Showing posts with label famous people birthdays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label famous people birthdays. Show all posts

Sunday

Support the right to arm bears.



Support the right to arm bears.is my saying for today (August 22nd)!

Quote of the day: "A man finds out what is meant by a spitting image when he tries to feed cereal to his infant." by Imogene Fey

Word of the day: etiolate - verb: to bleach; to cause a plant to whiten by excluding light

August 22nd is the 234th day of the year (235th in a leap year) and there are 131 days left until the end of the year.

If today is your Birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

If you would like your birthday or a family member, or even a friends included in my "Birthday List", just leave a comment with all the pertinent information like Name, nickname, occupation and date of birth!

Some other, Famous People who were born on August 22nd!

  • 1601, French writer, Georges de Scudéry (d. 1667)
  • 1624, French writer, Jean Renaud de Segrais (d. 1701)
  • 1647, French physicist and inventor, Denis Papin (d. c. 1712)
  • 1679, French cardinal, Pierre Guérin de Tencin (d. 1758)
  • 1760, Pope Leo XII (d. 1829)
  • 1764, French architect, Charles Percier (d. 1838)
  • 1771, English inventor, Henry Maudslay (d. 1831)
  • 1731, French explorer, Aimé Bonpland (d. 1858)
  • 1779, American author, James Kirke Paulding (d. 1860)
  • 1800, U.S. general, William S. Harney (d. 1889)
  • 1800, Italian-Jewish scholar, Samuel David Luzzatto (d. 1865)
  • 1811, American inventor, William Kelly (d. 1888)
  • 1822, Wife of Edgar Allan Poe, Virginia Clemm Poe (d. 1847)
  • 1827, Canadian businessman, industrialist and politician, Ezra Butler Eddy (d. 1906)
  • 1834, American astronomer, Samuel Pierpont Langley (d. 1906)
  • 1836, American artist, Archibald MacNeal Willard (d. 1918)
  • 1845, 42nd Governor of Massachusetts, William Lewis Douglas (d. 1924)
  • 1848, American newspaper publisher, Melville E. Stone (d. 1929)
  • 1854, King of Serbia, Milan I (d. 1901)
  • 1857, American baseball player and manager, Ned Hanlon (d. 1937)
  • 1860, German inventor, Paul Gottlieb Nipkow (d. 1940)
  • 1860, Tsaritsa of Bulgaria, Eleonore of Reuss-Köstritz (d. 1917)
  • 1862, French composer, Claude Debussy (d. 1918)
  • 1867, Swiss physician and nutritionist, Maximilian Bircher-Benner (d. 1939)
  • 1873, Russian physician and philosopher, Alexander Bogdanov (d. 1928)
  • 1874, German philosopher, Max Scheler (d. 1928)
  • 1880, George Herriman, American cartoonist (d. 1944)
  • 1880, Gorch Fock, German author and poet (d. 1916)
  • 1887, German minister of finance , Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk(d. 1977)
  • 1891, Lithuanian/American sculptor, Jacques Lipchitz (d. 1973)
  • 1893, American writer, Dorothy Parker (d. 1967)
  • 1893, British Salvation Army general, Wilfred Kitching (d. 1977)
  • 1895, French Canadian politician, Paul Comtois (d. 1966)
  • 1900, Russian lexicographer, Sergei Ozhegov (d. 1964)
  • 1902, German film director, Leni Riefenstahl (d. 2003)
  • 1902, American politician, Thomas Pelly (d. 1973)
  • 1904, Premier of the People's Republic of China, Deng Xiaoping (d. 1997)
  • 1908, French photographer, Henri Cartier-Bresson (d. 2004)
  • 1908, German rugby player and coach, Erwin Thiesies (d. 1993)
  • 1909, American screenwriter, Julius J. Epstein (d. 2000)
  • 1909, American football player, Mel Hein (d. 1992)
  • 1909, American actress, Lucille Ricksen (d. 1925)
  • 1913, Italian physicist, Bruno Pontecorvo (d. 1993)
  • 1915, American social rights and peace movement leader, David Dellinger (d. 2004)
  • 1915, British actor, Hugh Paddick (d. 2000)
  • 1915, Co-inventor of the electron microscope, James Hillier (d. 2007)
  • 1915, Polish Prime Minister, Edward Szczepanik (d. 2005)
  • 1917, American musician, John Lee Hooker (d. 2001)
  • 1918, American journalist, Mary McGrory (d. 2004)
  • 1920, American writer, Ray Bradbury
  • 1920, American heart surgeon, Denton Cooley
  • 1921, Greek film director and screenwriter, Dinos Dimopoulos (d. 2003)
  • 1922, French actress, Micheline Presle
  • 1925, English actress, Honor Blackman
  • 1925, American playwright and author, James Kirkwood, Jr. (d. 1989)
  • 1928, Sierra Leonean diplomat and pro-democracy advocate, Tinga Seisay
  • 1928, German composer, Karlheinz Stockhausen (d. 2007)
  • 1930, Brazilian football player, Gilmar
  • 1932, American astronaut, Gerald P. Carr
  • 1934, U.S. general, Norman Schwarzkopf
  • 1934, English bass-baritone, Sir Donald McIntyre
  • 1935, American author, E. Annie Proulx
  • 1936, American singer and songwriter, Dale Hawkins (d. 2010)
  • 1936, German roller coaster designer and engineer, Werner Stengel
  • 1938, American football commentator, Paul Maguire
  • 1939, American actor, George Reinholt
  • 1939, American baseball player, Carl Yastrzemski
  • 1939, American actress, Valerie Harper
  • 1940, American football coach, Bill McCartney
  • 1941, American football coach, Bill Parcells
  • 1941, Austrian plasma physicist, Hannspeter Winter
  • 1942, Turkish journalist and writer, Ugur Mumcu (d. 1993)
  • 1943, Japanese computer scientist, Masatoshi Shima
  • 1945, American songwriter and record producer, Ron Dante
  • 1945, Turkish computer scientist and mathematician, Erol Gelenbe
  • 1947, American actress, Cindy Williams
  • 1947, Singer, Donna Godchaux
  • 1948, Italian actress, Eleonora Brown
  • 1949, American swimmer, Diana Nyad
  • 1949, Baseball player, Doug Bair
  • 1949, Icelandic writer, Þórarinn Eldjárn
  • 1950, Baseball player , Ray Burris
  • 1950, White House Chief of Staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby
  • 1951, Nepalese politician, Chandra Prakash Mainali
  • 1952, American musician, Peter Laughner (d. 1977)
  • 1953, American wrestling manager, Paul Ellering
  • 1955, Writer, Will Shetterly
  • 1955, Telugu films Indian film actor, Chiranjeevi
  • 1956, Baseball player, Paul Molitor
  • 1957, English snooker player, Steve Davis
  • 1958, American actor, Colm Feore
  • 1958, American professional wrestler, Lane Huffman
  • 1958, American musician, Vernon Reid
  • 1959, American musician, Juan Croucier
  • 1959, Danish politician, Pia Gjellerup
  • 1961, Argentine musician, Andres Calamaro
  • 1961, British musician, Roland Orzabal
  • 1961, American musician, Debbi Peterson
  • 1963, American singer/songwriter , Tori Amos
  • 1963, American basketball player, Terry Catledge
  • 1964, Swedish tennis player, Mats Wilander
  • 1965, American voice actor, Tom Gibis
  • 1965, American actor, Courtney Gains
  • 1965, Singaporean actress, Chen Liping
  • 1966, American football player, Eric Andolsek (d. 1992)
  • 1966, American rapper, GZA
  • 1966, Dutch footballer, Rob Witschge, Dutch footballer
  • 1967, American musician, Layne Staley (d. 2002)
  • 1967, British actor, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
  • 1967, American comedian, Ant
  • 1967, American actor, Ty Burrell
  • 1967, American screenwriter, Alfred Gough
  • 1967, Japanese singer, Yukiko Okada (d. 1986)
  • 1968, Australian guitarist, Paul Colman
  • 1968, Danish comedian, Casper Christensen
  • 1968, American magazine editor, Rich Lowry
  • 1968, Russian footballer, Alexander Mostovoi
  • 1968, Austrian tennis player, Horst Skoff (d. 2008)
  • 1970, English writer, Charlie Connelly
  • 1970, Italian/American chef and television host, Giada De Laurentiis
  • 1971, English actor, Richard Armitage
  • 1971, American actor, Rick Yune
  • 1972, American baseball player, Steve Kline
  • 1972, South African pole vaulter, Okkert Brits
  • 1972, American drummer, Paul Doucette
  • 1972, Brazilian racing driver, Max Wilson
  • 1973, American comedian, Kristen Wiig
  • 1973, American singer, Howie Dorough
  • 1974, American professional wrestler, Brimstone
  • 1974, Argentine rugby player, Agustín Pichot
  • 1974, Italian guitarist, Stefano Verderi
  • 1975, Australian footballer, Clint Bolton
  • 1975, British actress, Sheree Murphy
  • 1975, Brazilian actor, Rodrigo Santoro
  • 1977, Icelandic footballer, Heiðar Helguson
  • 1977, American actress, Jenna Leigh Green
  • 1978, Greek basketball player, Giannis Gagaloudis
  • 1978, Canadian musician, Jeff Stinco
  • 1979, American actor, Brandon Quintin Adams
  • 1979, American football player, Matt Walters
  • 1979, Canadian-born actress, Jennifer Finnigan
  • 1980, American model and actress, Christi Shake
  • 1980, German footballer, Roland Benschneider
  • 1980, French-Canadian track-and-field athlete, Nicolas Macrozonaris
  • 1981, American football player, Alex Holmes
  • 1981, Japanese actor and model, Saito Takumi
  • 1983, Dutch cyclist, Theo Bos
  • 1983, American actress, Laura Breckenridge
  • 1984, English footballer, Lee Camp
  • 1985, American voice actress, Kether Donahue
  • 1986, Japanese actress, Keiko Kitagawa
  • 1987, Italian footballer, Leonardo Moracci
  • 1991, Italian footballer, Federico Macheda
  • 1991, Canadian hockey player, Brayden Schenn

    Famous People who died on August 22nd!

  • 408, Roman general, Stilicho (b. 359)
  • 1155, Emperor of Japan, Konoe (b. 1139)
  • 1188, King of Leon, Ferdinand II (b. 1137)
  • 1241, Pope Gregory IX, (b. c.1143)
  • 1280, Pope Nicholas III (b. c.1216)
  • 1304, Count of Hainaut, John II (b. 1247)
  • 1350, King of France, Philip VI (b. 1293)
  • 1358, Queen of England, Isabella (b. c. 1295)
  • 1485, King of England, Richard III (b. 1452)
  • 1553, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English admiral and politician, John Dudley (b. 1504)
  • 1572, 7th Earl of Northumberland, Thomas Percy (b. 1528)
  • 1584, Polish writer, Jan Kochanowski (b. 1530)
  • 1599, English explorer and privateer, Italian composer, Luca Marenzio (b. c.1553)
  • 1607, Bartholomew Gosnold (b. 1572)
  • 1609, Jewish mystic and philosopher, Maharal of Prague (b. 1525)
  • 1652, Swedish soldier and statesman, Jacob De la Gardie (b. 1583)
  • 1680, Elector of Saxony, John George II (b. 1613)
  • 1701, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman, John Granville (b. 1628)
  • 1711, French marshal, Duc de Boufflers, Louis François (b. 1644)
  • 1752, English mathematician, William Whiston (b. 1667)
  • 1731, English writer and politician, George Lyttelton (b. 1709)
  • 1793, 4th duc de Noailles, Marshal of France, Louis (b. 1713)
  • 1793, German mother-in-law of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Cäcilia Weber (b. 1727)
  • 1797, Alsatian-born Austrian general, Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser (b. 1724)
  • 1806, French artist, Jean-Honoré Fragonard (b. 1732)
  • 1818, British Governor-General of India, Warren Hastings (b. 1732)
  • 1828, Austrian neuroscientist, Franz Joseph Gall (b. 1758)
  • 1850, Austrian poet, Nikolaus Lenau (b. 1802)
  • 1861, Emperor of China, Xianfeng (b. 1831)
  • 1891, Czech author, Jan Neruda (b. 1834)
  • 1903, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Robert Cecil (b. 1830)
  • 1904, Literary figure, Kate Chopin (b.1850)
  • 1909, British dermatologist, Henry Radcliffe Crocker (b. 1846)
  • 1914 Italian religious figure, Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi (b. 1859)
  • 1918, German neurologist, Korbinian Brodmann (b. 1868)
  • 1922, Irish revolutionary, Michael Collins (b. 1890)
  • 1926, American University president, Charles William Eliot (b. 1834)
  • 1940, English physicist, Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge (b. 1851)
  • 1942, Russian choreographer and dancer, Michel Fokine (b. 1880)
  • 1950, American geologist, Kirk Bryan (b. 1888)
  • 1951, Canadian businessman and sports team owner, J. P. Bickell (b. 1884)
  • 1953, American baseball player, Jim Tabor (b. 1916)
  • 1958, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate, Roger Martin du Gard (b. 1881)
  • 1960, Estonian wrestler, Eduard Pütsep (b. 1898)
  • 1965, American airline stewardess, Ellen Church (b. 1904)
  • 1967, American endocrinologist, Gregory Goodwin Pincus (b. 1903)
  • 1970, Russian structuralist scholar, Vladimir Propp (b. 1895)
  • 1973, American actress, Louise Huff (b. 1895)
  • 1974, Polish-English mathematician & TV presenter, Jacob Bronowski (b. 1908)
  • 1976, President of Brazil, Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira (b. 1902)
  • 1976, Greek pianist, Gina Bachauer (b. 1913)
  • 1977, English-born actor, Sebastian Cabot (b. 1918)
  • 1978, First President of Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta (b. c.1892)
  • 1979, American novelist, James T. Farrell (b. 1904)
  • 1980, American aircraft manufacturer, James Smith McDonnell (b. 1899)
  • 1980, German racing team manager, Alfred Neubauer (b. 1891)
  • 1989, Belgian cyclist, Robert Grondelaers (b. 1933)
  • 1989, American activist, Huey P. Newton (b. 1942)
  • 1991, Canadian actress, Colleen Dewhurst (b. 1924)
  • 1994, French-Canadian film director, Gilles Groulx (b. 1931)
  • 2003, Swiss figure skating trainer, Arnold Gerschwiler (b. 1914)
  • 2003, American widow of Ted Ammon, Generosa Ammon (b. 1956)
  • 2003, Argentinian singer and actress, Imperio Argentina (b. 1906)
  • 2004, Russian chess player, Konstantin Aseev (b. 1960)
  • 2004, Canadian television and movie director, Daniel Petrie (b. 1920)
  • 2004, American Elvis Presley concert announcer, Al Dvorin (b. 1922)
  • 2005, French composer, Luc Ferrari (b. 1929)
  • 2005, American scientist, Ernest Kirkendall (b. 1914)
  • 2006, American rock drummer, Bruce Gary (b. 1951)
  • 2008, Canadian World War I veteran, Gladys Powers (b. 1899)
  • 2009, American Western novelist, Elmer Kelton (b. 1926)
  • 2010, Yugoslav football player, Stjepan Bobek (b. 1923)