Birthday: 22 January
Famous people born on 22 January
30 of the best-known people in our data were born on 22 January, including Lord Byron, Sergei Eisenstein and Antonio Gramsci. The longest life among them was Hjalmar Schacht's, at 93 years.
- Lord ByronEnglish Romantic poet and lyricist · 1788–182436 yrs
- Sergei EisensteinSoviet filmmaker · 1898–194850 yrs
- Antonio GramsciItalian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician · 1891–193746 yrs
- Hadrian14th Roman Emperor · AD 76–13862 yrs
- Gotthold Ephraim LessingGerman writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic · 1729–178152 yrs
- Lev LandauSoviet theoretical physicist · 1908–196860 yrs
- U ThantUN Secretary-General from 1961 to 1971 · 1909–197465 yrs
- D. W. GriffithAmerican filmmaker · 1875–194873 yrs
- John Hurt ↗British actor · 1940–201777 yrs
- Robert E. Howard ↗American author · 1906–193630 yrs
- Pierre Gassendi ↗French philosopher, astronomer, mathematician, priest, and scientist · 1592–165563 yrs
- Hjalmar Schacht ↗German politician and economist · 1877–197093 yrs
- Sam Cooke ↗American singer and songwriter · 1931–196433 yrs
- Bruno Kreisky ↗Austrian diplomat and chancellor · 1911–199079 yrs
- Piper Laurie ↗American actress · 1932–202391 yrs
- George Balanchine ↗American choreographer, dancer and ballet master · 1904–198379 yrs
- Maria Leopoldina of Austria ↗Queen consort of Portugal and Empress consort of Brazil · 1797–182629 yrs
- Alf Ramsey ↗English association football player and manager · 1920–199979 yrs
- Alfredo Palacio ↗Ecuadorian physician · 1939–202586 yrs
- Carlo Emanuele I, Duke of Savoy ↗Duke of Savoy · 1562–163068 yrs
- Chiara Lubich ↗Italian founder of the Focolare Movement · 1920–200888 yrs
- Conrad Veidt ↗German actor · 1893–194350 yrs
- Beatrice Webb ↗English sociologist, economist, socialist, and social reformer · 1858–194385 yrs
- Dixie Dean ↗English footballer · 1907–198073 yrs
- Paul Vidal de La Blache ↗French geographer · 1845–191873 yrs
- Jaan Kaplinski ↗Estonian poet, philosopher, translator, politician and culture critic · 1941–202180 yrs
- Morris Swadesh ↗American linguist · 1909–196758 yrs
- Jang Sung-taek ↗North Korean government official · 1946–201367 yrs
- Arkady Gaidar ↗Soviet children's writer · 1904–194137 yrs
- Michael Hutchence ↗Australian singer · 1960–199737 yrs
Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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