Who are famous people born on May 22?

Famous people born on May 22 include Richard Wagner (1813), Arthur Conan Doyle (1859), Laurence Olivier (1907), Hergé (1907), Charles Aznavour (1924).

What star sign is someone born on May 22?

Someone born on May 22 is a Gemini.

What is the birthstone for May 22?

The birthstone for May is emerald.

How common is a birthday on May 22?

In the US, May 22 is the No. 124 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,574 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).

Famous birthdays on May 22

Famous people born on May 22, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.

♊ Star sign
Gemini
💎 Birthstone
Emerald
👶 How common
No. 124 of 366

Born on May 22

Richard Wagner
born 1813 · German composer (1813–1883)
Arthur Conan Doyle
born 1859 · British writer and physician (1859–1930)
Laurence Olivier
born 1907 · English actor and director (1907–1989)
Hergé
born 1907 · Belgian comics writer (1907–1983)
Charles Aznavour
born 1924 · Armenian-French singer and diplomat (1924-2018)
Harvey Milk
born 1930 · American politician and gay rights activist (1930–1978)
Novak Djokovic
born 1987 · Serbian tennis player (born 1987)
George Best
born 1946 · Northern Irish footballer (1946–2005)
Naomi Campbell
born 1970 · British model (born 1970)
Betty Williams
born 1943 · Northern Irish peace activist (1943–2020)
Shuji Nakamura
born 1954 · Japanese doctor of Engineering (1954-), inventor of the blue LED, 2014 Nobel laureate in Physics
Morrissey
born 1959 · British singer and songwriter
Igor Lediakhov
born 1968 · Russian association football player
Paulina Chávez
born 2002 · American actress
🎂
Lyudmila Zhuravlyova
born 1946 · Ukrainian astronomer
Ali Al Huthaify
born 1947 · Saudi Imam
Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani
born 1983 · Saudi Arabian footballer
Daria Usacheva
born 2006 · Russian figure skater
Valentin Inzko
born 1949 · Austrian diplomat
Cha Bum-kun
born 1953 · South Korean association football player
Mary Black
born 1955 · Irish singer
David Blatt
born 1959 · Israeli American basketball player, coach and executive
Pedro Diniz
born 1970 · Brazilian racing driver (born 1970)
🎂
Garba Lawal
born 1974 · Nigerian footballer
Jürgen Melzer
born 1981 · Austrian tennis player
Bassel Khartabil
born 1981 · free culture and democracy activist, Syrian political prisoner
Hong Yong-jo
born 1982 · North Korean footballer
🎂
Jeremy Christie
born 1983 · New Zealand footballer
Carlos Valdés
born 1985 · Colombian footballer
Tranquillo Barnetta
born 1985 · Swiss footballer
🎂
Thanduyise Khuboni
born 1986 · South African footballer
Arturo Vidal
born 1987 · Chilean association football player
Stefan Mitrović
born 1990 · Serbian footballer
🎂
Milan Đurić
born 1990 · Bosnian footballer (born 1990)
Joel Obi
born 1991 · Nigerian footballer (born 1991)
Odise Roshi
born 1991 · Albanian association football player
🎂
Athena Manoukian
born 1994 · Greek singer
🎂
Nkosinathi Sibisi
born 1995 · South African soccer player
Eleanor Patterson
born 1996 · Australian athletics competitor
Roland Sallai
born 1997 · Hungarian association football player (born 1997)

May 22 in history

2026A gas explosion at a coal mine in Changzhi, Shanxi, leaves at least 82 people dead.
2014General Prayut Chan-o-cha becomes interim leader of Thailand in a military coup d'état, following six months of political turmoil.
2010Inter Milan beat Bayern Munich 2–0 in the UEFA Champions League final in Madrid, Spain to become the first, and so far only, Italian team to win the historic treble (Serie A, Coppa Italia, Champions League).
1992Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia join the United Nations.
1968The nuclear-powered submarine USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard, 400 nautical miles (740 km) southwest of the Azores.
1960The Great Chilean earthquake, measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, hits southern Chile, becoming the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
1942Mexico enters the Second World War on the side of the Allies.
1915Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano besides Mount St. Helens to erupt in the contiguous U.S. during the 20th century.
1872Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
1848Slavery is abolished in Martinique.
1809On the second and last day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling (near Vienna, Austria), Napoleon I is defeated in a major battle for the first time in his career, and repelled by an enemy army for the first time in a decade.
1629Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II and Danish King Christian IV sign the Treaty of Lübeck ending Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War.
1176The Hashshashin (Assassins) attempt to assassinate Saladin near Aleppo.

Holidays and observances

Abolition Day (Martinique)
Aromanian National Day (marginal, celebration on May 23 is more common)
Christian feast day: Castus and Emilius
Christian feast day: Fulk
Christian feast day: Humilita
Christian feast day: Blessed John Forest
Christian feast day: Blessed Maria Domenica Brun Barbantini
Christian feast day: Michael Hồ Đình Hy (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)
Christian feast day: Quiteria
Christian feast day: Rita of Cascia

May 22 in every year

Pick a year to see the world on that exact day: the news, the No. 1 song and who else was born.

Questions about May 22 birthdays

Who are famous people born on May 22?: Famous people born on May 22 include Richard Wagner (1813), Arthur Conan Doyle (1859), Laurence Olivier (1907), Hergé (1907), Charles Aznavour (1924).
What star sign is someone born on May 22?: Someone born on May 22 is a Gemini.
What is the birthstone for May 22?: The birthstone for May is emerald.
How common is a birthday on May 22?: In the US, May 22 is the No. 124 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,574 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).