Famous people born on 22 February

• George WashingtonFounding Father and first U.S. president · 1732–1799
  67 yrs
• Arthur SchopenhauerGerman philosopher · 1788–1860
  72 yrs
• Heinrich HertzGerman physicist · 1857–1894
  36 yrs
• Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-PowellLieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement · 1857–1941
  83 yrs
• Horst KöhlerGerman politician (CDU); president of Germany, 2004–2010 · 1943–2025
  81 yrs
• Luis BuñuelSpanish-Mexican filmmaker · 1900–1983
  83 yrs
• Steve IrwinAustralian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality · 1962–2006
  44 yrs
• Jean-Bedel Bokassa2nd president (1966–76) and emperor (r. 1976–79) of the Central African Republic · 1921–1996
  75 yrs
• Niki LaudaAustrian former Formula 1 driver · 1949–2019
  70 yrs
• Jules RenardFrench author · 1864–1910
  46 yrs
• SigismundMonarch from the House of Luxemburg · 1368–1437
  69 yrs
• Ted KennedyUnited States Senator from Massachusetts from 1962 to 2009 · 1932–2009
  77 yrs
• August BebelGerman social democrat politician · 1840–1913
  73 yrs
• Jonathan Demme ↗American filmmaker · 1944–2017
  73 yrs
• Edna St. Vincent Millay ↗American poet · 1892–1950
  58 yrs
• Renato Dulbecco ↗Italian-born American virologist · 1914–2012
  97 yrs
• Robert Wadlow ↗American who was the tallest recorded person in history · 1918–1940
  22 yrs
• Konstantin Päts ↗Estonian politician · 1874–1956
  81 yrs
• Mary of Burgundy ↗Duchess of Burgundy and wife of emperor Maximilian I · 1457–1482
  25 yrs
• Danilo Kiš ↗Serbian and Yugoslav novelist · 1935–1989
  54 yrs
• Adolphe Quetelet ↗Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist · 1796–1874
  77 yrs
• Pierre Janssen ↗French astronomer · 1824–1907
  83 yrs
• Eduard Limonov ↗Russian writer · 1943–2020
  77 yrs
• Giulietta Masina ↗Italian actress · 1921–1994
  73 yrs
• Leonid Govorov ↗Soviet marshal · 1897–1955
  58 yrs
• James Russell Lowell ↗American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat · 1819–1891
  72 yrs
• Fritz Strassmann ↗German chemist · 1902–1980
  78 yrs
• Hugo Ball ↗German author, poet and one of the leading Dada artists · 1886–1927
  41 yrs
• John Mills ↗British actor · 1908–2005
  97 yrs
• Ladislaus the Posthumous ↗King of Hungary, Bohemia and Croatia, Duke of Austria · 1440–1457
  17 yrs
• Rómulo Betancourt ↗President of Venezuela · 1908–1981
  73 yrs
• Savielly Tartakower ↗Polish and French chess player · 1887–1956
  68 yrs
• Frank P. Ramsey ↗British mathematician, philosopher, and economist · 1903–1930
  26 yrs
• Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted ↗Danish physical chemist · 1879–1947
  68 yrs
• Katharine, Duchess of Kent ↗Member of the British royal family · 1933–2025
  92 yrs
• R. G. Collingwood ↗British historian and philosopher · 1889–1943
  53 yrs
• Emperor Yingzong of Song ↗5th Emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty · 1032–1067
  34 yrs
• Joanna Russ ↗American author · 1937–2011
  74 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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