Long, Irish footballer

#Shane_Long

Alex MacDowall, English race car driver

#Alex_MacDowall

Cameron McConville, Australian race car driver and sportscaster

#Cameron_McConville

John Hurt, English actor (d. 2017)

#John_Hurt

Berthold Grünfeld, Norwegian psychiatrist and academic (d. 2007)

#Berthold_Grünfeld

Fabricio Coloccini, Argentinian footballer

#Fabricio_Coloccini

Theo Robinson, English-Jamaican footballer

#Theo_Robinson

Ján Chryzostom Korec, Slovak cardinal (d. 2015)

#Ján_Chryzostom_Korec

George Fuller, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of New South Wales (d. 1940)

#George_Fuller_(Australian_politician)

Johnny Bucha, American baseball player (d. 1996)

#Johnny_Bucha

Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington, English historian and politician, founded the Cotton library (d. 1631)

#Sir_Robert_Cotton,_1st_Baronet,_of_Connington

Rogério Ceni, Brazilian footballer

#Rogério_Ceni

William Kidd, Scottish sailor and pirate hunter (d. 1701)

#William_Kidd

Wilbur Scoville, American chemist and pharmacist (d. 1942)

#Wilbur_Scoville

Chone Figgins, American baseball player

#Chone_Figgins

Ramón Avilés, Puerto Rican-American baseball player

#Ramón_Avilés

U Thant, Burmese educator and diplomat, 3rd United Nations Secretary-General (d. 1974)

#U_Thant

Joseph Wambaugh, American police officer and author

#Joseph_Wambaugh

Frank Leboeuf, French footballer, sportscaster, and actor

#Frank_Leboeuf

Joseph Muscat, Maltese journalist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Malta

#Joseph_Muscat

Ludger Duvernay, Canadian journalist, publisher, and politician (d. 1852)

#Ludger_Duvernay

Beverley Mitchell, American actress

#Beverley_Mitchell

Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1917)

#Prince_Christian_of_Schleswig-Holstein

Ben Moody, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor

#Ben_Moody

Emperor Montoku of Japan (d. 858)

#Emperor_Montoku

Alizé Cornet, French tennis player

#Alizé_Cornet

Daniel Johnston, American musician

#Daniel_Johnston

Diane Lane, American actress

#Diane_Lane

Jimmy Herring, American guitarist

#Jimmy_Herring

Alan J. Heeger, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

#Alan_J._Heeger

Amos Strunk, American baseball player and manager (d. 1979)

#Amos_Strunk

Ernest Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907)

#Ernest_Wilberforce

Peter Beard, Australian photographer and author

#Peter_Beard

Steve Perry, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Steve_Perry

Andrew Roachford, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player

#Andrew_Roachford

Alfredo Palacio, Ecuadoran physician and politician, President of Ecuador

#Alfredo_Palacio

John Donne, English poet and cleric in the Church of England, wrote the Holy Sonnets. (d. 1631)

#John_Donne

Lev Landau, Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)

#Lev_Landau

Richard Blackmore, English physician and poet (d. 1729)

#Richard_Blackmore

Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director and screenwriter (d. 1948)

#Sergei_Eisenstein

Jimmy Anderson, American baseball player and coach

#Jimmy_Anderson_(baseball)

Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)

#Elmer_Lach

Matt Simon, Australian footballer

#Matt_Simon

Olivia d'Abo, English-American singer-songwriter and actress

#Olivia_d'Abo

Ben Eager, Canadian ice hockey player

#Ben_Eager

George Balanchine, Georgian-American dancer, choreographer, and director, co-founded the New York City Ballet (d. 1983)

#George_Balanchine

Shaun Cody, American football player

#Shaun_Cody

Aidan Burley, New Zealand-English politician

#Aidan_Burley

Khosrow Golsorkhi, Iranian journalist, poet, and activist (d. 1974)

#Khosrow_Golsorkhi

Bill Bixby, American actor and director (d. 1993)

#Bill_Bixby

Ibrahima Sonko, French footballer

#Ibrahima_Sonko

Greg Oden, American basketball player

#Greg_Oden

Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican race car driver, polo player, and diplomat (d. 1965)

#Porfirio_Rubirosa

Bill O'Neill, Canadian-American baseball player (d. 1920)

#Bill_O'Neill_(baseball)

Heinrich Albertz, German theologian and politician, Mayor of Berlin (d. 1993)

#Heinrich_Albertz

Pierre Gassendi, French mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (d. 1655)

#Pierre_Gassendi

Jean-Pierre Nicolas, French race car driver and manager

#Jean-Pierre_Nicolas

Dean Whare, New Zealand rugby league player

#Dean_Whare

Linda Blair, American actress

#Linda_Blair

Helen Hoyt, American poet and author (d. 1972)

#Helen_Hoyt

DJ Jazzy Jeff, American DJ and producer

#DJ_Jazzy_Jeff

Jay Hughes, American baseball player and coach (d. 1924)

#Jay_Hughes

Phil Wang, British-Malaysian comedian

#Phil_Wang

Ray Rice, American football player

#Ray_Rice

Hidetoshi Nakata, Japanese footballer

#Hidetoshi_Nakata

Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (d. 1878)

#Richard_Upjohn

Silento, American rapper, singer and songwriter

Joshua Ho-Sang, Canadian ice hockey player

Stefan Kolb, German footballer

Marcus Canty, American singer and dancer

Logic, American rapper

Asher Allen, American football player

Astrid Jacobsen, Norwegian skier

Maher Magri, Tunisian footballer

Maceo Rigters, Dutch footballer

Chor Boogie, American artist

Luciano Andrade Rissutt, Brazilian footballer

Anna Linkova, Russian tennis player

Mario Domm, Mexican singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

Terry Hill, Australian rugby league player and coach

Jason Lowrie, New Zealand rugby league player and coach

Keith Gordon, American baseball player and coach

Nick Gillingham, English swimmer

Craig Salvatori, Australian rugby league player and coach

Stojko Vrankovi?, Croatian basketball player

Nigel Benn, English-Australian boxer

Quintin Dailey, American basketball player (d. 2010)

Filiz Koçali, Turkish journalist and politician

Francis Wheen, English journalist and author

Godfrey Thoma, Nauruan politician

Timothy R. Ferguson, American politician

Myung-whun Chung, South Korean pianist and conductor

Winfried Berkemeier, German footballer and manager

Frank Schade, American basketball player and coach

J.P. Pennington, American country-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist

Mike Caldwell, American baseball player and coach

Gilbert Levine, American conductor and academic

Vladimir Oravsky, Czech-Swedish author and director

Jophery Brown, American baseball player, actor, and stuntman (d. 2014)

Michael Spicer, English journalist and politician

George Seifert, American football player and coach

Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, Brazilian footballer

Edén Pastora, Nicaraguan politician

Ong Teng Cheong, Singaporean architect and politician, 5th President of Singapore (d. 2002)

Vijay Anand, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)

Yuri Chesnokov, Russian volleyball player and coach (d. 2010)

Éamon de Buitléar, Irish accordion player and director (d. 2013)

Petr Eben, Czech composer, organist and choirmaster (d. 2007)

Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historian, author, and academic (d. 2004)

Lou Creekmur, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2009)

Charles Lisanby, American production designer and art director (d. 2013)

J. J. Johnson, American trombonist and composer (d. 2001)

Howard Moss, American poet, playwright and critic (d. 1987)

Irving Kristol, American journalist, author, and academic, founded The National Interest (d. 2009)

Diomedes Olivo, Dominican baseball player and scout (d. 1977)

Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek violinist and composer (d. 2001)

Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian and publisher (d. 2003)

Henry Bauchau, Belgian psychoanalyst and author (d. 2012)

Dixie Dean, English footballer (d. 1980)

Willy Hartner, German physicist, historian, and academic (d. 1981)

Arkady Gaidar, Russian journalist and author (d. 1941)

Fritz Houtermans, Polish-German physicist and academic (d. 1966)

Martti Haavio, Finnish poet and mythologist (d. 1973)

Dilipkumar Roy, a Bengali Indian musician, musicologist, novelist, poet and essayist. (d. 1980)

John J. Becker, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1961)

Gisela Januszewska, Jewish-Austrian physician (d. 1943)

Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (d. 1914)

Lady Lucy Whitmore, English noblewoman, hymn writer (d. 1840)

Noah Phelps, American soldier, lawyer, and judge (d. 1809)