January 22: Today's Notable Birthdays

Is January 22nd your birthday? Was someone special to you born on January 22nd? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

January 22nd was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

January 22nd Birthdays: Famous Artists

American ballet dancer and choreographer Georgi (George Balanchine) Balanchivadze (Agon, Bourree Fantasque, Concerto Barocco, Don Quixote, Kammermusik No. 2, Schumann's Davidsbundlertanze, Serenade, Seven Deadly Sins and Slaughter on Tenth Avenue) was born on January 22, 1904. George Balanchine founded the New York City Ballet and the School of American Ballet.

David Llewelyn Wark (D.W.) Griffith, American film director (Birth of a Nation, Broken Blossoms, Hearts of the World, Intolerance, Judith of Bethulia, Orphans of the Storm and Way Down East) and co-founder of United Artists (with Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford), was born on January 22, 1875.

American film director Jim Jarmusch (Broken Flowers, Coffee and Cigarettes, Dead Man, Down by Law, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, The Limits of Control, Mystery Train, Night on Earth, Permanent Vacation and Stranger Than Paradise) was born on January 22, 1953. Jim Jarmusch married film director Sara Driver.

French painter Nicholas Lancret (Brother Philippe's Geese, Dance Before a Fountain, Le Jeu des Quatre-Coins, The Servant Justified and Two Seated Men) was born on January 22, 1690.

Francois Marie Martinez Picabia, Spanish-Cuban-French painter (Hera, Machine Turn Quickly and Star Dancer on a Transatlantic Steamer), was born on January 22, 1879.

January 22nd Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Canadian professional hockey player Michael Dean (Mike) Bossy (New York Islanders) was born on January 22, 1957.

Ralph Michael Caldwell, American professional baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Brewers, San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants), was born on January 22, 1949.

Rauno Makinen, Finnish wrestler and Olympic gold medalist (1956), was born on January 22, 1931.

American professional football player Bryant J. Salter (Baltimore Colts, Miami Dolphins, San Diego Chargers and Washington Redskins) was born on January 22, 1950.

American professional football player Robert Allen (Bob) Stein (Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Rams, Minnesota Vikings and San Diego Chargers) was born on January 22, 1948.

Karen Moe Thornton, American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist (1972), was born on January 22, 1952.

Canadian professional hockey player Jean Claude (J. C.) Tremblay (Montreal Canadiens and Quebec Nordiques) was born on January 22, 1939.

Galina Zybina, Russian shot put star and Olympic gold medalist (1952), was born on January 22, 1931.

January 22nd Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

British Parliamentarian, philosopher and author Sir Francis Bacon (The Advancement of Learning, De Augmentis Scientiarum, Essays, Instauratio Magna, The New Atlantis and Novum Organum) was born on January 22, 1561.

George Gordon Lord Byron, British satirist and poet (Cain, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, The Corsair, Don Juan, English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, Heaven and Earth, Hours of Idleness, Lament of Tasso, Mazeppa, Sardanapalaus and The Two Foscari), was born on January 22, 1788.

American playwright (Amazing Grace, Black Angel, Breaking Up, Ice and The Lady and the Clarinet), screenplay writer (The Bonfire of the Vanities, Breaking Up, Falling in Love, The Shadow Box and The Witches of Eastwick), actor (Crime Club, Die Hard with a Vengeance, An Enemy of the People, The Entertainer, Knuckle, The Last of Mrs. Lincoln, Lincoln and The Little Drummer Girl), film director (Body Shots, Gia and Original Sin) and Pulitzer Prize winner (1977) Michael Ivan Cristofer was born on January 22, 1945.

Howard Moss, American poet, author (Buried City: Poems, Finding Them Lost and Other Poems, The Folding Green, Instant Lives & More, The Oedipus Mah-Jongg Scandal, The Palace at 4 A.M., Second Nature, A Swimmer in the Air, The Toy Fair, A Winter Come - A Summer Gone and The Wound and the Weather), editor (The New Yorker) and Pulitzer Prize winner (1971), was born on January 22, 1922.

Swedish playwright and author Johan August Strindberg (Creditors, The Dream Play, The Father, The Ghost Sonata, The Great Highway, Gustav Vasa, Inferno, Married, Master Olaf, Miss Julie, The Red Room, Son of a Servant and To Damascus) was born on January 22, 1849.

Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr., American crime novelist (The Black Marble, The Blooding: The True Story of the Narborough Village Murders, The Blue Knight, The Choirboys, The Delta Star, Finnegan's Week, Floaters, Fugitive Nights, The Glitter Dome, The Golden Orange, Hollywood Crows, Hollywood Moon, Hollywood Station, The New Centurions, The Onion Field and The Secrets of Harry Bright), was born on January 22, 1937.

January 22nd Birthdays: Famous Business Leaders

Robert Somers Brookings, American businessman, philanthropist, Brookings Institution founder and author (Economic Democracy, Industrial Ownership and The Way Forward), was born on January 22, 1850.

French aircraft designer and airplane manufacturer Marcel Dassault (Societe des Avions Marcel Bloch) was born on January 22, 1892.

January 22nd Birthdays: Famous Performers

Wilfred Bailey (Bill) Bixby, American actor (The Apple Dumpling Gang, Clambake, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, Doctor You've Got to Be Kidding, The Incredible Hulk, The Joey Bishop Show, The Magician, My Favorite Martian, Rich Man Poor Man, Ride Beyond Vengeance and Speedway), television personality (Hollywood Squares, Masquerade Party, Once Upon a Classic and Password) and film director (Blossom, Goodnight Beantown and Sledge Hammer), was born on January 22, 1934. Bill Bixby was married to actress Brenda Benet.

American actress Linda Denise Blair (Airport '75, Bail Out, Exorcist II: The Heretic, The Exorcist and A Woman Obsessed) was born on January 22, 1959.

American actor Seymour Joseph Cassel (Combat, Dick Tracy, Faces, The F.B.I., Heist, Indecent Proposal, The Life Aquatic, The Lloyd Bridges Show, Nightside, Opening Night, The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, Shadows, Too Late Blues, Trees Lounge, Twelve O'Clock High, A Very Special Place and The Webster Boy) was born on January 22, 1935.

Samuel (Sam Cooke) Cook, American Gospel, R&B and soul singer ("Bring It on Home to Me," "Chain Gang," "A Change Is Gonna Come," "Wonderful World" and "You Send Me") and civil rights activist, was born on January 22, 1931.

Marc Gay, American R&B singer (Shai), was born on January 22, 1968.

American country music bass guitarist and singer Teddy Gentry (Alabama) was born on January 22, 1951.

Paul Balthazar Getty, American actor (Alias, Big City Blues, Brothers & Sisters, Charmed, Deuces Wild, Four Dogs Playing Poker, Habitat, Judge Dredd, Ladder 49, Lord of the Flies, Lost Highway, My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys, Out in Fifty, Pasadena, Traffic, Where the Day Takes You, White Squall and Young Guns 2), was born on January 22, 1975. Balthazar Getty is the grandson of oil executive J. Paul Getty. on January 22, 1965.

British actor John Vincent Hurt (Alien, The Elephant Man, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Hellboy, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, A Man for All Seasons, Midnight Express, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Rob Roy, Spaceballs, V for Vendetta and Watership Down) was born on January 22, 1940.

Michael Kelland John Hutchence, Australian rock singer and songwriter (INXS), was born on January 22, 1960.

Rosetta (Piper Laurie) Jacobs, American actress (Appointment with Death, Carrie, Children of a Lesser God, Dream a Little Dream, Eulogy, Fighting For My Daughter, Francis Goes to the Races, The Grass Harp, Johnny Dark, Other People's Money, Promise, Return to Oz, Ruby, Saving Grace, Son of Ali Baba, The Thorn Birds, Trauma, Twin Peaks and Wrestling Ernest Hemingway), was born on January 22, 1932.

American jazz trombonist and bandleader James Louis (J.J.) Johnson (J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintet) was born on January 22, 1924.

Harriette Arlene (Ann Sothern) Lake, American actress (The Adventures of Maisie, The Ann Sothern Show, The Blue Gardenia, Congo Maisie, The Legend of Jesse James, A Letter to Three Wives, Maisie, Maisie Was a Lady, My Mother the Car, Private Secretary, The Show of Shows, Swing Shift Maisie, The Whales of August, Undercover Maisie and Whoopee), was born on January 22, 1909. Ann Sothern was married to actors Roger Pryor and Robert Sterling.

Diane Lane, American actress (Chaplin, The Cotton Club, The Glass House, Hardball, Hollywoodland, Jack, Judge Dredd, A Little Romance, Lonesome Dove, Must Love Dogs, Oldest Confederate Widow Tells All, The Outsiders, The Perfect Storm, Rumble Fish, Under the Tuscan Sun,Unfaithful and Wild Bill), was born on January 22, 1965.

American actor Christopher Boyd (Chris) Lemmon (9 to 5, Airport '77, Brothers and Sisters, Cannonball Run II, CHiPs, Corporate Affairs, Dad, Duet, Just Before Dawn, Knots Landing, Land of the Free, The Pretender, Seems Like Old Times, Swing Shift, Thunder in Paradise, Too Close for Comfort, Uncommon Valor, Weekend Warriors and Yellow Pages) was born on January 22, 1954. Chris Lemmon is the son of actor Jack Lemmon and actress Cynthia Stone.

Gabriel (Swann) Macht, American actor (Archangel, Because I Said So, A Love Song for Bobby Long, The Recruit, The Spirit and Why Would I Lie), was born on January 22, 1972. Gabriel Macht is the son of actor Stephen Macht and brother to actor Jesse Macht.

Christopher Kennedy Masterson, American actor (American History X, Back to Black, Cutthroat Island, Dragonheart: A New Beginning, Girl, Malcolm in the Middle, My Best Friend's Wedding, Nice Guys Finish Last, Scary Movie 2, Singles, The Sunchaser and Waterborne and Intellectual Property) and television personality (What's Up), was born on January 22, 1980. Christopher Masterson's brother is actor Danny Masterson.

American singer ("Angel" and "Heaven on Earth Down Here") and actress Beverley Ann Mitchell (7th Heaven, Baby of the Bride, Big Brother Jake, Children of the Bride, The Crow: City of Angels, Extreme Movie, Girl Band, Killing Obsession, Mother of the Bride, Phenom, Right on Track, Saw II, Sinatra and White Dwarf ) was born on January 22, 1981.

Ben Robert Moody, American rock singer and songwriter (Evanescence), was born on January 22, 1981.

American country music singer Regina Nicks (Regina Regina) was born on January 22, 1965.

Stephen Ray (Steve) Perry, American rock drummer and singer (Allen Project, Journey, Radio Stars and USA for Africa), was born on January 22, 1949.

American operatic soprano Rosa Ponselle was born on January 22, 1897.

Robyn Richards, American actress (General Hospital and Port Charles) and voice-over artist (A Goofy Movie), was born on January 22, 1987.

American chef, author (The Frugal Gourmet Cooks American, The Frugal Gourmet Cooks Three Ancient Cuisines: China Greece and Rome, The Frugal Gourmet Cooks with Wine, The Frugal Gourmet on Our Immigrant Ancestors: Recipes You Should Have Gotten from Your Grandmother and The Frugal Gourmet's Culinary Handbook: An Updated Version of an American Classic on Food and Cooking), and television personality (The Frugal Gourmet) Jeffrey L. (Jeff) Smith was born on January 22, 1939.

Jeffrey (DJ Jazzy Jeff) Townes, American R&B and hip hop musician (DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince), was born

January 22nd Birthdays: Famous Scientists

French mathematician, physicist and author (Essaisur la Philosophie des Sciences and Recueil d'Observations Electro-Dynamiques) Andre Marie Ampere was born on January 22, 1775. The ampere measurement was named for him.

Lev D. Landau, Russian physicist and Nobel Prize winner (1962), was born on January 22, 1909.

January 22nd Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders

Ivan III, Russian Czar, was born on January 22, 1940.

Pantanaw U. Thant, Burmese diplomat, United Nations Secretary-General and author (Cities and Their Stories, History of Postwar Burma, The League of Nations School Book and Towards a New Education), was born on January 22, 1909.

Frederick Moore Vinson, American jurist, 13th U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice, 85^th U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 53^rd U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (under 33^rd U.S. President Harry S. Truman) and U.S. Congressman (D-KY), was born on January 22, 1890.

Do you know any others who are celebrating birthdays on January 22nd?

If you know additional notable people (including yourself) who may be celebrating a birthday on January 22nd, please indicate so in a comment below. Thank you!

Happy Birthday, January 22nd.

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