On This Day
This Day in History: (22-May)
Itzam K'an Ahk I, Mayan king (d. 686)
Annamacharya, Hindu saint (d. 1503)
Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford (d. 1621)
Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French soldier and governor (d. 1698)
Gabriël Grupello, Flemish Baroque sculptor (d. 1730)
Richard Brakenburgh, Dutch Golden Age painter (d. 1702)
Daniel Gran, Austrian painter (d. 1757)
François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and diplomat (d. 1794)
Hubert Robert, French painter (d. 1808)
Louis Legendre, French butcher and politician (d. 1797)
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, English politician (d. 1834)
Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)
Ram Mohan Roy, Indian philosopher and reformer (d. 1833)
Hirose Tansō, Japanese neo-Confucian scholar, teacher, writer (d. 1856)
William Sturgeon, English physicist and inventor, invented the electromagnet and electric motor (d. 1850)
Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator (d. 1855)
Giulia Grisi, Italian soprano (d. 1869)
Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle, English politician (d. 1864)
Richard Wagner, German composer (d. 1883)
Amalia Lindegren, Swedish painter (d. 1891)
Worthington Whittredge, American painter (d. 1910)
Albrecht von Graefe, German ophthalmologist and academic (d. 1870)
Henry Vandyke Carter, English anatomist and surgeon (d. 1897)
Félix Bracquemond, French painter and etcher (d. 1914)
Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla, Spanish politician; served as Prime Minister of Spain from 1871-73 (d. 1895)
Guillaume Fouace, French painter (d. 1895)
Catulle Mendès, French poet, author, and playwright (d. 1909)
Mary Cassatt, American painter and educator (d. 1926)
Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican poet, educator, and activist (d. 1908)
Fritz von Uhde, German painter and educator (d. 1911)
Aston Webb, English architect and academic (d. 1930)
Émile Sauret, French violinist and composer (d. 1920)
Belmiro de Almeida, Brazilian painter, illustrator, sculptor (d. 1935)
Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (d. 1930)
Tsubouchi Shōyō, Japanese author, playwright, and educator (d. 1935)
Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (d. 1931)
Augusto Pestana, Brazilian engineer and politician (d. 1934)
Daniel François Malan, South African clergyman and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1959)
Julius Klinger, Austrian painter and illustrator (d. 1942)
Warwick Armstrong, Australian cricketer and journalist (d. 1947)
Jean Cras, French admiral and composer (d. 1932)
Symon Petliura, Ukrainian statesman and independence leader (d. 1926)
Francis de Miomandre, French author and translator (d. 1959)
Giacomo Matteotti, Italian lawyer and politician (d. 1924)
Soemu Toyoda, Japanese admiral (d. 1957)
A. W. Sandberg, Danish film director and screenwriter (d. 1938)
Johannes R. Becher, German politician, novelist, and poet (d. 1958)
Friedrich Pollock, German sociologist and philosopher (d. 1970)
Robert Neumann, German and English-speaking author (d. 1975)
Vina Bovy, Belgian operatic soprano (d. 1983)
Maurice J. Tobin, American politician, 6th United States Secretary of Labor (d. 1953)
Al Simmons, American baseball player and coach (d. 1956)
Uno Lamm, Swedish electrical engineer and inventor (d. 1989)
Bodo von Borries, German physicist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope (d. 1956)
Tom Driberg, British politician (d. 1976)
Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator (d. 1983)
Laurence Olivier, English actor, director, and producer (d. 1989)
Horton Smith. American golfer and captain (d. 1963)
Margaret Mee, English illustrator and educator (d. 1988)
Herbert C. Brown, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
Rafael Gil, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 1986)
Dominique Rolin, Belgian author (d. 2012)
Max Kohnstamm, Dutch historian and diplomat (d. 2010)
Sun Ra, American pianist, composer, bandleader, poet (d. 1993)
George Aratani, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
Jean-Louis Curtis, French author (d. 1995)
Paul Vanden Boeynants, Belgian businessman and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 2001)
Thomas Gold, Austrian-American astrophysicist and academic (d. 2004)
George S. Hammond, American scientist (d. 2005)
Quinn Martin, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1987)
Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer-songwriter and actor
Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor (d. 1991)
Michael Constantine, American actor
Peter Matthiessen, American novelist, short story writer, editor, co-founded The Paris Review (d. 2014)
George Andrew Olah, Hungarian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)
Serge Doubrovsky, French theorist and author
John Mackenzie, Scottish director and producer (d. 2011)
T. Boone Pickens, American businessman
Hiroshi Sano, Japanese novelist (d. 2013)
Ahmed Fouad Negm, Egyptian poet (d. 2013)
Kenny Ball, English jazz trumpet player, vocalist, and bandleader (d. 2013)
Marisol Escobar, French-American sculptor (d. 2016)
Harvey Milk, American lieutenant and politician (d. 1978)
Robert Spitzer, American psychiatrist and academic (d. 2015)
Chen Jingrun, Chinese mathematician and academic (d. 1996)
Peter Nero, American pianist and conductor
George H. Heilmeier, American engineer (d. 2014)
Facundo Cabral, Argentinian singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
Richard Benjamin, American actor and director
Susan Strasberg, American actress (d. 1999)
Paul Winfield, American actor (d. 2004)
Kieth Merrill, American filmmaker
Michael Sarrazin, Canadian actor (d. 2011)
Bernard Shaw, American journalist
Mick Tingelhoff American Pro Football Hall of Famer
Menzies Campbell, Scottish sprinter and politician
Ted Kaczynski, American academic and mathematician turned anarchist and serial murderer (Unabomber)
Barbara Parkins, Canadian actress
Richard Oakes, Native American civil rights activist (d. 1972)
Betty Williams, Northern Irish peace activist, Nobel Prize laureate
John Flanagan, Australian fantasy author
George Best, Northern Irish footballer and manager (d. 2005)
Michael Green, English physicist and academic
Howard Kendall, English footballer and manager (d. 2015)
Andrei Marga, Romanian philosopher, political scientist, politician
Lyudmila Zhuravleva, Russian-Ukrainian astronomer
Tomás Sánchez, Cuban painter and engraver
Nedumudi Venu, Indian actor and screenwriter
Cheryl Campbell, English actress
Valentin Inzko, Austrian diplomat
Alekos Alavanos, Greek lawyer and politician
Irène Frain, French novelist and journalist
Bernie Taupin, English singer-songwriter and poet
Bill Whelan, Irish composer and musician
Peter Bazalgette, English television producer
Roger Bellon, French composer
François Bon, French writer
Cha Bum-kun, South Korean footballer and manager
Paul Mariner, English footballer, coach, and manager
Shuji Nakamura, Japanese-American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
Iva Davies, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Lisa Murkowski, American lawyer and politician
Morrissey, English singer-songwriter and performer
Kwak Jae-yong, South Korean director and screenwriter
Mehbooba Mufti, Indian politician
Hideaki Anno, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter
Brian Pillman, American football player and wrestler (d. 1997)
Jay Carney, American journalist, 29th White House Press Secretary
Johnny Gill, American singer-songwriter and producer
Wang Xiaoshuai, Chinese director and screenwriter
Ma Jun, Chinese environmentalist and journalist
Graham Linehan, Irish comedian, actor, and author
Cathy McMorris Rodgers, American lawyer and politician
Naomi Campbell, English model
Max Brooks, American author and screenwriter
Joana Preiss, French actress
Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Danish actor
Garba Lawal, Nigerian football
Henrietta Ónodi, Hungarian Olympic gymnast
Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukrainian politician
Cheyenne Carron, French film director, screenwriter, producer
Ginnifer Goodwin, American actress
Katie Price, English television personality & glamour model
Maggie Q, American actress
Nazanin Boniadi, Iranian-American actress
Lucy Gordon, British actress and model
Daniel Bryan, American wrestler
Bassel Khartabil, Syrian computer programmer and engineer
Jürgen Melzer, Austrian tennis player
Apolo Ohno, American speed skater
Hong Yong-jo, North Korean footballer
Natasha Kai, American soccer player and Olympic medalist
Karoline Herfurth, German actress
Didier Ya Konan, Ivorian footballer
Dustin Moskovitz, American entrepreneur, co-founder of Facebook
Tranquillo Barnetta, Swiss footballer
Tao Okamoto, Japanese model and actress
Matt Jarvis, English footballer
Tatiana Volosozhar, Russian figure skater
Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis player
Arturo Vidal, Chilean footballer
Joel Obi, Nigerian footballer
Suho, South Korean singer (EXO) and actor
Florian Luger, Austrian male model
Camren Bicondova, American actress