History Births on May 22

Bernie Taupin, English singer-songwriter and poet

#Bernie_Taupin

Tsubouchi Sh?y?, Japanese author, playwright, and educator (d. 1935)

#Tsubouchi_Sh?y?

Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis player

#Novak_Djokovic

T. Boone Pickens, American businessman

#T._Boone_Pickens

Jay Carney, American journalist, 29th White House Press Secretary

#Jay_Carney

Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukrainian politician

#Arseniy_Yatsenyuk

Warwick Armstrong, Australian cricketer and journalist (d. 1947)

#Warwick_Armstrong

Wang Xiaoshuai, Chinese director and screenwriter

#Wang_Xiaoshuai

David Blatt, Israeli-American basketball player and coach

#David_Blatt

Corey Dickerson, American professional baseball player

#Corey_Dickerson

Soemu Toyoda, Japanese admiral (d. 1957)

#Soemu_Toyoda

Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator (d. 1855)

#Gérard_de_Nerval

John Flanagan, Australian fantasy author

#John_Flanagan_(author)

Bernard Shaw, American journalist

#Bernard_Shaw_(journalist)

Tatiana Volosozhar, Russian figure skater

#Tatiana_Volosozhar

Kenny Ball, English jazz trumpet player, vocalist, and bandleader (d. 2013)

#Kenny_Ball

Katie Price, English television personality & glamour model

#Katie_Price

Laurence Olivier, English actor, director, and producer (d. 1989)

#Laurence_Olivier

Hideaki Anno, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter

#Hideaki_Anno

Max Brooks, American author and screenwriter

#Max_Brooks

Worthington Whittredge, American painter (d. 1910)

#Worthington_Whittredge

Menzies Campbell, Scottish sprinter and politician

#Menzies_Campbell

Richard Wagner, German composer (d. 1883)

#Richard_Wagner

Bassel Khartabil, Syrian computer programmer and engineer (d. 2015)

#Bassel_Khartabil

Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford (d. 1621)

#Edward_Seymour,_1st_Earl_of_Hertford

Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican poet, educator, and activist (d. 1908)

#Rita_Cetina_Gutiérrez

Morrissey, English singer-songwriter and performer

#Morrissey

Ahmed Fouad Negm, Egyptian poet (d. 2013)

#Ahmed_Fouad_Negm

Julian Edelman, American football player

#Julian_Edelman

Symon Petliura, Ukrainian statesman and independence leader (d. 1926)

#Symon_Petliura

Hong Yong-jo, North Korean footballer

#Hong_Yong-jo

Ma Jun, Chinese environmentalist and journalist

#Ma_Jun_(environmentalist)

Valentin Inzko, Austrian diplomat

#Valentin_Inzko

Camren Bicondova, American actress

#Camren_Bicondova

Su Xun, Chinese writer (d. 1066)

#Su_Xun

Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor (d. 1991)

#Jean_Tinguely

Bob Katter, Australian politician

#Bob_Katter

Natasha Kai, American soccer player and Olympic medalist

#Natasha_Kai

Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla, Spanish politician; served as Prime Minister of Spain from 1871-73 (d. 1895)

#Manuel_Ruiz_Zorrilla

Peter Matthiessen, American novelist, short story writer, editor, co-founded The Paris Review (d. 2014)

#Peter_Matthiessen

Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Danish actor

#Nikolaj_Lie_Kaas

Giulia Grisi, Italian soprano (d. 1869)

#Giulia_Grisi

Joel Obi, Nigerian footballer

#Joel_Obi

Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French soldier and governor (d. 1698)

#Louis_de_Buade_de_Frontenac

Tommy Smith, English footballer

#Tommy_Smith_(footballer,_born_1980)

Tranquillo Barnetta, Swiss footballer

#Tranquillo_Barnetta

Ram Mohan Roy, Indian philosopher and reformer (d. 1833)

#Ram_Mohan_Roy

Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)

#Princess_Elizabeth_of_the_United_Kingdom

Maggie Q, American actress

#Maggie_Q

Salva Ballesta, Spanish footballer and manager

#Salva_Ballesta

Paul Winfield, American actor (d. 2004)

#Paul_Winfield

Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, English politician (d. 1834)

#Henry_Bathurst,_3rd_Earl_Bathurst

Paul Mariner, English footballer, coach, and manager

#Paul_Mariner

Max Kohnstamm, Dutch historian and diplomat (d. 2010)

#Max_Kohnstamm

Augusto Pestana, Brazilian engineer and politician (d. 1934)

#Augusto_Pestana_(politician)

William Sturgeon, English physicist and inventor, invented the electromagnet and electric motor (d. 1850)

#William_Sturgeon

Johannes R. Becher, German politician, novelist, and poet (d. 1958)

#Johannes_R._Becher

Lucy Gordon, British actress and model (d. 2009)

#Lucy_Gordon_(actress)

Erin McNaught, Australian model and actress

#Erin_McNaught

Mehbooba Mufti, Indian politician

#Mehbooba_Mufti

Alekos Alavanos, Greek lawyer and politician

#Alekos_Alavanos

Lisa Murkowski, American lawyer and politician

#Lisa_Murkowski

Sun Ra, American pianist, composer, bandleader, poet (d. 1993)

#Sun_Ra

Aston Webb, English architect and academic (d. 1930)

#Aston_Webb

Hirose Tans?, Japanese neo-Confucian scholar, teacher, writer (d. 1856)

#Hirose_Tans?

Michael Constantine, American actor

#Michael_Constantine

Daniel Gran, Austrian painter (d. 1757)

#Daniel_Gran

Dustin Moskovitz, American entrepreneur, co-founder of Facebook

#Dustin_Moskovitz

George H. Heilmeier, American engineer (d. 2014)

#George_H._Heilmeier

Christian Vande Velde, American cyclist

#Christian_Vande_Velde

Cathy McMorris Rodgers, American lawyer and politician

#Cathy_McMorris_Rodgers

Florian Luger, Austrian male model

#Florian_Luger

Dominique Rolin, Belgian author (d. 2012)

#Dominique_Rolin

Naomi Campbell, English model

#Naomi_Campbell

Hubert Robert, French painter (d. 1808)

#Hubert_Robert

Annamacharya, Hindu saint (d. 1503)

#Annamacharya

Rafael Gil, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 1986)

#Rafael_Gil

Karoline Herfurth, German actress

#Karoline_Herfurth

Wyatt Roy, Australian politician

#Wyatt_Roy

Peter Nero, American pianist and conductor

#Peter_Nero

Tao Okamoto, Japanese model and actress

#Tao_Okamoto

Émile Sauret, French violinist and composer (d. 1920)

#Émile_Sauret

Horton Smith, American golfer and captain (d. 1963)

#Horton_Smith

George Best, Northern Irish footballer and manager (d. 2005)

#George_Best

Susan Strasberg, American actress (d. 1999)

#Susan_Strasberg

Ginnifer Goodwin, American actress

#Ginnifer_Goodwin

Tom Driberg, British politician (d. 1976)

#Tom_Driberg

Cha Bum-kun, South Korean footballer and manager

#Cha_Bum-kun

Nazanin Boniadi, Iranian-American actress

#Nazanin_Boniadi

Marisol Escobar, French-American sculptor (d. 2016)

#Marisol_Escobar

Henrietta Ónodi, Hungarian Olympic gymnast

#Henrietta_Ónodi

Arturo Vidal, Chilean footballer

#Arturo_Vidal

Giacomo Matteotti, Italian lawyer and politician (d. 1924)

#Giacomo_Matteotti

Barbara Parkins, Canadian actress

#Barbara_Parkins

Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (d. 1931)

#Willy_Stöwer

Mary Cassatt, American painter and educator (d. 1926)

#Mary_Cassatt

Maurice J. Tobin, American politician, 6th United States Secretary of Labor (d. 1953)

#Maurice_J._Tobin

Fritz von Uhde, German painter and educator (d. 1911)

#Fritz_von_Uhde

Amalia Lindegren, Swedish painter (d. 1891)

#Amalia_Lindegren

Louis Legendre, French butcher and politician (d. 1797)

#Louis_Legendre

Facundo Cabral, Argentinian singer-songwriter (d. 2011)

#Facundo_Cabral

Johnny Gill, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Johnny_Gill

Daniel Bryan, American wrestler

#Daniel_Bryan

Kwak Jae-yong, South Korean director and screenwriter

#Kwak_Jae-yong

George Andrew Olah, Hungarian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)

#George_Andrew_Olah

Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2018)

#Charles_Aznavour

Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (d. 1930)

#Arthur_Conan_Doyle

Paul Vanden Boeynants, Belgian businessman and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 2001)

#Paul_Vanden_Boeynants

Graham Linehan, Irish comedian, actor, and author

#Graham_Linehan

Henry Vandyke Carter, English anatomist and surgeon (d. 1897)

#Henry_Vandyke_Carter

Chen Jingrun, Chinese mathematician and academic (d. 1996)

#Chen_Jingrun

Didier Ya Konan, Ivorian footballer

#Didier_Ya_Konan

Félix Bracquemond, French painter and etcher (d. 1914)

#Félix_Bracquemond

Shuji Nakamura, Japanese-American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate

#Shuji_Nakamura

Tommy John, American baseball player

#Tommy_John

Richard Benjamin, American actor and director

#Richard_Benjamin

Gabriël Grupello, Flemish Baroque sculptor (d. 1730)

#Gabriël_Grupello

George S. Hammond, American scientist (d. 2005)

#George_S._Hammond

François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and diplomat (d. 1794)

#François-Joachim_de_Pierre_de_Bernis

Ted Kaczynski, American academic and mathematician turned anarchist and serial murderer (Unabomber)

#Ted_Kaczynski

Juan Arvizu, Mexican lyric opera tenor and bolero vocalist (d.1985)

#Juan_Arvizu

Albrecht von Graefe, German ophthalmologist and academic (d. 1870)

#Albrecht_von_Graefe

Jürgen Melzer, Austrian tennis player

#Jürgen_Melzer

Jean Cras, French admiral and composer (d. 1932)

#Jean_Cras

Belmiro de Almeida, Brazilian painter, illustrator, sculptor (d. 1935)

#Belmiro_de_Almeida

Al Simmons, American baseball player and coach (d. 1956)

#Al_Simmons

Brody Stevens, American comedian and actor (d. 2019)

#Brody_Stevens

Catulle Mendès, French poet, author, and playwright (d. 1909)

#Catulle_Mendès

Suho, South Korean singer and actor

#Suho

Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle, English politician (d. 1864)

#Henry_Pelham-Clinton,_5th_Duke_of_Newcastle

Apolo Ohno, American speed skater

#Apolo_Ohno

Harvey Milk, American lieutenant and politician (d. 1978)

#Harvey_Milk

Friedrich Pollock, German sociologist and philosopher (d. 1970)

#Friedrich_Pollock

Heida Reed, Icelandic-British actress

Matt Jarvis, English footballer

Garba Lawal, Nigerian footballer

Brian Pillman, American football player and wrestler (d. 1997)

Lucie Brock-Broido, American poet (d. 2018)

François Bon, French writer

Cheryl Campbell, English actress

Nedumudi Venu, Indian actor and screenwriter

Tomás Sánchez, Cuban painter and engraver

Lyudmila Zhuravleva, Russian-Ukrainian astronomer

Andrei Marga, Romanian philosopher, political scientist, politician

Howard Kendall, English footballer and manager (d. 2015)

Michael Green, English physicist and academic

Betty Williams, Northern Irish peace activist, Nobel Prize laureate

Richard Oakes, Native American civil rights activist (d. 1972)

Mick Tingelhoff, American Pro Football Hall of Famer

Michael Sarrazin, Canadian actor (d. 2011)

Kieth Merrill, American filmmaker

Robert Spitzer, American psychiatrist and academic (d. 2015)

Hiroshi Sano, Japanese novelist (d. 2013)

John Mackenzie, Scottish director and producer (d. 2011)

Serge Doubrovsky, French theorist and author (d. 2017)

Quinn Martin, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1987)

Thomas Gold, Austrian-American astrophysicist and academic (d. 2004)

Jean-Louis Curtis, French author (d. 1995)

George Aratani, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)

Herbert C. Brown, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)

Margaret Mee, English illustrator and educator (d. 1988)

Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator (d. 1983)

Bodo von Borries, German physicist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope (d. 1956)

Uno Lamm, Swedish electrical engineer and inventor (d. 1989)

Robert Neumann, German and English-speaking author (d. 1975)

A. W. Sandberg, Danish film director and screenwriter (d. 1938)

Francis de Miomandre, French author and translator (d. 1959)

Julius Klinger, Austrian painter and illustrator (d. 1942)

Daniel François Malan, South African clergyman and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1959)

Richard Brakenburgh, Dutch Golden Age painter (d. 1702)

Itzam K'an Ahk I, Mayan king (d. 686)