# August 22

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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [392](/source/392) &ndash; [Arbogast](/source/Arbogast_(magister_militum)) has [Eugenius](/source/Eugenius) elected [Western Roman Emperor](/source/Roman_emperor).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Williams|first1=Stephen|last2=Friell|first2=Gerard|title=Theodosius: The Empire at Bay|location=New Haven, Conn.|publisher=Yale University Press|date=1994|isbn=9780300074475|url=https://archive.org/details/theodosiusempire0000will|page=129}}</ref>
* [851](/source/851) &ndash; [Battle of Jengland](/source/Battle_of_Jengland): [Erispoe](/source/Erispoe) defeats [Charles the Bald](/source/Charles_the_Bald) near the Breton town of Jengland, halting the expansion of [West Francia](/source/West_Francia).<ref>{{cite book|author1=Regino of Prŭm|author2=Adalbert of Magdeburg|editor-last=MacLean|editor-first=Simon|title=History and Politics in Late Carolingian and Ottonian Europe: The Chronicle of Regino of Prüm and Adalbert of Magdeburg|location=Manchester, UK|publisher=Manchester University Press|date=2009|isbn=9780719071348|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N28CEAAAQBAJ|page=137|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Rupert|chapter=Breton-Frankish War. Jengland. 22 August 851|title=1001 Battles That Changed the Course of History|editor-last=Grant|editor-first=R.G.|location=New York|publisher=Chartwell Books|date=2017|isbn=9780785835530|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ZNADwAAQBAJ|page=121}}</ref>
* [1138](/source/1138) &ndash; [Battle of the Standard](/source/Battle_of_the_Standard) between Scotland and England.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Battle of the Standard (The Battle of Northallerton) |url=https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/The-Battle-of-the-Standard/ |website=Historic UK |access-date=22 August 2020}}</ref>
* [1153](/source/1153) &ndash; [Crusader–Fatimid wars](/source/Crusader%E2%80%93Fatimid_wars): The fortress of [Ascalon](/source/Ascalon) was [surrendered](/source/Siege_of_Ascalon) by [Fatimid Egypt](/source/Fatimid_Caliphate) to an army of [crusaders](/source/Kingdom_of_Jerusalem), [Templar](/source/Knights_Templar)s, and [Hospitallers](/source/Knights_Hospitaller) led by King [Baldwin III of Jerusalem](/source/Baldwin_III_of_Jerusalem).<ref>{{cite book | last=Lev | first=Yaacov | title=State and Society in Fatimid Egypt | year=1991 | location=Leiden | publisher=Brill | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I2LwgIL_bpEC | isbn=978-9004093447 |page=104}}</ref>
*[1485](/source/1485) &ndash; The [Battle of Bosworth Field](/source/Battle_of_Bosworth_Field) occurs; King [Richard III of England](/source/Richard_III_of_England)'s death in battle marks the end of the reigning [Plantagenet dynasty](/source/House_of_Plantagenet) and the beginning of the Tudors under [Henry VII](/source/Henry_VII_of_England).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Weir |first=Alison |title=Britain's Royal Families |date=2008 |publisher=Vintage |isbn=978-0-09-953973-5 |author-link=Alison Weir|page=145}}</ref>
*[1559](/source/1559) &ndash; Spanish [archbishop](/source/archbishop) [Bartolomé Carranza](/source/Bartolom%C3%A9_Carranza) is arrested for [heresy](/source/Heresy_in_Christianity).

===1601–1900===
*[1614](/source/1614) &ndash; [Fettmilch Uprising](/source/Fettmilch_Uprising): Jews are expelled from [Frankfurt](/source/Frankfurt), [Holy Roman Empire](/source/Holy_Roman_Empire), following the plundering of the [Judengasse](/source/Frankfurter_Judengasse).
*[1639](/source/1639) &ndash; Madras (now [Chennai](/source/Chennai)), India, is founded by the [British East India Company](/source/East_India_Company) on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
*[1642](/source/1642) &ndash; [Charles I](/source/Charles_I_of_England) raises his standard in [Nottingham](/source/Nottingham), which marks the beginning of the [English Civil War](/source/English_Civil_War).
*[1654](/source/1654) &ndash; [Jacob Barsimson](/source/Jacob_Barsimson) arrives in [New Amsterdam](/source/New_Amsterdam). He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.
*[1711](/source/1711) &ndash; Britain's [Quebec Expedition](/source/Quebec_expedition_(1711)) loses eight ships and almost nine hundred soldiers, sailors and women to rocks at [Pointe-aux-Anglais](/source/Pointe-aux-Anglais).
*[1717](/source/1717) &ndash; Spanish troops land on [Sardinia](/source/Sardinia).
*[1770](/source/1770) &ndash; [James Cook](/source/James_Cook) names and lands on [Possession Island](/source/Possession_Island_(Queensland)), and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales).
*[1777](/source/1777) &ndash; British forces abandon the [Siege of Fort Stanwix](/source/Siege_of_Fort_Stanwix) after hearing rumors of [Continental Army](/source/Continental_Army) reinforcements.
*[1780](/source/1780) &ndash; James Cook's ship {{HMS|Resolution|1771|6}} returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
*[1791](/source/1791) &ndash; The [Haiti](/source/Haiti)an [slave revolution](/source/Haitian_Revolution) begins in [Saint-Domingue, Haiti](/source/Saint-Domingue).
*[1798](/source/1798) &ndash; French troops land at [Kilcummin, County Mayo](/source/Kilcummin%2C_County_Mayo), Ireland to aid the [rebellion](/source/Irish_Rebellion_of_1798).
*[1827](/source/1827) &ndash; [José de La Mar](/source/Jos%C3%A9_de_La_Mar) becomes [President of Peru](/source/List_of_Presidents_of_Peru).
*[1846](/source/1846) &ndash; The [Second Federal Republic of Mexico](/source/Second_Federal_Republic_of_Mexico) is established.
*[1849](/source/1849) &ndash; [Passaleão incident](/source/Passale%C3%A3o_incident): [João Maria Ferreira do Amaral](/source/Jo%C3%A3o_Maria_Ferreira_do_Amaral), the [governor](/source/Governor_of_Macau) of [Portuguese Macau](/source/Portuguese_Macau), is [assassinated](/source/Passale%C3%A3o_incident) by a group of Chinese locals, triggering a military confrontation between [China](/source/Qing_dynasty) and [Portugal](/source/History_of_Portugal_(1834%E2%80%931910)) at the [Battle of Passaleão](/source/Passale%C3%A3o_incident) three days after.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Ride |first1=Lindsay Tasman |title=The Voices of Macao Stones |last2=Ride |first2=Violet May |publisher=[Hong Kong University Press](/source/Hong_Kong_University_Press) |year=1999 |isbn=9789622094871 |edition=Abridged |location=Hong Kong |page=45 |language=en |author-link=Lindsay Tasman Ride}}</ref>
*[1851](/source/1851) &ndash; The first [America's Cup](/source/America's_Cup) is won by the [yacht](/source/yacht) ''[America](/source/America_(yacht))''.
*[1864](/source/1864) &ndash; Twelve nations sign the [First Geneva Convention](/source/First_Geneva_Convention), establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.<ref>{{Citation | last = Pictet | first = Jean S. | title = The New Geneva Conventions for the Protection of War Victims | journal = The American Journal of International Law | year = 1951 | volume = 45 | issue = 3 | pages = 462–475 | doi=10.2307/2194544| jstor = 2194544 }}</ref>
*[1875](/source/1875) &ndash; The [Treaty of Saint Petersburg](/source/Treaty_of_Saint_Petersburg_(1875)) between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of [Sakhalin](/source/Sakhalin) for the [Kuril Islands](/source/Kuril_Islands).
*[1894](/source/1894) &ndash; [Mahatma Gandhi](/source/Mahatma_Gandhi) forms the [Natal Indian Congress](/source/Natal_Indian_Congress) (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.

===1901–present===
*[1902](/source/1902) &ndash; The [Cadillac](/source/Cadillac) Motor Company is founded.
*  1902 &ndash; [Theodore Roosevelt](/source/Theodore_Roosevelt) becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
*  1902 &ndash; At least 6,000 people are killed by the magnitude 7.7 [Kashgar earthquake](/source/1902_Turkestan_earthquake) in the Tien Shan mountains.<ref name="Chen22">{{cite journal |last1=Chen |first1=Qingyu |last2=Fu |first2=Bihong |last3=Shi |first3=Pilong |last4=Li |first4=Zhao |editor1-last=Livio |editor1-first=Franz |editor2-last=Ferrario |editor2-first=Maria Francesca |title=Surface Deformation Associated with the 22 August 1902 Mw 7.7 Atushi Earthquake in the Southwestern Tian Shan, Revealed from Multiple Remote Sensing Data |journal=Remote Sensing |date=2022 |volume=14 |issue=7 |page=1663 |doi=10.3390/rs14071663 |publisher=[MDPI](/source/MDPI)|bibcode=2022RemS...14.1663C |doi-access=free }}</ref>
*[1922](/source/1922) &ndash; [Michael Collins](/source/Michael_Collins_(Irish_leader)), [Commander-in-chief](/source/Commander-in-chief) of the [Irish Free State](/source/Irish_Free_State) Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the [Irish Civil War](/source/Irish_Civil_War).
*[1934](/source/1934) &ndash; [Bill Woodfull](/source/Bill_Woodfull) of [Australia](/source/Australia_national_cricket_team) becomes the only [test cricket](/source/test_cricket) captain to twice regain [The Ashes](/source/The_Ashes).
*[1942](/source/1942) &ndash; [Brazil](/source/Brazil) declares war on [Germany](/source/Germany), Japan and [Italy](/source/Italy).
*[1944](/source/1944) &ndash; [World War II](/source/World_War_II): [Holocaust of Kedros](/source/Holocaust_of_Kedros) in [Crete](/source/Crete) by German forces.
*[1949](/source/1949) &ndash; The [Queen Charlotte earthquake](/source/1949_Queen_Charlotte_Islands_earthquake) is Canada's strongest since the [1700 Cascadia earthquake](/source/1700_Cascadia_earthquake).
*[1953](/source/1953) &ndash; The [penal colony](/source/penal_colony) on [Devil's Island](/source/Devil's_Island) is permanently closed.
*[1962](/source/1962) &ndash; The [OAS](/source/Organisation_de_l'arm%C3%A9e_secr%C3%A8te) [attempts to assassinate](/source/Petit-Clamart_attack) French president [Charles de Gaulle](/source/Charles_de_Gaulle).
*[1963](/source/1963) &ndash; [X-15 Flight 91](/source/X-15_Flight_91) reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program ({{convert|107.96|km|mi|abbr=on}} (354,200 feet)).
*[1965](/source/1965) &ndash; [Juan Marichal](/source/Juan_Marichal), pitcher for the [San Francisco Giants](/source/1965_San_Francisco_Giants_season), strikes [John Roseboro](/source/John_Roseboro), catcher for the [Los Angeles Dodgers](/source/1965_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season), on the head with a [bat](/source/baseball_bat), sparking a [14-minute brawl](/source/Battle_of_Candlestick_Park), one of the most violent on-field incidents in sports history.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Mann |first=Jack |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1965/08/30/605969/the-battle-of-san-francisco |title=The Battle Of San Francisco |magazine=[Sports Illustrated](/source/Sports_Illustrated) |date=August 30, 1965}}</ref>
*[1966](/source/1966) &ndash; Labor movements [NFWA](/source/United_Farm_Workers) and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), the predecessor of the [United Farm Workers](/source/United_Farm_Workers).
*[1968](/source/1968) &ndash; [Pope Paul VI](/source/Pope_Paul_VI) arrives in [Bogotá](/source/Bogot%C3%A1), Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
*[1971](/source/1971) &ndash; [J. Edgar Hoover](/source/J._Edgar_Hoover) and [John Mitchell](/source/John_N._Mitchell) announce the arrest of 20 of [the Camden 28](/source/the_Camden_28).
*[1972](/source/1972) &ndash; [Rhodesia](/source/Rhodesia) is expelled by the [IOC](/source/International_Olympic_Committee) for its racist policies.
*[1973](/source/1973) &ndash; The [Congress of Chile](/source/Congress_of_Chile) votes in favour of a resolution condemning President [Salvador Allende](/source/Salvador_Allende)'s government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections.
*[1978](/source/1978) &ndash; [Nicaraguan Revolution](/source/Nicaraguan_Revolution): The [FSLN](/source/Sandinista_National_Liberation_Front) seizes the [National Congress of Nicaragua](/source/National_Congress_of_Nicaragua), along with over a thousand hostages.
*  1978 &ndash; The [District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment](/source/District_of_Columbia_Voting_Rights_Amendment) is passed by the U.S. Congress, although it is never ratified by a sufficient number of states.
*[1981](/source/1981) &ndash; [Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103](/source/Far_Eastern_Air_Transport_Flight_103) disintegrates in mid-air and crashes in [Sanyi Township](/source/Sanyi%2C_Miaoli), [Miaoli County](/source/Miaoli_County), Taiwan. All 110 people on board are killed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19810822-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-222 B-2603 Miao-Li|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-08-16}}</ref>
*[1985](/source/1985) &ndash; [British Airtours Flight 28M](/source/1985_Manchester_Airport_disaster) suffers an engine fire during takeoff at [Manchester Airport](/source/Manchester_Airport). The pilots abort but due to inefficient evacuation procedures 55 people are killed, mostly from smoke inhalation.
*[1989](/source/1989) &ndash; [Nolan Ryan](/source/Nolan_Ryan) strikes out [Rickey Henderson](/source/Rickey_Henderson) to become the first [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) [pitcher](/source/pitcher) to record 5,000 [strikeout](/source/strikeout)s.
*[1991](/source/1991) &ndash; [Iceland](/source/Iceland) is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the [Baltic states](/source/Baltic_states).
*[1992](/source/1992) &ndash; [FBI](/source/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation) [sniper](/source/sniper) [Lon Horiuchi](/source/Lon_Horiuchi) shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at [Ruby Ridge, Idaho](/source/Ruby_Ridge%2C_Idaho).
*[1999](/source/1999) &ndash; [China Airlines Flight 642](/source/China_Airlines_Flight_642) crashes at [Hong Kong International Airport](/source/Hong_Kong_International_Airport), killing three people and injuring 208 more.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas MD-11 B-150 Hong Kong-Chek Lap Kok International Airport (HKG) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19990822-0 |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[Aviation Safety Network](/source/Aviation_Safety_Network)}}</ref>
*[2003](/source/2003) &ndash; [Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama](/source/List_of_justices_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_Alabama) [Roy Moore](/source/Roy_Moore) is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the [Ten Commandments](/source/Ten_Commandments) from the lobby of the [Alabama Supreme Court](/source/Supreme_Court_of_Alabama) building.
*[2004](/source/2004) &ndash; Versions of ''[The Scream](/source/The_Scream)'' and ''[Madonna](/source/Madonna_(Munch))'', two paintings by [Edvard Munch](/source/Edvard_Munch), are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in [Oslo](/source/Oslo), Norway.
*[2006](/source/2006) &ndash; [Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612](/source/Pulkovo_Aviation_Enterprise_Flight_612) crashes near the Russian border over eastern [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine), killing all 170 people on board.
*  2006 &ndash; [Grigori Perelman](/source/Grigori_Perelman) is awarded the [Fields Medal](/source/Fields_Medal) for his proof of the [Poincaré conjecture](/source/Poincar%C3%A9_conjecture) in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.
*[2007](/source/2007) &ndash; The [Texas Rangers](/source/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)) defeat the [Baltimore Orioles](/source/Baltimore_Orioles) 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) history.
*[2012](/source/2012) &ndash; [Ethnic clashes](/source/2012%E2%80%9313_Tana_River_District_clashes) over [grazing rights](/source/grazing_rights) for cattle in Kenya's [Tana River District](/source/Tana_River_District) result in more than 52 deaths.

==Births==

===Pre-1600===
*[1412](/source/1412) &ndash; [Frederick II, Elector of Saxony](/source/Frederick_II%2C_Elector_of_Saxony) (died 1464)<ref>{{cite book|url=http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/0001/bsb00016321/images/index.html?seite=584|title=Neue Deutsche Biographie|author=Gottfried Opitz|language=de|page=568}}</ref>
*[1570](/source/1570) &ndash; [Franz von Dietrichstein](/source/Franz_von_Dietrichstein), Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal (died 1636)<ref>{{cite book|author=John McClintock|title=Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AUIBTARClpgC|year=1981|publisher=Baker Book House|isbn=978-0-8010-6123-3}}</ref>
*[1599](/source/1599) &ndash; [Agatha Marie of Hanau](/source/Agatha_Marie_of_Hanau), German noblewoman (died 1636)

===1601–1900===
*[1601](/source/1601) &ndash; [Georges de Scudéry](/source/Georges_de_Scud%C3%A9ry), French author, poet, and playwright (died 1667)
*[1624](/source/1624) &ndash; [Jean Regnault de Segrais](/source/Jean_Regnault_de_Segrais), French author and poet (died 1701)
*[1647](/source/1647) &ndash; [Denis Papin](/source/Denis_Papin), French physicist and mathematician, developed [pressure cooking](/source/pressure_cooking) (died 1712)
*[1679](/source/1679) &ndash; [Pierre Guérin de Tencin](/source/Pierre_Gu%C3%A9rin_de_Tencin), French cardinal (died 1758)
*[1760](/source/1760) &ndash; [Pope Leo XII](/source/Pope_Leo_XII) (died 1829)
*[1764](/source/1764) &ndash; [Charles Percier](/source/Charles_Percier), French architect and interior designer (died 1838)
*[1771](/source/1771) &ndash; [Henry Maudslay](/source/Henry_Maudslay), English engineer (died 1831)
*[1773](/source/1773) &ndash; [Aimé Bonpland](/source/Aim%C3%A9_Bonpland), French botanist and explorer (died 1858)
*[1778](/source/1778) &ndash; [James Kirke Paulding](/source/James_Kirke_Paulding), American poet, playwright, and politician, 11th [United States Secretary of the Navy](/source/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy) (died 1860)
*[1800](/source/1800) &ndash; [Samuel David Luzzatto](/source/Samuel_David_Luzzatto), Italian poet and scholar (died 1865)
*[1818](/source/1818) &ndash; [Rudolf von Jhering](/source/Rudolf_von_Jhering), German jurist (died 1892)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Seagle |first=William |date=1945 |title=Rudolf von Jhering: Or Law as a Means to an End |url=https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/uclrev/vol13/iss1/4 |journal=[University of Chicago Law Review](/source/University_of_Chicago_Law_Review) |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=71–89 [76] |doi=10.2307/1597562 |issn=0041-9494 |jstor=1597562|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
*[1827](/source/1827) &ndash; [Ezra Butler Eddy](/source/Ezra_Butler_Eddy), Canadian businessman and politician (died 1906)
*[1834](/source/1834) &ndash; [Samuel Pierpont Langley](/source/Samuel_Pierpont_Langley), American physicist and astronomer (died 1906)
*[1836](/source/1836) &ndash; [Archibald Willard](/source/Archibald_Willard), American soldier and painter (died 1918)
*[1844](/source/1844) &ndash; [George W. De Long](/source/George_W._De_Long), American Naval officer and explorer (died 1881)
*[1845](/source/1845) &ndash; [William Lewis Douglas](/source/William_Lewis_Douglas), American businessman and politician, 42nd [Governor of Massachusetts](/source/Governor_of_Massachusetts) (died 1924)
*[1847](/source/1847) &ndash; [John Forrest](/source/John_Forrest), Australian politician, 1st [Premier of Western Australia](/source/Premier_of_Western_Australia) (died 1918)
*[1848](/source/1848) &ndash; [Melville Elijah Stone](/source/Melville_Elijah_Stone), American publisher, founded the ''[Chicago Daily News](/source/Chicago_Daily_News)'' (died 1929)
*[1854](/source/1854) &ndash; [Milan I of Serbia](/source/Milan_I_of_Serbia) (died 1901)
*[1857](/source/1857) &ndash; [Ned Hanlon](/source/Ned_Hanlon_(baseball)), American baseball player and manager (died 1937)
*[1860](/source/1860) &ndash; [Paul Gottlieb Nipkow](/source/Paul_Gottlieb_Nipkow), Polish-German technician and inventor, created the [Nipkow disk](/source/Nipkow_disk) (died 1940)
*  1860 &ndash; [Alfred Ploetz](/source/Alfred_Ploetz), German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (died 1940)
*[1862](/source/1862) &ndash; [Claude Debussy](/source/Claude_Debussy), French pianist and composer (died 1918)
*[1867](/source/1867) &ndash; [Maximilian Bircher-Benner](/source/Maximilian_Bircher-Benner), Swiss physician and nutritionist (died 1939)
*  1867 &ndash; [Charles Francis Jenkins](/source/Charles_Francis_Jenkins), American inventor (died 1934)
*[1868](/source/1868) &ndash; [Willis R. Whitney](/source/Willis_R._Whitney), American chemist (died 1958)
*[1873](/source/1873) &ndash; [Alexander Bogdanov](/source/Alexander_Bogdanov), Russian physician and philosopher (died 1928)
*[1874](/source/1874) &ndash; [Max Scheler](/source/Max_Scheler), German philosopher and author (died 1928)
*[1880](/source/1880) &ndash; [Gorch Fock](/source/Gorch_Fock_(author)), German author and poet (died 1916)
*  1880 &ndash; [George Herriman](/source/George_Herriman), American cartoonist (died 1944)
*[1881](/source/1881) &ndash; [Bede Jarrett](/source/Bede_Jarrett), English Dominican priest (died 1934)<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924063262053/page/n132/mode/1up |title=The Catholic Encyclopedia and its Makers |publisher=[The Encyclopedia Press](/source/The_Encyclopedia_Press) |page=85 |year=1917 |access-date=2021-06-14 |via=archive.org}}</ref>
*  1881 &ndash; [James Newland](/source/James_Newland), Australian soldier and policeman (died 1949)<ref>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=Staunton|first=Anthony|year=1988|id=A110011b|title=Newland, James Ernest (1881–1949)|access-date=14 December 2008}}</ref>
*[1882](/source/1882) &ndash; [Raymonde de Laroche](/source/Raymonde_de_Laroche), French pilot (died 1919)
*[1887](/source/1887) &ndash; [Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk](/source/Lutz_Graf_Schwerin_von_Krosigk), German jurist and politician, [German Minister of Foreign Affairs](/source/Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs_(Germany)) (died 1977)
*[1890](/source/1890) &ndash; [Cecil Kellaway](/source/Cecil_Kellaway), South African actor (died 1973)
*[1891](/source/1891) &ndash; [Henry Bachtold](/source/Henry_Bachtold), Australian soldier and railway engineer (died 1983)
*  1891 &ndash; [Jacques Lipchitz](/source/Jacques_Lipchitz), Lithuanian-Italian sculptor (died 1973)
*[1893](/source/1893) &ndash; [Wilfred Kitching](/source/Wilfred_Kitching), English 7th [General of The Salvation Army](/source/General_of_The_Salvation_Army) (died 1977)
*  1893 &ndash; [Dorothy Parker](/source/Dorothy_Parker), American poet, short story writer, critic, and satirist (died 1967)
*  1893 &ndash; [Ernest H. Volwiler](/source/Ernest_H._Volwiler), American chemist (died 1992)
*[1895](/source/1895) &ndash; [László Almásy](/source/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_Alm%C3%A1sy), Hungarian captain, pilot, and explorer (died 1951)
*  1895 &ndash; [Paul Comtois](/source/Paul_Comtois), Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st [Lieutenant Governor of Quebec](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Quebec) (died 1966)
*[1896](/source/1896) &ndash; [Laurence McKinley Gould](/source/Laurence_McKinley_Gould), American geologist, educator, and polar explorer (died 1995)
*[1897](/source/1897) &ndash; [Bill Woodfull](/source/Bill_Woodfull), Australian cricketer and educator (died 1965)
*[1900](/source/1900) &ndash; [Lisy Fischer](/source/Lisy_Fischer), Swiss-born pianist and child prodigy (died 1999)

===1901–present===
*[1902](/source/1902) &ndash; [Thomas Pelly](/source/Thomas_Pelly), American lawyer and politician (died 1973)
*  1902 &ndash; [Leni Riefenstahl](/source/Leni_Riefenstahl), German actress, film director and propagandist (died 2003)
*  1902 &ndash; [Edward Rowe Snow](/source/Edward_Rowe_Snow), American historian and author (died 1982)
*[1903](/source/1903) &ndash; [Jerry Iger](/source/Jerry_Iger), American cartoonist, co-founded [Eisner & Iger](/source/Eisner_%26_Iger) (died 1990)
*[1904](/source/1904) &ndash; [Deng Xiaoping](/source/Deng_Xiaoping), Chinese soldier and politician, paramount leader and 1st [Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China](/source/Vice_Premier_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China) (died 1997)
*[1908](/source/1908) &ndash; [Henri Cartier-Bresson](/source/Henri_Cartier-Bresson), French photographer and painter (died 2004)
*  1908 &ndash; [Erwin Thiesies](/source/Erwin_Thiesies), German rugby player and coach (died 1993)
*[1909](/source/1909) &ndash; [Julius J. Epstein](/source/Julius_J._Epstein), American screenwriter and producer (died 2000)
*  1909 &ndash; [Mel Hein](/source/Mel_Hein), American football player and coach (died 1992)
*[1913](/source/1913) &ndash; [Leonard Pagliero](/source/Leonard_Pagliero), English businessman and pilot (died 2008)
*  1913 &ndash; [Bruno Pontecorvo](/source/Bruno_Pontecorvo), Italian physicist and academic (died 1993)
*[1914](/source/1914) &ndash; [Jack Dunphy](/source/Jack_Dunphy), American author and playwright (died 1992)
*  1914 &ndash; [Connie B. Gay](/source/Connie_B._Gay), American businessman, co-founded the [Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum](/source/Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum) (died 1989)
*[1915](/source/1915) &ndash; [David Dellinger](/source/David_Dellinger), American activist (died 2004)
*  1915 &ndash; [James Hillier](/source/James_Hillier), Canadian-American scientist, co-designed the [electron microscope](/source/electron_microscope) (died 2007)
*  1915 &ndash; [Edward Szczepanik](/source/Edward_Szczepanik), Polish economist and politician, 15th [Prime Minister of the Polish Republic in Exile](/source/Polish_government-in-exile) (died 2005)
*[1917](/source/1917) &ndash; [John Lee Hooker](/source/John_Lee_Hooker), American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2001)
*[1918](/source/1918) &ndash; [Mary McGrory](/source/Mary_McGrory), American journalist and author (died 2004)
*[1920](/source/1920) &ndash; [Ray Bradbury](/source/Ray_Bradbury), American science fiction writer and screenwriter (died 2012)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-culture/ray-bradburys-fahrenheit-451-censorship-9530771/|title=Remembering Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451: why his pioneering critique of censorship remains relevant today|date=25 August 2024|access-date=30 August 2024|work=The Indian Express}}</ref>
*  1920 &ndash; [Denton Cooley](/source/Denton_Cooley), American surgeon and scientist (died 2016)<ref name="PMID28057783">{{cite journal |last1=Willerson |first1=JT |title=Denton Arthur Cooley, MD. |journal=Circulation Research |date=6 January 2017 |volume=120 |issue=1 |pages=17–19 |doi=10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.116.310451 |pmid=28057783 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
*[1921](/source/1921) &ndash; [Dinos Dimopoulos](/source/Dinos_Dimopoulos), Greek director and screenwriter (died 2003)
*  1921 &ndash; [Tony Pawson](/source/Tony_Pawson_(cricketer)), English cricketer, footballer, and journalist (died 2012)
*[1922](/source/1922) &ndash; [Roberto Aizenberg](/source/Roberto_Aizenberg), Argentine painter and sculptor (died 1996)
*  1922 &ndash; [Theoni V. Aldredge](/source/Theoni_V._Aldredge), Greek-American costume designer (died 2011)
*  1922 &ndash; [Frank Kelly Freas](/source/Kelly_Freas), American science fiction and fantasy artist (died 2005)<ref>{{cite news|last=Martin|first=Douglas|title=F. K. Freas, Who Drew the Devilish Face of Mad Magazine, Dies at 82|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 5, 2005|accessdate=June 14, 2017|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/05/arts/design/f-k-freas-who-drew-the-devilish-face-of-mad-magazine-dies-at-82.html}}</ref>
*[1924](/source/1924) &ndash; [James Kirkwood, Jr.](/source/James_Kirkwood%2C_Jr.), American playwright and author (died 1989)
*  1924 &ndash; [Harishankar Parsai](/source/Harishankar_Parsai), Indian writer, satirist and humorist (died 1995)
*[1925](/source/1925) &ndash; [Honor Blackman](/source/Honor_Blackman), English actress and republican (died 2020)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Whitmore |first1=Greg |title=Honor Blackman – a life in pictures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2020/apr/06/honor-blackman-a-life-in-pictures |website=The Guardian |access-date=6 April 2020 |date=6 April 2020}}</ref>
*[1926](/source/1926) &ndash; [Marc Bohan](/source/Marc_Bohan), French fashion designer (died 2023)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Aug. 22: Kristen Wiig, Dua Lipa |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/08/22/Famous-birthdays-for-Aug-22-Kristen-Wiig-Dua-Lipa/6741661100985/#:~:text=Famous%20birthdays%20for%20Aug.,%2C%20Dua%20Lipa%20%2D%20UPI.com |publisher=[UPI](/source/United_Press_International) |access-date=21 August 2023 |date=22 August 2022}}</ref>
*  1926 &ndash; [Bob Flanigan](/source/Bob_Flanigan_(singer)), American pop singer (died 2011)
*[1928](/source/1928) &ndash; [Tinga Seisay](/source/Tinga_Seisay), Sierra Leonean academic and diplomat (died 2015)
*  1928 &ndash; [Karlheinz Stockhausen](/source/Karlheinz_Stockhausen), German composer and academic (died 2007)<ref>{{cite book|author=Karl Heinrich Wörner|title=Stockhausen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uUazwZH_zMwC&pg=PA251|date= 1977|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-03272-9|pages=251}}</ref>
*[1929](/source/1929) &ndash; [Valery Alekseyev](/source/Valery_Alekseyev_(anthropologist)), Russian anthropologist and author (died 1991)
*  1929 &ndash; [Roy Clay](/source/Roy_Clay), American computer scientist (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guynn |first=Jessica |title=Roy Clay Sr., a Silicon Valley pioneer who knocked down racial barriers, dies at 95 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/09/25/roy-clay-sr-dies/75366211007/ |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref>
*  1929 &ndash; [Ulrich Wegener](/source/Ulrich_Wegener), German police officer and general (died 2017)
*[1930](/source/1930) &ndash; [Gylmar dos Santos Neves](/source/Gylmar_dos_Santos_Neves), Brazilian footballer (died 2013)
*[1932](/source/1932) &ndash; [Gerald P. Carr](/source/Gerald_P._Carr), American engineer, colonel, and astronaut (died 2020)
*[1933](/source/1933) &ndash; [Sylva Koscina](/source/Sylva_Koscina), Italian actress (died 1994)
*[1934](/source/1934) &ndash; [Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.](/source/Norman_Schwarzkopf%2C_Jr.), American general and engineer (died 2012)<ref name="UPI" />
*[1935](/source/1935) &ndash; [Annie Proulx](/source/Annie_Proulx), American novelist, short story writer, and journalist<ref name="UPI" />
*[1936](/source/1936) &ndash; [Chuck Brown](/source/Chuck_Brown), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2012)
*  1936 &ndash; [John Callaway](/source/John_Callaway_(journalist)), American journalist and producer (died 2009)
*  1936 &ndash; [Dale Hawkins](/source/Dale_Hawkins), American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010)
*  1936 &ndash; [Werner Stengel](/source/Werner_Stengel), German roller coaster designer and engineer, designed the [Maverick roller coaster](/source/Maverick_(roller_coaster))
*[1938](/source/1938) &ndash; [Jean Berkey](/source/Jean_Berkey), American businesswoman and politician (died 2013)
*[1939](/source/1939) &ndash; [Valerie Harper](/source/Valerie_Harper), American actress (died 2019)<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.biography.com/people/valerie-harper-22232#awesm=~oBCDa5LXmLFa34| title=Valerie Harper Biography| publisher=[The Biography Channel](/source/FYI_(American_TV_channel)) ([A&E Networks](/source/A%26E_Networks))| access-date=April 16, 2014}}</ref>
*  1939 &ndash; [Carl Yastrzemski](/source/Carl_Yastrzemski), American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Carl Yastrzemski |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/carl-yastrzemski-124650 |publisher=[Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) |access-date=21 August 2023}}</ref>
*[1940](/source/1940) &ndash; [Bill McCartney](/source/Bill_McCartney), American football player and coach (died 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Traub |first=Alex |date=January 15, 2025 |title=Bill McCartney, Coach Who Led a Movement for 'Godly' Men, Dies at 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/sports/ncaafootball/bill-mccartney-dead.html |access-date=January 17, 2025 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[1941](/source/1941) &ndash; [Bill Parcells](/source/Bill_Parcells), American football player and coach<ref>{{cite book|author=Gutman, Bill|year=2000|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/g/gutman-parcells.html|title=Parcells: A Biography|publisher=Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc|access-date=March 8, 2008}}</ref>
*[1943](/source/1943) &ndash; [Alun Michael](/source/Alun_Michael), Welsh police commissioner and politician, inaugural [First Minister of Wales](/source/First_Minister_of_Wales)
*  1943 &ndash; [Masatoshi Shima](/source/Masatoshi_Shima), Japanese computer scientist and engineer, co-designed the [Intel 4004](/source/Intel_4004)
*[1944](/source/1944) &ndash; [Roger Cashmore](/source/Roger_Cashmore), English physicist and academic
*[1945](/source/1945) &ndash; [David Chase](/source/David_Chase), American screenwriter and producer<ref name="AP" />
*  1945 &ndash; [Ron Dante](/source/Ron_Dante), American singer-songwriter and producer<ref>{{cite book|title=[The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)|editor=[Colin Larkin](/source/Colin_Larkin_(writer))|publisher=[Guinness Publishing](/source/Guinness_Publishing)|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=626}}</ref> 
*[1947](/source/1947) &ndash; [Cindy Williams](/source/Cindy_Williams), American actress and producer<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lukanic |first1=Steven A |title=Film Actors Guide |date=1991 |page=421 |publisher=Lone Eagle |isbn=9780943728384 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fHhZAAAAMAAJ}}</ref> (died 2023)
*[1948](/source/1948) &ndash; [David Marks](/source/David_Marks_(musician)), American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1948 &ndash; [Carolyn L. Mazloomi](/source/Carolyn_L._Mazloomi), American art historian and quilter<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hicks |first=Kyra E. |date=March 15, 2013 |title=Mazloomi, Carolyn |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780195301731.013.37452 |url-access=limited |website=Oxford African American Studies Center |publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/acref/9780195301731.013.37452 |isbn=978-0-19-530173-1}}</ref>
*[1949](/source/1949) &ndash; [Joop Donkervoort](/source/Joop_Donkervoort), Dutch businessman<ref>{{cite web |title=Donkervoort D8 GTO-JD70 – Donkervoort celebrates its founder's birthday with a high-powered gift of its own – Donkervoort, No Compromise |url=https://www.donkervoort.com/en/donkervoort-d8-gto-jd70-donkervoort-celebrates-its-founders-birthday-with-a-high-powered-gift-of-its-own/ |publisher=[Donkervoort](/source/Donkervoort) |access-date=22 August 2023}}</ref>
*  1949 &ndash; [Diana Nyad](/source/Diana_Nyad), American swimmer and author<ref name="UPI" />
*[1950](/source/1950) &ndash; [Ray Burris](/source/Ray_Burris), American baseball player and coach
*  1950 &ndash; [Scooter Libby](/source/Scooter_Libby), American lawyer and politician, [Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States](/source/Chief_of_Staff_to_the_Vice_President_of_the_United_States)
*[1952](/source/1952) &ndash; [Peter Laughner](/source/Peter_Laughner), American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1977)
*[1953](/source/1953) &ndash; [Paul Ellering](/source/Paul_Ellering), American weightlifter, wrestler, and manager
*[1955](/source/1955) &ndash; [Chiranjeevi](/source/Chiranjeevi), Indian film actor, producer and politician
*[1956](/source/1956) &ndash; [Paul Molitor](/source/Paul_Molitor), American baseball player and coach<ref name="UPI" />
*  1956 &ndash; [Peter Taylor](/source/Peter_Taylor_(Australian_cricketer)), Australian cricketer
*[1957](/source/1957) &ndash; [Steve Davis](/source/Steve_Davis), English snooker player, sportscaster, and author
*  1957 &ndash; [Holly Dunn](/source/Holly_Dunn), American country music singer-songwriter (died 2016)
*[1958](/source/1958) &ndash; [Colm Feore](/source/Colm_Feore), American-Canadian actor
*  1958 &ndash; [Stevie Ray](/source/Stevie_Ray), American wrestler
*  1958 &ndash; [Vernon Reid](/source/Vernon_Reid), English-born American guitarist and songwriter<ref name="AP" />
*[1959](/source/1959) &ndash; [Juan Croucier](/source/Juan_Croucier), Cuban-American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer 
*  1959 &ndash; [Pia Gjellerup](/source/Pia_Gjellerup), Danish lawyer and politician, [Danish Minister of Finance](/source/List_of_Finance_Ministers_of_Denmark)
*  1959 &ndash; [Mark Williams](/source/Mark_Williams_(actor)), English actor
*[1960](/source/1960) &ndash; [Holger Gehrke](/source/Holger_Gehrke), German footballer and manager
*  1960 &ndash; [Collin Raye](/source/Collin_Raye), American country music singer<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1960 &ndash; [Regina Taylor](/source/Regina_Taylor), American actress and playwright<ref name="AP" />
*[1961](/source/1961) &ndash; [Andrés Calamaro](/source/Andr%C3%A9s_Calamaro), Argentine singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 
*  1961 &ndash; [Roland Orzabal](/source/Roland_Orzabal), English singer and musician<ref name="AP" />
*[1962](/source/1962) &ndash; [Stefano Tilli](/source/Stefano_Tilli), Italian sprinter
*[1963](/source/1963) &ndash; [Tori Amos](/source/Tori_Amos), American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for August 22, 2022 includes celebrities Tori Amos, Kristen Wiig |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/08/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-august-22-2022-includes-celebrities-tori-amos-kristen-wiig.html |website=[The Plain Dealer](/source/The_Plain_Dealer) |publisher=[Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press) |access-date=21 August 2023 |date=22 August 2022}}</ref> 
*  1963 &ndash; [James DeBarge](/source/James_DeBarge), American R&B/soul singer<ref name="AP"/>
*[1964](/source/1964) &ndash; [Mats Wilander](/source/Mats_Wilander), Swedish-American tennis player and coach<ref name="UPI" />
*[1965](/source/1965) &ndash; [Wendy Botha](/source/Wendy_Botha), South African-Australian surfer
*  1965 &ndash; [David Reimer](/source/David_Reimer), Canadian man, born male but reassigned female and raised as a girl after a botched circumcision (died 2004)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/david-reimer-and-john-money-gender-reassignment-controversy-johnjoan-case|title=David Reimer and John Money Gender Reassignment Controversy: The John/Joan Case – The Embryo Project Encyclopedia|website=embryo.asu.edu}}</ref>
*[1966](/source/1966) &ndash; [GZA](/source/GZA), American rapper and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1966 &ndash; [Rob Witschge](/source/Rob_Witschge), Dutch footballer and manager
*[1967](/source/1967) &ndash; [Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje](/source/Adewale_Akinnuoye-Agbaje), English actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1967 &ndash; [Ty Burrell](/source/Ty_Burrell), American actor and comedian<ref name="AP"/>
*  1967 &ndash; [Paul Colman](/source/Paul_Colman), Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1967 &ndash; [Layne Staley](/source/Layne_Staley), American singer-songwriter (died 2002)
*[1968](/source/1968) &ndash; [Casper Christensen](/source/Casper_Christensen), Danish comedian, actor, and screenwriter
*  1968 &ndash; [Aleksandr Mostovoi](/source/Aleksandr_Mostovoi), Russian footballer
*  1968 &ndash; [Elisabeth Murdoch](/source/Elisabeth_Murdoch_(businesswoman)), Australian businesswoman
*  1968 &ndash; [Horst Skoff](/source/Horst_Skoff), Austrian tennis player (died 2008)
*[1970](/source/1970) &ndash; [Charlie Connelly](/source/Charlie_Connelly), English author and broadcaster
*  1970 &ndash; [Giada De Laurentiis](/source/Giada_De_Laurentiis), Italian-American chef and author<ref name="AP"/>
*  1970 &ndash; [Tímea Nagy](/source/T%C3%ADmea_Nagy), Hungarian fencer<ref>{{cite web|title=Tímea Nagy|url=https://www.olympic.org/timea-nagy-1|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=19 April 2020}}</ref>
*[1971](/source/1971) &ndash; [Richard Armitage](/source/Richard_Armitage_(actor)), English actor<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1971 &ndash; [Craig Finn](/source/Craig_Finn), American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1971 &ndash; [Rick Yune](/source/Rick_Yune), American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*[1972](/source/1972) &ndash; [Okkert Brits](/source/Okkert_Brits), South African pole vaulter
*  1972 &ndash; [Paul Doucette](/source/Paul_Doucette), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer<ref name="AP"/> 
*  1972 &ndash; [Max Wilson](/source/Max_Wilson_(racing_driver)), German-Brazilian race car driver
*[1973](/source/1973) &ndash; [Roslina Bakar](/source/Roslina_Bakar), Malaysian sport shooter<ref>{{cite web |title=Results |url=http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ath=4126 |website=2002.thecgf.com |access-date=30 April 2020 |archive-date=31 August 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060831103514/http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ath=4126 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*  1973 &ndash; [Howie Dorough](/source/Howie_Dorough), American singer-songwriter and dancer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1973 &ndash; [Kristen Wiig](/source/Kristen_Wiig), American actress, comedian, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*  1973 &ndash; [Eurelijus Žukauskas](/source/Eurelijus_%C5%BDukauskas), Lithuanian basketball player
*[1974](/source/1974) &ndash; [Cory Gardner](/source/Cory_Gardner), American politician
*  1974 &ndash; [Jenna Leigh Green](/source/Jenna_Leigh_Green), American actress and singer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1974 &ndash; [Agustín Pichot](/source/Agust%C3%ADn_Pichot), Argentinian rugby player
*[1975](/source/1975) &ndash; [Clint Bolton](/source/Clint_Bolton), Australian footballer
*  1975 &ndash; [Rodrigo Santoro](/source/Rodrigo_Santoro), Brazilian actor
*[1976](/source/1976) &ndash; [Marius Bezykornovas](/source/Marius_Bezykornovas), Lithuanian footballer
*  1976 &ndash; [Bryn Davies](/source/Bryn_Davies_(musician)), American bassist, cellist, and pianist
*  1976 &ndash; [Laurent Hernu](/source/Laurent_Hernu), French decathlete
*  1976 &ndash; [Jeff Weaver](/source/Jeff_Weaver), American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeff Weaver |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jeff-weaver-213711 |publisher=[Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) |access-date=21 August 2023}}</ref>
*  1976 &ndash; [Randy Wolf](/source/Randy_Wolf), American baseball player
*[1977](/source/1977) &ndash; [Heiðar Helguson](/source/Hei%C3%B0ar_Helguson), Icelandic footballer
*  1977 &ndash; [Keren Cytter](/source/Keren_Cytter), Israeli visual artist and writer
*[1978](/source/1978) &ndash; [James Corden](/source/James_Corden), English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter<ref name="AP"/> 
*  1978 &ndash; [Ioannis Gagaloudis](/source/Ioannis_Gagaloudis), Greek basketball player
*[1979](/source/1979) &ndash; [Brandon Adams](/source/Brandon_Adams_(actor)), American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1979 &ndash; [Matt Walters](/source/Matt_Walters), American football player
*[1980](/source/1980) &ndash; [Roland Benschneider](/source/Roland_Benschneider), German footballer
*  1980 &ndash; [Nicolas Macrozonaris](/source/Nicolas_Macrozonaris), Canadian sprinter
*  1980 &ndash; [Seiko Yamamoto](/source/Seiko_Yamamoto), Japanese wrestler
*[1981](/source/1981) &ndash; [Alex Holmes](/source/Alex_Holmes), American football player
*  1981 &ndash; [Jang Hyun-kyu](/source/Jang_Hyun-kyu), South Korean footballer (died 2012)
*  1981 &ndash; [Christina Obergföll](/source/Christina_Obergf%C3%B6ll), German javelin athlete
*[1982](/source/1982) &ndash; [Sean Rash](/source/Sean_Rash), American bowler<ref name="PBAbio-Rash">{{cite web |url=http://www.pba.com/bowlers/bowler/20327 |title=Sean Rash PBA bio |website=pba.com |accessdate=October 7, 2016}}</ref>
*[1983](/source/1983) &ndash; [Theo Bos](/source/Theo_Bos), Dutch cyclist
*  1983 &ndash; [Jahri Evans](/source/Jahri_Evans), American football player
*[1984](/source/1984) &ndash; [Lee Camp](/source/Lee_Camp_(footballer)), English footballer
*  1984 &ndash; [Lawrence Quaye](/source/Lawrence_Quaye), Ghanaian-Qatari footballer
*[1985](/source/1985) &ndash; [Luke Russert](/source/Luke_Russert), American journalist
*  1985 &ndash; [Jey Uso](/source/Jey_Uso), Samoan-American wrestler
*  1985 &ndash; [Jimmy Uso](/source/Jimmy_Uso), Samoan-American wrestler 
*  1985 &ndash; [Salih Yoluç](/source/Salih_Yolu%C3%A7), Turkish race car driver<ref>[https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/salih-yoluc/ Salih Yoluc career profile], Driver Database</ref>
*[1986](/source/1986) &ndash; [Stephen Ireland](/source/Stephen_Ireland), Irish footballer
*  1986 &ndash; [Tokushōryū Makoto](/source/Tokush%C5%8Dry%C5%AB_Makoto), Japanese sumo wrestler
*  1987 &ndash; [Apollo Crews](/source/Apollo_Crews), American wrestler
*[1989](/source/1989) &ndash; [Giacomo Bonaventura](/source/Giacomo_Bonaventura), Italian footballer
*[1990](/source/1990) &ndash; [Randall Cobb](/source/Randall_Cobb_(American_football)), American football player
*  1990 &ndash; [Drew Hutchison](/source/Drew_Hutchison_(baseball)), American baseball player
*  1990 &ndash; [Robbie Rochow](/source/Robbie_Rochow), Australian rugby league player
*  1990 &ndash; [Adam Thielen](/source/Adam_Thielen), American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Adam Thielen |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/16460/adam-thielen |publisher=[ESPN](/source/ESPN) |access-date=21 August 2023}}</ref>
*[1991](/source/1991) &ndash; [Federico Macheda](/source/Federico_Macheda), Italian footballer
*  1991 &ndash; [Brayden Schenn](/source/Brayden_Schenn), Canadian ice hockey player
*[1992](/source/1992) &ndash; [Ema Burgić Bucko](/source/Ema_Burgi%C4%87_Bucko), Bosnian tennis player
*[1993](/source/1993) – [Laura Dahlmeier](/source/Laura_Dahlmeier), German biathlete (died 2025)<ref name="Olympic profile">{{cite web |title=Laura DAHLMEIER |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/laura-dahlmeier |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120212535/https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/laura-dahlmeier |archive-date=20 January 2025 |access-date=6 August 2025 |website=Olympics.com |language=en}}</ref>
*1993 &ndash; [Dillon Danis](/source/Dillon_Danis), American mixed martial artist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dillon Danis {{!}} BJJ Heroes |url=https://www.bjjheroes.com/bjj-fighters/dillon-danis |access-date=2022-12-01}}</ref>
*[1994](/source/1994) &ndash; [Israel Broussard](/source/Israel_Broussard), American actor<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1994 &ndash; [Olli Määttä](/source/Olli_M%C3%A4%C3%A4tt%C3%A4), Finnish ice hockey player
*[1995](/source/1995) &ndash; [Dua Lipa](/source/Dua_Lipa), English singer-songwriter<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pregnant Gigi Hadid Wishes 'Sister' Dua Lipa a Happy 25th Birthday: 'You're a Special One'|url=https://people.com/music/gigi-hadid-wishes-dua-lipa-happy-birthday/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822235125/https://people.com/music/gigi-hadid-wishes-dua-lipa-happy-birthday/|archive-date=2020-08-22|access-date=2021-06-14|website=People|language=en}}</ref>
*[1996](/source/1996) &ndash; [Jessica-Jane Applegate](/source/Jessica-Jane_Applegate), British Paralympic swimmer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/static/info/montreal/ENG/ZB/ZBB101A_MO2013SW@@@@@@@ENG_number=14832.htm|title=Applegate Jessica-Jane|website=Paralympic.org}}</ref>
*  1996 &ndash; [Jeon So-min](/source/Somin_(singer)), South Korean singer-songwriter<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Kard|url=http://yscleantec.webmaker21.kr/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330101728/http://yscleantec.webmaker21.kr/|archive-date=30 March 2019|access-date=|website=DSPmedia}}</ref>
*[1997](/source/1997) &ndash; [Maxx Crosby](/source/Maxx_Crosby), American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Maxx Crosby |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3916655/maxx-crosby |publisher=[ESPN](/source/ESPN) |access-date=21 August 2023}}</ref>
*  1997 &ndash; [Fanum](/source/Fanum_(streamer)), American streamer<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1561767433559744512 |user=FanumTV |title=happy birthday 2 me |date=August 22, 2022 |access-date=August 20, 2024}}</ref>
*  1997 &ndash; [Lautaro Martínez](/source/Lautaro_Mart%C3%ADnez), Argentine footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lautaro Martínez Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/219713/lautaro-martinez |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref>
*[2001](/source/2001) &ndash; [LaMelo Ball](/source/LaMelo_Ball), American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=LaMelo Ball |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630163/lamelo-ball |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=21 August 2023}}</ref>
*[2003](/source/2003) &ndash; [Cooper Connolly](/source/Cooper_Connolly), Australian cricketer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Profile:Cooper Connolly |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/cooper-connolly-1210488 |access-date=2023-01-07 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
*[2005](/source/2005) &ndash; [Stiliana Nikolova](/source/Stiliana_Nikolova), Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stiliana Nikolova|url=https://www.eurosport.com/olympics/athletes/profile/nikolova-stiliana-1548933/|access-date=22 August 2024|publisher=Eurosport}}</ref>

==Deaths==

===Pre-1600===
* [408](/source/408) &ndash; [Stilicho](/source/Stilicho), Roman general (born 359)
*[1155](/source/1155) &ndash; [Emperor Konoe](/source/Emperor_Konoe) of Japan (born 1139)
*[1241](/source/1241) &ndash; [Pope Gregory IX](/source/Pope_Gregory_IX), (born 1143)
*[1280](/source/1280) &ndash; [Pope Nicholas III](/source/Pope_Nicholas_III) (born 1225)<ref>{{cite web |title=Nicholas III {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nicholas-III-pope |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[1304](/source/1304) &ndash; [John II, Count of Holland](/source/John_II%2C_Count_of_Holland) (born 1247)
*[1338](/source/1338) &ndash; [William II, Duke of Athens](/source/William_II%2C_Duke_of_Athens) (born 1312)
*[1350](/source/1350) &ndash; [Philip VI of France](/source/Philip_VI_of_France) (born 1293)<ref>{{cite web |title=Philip VI {{!}} king of France |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Philip-VI |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[1358](/source/1358) &ndash; [Isabella of France](/source/Isabella_of_France) (born 1295)
*[1425](/source/1425) &ndash; [Eleanor, Princess of Asturias](/source/Eleanor%2C_Princess_of_Asturias) (born 1423)
*[1456](/source/1456) &ndash; [Vladislav II of Wallachia](/source/Vladislav_II_of_Wallachia)
*[1485](/source/1485) &ndash; [Richard III of England](/source/Richard_III_of_England) (born 1452)<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard III {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-III-king-of-England |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=26 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1485 &ndash; [James Harrington](/source/James_Harrington_(Yorkist_knight)), Yorkist knight
*  1485 &ndash; [John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk](/source/John_Howard%2C_1st_Duke_of_Norfolk) (born 1430)
*  1485 &ndash; [Richard Ratcliffe](/source/Richard_Ratcliffe), supporter of Richard III
*  1485 &ndash; [William Brandon](/source/William_Brandon_(standard-bearer)), supporter of Henry VII (born 1426)
*[1532](/source/1532) &ndash; [William Warham](/source/William_Warham), [Archbishop of Canterbury](/source/Archbishop_of_Canterbury) (born 1450)
*[1545](/source/1545) &ndash; [Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk](/source/Charles_Brandon%2C_1st_Duke_of_Suffolk), English politician and husband of [Mary Tudor](/source/Mary_Tudor%2C_Queen_of_France) (born c. 1484)
*[1553](/source/1553) &ndash; [John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland](/source/John_Dudley%2C_1st_Duke_of_Northumberland), English admiral and politician, [Lord President of the Council](/source/Lord_President_of_the_Council) (born 1504)
*[1572](/source/1572) &ndash; [Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland](/source/Thomas_Percy%2C_7th_Earl_of_Northumberland), English leader of the [Rising of the North](/source/Rising_of_the_North) (born 1528)
*[1584](/source/1584) &ndash; [Jan Kochanowski](/source/Jan_Kochanowski), Polish poet and playwright (born 1530)
*[1599](/source/1599) &ndash; [Luca Marenzio](/source/Luca_Marenzio), Italian singer-songwriter (born 1553)

===1601–1900===
*[1607](/source/1607) &ndash; [Bartholomew Gosnold](/source/Bartholomew_Gosnold), English lawyer and explorer, founded the [London Company](/source/London_Company) (born 1572)
*[1652](/source/1652) &ndash; [Jacob De la Gardie](/source/Jacob_De_la_Gardie), Estonian-Swedish soldier and politician, [Lord High Constable of Sweden](/source/Lord_High_Constable_of_Sweden) (born 1583)
*[1664](/source/1664) &ndash; [Maria Cunitz](/source/Maria_Cunitz), Polish astronomer and author (born 1610)
*[1680](/source/1680) &ndash; [John George II, Elector of Saxony](/source/John_George_II%2C_Elector_of_Saxony) (born 1613)
*[1681](/source/1681) &ndash; [Philippe Delano](/source/Philippe_Delano), Dutch Plymouth Colony settler (born 1602)
*[1701](/source/1701) &ndash; [John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath](/source/John_Granville%2C_1st_Earl_of_Bath), English soldier and politician, [Lord Lieutenant of Ireland](/source/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Ireland) (born 1628)
*[1711](/source/1711) &ndash; [Louis François, duc de Boufflers](/source/Louis_Fran%C3%A7ois%2C_duc_de_Boufflers), French general (born 1644)
*[1752](/source/1752) &ndash; [William Whiston](/source/William_Whiston), English mathematician, historian, and theologian (born 1667)
*[1773](/source/1773) &ndash; [George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton](/source/George_Lyttelton%2C_1st_Baron_Lyttelton), English poet and politician, [Chancellor of the Exchequer](/source/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer) (born 1709)<ref>{{cite DNB |wstitle=Lyttelton, George (1709-1773) |first=George Fisher Russell |last=Barker |volume=34}}</ref>
*[1793](/source/1793) &ndash; [Louis de Noailles](/source/Louis_de_Noailles), French general (born 1713)
*[1797](/source/1797) &ndash; [Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser](/source/Dagobert_Sigmund_von_Wurmser), French-Austrian field marshal (born 1724)
*[1806](/source/1806) &ndash; [Jean-Honoré Fragonard](/source/Jean-Honor%C3%A9_Fragonard), French painter and illustrator (born 1732)
*[1818](/source/1818) &ndash; [Warren Hastings](/source/Warren_Hastings), English lawyer and politician, 1st [Governor-General of Bengal](/source/Governor-General_of_Bengal) (born 1732)
*[1828](/source/1828) &ndash; [Franz Joseph Gall](/source/Franz_Joseph_Gall), Austrian neuroanatomist and physiologist (born 1758)<ref>{{cite web |title=Franz Joseph Gall {{!}} German anatomist and physiologist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Franz-Joseph-Gall |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=24 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[1850](/source/1850) &ndash; [Nikolaus Lenau](/source/Nikolaus_Lenau), Romanian-Austrian poet and author (born 1802)
*[1861](/source/1861) &ndash; [Xianfeng](/source/Xianfeng_Emperor), Emperor of China (born 1831)
*[1888](/source/1888) &ndash; [Ágoston Trefort](/source/%C3%81goston_Trefort), Hungarian jurist and politician, [Hungarian Minister of Education](/source/Minister_of_Education_(Hungary)) (born 1817)
*[1891](/source/1891) &ndash; [Jan Neruda](/source/Jan_Neruda), Czech journalist, author, and poet (born 1834)

===1901–present===
*[1903](/source/1903) &ndash; [Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury](/source/Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil%2C_3rd_Marquess_of_Salisbury), English academic and politician, [Prime Minister of the United Kingdom](/source/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom) (born 1830)
*[1904](/source/1904) &ndash; [Kate Chopin](/source/Kate_Chopin), American novelist and poet (born 1850)
*[1909](/source/1909) &ndash; [Henry Radcliffe Crocker](/source/Henry_Radcliffe_Crocker), English dermatologist and author (born 1846)
*[1914](/source/1914) &ndash; [Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi](/source/Giacomo_Radini-Tedeschi), Italian bishop and academic (born 1859)
*[1918](/source/1918) &ndash; [Korbinian Brodmann](/source/Korbinian_Brodmann), German neurologist and academic (born 1868)
*[1920](/source/1920) &ndash; [Anders Zorn](/source/Anders_Zorn), Swedish artist (born 1860)
*[1922](/source/1922) &ndash; [Michael Collins](/source/Michael_Collins_(Irish_leader)), Irish rebel, counter-intelligence and military tactician, and politician; 2nd [Irish Minister of Finance](/source/Minister_for_Finance_(Ireland)) (born 1890)
*[1926](/source/1926) &ndash; [Charles William Eliot](/source/Charles_William_Eliot), American academic (born 1834)
*[1933](/source/1933) &ndash; [Alexandros Kontoulis](/source/Alexandros_Kontoulis), Greek general and diplomat (born 1858)
*[1937](/source/1937) &ndash; [Pedro Durruti](/source/Pedro_Durruti), Spanish anarchist and Falangist revolutionary (born 1911)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=García de Tuñón Aza|first=José María|date=April 2009|url=https://www.nodulo.org/ec/2009/n086p21.htm|title=Marciano Pedro Durruti Domingo|journal=El Catoblepas|issue=86|page=21|issn=1579-3974|access-date=2025-05-25|language=es}}</ref>
*[1940](/source/1940) &ndash; [Oliver Lodge](/source/Oliver_Lodge), English physicist and academic (born 1851)
*  1940 &ndash; [Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland](/source/Gerald_Strickland%2C_1st_Baron_Strickland), Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th [Prime Minister of Malta](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Malta) (born 1861)
*[1942](/source/1942) &ndash; [Michel Fokine](/source/Michel_Fokine), Russian dancer and choreographer (born 1880)
*[1946](/source/1946) &ndash; [Döme Sztójay](/source/D%C3%B6me_Szt%C3%B3jay), Hungarian general and politician, 35th [Prime Minister of Hungary](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Hungary) (born 1883)
*[1950](/source/1950) &ndash; [Kirk Bryan](/source/Kirk_Bryan_(geologist)), American geologist and academic (born 1888)
*[1951](/source/1951) &ndash; [Jack Bickell](/source/Jack_Bickell), Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1884)
*[1953](/source/1953) &ndash; [Jim Tabor](/source/Jim_Tabor), American baseball player (born 1916)
*[1958](/source/1958) &ndash; [Roger Martin du Gard](/source/Roger_Martin_du_Gard), French novelist and paleographer, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_for_Literature) laureate (born 1881)
*[1960](/source/1960) &ndash; [Johannes Sikkar](/source/Johannes_Sikkar), Estonian soldier and politician, [Prime Minister of Estonia in exile](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Estonia_in_exile) (born 1897)
*[1963](/source/1963) &ndash; [William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield](/source/William_Morris%2C_1st_Viscount_Nuffield), English businessman and philanthropist, founded [Morris Motors](/source/Morris_Motors) (born 1877)
*[1967](/source/1967) &ndash; [Gregory Goodwin Pincus](/source/Gregory_Goodwin_Pincus), American biologist and academic, co-created the [birth-control pill](/source/Combined_oral_contraceptive_pill) (born 1903)
*[1970](/source/1970) &ndash; [Vladimir Propp](/source/Vladimir_Propp), Russian philologist and scholar (born 1895)
*[1971](/source/1971) &ndash; [Birger Nerman](/source/Birger_Nerman), Swedish archaeologist (born 1888)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stjernquist |first1=Berta |author-link1=:sv:Berta Stjernquist |year=1987 |chapter=Birger Nerman |chapter-url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/Sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=8838 |title=[Svenskt biografiskt lexikon](/source/%3Asv%3ASvenskt_biografiskt_lexikon) |language=sv |volume=26 |page=528 }}</ref>
*[1974](/source/1974) &ndash; [Jacob Bronowski](/source/Jacob_Bronowski), Polish-English mathematician, biologist, and author (born 1908)
*[1976](/source/1976) &ndash; [Gina Bachauer](/source/Gina_Bachauer), Greek pianist and composer (born 1913)
*  1976 &ndash; [Juscelino Kubitschek](/source/Juscelino_Kubitschek), Brazilian physician and politician, 21st [President of Brazil](/source/President_of_Brazil) (born 1902)
*[1977](/source/1977) &ndash; [Sebastian Cabot](/source/Sebastian_Cabot_(actor)), English actor (born 1918)
*  1977 &ndash; [Chunseong](/source/Chunseong), Korean monk, philosopher and writer (born 1891)
*  1977 &ndash; [Rex Connor](/source/Rex_Connor), Australian politician (born 1907)<ref name=adb>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |first=C J |last=Lloyd |title=Connor, Reginald Francis Xavier (Rex) (1907–1977) |id2=connor-reginald-francis-rex-9813 |access-date=2021-03-21}}</ref>
*[1978](/source/1978) &ndash; [Jomo Kenyatta](/source/Jomo_Kenyatta), Kenyan politician, 1st [President of Kenya](/source/President_of_Kenya) (born 1894)
*[1979](/source/1979) &ndash; [James T. Farrell](/source/James_T._Farrell), American novelist, short-story writer, and poet (born 1904)
*[1980](/source/1980) &ndash; [James Smith McDonnell](/source/James_Smith_McDonnell), American pilot, engineer, and businessman, founded [McDonnell Aircraft](/source/McDonnell_Aircraft) (born 1899)
*[1981](/source/1981) &ndash; [Vicente Manansala](/source/Vicente_Manansala), Filipino painter (born 1910)
*[1985](/source/1985) &ndash; [Charles Gibson](/source/Charles_Gibson_(historian)), historian of Mexico and its Indians, president of the [American Historical Association](/source/American_Historical_Association) (born 1920)
*[1986](/source/1986) &ndash; [Celâl Bayar](/source/Cel%C3%A2l_Bayar), Turkish lawyer and politician, 3rd [President of Turkey](/source/President_of_Turkey) (born 1883)
*[1987](/source/1987) &ndash; [Joseph P. Lash](/source/Joseph_P._Lash), American author and journalist (born 1909)
*[1989](/source/1989) &ndash; [Robert Grondelaers](/source/Robert_Grondelaers), Belgian cyclist (born 1933)
*  1989 &ndash; [Huey P. Newton](/source/Huey_P._Newton), American activist, co-founded the [Black Panther Party](/source/Black_Panther_Party) (born 1942)
*[1991](/source/1991) &ndash; [Colleen Dewhurst](/source/Colleen_Dewhurst), Canadian-American actress (born 1924)
*  1991 &ndash; [Boris Pugo](/source/Boris_Pugo), Russian soldier and politician, [Soviet Minister of Interior](/source/Ministry_of_Internal_Affairs_(Russia)) (born 1937)
*[1994](/source/1994) &ndash; [Gilles Groulx](/source/Gilles_Groulx), Canadian director and screenwriter (born 1931)
*  1994 &ndash; [Allan Houser](/source/Allan_Houser), American sculptor and painter (born 1914)
*[1995](/source/1995) &ndash; [Johnny Carey](/source/Johnny_Carey), Irish footballer and manager (born 1919)
*[1996](/source/1996) &ndash; [Erwin Komenda](/source/Erwin_Komenda), Austrian car designer and engineer (born 1904)
*[2000](/source/2000) &ndash; [Abulfaz Elchibey](/source/Abulfaz_Elchibey), 2nd [President of Azerbaijan](/source/President_of_Azerbaijan) (born 1938)
*[2003](/source/2003) &ndash; [Arnold Gerschwiler](/source/Arnold_Gerschwiler), Swiss figure skater and coach (born 1914)
*[2004](/source/2004) &ndash; [Konstantin Aseev](/source/Konstantin_Aseev), Russian chess player and trainer (born 1960)
*  2004 &ndash; [Angus Bethune](/source/Angus_Bethune_(politician)), Australian soldier and politician, 33rd [Premier of Tasmania](/source/Premier_of_Tasmania) (born 1908)
*  2004 &ndash; [Daniel Petrie](/source/Daniel_Petrie), Canadian director and producer (born 1920)
*[2005](/source/2005) &ndash; [Luc Ferrari](/source/Luc_Ferrari), French-Italian director and composer (born 1929)
*  2005 &ndash; [Ernest Kirkendall](/source/Ernest_Kirkendall), American chemist and metallurgist (born 1914)
*[2007](/source/2007) &ndash; [Grace Paley](/source/Grace_Paley), American short story writer and poet (born 1922)
*[2008](/source/2008) &ndash; [Gladys Powers](/source/Gladys_Powers), English-Canadian soldier (born 1899)
*[2009](/source/2009) &ndash; [Muriel Duckworth](/source/Muriel_Duckworth), Canadian [pacifist](/source/Pacifism), [feminist](/source/Feminism), and [activist](/source/activist) (born 1908)<ref>{{cite web |title=Peace activist Muriel Duckworth dies at 100 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/peace-activist-muriel-duckworth-dies-at-100-1.845788 |website=CBC News |access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref>
*  2009 &ndash; [Elmer Kelton](/source/Elmer_Kelton), American journalist and author (born 1926)
*[2010](/source/2010) &ndash; [Stjepan Bobek](/source/Stjepan_Bobek), Croatian footballer and manager (born 1923)
*[2011](/source/2011) &ndash; [Nick Ashford](/source/Ashford_%26_Simpson), American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1942)
*  2011 &ndash; [Jack Layton](/source/Jack_Layton), Canadian academic and politician (born 1950)
*  2011 &ndash; [Casey Ribicoff](/source/Casey_Ribicoff), American philanthropist (born 1922)
*  2011 &ndash; [Yao Yuanjun](/source/Yao_Yuanjun), Chinese border police officer (born 1993)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-09-06 |title=甘肃籍边防战士姚元军勇斗毒贩坠江牺牲年仅18岁 |url=http://gs.cnr.cn/gsxw/gngj/201109/t20110906_508464103.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250510065600/https://gs.cnr.cn/gsxw/gngj/201109/t20110906_508464103.shtml |archive-date=2025-05-10 |website=China National Radio}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-12 |title="大狼"不知道为什么主人突然就不来了 |trans-title=K9 "Big Wolf" does not know why his handler is gone |url=https://m.thepaper.cn/baijiahao_13547220 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250505192409/https://m.thepaper.cn/baijiahao_13547220 |archive-date=2025-05-05 |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=[The Paper](/source/The_Paper_(newspaper))}}</ref>
*[2012](/source/2012) &ndash; [Nina Bawden](/source/Nina_Bawden), English author (born 1925)
*  2012 &ndash; [Paul Shan Kuo-hsi](/source/Paul_Shan_Kuo-hsi), Taiwanese cardinal (born 1923)
*  2012 &ndash; [Jeffrey Stone](/source/Jeffrey_Stone), American actor and screenwriter (born 1926)
*[2013](/source/2013) &ndash; [Paul Poberezny](/source/Paul_Poberezny), American pilot and businessman, founded the [Experimental Aircraft Association](/source/Experimental_Aircraft_Association) (born 1921)
*[2014](/source/2014) &ndash; [U. R. Ananthamurthy](/source/U._R._Ananthamurthy), Indian author, poet, and playwright (born 1932)
*  2014 &ndash; [Emmanuel Kriaras](/source/Emmanuel_Kriaras), Greek lexicographer and philologist (born 1906)
*  2014 &ndash; [Pete Ladygo](/source/Pete_Ladygo), American football player and coach (born 1928)
*  2014 &ndash; [Noella Leduc](/source/Noella_Leduc), American baseball player (born 1933)
*  2014 &ndash; [John Sperling](/source/John_Sperling), American businessman, founded the [University of Phoenix](/source/University_of_Phoenix) (born 1921)
*  2014 &ndash; [John S. Waugh](/source/John_S._Waugh), American chemist and academic (born 1929)
*[2015](/source/2015) &ndash; [Arthur Morris](/source/Arthur_Morris), Australian cricketer and journalist (born 1922)
*  2015 &ndash; [Ieng Thirith](/source/Ieng_Thirith), Cambodian academic and politician (born 1932)
*  2015 &ndash; [Eric Thompson](/source/Eric_Thompson_(racing_driver)), English race car driver and book dealer (born 1919)
*[2016](/source/2016) &ndash; [S. R. Nathan](/source/S._R._Nathan), 6th [President of Singapore](/source/President_of_Singapore) (born 1924)
*  2016 &ndash; [Toots Thielemans](/source/Toots_Thielemans), Belgian and American [jazz](/source/Jazz_in_Belgium) musician (born 1922)
*[2017](/source/2017) &ndash; [Michael J. C. Gordon](/source/Michael_J._C._Gordon), British [Computer scientist](/source/Computer_scientist) (born 1948)
*[2018](/source/2018) &ndash; [Ed King](/source/Ed_King), American musician (born 1949)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2018-idUSRTX5U1VJ|title=Notable Deaths in 2018|date=2018-08-23|website=Reuters News/Pictures|access-date=2018-08-27}}</ref>
*  2018 &ndash; [Krishna Reddy](/source/Krishna_Reddy_(artist)), Indian printmaker, sculptor and teacher (born 1925)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/notable-deaths.html|title=Notable Deaths 2018|newspaper=The New York Times Obituaries|date=3 August 2018|access-date=2018-09-12 }}</ref>
*[2021](/source/2021) &ndash; [Rod Gilbert](/source/Rod_Gilbert), Canadian ice hockey player (born 1941)<ref>{{Cite web|author=The Athletic Staff|date=2021-08-22|title=Rod Gilbert, Rangers legend and Hall of Famer, dies at 80|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4202088/2021/08/23/rod-gilbert-rangers-legend-and-hall-of-famer-dies-at-80/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823212157/https://theathletic.com/news/rod-gilbert-rangers-legend-and-hall-of-famer-dies-at-80/caF1c7KsLchI|archive-date=2021-08-23|access-date=2021-08-23|website=[The Athletic](/source/The_Athletic)|language=en}}</ref>
*[2023](/source/2023) &ndash; [Toto Cutugno](/source/Toto_Cutugno), Italian singer-songwriter (born 1943)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2023/08/e-morto-toto-cutugno-aveva-appena-compiuto-80-anni-73523d72-4d37-4095-8ab4-f7f0595b7956.html|title=È morto Toto Cutugno. Aveva appena compiuto 80 anni|language=it|work=[Rai News](/source/Rai_News)|publisher=[RAI](/source/RAI)|date=22 August 2023|access-date=22 August 2025|archive-date=22 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822190846/https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2023/08/e-morto-toto-cutugno-aveva-appena-compiuto-80-anni-73523d72-4d37-4095-8ab4-f7f0595b7956.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[2024](/source/2024) &ndash; [Arthur J. Gregg](/source/Arthur_J._Gregg), American military officer (born 1928)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Langer |first=Emily |date=2024-08-27 |title=Arthur Gregg, Army trailblazer and Fort Gregg-Adams namesake, dies at 96 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/08/27/arthur-gregg-army-fort-gregg-adams/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

== Holidays and observances ==
* Christian [feast day](/source/Calendar_of_saints):
**[Immaculate Heart of Mary](/source/Immaculate_Heart_of_Mary) (Roman Catholic calendar of [1960](/source/General_Roman_Calendar_of_1960))
**[Queenship of Mary](/source/Queen_of_Heaven)
**[August 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)](/source/August_22_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics))
* [International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief](/source/International_Day_Commemorating_the_Victims_of_Acts_of_Violence_Based_on_Religion_or_Belief)
* Earliest day on which [National Heroes' Day (Philippines)](/source/National_Heroes'_Day_(Philippines)) can fall, while August 28 is the latest; celebrated on the fourth Monday in August.
*[Flag Day (Russia)](/source/Flag_Day_(Russia))
*[Madras Day](/source/Madras_Day) ([Chennai](/source/Chennai) and [Tamil Nadu](/source/Tamil_Nadu), India)

== References ==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/22 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=08|day=22}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/22 |title=Historical Events on August 22 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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