Famous people born on 22 May

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

1. Richard Wagner 1813German composerdied aged 69
2. Arthur Conan Doyle 1859British physician writerdied aged 71
3. Novak Djokovic 1987Serbian tennis playerliving, 39
4. Charles Aznavour 1924Armenian singer and diplomatdied aged 94
5. Laurence Olivier 1907British actor and directordied aged 82
6. Mary Cassatt 1844American painter and printmakerdied aged 82
7. George Best 1946British footballerdied aged 59
8. Naomi Campbell 1970British modelliving, 56
9. Ted Kaczynski 1942American mathematician and domestic terroristdied aged 81
10. Betty Williams 1943British peace activistdied aged 76
11. Arturo Vidal 1987Chilean footballerliving, 39
12. SNShuji Nakamura 1954Japanese inventorliving, 72
13. Gérard de Nerval 1808French writer and translatordied aged 46
14. Hergé 1907Belgian writerdied aged 75
15. Harvey Milk 1930American politician and activistdied aged 48
16. Raja Ram Mohan Roy 1772Indian social reformerdied aged 61
17. Symon Petliura 1879Theatre criticdied aged 47
18. Morrissey 1959British singerliving, 67
19. Arseniy Yatsenyuk 1974Soviet politician and economist who served as Prime Minister of Ukraineliving, 52