Aged 22
Famous people who died at 22
21 of the 11,867 best-known people in our data died aged 22, including Aaliyah, Buddy Holly and Geta.
- AaliyahAmerican R&B singer · 1979–2001
- Buddy HollyAmerican rock and roll singer · 1936–1959
- GetaRoman emperor from 209 to 211 · AD 189–211
- Otto III ↗Holy Roman Emperor from 996 to 1002 · c. 980–1002
- Robert Wadlow ↗American who was the tallest recorded person in history · 1918–1940
- Alexios IV Angelos ↗Byzantine emperor; · c. 1182–1204
- Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia ↗Grand Duchess of Russia (1895–1918); eldest child of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) · 1895–1918
- Christina Grimmie ↗American singer · 1994–2016
- Shunzhi Emperor ↗Qing Dynasty emperor of China · 1638–1661
- Terry Fox ↗Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and cancer research activist · 1958–1981
- Lambert II of Spoleto ↗King of Italy, Holy Roman Emperor, and Duke of Spoleto and Camerino · c. AD 876–898
- Clovis II ↗King of Neustria and Burgundy · c. AD 635–657
- Horst Wessel ↗SA officer · 1907–1930
- Antonio Puerta ↗Spanish footballer · 1984–2007
- Berenice IV of Egypt ↗Ptolemaic dynasty queen regnant · c. 77–55 BC
- Neerja Bhanot ↗Indian flight attendant of Pan Am Flight 73 · 1963–1986
- Mahsa Amini ↗Iranian woman who died in police custody · 1999–2022
- Irma Grese ↗German concentration camp guard · 1923–1945
- Ekaterina Svanidze ↗First wife of Josef Stalin · 1885–1907
- Ihor Kostenko ↗Ukrainian journalist and activist · 1991–2014
- Al-Mu'tazz ↗Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad from 866 to 869 · c. AD 847–869
"c." means only the years are known, so the age could be a year out. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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