Famous people born on 22 January

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

1. Lord Byron 1788English poet and lyricistdied aged 36
2. Francis Bacon 1561English philosopherdied aged 65
3. Antonio Gramsci 1891Italian philosopher and writerdied aged 46
4. August Strindberg 1849Swedish writer and painterdied aged 63
5. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 1729German writer and philosopherdied aged 52
6. U Thant 1909Burmese politician who served as United Nations Secretary-Generaldied aged 65
7. D. W. Griffith 1875American film directordied aged 73
8. Ivan III of Russia 1440Statespersondied aged 65
9. Hidetoshi Nakata 1977Japanese footballerliving, 49
10. John Hurt 1940British actordied aged 77
11. Jim Jarmusch 1953American film director and screenwriterliving, 73
12. Diane Lane 1965American actorliving, 61
13. Netta Barzilai 1993Israeli singerliving, 33
14. Robert E. Howard 1906American novelistdied aged 30
15. Pierre Gassendi 1592French philosopher and astronomerdied aged 63