Famous People Born on April 22

Famous people born on April 22 include Vladimir Lenin (1870), Immanuel Kant (1724) and Robert Oppenheimer (1904).

BORN ON THIS DAY

Vladimir Lenin

Born 1870 · Politics & Leadership

Bolshevik leader of the October Revolution

Immanuel Kant

Born 1724 · Philosophy & Thought

Critique of Pure Reason

Robert Oppenheimer

Born 1904 · Science & Invention

Father of the atomic bomb

Jack Nicholson

Born 1937 · Film & Entertainment

Actor in The Shining and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

MORE FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

Vladimir Nabokov

1899–1977

Russian and American novelist (1899–1977)

Donald Tusk

1957–present

Prime Minister of Poland (2007–2014; since 2023)

Rita Levi-Montalcini

1909–2012

Italian neurologist (1909–2012)

Isabella I of Castile

1451–1504

Queen of Castile and León from 1474 to 1504

Louise Glück

1943–2023

American poet and Nobel laureate (1943–2023)

Kaká

1982–present

Brazilian footballer (born 1982)

Germaine de Staël

1766–1817

French novelist and woman of letters (1766–1817)

Amber Heard

1986–present

American actress (born 1986)

Henry Fielding

1707–1754

English writer and judge (1707–1754)

Pope Alexander VIII

1610–1691

Head of the Catholic Church from 1689 to 1691

David Luiz

1987–present

Brazilian footballer (born 1987)

Henri La Fontaine

1854–1943

Belgian politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1854–1943)

Yehudi Menuhin

1916–1999

American-British violinist (1916–1999)

Estelle Harris

1928–2022

American actress (1928–2022)

Michael Atiyah

1929–2019

British-Lebanese mathematician (1929–2019)

DIED ON THIS DAY

Miguel de Cervantes

Died 1616 · Literature

Author of Don Quixote

Richard Nixon

Died 1994 · Politics & Leadership

37th US president, resigned after Watergate

MORE FAMOUS DEATHS

Pope Agapetus I

died 536

Head of the Catholic Church from 535 to 536

Pope Caius

died 296

Head of the Catholic Church from 283 to 296

Mircea Eliade

1907–1986

Romanian historian of religion (1907–1986)

Ansel Adams

1902–1984

American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)

Käthe Kollwitz

1867–1945

German artist (1867–1945)

Henry Campbell-Bannerman

1836–1908

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908

Richard Trevithick

1771–1833

British inventor and mining engineer (1771–1833)

Alida Valli

1921–2006

Italian actress (1921–2006)

Kūkai

774–835

Japanese Buddhist monk and Founder of the Shingon tradition

Fritz Strassmann

1902–1980

German chemist (1902–1980)

Sources

April 22 — Wikipedia. Births and deaths on this date
Vladimir Lenin — Wikipedia
Immanuel Kant — Wikipedia
J. Robert Oppenheimer — Wikipedia
Jack Nicholson — Wikipedia
Miguel de Cervantes — Wikipedia
Richard Nixon — Wikipedia
Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation. Birth years under More famous deaths

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