Famous people born on 22 February

21 of the people we track were born on 22 February, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. George Washington 1732Politician who served as President of the United Statesdied aged 67
2. Arthur Schopenhauer 1788Prussian philosopherdied aged 72
3. Heinrich Hertz 1857German physicistdied aged 36
4. Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell 1857Scout leader and writerdied aged 83
5. Drew Barrymore 1975American actorliving, 51
6. Horst Köhler 1943German politiciandied aged 81
7. Luis Buñuel 1900Spanish film directordied aged 83
8. Steve Irwin 1962Australian screenwriterdied aged 44
9. Jean-Bédel Bokassa 1921Emperor of Central Africadied aged 75
10. Charles VII of France 1403King of Francedied aged 58
11. Niki Lauda 1949Austrian driverdied aged 70
12. Jules Renard 1864French novelistdied aged 46
13. Ted Kennedy 1932American lawyerdied aged 77
14. ABAugust Bebel 1840Prussian social democrat and politiciandied aged 73
15. James Blunt 1974British singer-songwriterliving, 52
16. Jonathan Demme 1944American filmmakerdied aged 73
17. Branislav Ivanović 1984Serbian footballerliving, 42
18. Sergio Romero 1987Argentinian footballerliving, 39
19. Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892American poetdied aged 58
20. Renato Dulbecco 1914Italian-born virologistdied aged 97
21. KPK. P. Sharma Oli 1952Nepalese politician who served as Prime Minister of Nepalliving, 74