Famous people born on 22 August

• Deng XiaopingChinese politician and paramount leader from 1978 to 1989 · 1904–1997
  92 yrs
• Claude DebussyFrench classical composer · 1862–1918
  55 yrs
• Ray BradburyAmerican author and screenwriter · 1920–2012
  91 yrs
• Leni RiefenstahlGerman filmmaker, photographer, actress, and nazi propagandist · 1902–2003
  101 yrs
• Anthony of PaduaFranciscan saint, Doctor of the Church · 1195–1231
  35 yrs
• Jules MicheletFrench historian; popularized the historical concept of the Renaissance · 1798–1874
  75 yrs
• Dorothy ParkerAmerican poet, short story writer, critic and satirist · 1893–1967
  73 yrs
• Boris GodunovRussian Tsar · 1552–1605
  52 yrs
• Max SchelerGerman philosopher · 1874–1928
  53 yrs
• Henri Cartier-Bresson ↗French photographer · 1908–2004
  95 yrs
• Karlheinz Stockhausen ↗German composer · 1928–2007
  79 yrs
• John Lee Hooker ↗American blues musician · 1917–2001
  83 yrs
• Denis Papin ↗French physicist, mathematician and inventor · 1647–1713
  66 yrs
• Christian III of Denmark ↗King of Denmark and Norway · 1503–1559
  55 yrs
• Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk ↗German nobleman, jurist, and senior Nazi government official · 1887–1977
  89 yrs
• Laura Dahlmeier ↗German biathlete · 1993–2025
  31 yrs
• Alfonso IX of León ↗King of León and Galicia from 1188 to 1230 · 1171–1230
  59 yrs
• Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. ↗United States Army general · 1934–2012
  78 yrs
• Gilmar ↗Brazilian footballer · 1930–2013
  83 yrs
• Layne Staley ↗American rock musician · 1967–2002
  34 yrs
• Honor Blackman ↗British actress · 1925–2020
  94 yrs
• Alexander Bogdanov ↗Russian physician, philosopher and revolutionary · 1873–1928
  54 yrs
• Samuel Langley ↗American physicist, pioneer of aviation, and 3rd Secretary of the Smithsonian · 1834–1906
  71 yrs
• Ananda Coomaraswamy ↗Sri Lankan Tamil metaphysician · 1877–1947
  70 yrs
• Raymonde de Laroche ↗French pilot and the first woman in the world to receive an aeroplane pilot's licence · 1882–1919
  36 yrs
• Carl Ludwig Willdenow ↗German botanist · 1765–1812
  46 yrs
• Milan I Obrenović ↗King of Serbia · 1854–1901
  46 yrs
• Rudolf von Jhering ↗German jurist · 1818–1892
  74 yrs
• Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain ↗Infanta of Spain, Archduchess of Austria · 1566–1633
  67 yrs
• Petar Mladenov ↗Former General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party · 1936–2000
  63 yrs
• Sylva Koscina ↗Yugoslav actress · 1933–1994
  61 yrs
• Bruno Pontecorvo ↗Italian nuclear physicist · 1913–1993
  80 yrs

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