Famous birthdays on January 22
Famous people born on January 22, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.
â Star sign
Aquarius
đ Birthstone
Garnet
đ¶ How common
No. 326 of 366
Born on January 22

Ivan III of Moscow
born 1440 · Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1462 to 1505

Francis Bacon
born 1561 · English philosopher and statesman (1561â1626)

John Donne
born 1572 · English poet and cleric (1572â1631)

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
born 1729 · German writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic (1729-1781)

Lord Byron
born 1788 · English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788â1824)

D. W. Griffith
born 1875 · American filmmaker (1875â1948)

Antonio Gramsci
born 1891 · Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician (1891â1937)

John Hurt
born 1940 · British actor (1940â2017)
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Pau CubarsĂ
born 2007 · Spanish footballer (born 2007)

Marcel Schmelzer
born 1988 · German footballer

Frank Leboeuf
born 1968 · French footballer and actor (born 1968)
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Dmitri Kombarov
born 1987 · Russian footballer
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Abraham Olano
born 1970 · Spanish cyclist

Katie Barberi
born 1972 · Mexican actress

Abdullah Shuhail
born 1985 · Saudi Arabian footballer
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Noham Kamara
born 2007 · French footballer (born 2007)

Alfredo Palacio
born 1939 · Ecuadorian physician

Sonny Chiba
born 1939 · Japanese actor and martial artist (1939â2021)
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Jang Sung-taek
born 1946 · North Korean government official (1946â2013)

Ondrej Nepela
born 1951 · Slovak figure skater (1951â1989)
Ladislav VĂzek
born 1955 · Czech footballer
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Tharman Shanmugaratnam
born 1957 · President of Singapore since 2023
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Charles Toubé
born 1958 · Cameroonian footballer (1958-2016)
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Nikos Anastopoulos
born 1958 · Greek footballer and manager

Cho Jung-tai
born 1959 · Premier of Taiwan since 2024

Urs Meier
born 1959 · Swiss football referee

Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu
born 1962 · Sultan of Terengganu

Mauricio Serna
born 1968 · Colombian footballer

Alain Sutter
born 1968 · Swiss footballer

Rogério Ceni
born 1973 · Brazilian professional football manager and former player

Joseph Muscat
born 1974 · former Prime Minister of Malta
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Hidetoshi Nakata
born 1977 · Japanese association football player
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Kadri Simson
born 1977 · Estonian politician (born 1977)
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Jorge MartĂn NĂșñez
born 1978 · Paraguayan footballer

Rodrigo Muñoz
born 1982 · Uruguayan footballer

Fabricio Coloccini
born 1982 · Argentine association football player

Hashem Beikzadeh
born 1984 · Iranian footballer

Mohamed Sissoko
born 1985 · Malian-French footballer (born 1985)

Shane Long
born 1987 · Irish association football player
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Vincent Aboubakar
born 1992 · Cameroonian association football player
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Questions about January 22 birthdays
- Who are famous people born on January 22?
- Famous people born on January 22 include Ivan III of Moscow (1440), Francis Bacon (1561), John Donne (1572), Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729), Lord Byron (1788).
- What star sign is someone born on January 22?
- Someone born on January 22 is a Aquarius.
- What is the birthstone for January 22?
- The birthstone for January is garnet.
- How common is a birthday on January 22?
- In the US, January 22 is the No. 326 most common birthday of the 366, with about 10,857 babies born on it on average (2000â2014).