The Famous Birthdays: Celebrity birthdays and famous people biographies

Famous people born in 1922

Betty White

Betty White (1922 - 2021)

American actress and singer
Judy Garland

Judy Garland (1922 - 1969)

American actress and singer
Stan Lee

Stan Lee (1922 - 2018)

American writer, publisher, producer, and actor
Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac (1922 - 1969)

American writer
Doris Day

Doris Day (1922 - 2019)

American actress, singer and animal rights activist
Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007)

American writer
Bea Arthur

Bea Arthur (1922 - 2009)

American actress
Ava Gardner

Ava Gardner (1922 - 1990)

American actress
Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner (1922 - 2020)

American director and comedian
Rachel Robinson

Rachel Robinson (102)

Former nurse, widow of Jackie Robinson
Dorothy Dandridge

Dorothy Dandridge (1922 - 1965)

American actress and singer
Yitzhak Rabin

Yitzhak Rabin (1922 - 1995)

Israeli politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel
Redd Foxx

Redd Foxx (1922 - 1991)

American comedian and actor
Veronica Lake

Veronica Lake (1922 - 1973)

American actress
Lucian Freud

Lucian Freud (1922 - 2011)

English painter
Yvonne De Carlo

Yvonne De Carlo (1922 - 2007)

Canadian-American actress and singer
Liliane Bettencourt

Liliane Bettencourt (1922 - 2017)

French businesswoman and philanthropist
Charles M. Schulz

Charles M. Schulz (1922 - 2000)

American cartoonist
Norodom Sihanouk

Norodom Sihanouk (1922 - 2012)

Cambodian king and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia
Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn (1922 - 2010)

American historian and activist
Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus (1922 - 1979)

American jazz musician, composer, and bandleader
Sid Caesar

Sid Caesar (1922 - 2014)

American comedian and actor
Lyndon LaRouche

Lyndon LaRouche (1922 - 2019)

American political activist
Russ Meyer

Russ Meyer (1922 - 2004)

American film director and producer
Michael Ansara

Michael Ansara (1922 - 2013)

Syrian-American actor
George McGovern

George McGovern (1922 - 2012)

American politician, historian, and author
Blake Edwards

Blake Edwards (1922 - 2010)

American director
Pierre Cardin

Pierre Cardin (1922 - 2020)

French fashion designer
Jackie Cooper

Jackie Cooper (1922 - 2011)

American actor and director
Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Boutros Boutros-Ghali (1922 - 2016)

Egyptian politician and diplomat 6th Secretary General of the United Nations
Thomas Kuhn

Thomas Kuhn (1922 - 1996)

American philosopher
Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee (1922 - 2014)

American actress, scriptwriter, and poet
Norman Lear

Norman Lear (1922 - 2023)

American scriptwriter and producer
Barbara Bel Geddes

Barbara Bel Geddes (1922 - 2005)

American actress and author
Kim Hunter

Kim Hunter (1922 - 2002)

American actress
Steven Hill

Steven Hill (1922 - 2016)

American actor
Paul Winchell

Paul Winchell (1922 - 2005)

Ventriloquist, voice ator, inventor
Christiaan Barnard

Christiaan Barnard (1922 - 2001)

South African surgeon
Barbara Hale

Barbara Hale (1922 - 2017)

American actress
Eleanor Parker

Eleanor Parker (1922 - 2013)

American actress
José Saramago

José Saramago (1922 - 2010)

Portuguese author
Julius Nyerere

Julius Nyerere (1922 - 1999)

Tanzanian president