Famous people born on 22 October

• Doris LessingBritish novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer, and short story writer · 1919–2013
  94 yrs
• Franz LisztHungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist · 1811–1886
  74 yrs
• Ivan BuninRussian writer and poet · 1870–1953
  83 yrs
• Domitian11th Roman Emperor · AD 51–96
  44 yrs
• Edward VI of EnglandKing of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553 · 1537–1553
  15 yrs
• Lev YashinPlayer for U.S.S.R · 1929–1990
  60 yrs
• Clinton DavissonAmerican physicist · 1881–1958
  76 yrs
• Nader ShahShah of Iran (r. 1736–47) and founder of the Afsharid dynasty · 1688–1747
  58 yrs
• Joan FontaineBritish actress · 1917–2013
  96 yrs
• Isaac Shamir7th Prime Minister of Israel · 1915–2012
  96 yrs
• Robert Capa ↗American photographer · 1913–1954
  40 yrs
• Timothy Leary ↗American psychologist · 1920–1996
  75 yrs
• Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle ↗French poet · 1818–1894
  75 yrs
• George Wells Beadle ↗American geneticist · 1903–1989
  85 yrs
• Bảo Đại ↗Emperor of Vietnam from 1926 to 1945 · 1913–1997
  83 yrs
• Dražen Petrović ↗Croatian basketball player · 1964–1993
  28 yrs
• Georges Brassens ↗French musician, singer-songwriter and poet · 1921–1981
  60 yrs
• John Reed ↗American journalist, poet, and communist activist · 1887–1920
  32 yrs
• Louis Riel ↗Métis leader in Canada · 1844–1885
  41 yrs
• John V of Portugal ↗King of Portugal from 1707 to 1750 · 1689–1750
  60 yrs
• Temür Khan ↗2nd emperor of the Yuan Dynasty · 1265–1307
  41 yrs
• Evaristo Carvalho ↗São Tomé and Príncipe politician · 1941–2022
  80 yrs
• Robert Rauschenberg ↗American painter and graphic artist · 1925–2008
  82 yrs
• Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein ↗German Empress and Queen of Prussia · 1858–1921
  62 yrs
• Karl Guthe Jansky ↗American physicist and radio engineer · 1905–1950
  44 yrs
• Ernst Öpik ↗Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist · 1893–1985
  91 yrs
• Johann Reinhold Forster ↗German naturalist · 1729–1798
  69 yrs
• Kader Khan ↗Indian-Canadian film actor, script and dialogue writer · 1930–2018
  88 yrs
• Constantine Samuel Rafinesque ↗French naturalist · 1783–1840
  56 yrs
• George Cohen ↗English footballer · 1939–2022
  83 yrs
• Dámaso Alonso ↗Spanish poet, philologist, and literary critic · 1898–1990
  91 yrs
• Edward of Westminster ↗Prince of Wales · 1453–1471
  17 yrs
• Adolph Joffe ↗Soviet diplomat · 1883–1927
  44 yrs
• Leopold VI, Duke of Austria ↗Austrian duke · 1176–1230
  53 yrs
• Maria Amalia of Austria ↗Queen of Bohemia · 1701–1756
  55 yrs

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