Famous Births on 22 Aug

Famous Births on 22 Aug

1601 - Georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1667)
1624 - Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (d. 1701)
1647 - Denis Papin, French physicist and inventor (d. c. 1712)
1679 - Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. 1758)
1760 - Pope Leo XII (d. 1829)
1764 - Charles Percier, French architect (d. 1838)
1771 - Henry Maudslay, English inventor (d. 1831)
1773 - Aimé Bonpland, French explorer (d. 1858)
1779 - James Kirke Paulding, American author (d. 1860)
1800 - William S. Harney, U.S. general (d. 1889)
1800 - Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian-Jewish scholar (d. 1865)
1811 - William Kelly, American inventor (d. 1888)
1822 - Virginia Clemm Poe, wife of Edgar Allan Poe (d. 1847)
1827 - Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman, industrialist and politician (d. 1906)
1834 - Samuel Pierpont Langley, American astronomer (d. 1906)
1836 - Archibald MacNeal Willard, American artist (d. 1918)
1845 - William Lewis Douglas, 42nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1924)
1848 - Melville E. Stone, American newspaper publisher (d. 1929)
1854 - Milan I, King of Serbia (d. 1901)
1857 - Ned Hanlon, American baseball player and manager (d. 1937)
1860 - Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, German inventor (d. 1940)
1860 - Eleonore of Reuss-Köstritz, tsaritsa of Bulgaria (d. 1917)
1862 - Claude Debussy, French composer (d. 1918)
1867 - Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (d. 1939)
1873 - Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (d. 1928)
1874 - Max Scheler, German philosopher (d. 1928)
1880 - Gorch Fock, German author and poet (d. 1916)
1880 - George Herriman, American cartoonist (d. 1944)
1887 - Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German minister of finance (d. 1977)
1891 - Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian-born American sculptor (d. 1973)
1893 - Dorothy Parker, American writer (d. 1967)
1893 - Wilfred Kitching, British Salvation Army general (d. 1977)
1895 - Paul Comtois, French Canadian politician (d. 1966)
1900 - Sergei Ozhegov, Russian lexicographer (d. 1964)
1902 - Thomas Pelly, American politician (d. 1973)
1902 - Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (d. 2003)
1904 - Deng Xiaoping, Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1997)
1908 - Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (d. 2004)
1909 - Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter (d. 2000)
1909 - Mel Hein, American football player (d. 1992)
1909 - Lucille Ricksen, American actress (d. 1925)
1913 - Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist (d. 1993)
1915 - Edward Szczepanik, former Polish Prime Minister (d. 2005)
1915 - James Hillier, Co-inventor of the electron microscope (d. 2007)
1915 - Hugh Paddick, British actor (d. 2000)
1915 - David Dellinger, American social rights and peace movement leader (d. 2004)
1917 - John Lee Hooker, American guitarist and singer (d. 2001)
1918 - Mary McGrory, American journalist (d. 2004)
1920 - Ray Bradbury, American writer
1920 - Denton Cooley, American heart surgeon
1922 - Micheline Presle, French actress
1925 - James Kirkwood, Jr., American playwright and author (d. 1989)
1925 - Honor Blackman, English actress
1928 - Tinga Seisay, Sierra Leonean diplomat and pro-democracy advocate
1928 - Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer (d. 2007)
1930 - Gilmar, Brazilian football player
1932 - Gerald P. Carr, American astronaut
1934 - Norman Schwarzkopf, U.S. general
1934 - Sir Donald McIntyre, English bass-baritone
1935 - E. Annie Proulx, American author
1936 - Dale Hawkins, American singer and songwriter
1938 - Paul Maguire, American football commentator
1939 - George Reinholt, American actor
1939 - Carl Yastrzemski, baseball player
1940 - Valerie Harper, American actress
1940 - Bill McCartney, former college football coach
1941 - Bill Parcells, American football coach
1942 - UÄŸur Mumcu, Turkish journalist and writer (d. 1993)
1943 - Masatoshi Shima, Japanese computer scientist
1945 - Erol Gelenbe, Turkish computer scientist and mathematician
1945 - Ron Dante, American songwriter and record producer (The Archies)
1947 - Cindy Williams, American actress
1947 - Donna Godchaux, singer (Grateful Dead)
1948 - Eleonora Brown, Italian actress
1949 - Diana Nyad, American swimmer, world record holder
1949 - Doug Bair, baseball player
1949 - Þórarinn Eldjárn, an Icelandic writer
1949 - Alfred Musema, Rwandan genocidaire
1950 - Ray Burris, baseball player
1951 - Chandra Prakash Mainali, Nepalese politician
1952 - Peter Laughner, American singer and guitarist (Rocket From the Tombs, Pere Ubu) (d. 1977)
1953 - Paul Ellering, American wrestling manager
1955 - Will Shetterly, writer
1955 - Chiranjeevi, Telugu film actor
1956 - Paul Molitor, baseball player
1957 - Steve Davis, English snooker player
1958 - Vernon Reid, American musician (Living Colour)
1958 - Lane Huffman, American professional wrestler
1958 - Colm Feore, American-born actor
1959 - Juan Croucier, American musician
1959 - Pia Gjellerup, Danish politician
1961 - Roland Orzabal, British musician (Tears for Fears)
1961 - Debbi Peterson, American singer (The Bangles)
1963 - Tori Amos, American singer/songwriter
1963 - Terry Catledge, American basketball player
1964 - Mats Wilander, Swedish tennis player
1965 - Tom Gibis, American voice actor
1966 - Eric Andolsek, American football player (d. 1992)
1966 - GZA, American rapper
1966 - Rob Witschge, Dutch footballer
1967 - Yukiko Okada, Japanese singer (d. 1986)
1967 - Alfred Gough, American screenwriter
1967 - Ty Burrell, American actor
1967 - Ant, American comedian
1967 - Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, British actor
1967 - Layne Staley, American musician (Alice in Chains) (d. 2002)
1968 - Paul Colman, Australian guitarist (Newsboys)
1968 - Alexander Mostovoi, Russian footballer
1968 - Horst Skoff, Austrian tennis player
1968 - Rich Lowry, American magazine editor
1970 - Giada De Laurentiis, Italian-born American chef and television host
1970 - Charlie Connelly, English writer
1971 - Richard Armitage, English actor
1971 - Rick Yune, Korean American actor
1972 - Steve Kline, American baseball player
1972 - Okkert Brits, South African pole vaulter
1972 - Max Wilson, Brazilian racing driver
1973 - Kristen Wiig, American comedian
1973 - Howie Dorough, American singer (Backstreet Boys)
1974 - Stefano Verderi, Italian guitarman
1974 - Agustín Pichot, Argentine rugby player
1974 - William Kucmierowski, American professional wrestler
1975 - Clint Bolton, Australian footballer
1975 - Sheree Murphy, British actress
1975 - Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor
1977 - Heiðar Helguson, Icelandic footballer
1977 - Keren Cytter, Israeli visual artist
1977 - Jenna Leigh Green, American actress
1978 - Jeff Stinco, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
1980 - Nicolas Macrozonaris, French-Canadian track-and-field athlete
1980 - Roland Benschneider, German footballer
1980 - Christi Shake, American model and actress
1981 - Alex Holmes, American football player
1982 - Heather Campbell, Canadian writer
1983 - Theo Bos, Dutch cyclist
1983 - Laura Breckenridge, American actress
1984 - Lee Camp, English football goalkeeper
1986 - Keiko Kitagawa, Japanese actress