Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/August 22
Births
[edit]- 1862 - Claude Debussy, French composer (d. 1918)
- 1887 - Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German minister of finance (d. 1977)
- 1902 - Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (d. 2003)
- 1904 - Deng Xiaoping, Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1997)
- 1920 - Ray Bradbury, American writer (d. 2012)
- 1928 - Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer (d. 2007)
- 1934 - Norman Schwarzkopf, American general (d. 2012) (pictured)
- 1957 - Steve Davis, English snooker player
- 1963 - Tori Amos, American singer-songwriter
- 1964 - Mats Wilander, Swedish tennis player
- 1970 - Giada De Laurentiis, Italian-American chef
- 1983 - Theo Bos, Dutch cyclist
Deaths
[edit]- 408 - Stilicho, Roman general (b. 359)
- 1155 - Konoe, Emperor of Japan (b. 1139)
- 1485 - Richard III, King of England (b. 1452)
- 1806 - Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (b. 1732)
- 1903 - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830)
- 1922 - Michael Collins, Irish revolutionary (b. 1890)
- 1978 - Jomo Kenyatta, first Prime Minister of Kenya (b. c. 1892)