Famous people born on 22 April

• Vladimir LeninFounding leader of the Soviet Union · 1870–1924
  53 yrs
• MuhammadArabian political leader and the founder of Islam · AD 571–632
  61 yrs
• Immanuel KantGerman philosopher · 1724–1804
  79 yrs
• Vladimir NabokovRussian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor · 1899–1977
  78 yrs
• J. Robert OppenheimerAmerican theoretical physicist · 1904–1967
  62 yrs
• Rita Levi-MontalciniItalian neurologist · 1909–2012
  103 yrs
• Louise GlückU.S. poet and Nobel laureate · 1943–2023
  80 yrs
• Germaine de StaëlGenevan-French author · 1766–1817
  51 yrs
• Henry FieldingEnglish novelist and dramatist · 1707–1754
  47 yrs
• Alexander VIIIPope of the Catholic Church from 1689 to 1691 · 1610–1691
  80 yrs
• Robert BárányAustro-Hungarian otologist and Nobel Prize laureate · 1876–1936
  59 yrs
• Christian IV of Denmark ↗King of Denmark and Norway · 1577–1648
  70 yrs
• Sweyn I of Denmark ↗King of Denmark, England, and Norway · 963–1014
  50 yrs
• Henri La Fontaine ↗Belgian lawyer, politician and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate · 1854–1943
  89 yrs
• Yehudi Menuhin ↗American violinist and conductor · 1916–1999
  82 yrs
• Estelle Harris ↗American actress · 1928–2022
  93 yrs
• Michael Atiyah ↗British mathematician · 1929–2019
  89 yrs
• Donald J. Cram ↗American chemist · 1919–2001
  82 yrs
• Otto Rank ↗Austrian psychoanalyst · 1884–1939
  55 yrs
• Charles Mingus ↗American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader · 1922–1979
  56 yrs
• Glen Campbell ↗American musician · 1936–2017
  81 yrs
• Hans von Seeckt ↗German general · 1866–1936
  70 yrs
• Giuseppe Torelli ↗Italian violist, violinist, teacher and composer · 1658–1709
  50 yrs
• Anwar al-Awlaki ↗American-Yemeni imam and suspected Islamist extremist · 1971–2011
  40 yrs
• Bettie Page ↗American pin-up model · 1923–2008
  85 yrs
• Eddie Albert ↗American actor · 1906–2005
  99 yrs
• María Zambrano ↗Spanish philosopher · 1904–1991
  86 yrs
• Michael Wittmann ↗German Waffen-SS tank commander · 1914–1944
  30 yrs
• William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ↗Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1905 to 1912 · 1852–1912
  59 yrs
• Harald Bohr ↗Danish mathematician and footballer · 1887–1951
  63 yrs
• Indro Montanelli ↗Italian journalist, essayist and writer · 1909–2001
  92 yrs
• James Stirling ↗English architect · 1926–1992
  66 yrs
• Jørgen Moe ↗Norwegian folklorist, poet and bishop · 1813–1882
  68 yrs
• Steve Fossett ↗American businessman, record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer · 1944–2007
  63 yrs
• Akbar Shah II ↗17th Mughal Emperor from 1806 to 1837 · 1760–1837
  77 yrs
• Jerry Fodor ↗American philosopher · 1935–2017
  82 yrs
• Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten ↗Swedish prince, heir apparent until his death (1906–1947); father of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden · 1906–1947
  40 yrs
• Aaron Spelling ↗American film and television producer · 1923–2006
  83 yrs
• Ethel Smyth ↗English composer and suffragette · 1858–1944
  86 yrs
• Guillermo Cabrera Infante ↗Cuban writer · 1929–2005
  75 yrs
• István Tisza ↗Hungarian politician · 1861–1918
  57 yrs
• Kathleen Ferrier ↗English contralto singer · 1912–1953
  41 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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