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Born on December 22?
You share your birthday with 30 famous people in our archive.
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December 22 in history →Joshua Bassett
American singer and actor who starred in High School Musical
Did you know? He is a multi-instrumentalist who can play the piano, guitar, and drums, having written many of his own songs.
G Hannelius
American actress best known as Avery Jennings on the Disney Channel sitcom Dog with a Blog
Did you know? She voiced the puppy Rosebud in the Air Buddies films.
Latto
Atlanta rapper behind the top-three hit Big Energy
Did you know? She changed her stage name from Mulatto to Latto in 2021.
Meghan Trainor
American singer-songwriter known for the hit song All About That Bass
Did you know? Before finding fame as a performer, she worked as a professional songwriter for other artists and released three independent albums.
Raphaël Guerreiro
Portuguese international footballer who won the 2016 European Championship
Did you know? Despite representing Portugal at international level, he was born in France and did not speak the language fluently when he first joined.
Basshunter
Swedish DJ and producer behind Eurodance hits Now You're Gone and All I Ever Wanted, both UK number ones
Did you know? He has been open about living with Tourette's syndrome, which he says helped him focus on his music.
Jennifer Hawkins
Agbani Darego
Fermín IV
Mexican rapper and former lead singer of the group Control Machete
Did you know? He left his successful music career to become an evangelical pastor before later returning to record Christian hip hop.
Vanessa Paradis
French singer and actress who achieved stardom as a teenager
Did you know? She became the youngest person to win a César Award for most promising actress for her role in the film Noce Blanche.
Ted Cruz
United States Senator for Texas and former presidential candidate
Did you know? While studying at Princeton University, he was a champion debater and won the top speaker award at the national championships.
Giuseppe Bergomi
Italian footballer who spent his entire career at Inter Milan
Did you know? He earned the nickname 'The Uncle' at a very young age because of his impressive moustache and mature appearance.
Ralph Fiennes
Award-winning actor known for Schindler's List and Harry Potter
Did you know? He is a third cousin of King Charles III through their shared descent from the Earl of Strathmore.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Influential American artist and pioneer of the Neo-expressionism movement
Did you know? He began his career as a graffiti artist in New York, signing his work with the pseudonym SAMO.
Thomas C. Südhof
Nobel Prize-winning biochemist who studied communication between brain cells
Did you know? He has credited his childhood bassoon teacher with teaching him the discipline and creative focus necessary for his scientific career.
1949–2003Maurice Gibb
Nicolae Timofti
Jurist who served as the President of Moldova
Did you know? He was a career judge for several decades before being chosen as a compromise candidate by parliament to end a long political deadlock.
Yasuyuki Kuwahara
Japanese footballer who played for the national team and Toyo Industries
Did you know? He was a member of the squad that secured a bronze medal for Japan at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico.
M. Stanley Whittingham
Nobel Prize-winning chemist who developed the lithium-ion battery
Did you know? He conducted much of his pioneering energy research while working for the oil company Exxon.
Lady Bird Johnson
Former First Lady of the United States and environmental activist
Did you know? Her lifelong nickname was given to her by a nurse who remarked that as a baby she was as pretty as a ladybird.
1887–1920Srinivasa Ramanujan
Self-taught Indian mathematician who worked with G. H. Hardy at Cambridge and transformed number theory before dying at 32
Did you know? He claimed that many of his complex mathematical formulas were revealed to him in dreams by a family goddess.
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
Italian poet and founder of the Futurist art movement
Did you know? He once published a manifesto that famously called for the destruction of museums and libraries to embrace a new age of speed.
Giacomo Puccini
Italian opera composer of La Bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot, with its aria Nessun dorma
Did you know? He was a keen motorist and is credited with commissioning one of the first off-road vehicles for use on his hunting trips.
Frank B. Kellogg
American statesman and Nobel Peace Prize winner
Did you know? He was awarded his Nobel prize for co-authoring a pact that attempted to outlaw war as an instrument of national policy.
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On This Day: December 22 in history5
Notable deaths on December 225
🇮🇪Samuel BeckettIrish playwright, novelist, and poetView profile Photo (modified): Roger Pic · Public domain1989Died
🇬🇧George EliotEnglish novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian eraView profile Photo (modified): replica by François D’Albert Durade (1804–1886) · Public domain1880Died
🇬🇧Beatrix PotterEnglish writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationistView profile Photo (modified): Charles G.Y. King (1854-1937) · Public domain1943Died
🇬🇧Joe CockerEnglish singer known for his gritty, bluesy voice and dynamic stage performances that featured expressive body movementsView profile Photo (modified): Thesupermat · CC BY-SA 3.02014Died
VitelliusRoman emperor, ruling for eight months from 19 April to 20 December AD 69View profile Photo (modified): Didier Descouens · Public domainAD 69Died
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December 22: birthdays, history and star sign
30 famous people were born on December 22, including Basshunter, Giacomo Puccini and Jean Racine. Anyone born on December 22 is a Capricorn, an earth sign ruled by Saturn. Notable events on December 22 include Battle of Sarikamish (1914) and The Anarchy (1135).
Famous people born on December 22
- 2000Joshua Bassett · American actor and singer
- 1993Meghan Trainor · American singer-songwriter and television personality
- 1984Basshunter · Swedish singer, record producer, songwriter and DJ
- 1974Fermín IV · Mexican rapper and Evangelical pastor, better known as a former member of the Mexican hip hop group Control Machete
- 1972Vanessa Paradis · French singer, model and actress
- 1970Ted Cruz · Canadian-American politician and attorney serving since 2013 as the junior United States Senator from Texas
- 1962Ralph Fiennes · English actor and director
- 1960Jean-Michel Basquiat · American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement
- 1955Thomas C. Südhof · German-American biochemist known for his study of synaptic transmission
- 1948Nicolae Timofti · Moldovan jurist and politician who was President of Moldova from 23 March 2012 until 23 December 2016
- 1912Lady Bird Johnson · First lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969 as the wife of Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United…
- 1887Srinivasa Ramanujan · Indian mathematician who worked during the early 20th century
- 1876Filippo Tommaso Marinetti · Italian poet, editor, art theorist and founder of the Futurist movement
- 1858Giacomo Puccini · Italian composer known primarily for his operas
- 1856Frank B. Kellogg · American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served in the U.S. Senate and as U.S. Secretary of State
- 1790Jean-François Champollion · French philologist and orientalist, known primarily as the decipherer of Egyptian hieroglyphs and a founding figure in…
- 1666Guru Gobind Singh · Tenth and last human Sikh Guru
- 1639Jean Racine · French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille, as well…
- 1183Chagatai Khan · Son of Genghis Khan, a prominent figure in the early Mongol Empire, and the first khan of the Chagatai Khanate
- AD 244Diocletian · Roman emperor from 284 until his abdication in 305
On December 22 in history
- 1914Battle of Sarikamish · The Battle of Sarikamish was an engagement between the Russian and Ottoman Empires during World War I. It took place from 22 December 1914, to 17 January 1915…
- 1135The Anarchy · The Anarchy was a civil war in England and Normandy between 1138 and 1153 which resulted in a widespread breakdown in law and order. The conflict was a war of…
- 1941Arcadia Conference · The First Washington Conference, also known as the Arcadia Conference, was held in Washington, D.C., from December 22, 1941, to January 14, 1942. President…
- 2024Proposed United States acquisition of Greenland · The United States has discussed obtaining Greenland from Denmark since the 19th century. There were talks within the US federal government about purchasing…
- 20182018 FIFA Club World Cup Final · The 2018 FIFA Club World Cup final was the final match of the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup, an international club association football tournament hosted by the…
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Capricorn · Earth · ruled by Saturn · Ambitious, Disciplined, Patient, Reserved
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Benjamin Disraeli
Novelist turned Conservative prime minister who made Queen Victoria Empress of India and bought Britain's stake in the Suez Canal
Did you know? Aside from his long political career, he was a prolific novelist who continued to publish books even while serving in high office.
Akihito
Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019 who became the first Japanese monarch in two centuries to abdicate
Did you know? He is a published expert on fish biology and has written numerous scientific papers specifically on the classification of goby species.
Hu Jintao
Chinese Communist Party leader and President of China from 2002 to 2012, a decade of rapid growth and the Beijing Olympics
Did you know? During his time as a student, he was an enthusiastic ballroom dancer and often performed in university shows.
Jane Fonda
American actress who won Oscars for Klute and Coming Home, launched a fitness video empire and campaigned on climate
Did you know? Her successful series of home workout videos became some of the most popular and best-selling VHS tapes ever released.
b. 1967Mikheil Saakashvili
Pro-Western reformer who led Georgia's Rose Revolution and served as president before being jailed after his return
Did you know? He is one of the few people to have held high-ranking government positions in two different sovereign nations.
Heinrich Böll
German novelist of Billiards at Half-Past Nine and The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum, a Nobel laureate and moral voice
Did you know? He refused to join the Hitler Youth as a teenager and was later drafted into the German army during the war.
Alexander I of Russia
Russian tsar who defeated Napoleon's 1812 invasion, led his army into Paris and shaped Europe at the Congress of Vienna
Did you know? He led the coalition that defeated Napoleon and famously entered Paris on horseback at the head of his victorious troops.
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- Who was born on December 22?
- Famous people born on December 22 include Basshunter (1984), Giacomo Puccini (1858), Jean Racine (1639), Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887) and Diocletian (AD 244). In total, 30 famous people in our archive were born on December 22.
- Which celebrities share a December 22 birthday?
- Famous people alive today with a December 22 birthday include Basshunter, Joshua Bassett, Ralph Fiennes and Vanessa Paradis.
- What star sign is someone born on December 22?
- People born on December 22 are Capricorn, an earth sign ruled by Saturn. Capricorn runs from December 22 to January 19.
- What happened on December 22 in history?
- Notable events on December 22 include Battle of Sarikamish (1914), The Anarchy (1135) and Arcadia Conference (1941).
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- December 22 in historyYour birthday has a story. See every famous birth, historic event and notable death recorded on December 22, the day the world welcomed you.Date page
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- Capricorn zodiac signAs a Capricorn you're known for being ambitious, disciplined and patient, just like Basshunter. Meet others who share your star sign.Zodiac
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