March 22
March 22 is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 284 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1900
- 1081 - Boleslaw the Generous, King of Poland (b. 1042)
- 1322 - Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster (b. 1278)
- 1418 - Dietrich of Nieheim, German bishop and historian (b. 1345)
- 1421 - Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence (b. 1388)
- 1471 - George Podebrady, King of Bohemia (b. 1420)
- 1544 - Johannes Magnus, last Roman Catholic Archbishop in Sweden (b. 1488)
- 1602 – Agostino Carracci, Italian composer (b. 1557)
- 1685 – Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (b. 1638)
- 1687 – Jean Baptiste Lully, Italian-French composer (b. 1632)
- 1772 - John Canton, English physicist (b. 1718)
- 1820 - Stephen Decatur, American naval officer (b. 1779)
- 1832 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer (b. 1749)
- 1840 - Etienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798)
- 1844 - William Carroll, Governor of Tennessee (b. 1788)
- 1851 - Isaac Hill, Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1789)
- 1863 - Opothleyahola, principal Native American chief of the Creek Nation (b. 1796)
- 1896 - Thomas Hughes, English novelist (b. 1822)
1901 – 2000
- 1913 - Sung Chiao-jen, Chinese nationalist leader (b. 1882)
- 1914 - Theodor Borrer, Swiss aviation pioneer (b. 1894)
- 1917 - Yi Jun-yong, one of the Korean Joseon Dynasty's politicians (b. 1870)
- 1942 - Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (b. 1875)
- 1942 - William Donne, English cricketer (b. 1875)
- 1946 - Clemens August Graf von Galen, German Resistance activist (b. 1878)
- 1952 - Uncle Dave Macon, American musician (b. 1870)
- 1955 - Ivan Subasic, Croatian-Yugoslavian politician (b. 1892)
- 1958 – Mike Todd, American movie producer (b. 1909)
- 1960 - Jose Antonio Aguirre, Basque politician (b. 1904)
- 1977 - A.K. Gopalan, Indian Communist leader (b. 1904)
- 1978 – Karl Wallenda, German acrobat (b. 1905)
- 1987 – Odysseas Angelis, Greek military officer (b. 1912)
- 1993 – Steve Olin, American baseball player (b. 1965)
- 1994 – Walter Lantz, American cartoonist (b. 1900)
- 1994 - Dan Hartman, American singer, songwriter and record producer (b. 1950)
- 1996 - Robert F. Overmyer, American test pilot and astronaut (b. 1936)
- 1996 - Billy Williamson, American musician (b. 1925)
- 2000 - Carlo Parola, Italian footballer (b. 1921)
From 2001
- 2001 – Sabiha Gökçen, Turkish combat pilot (b. 1913)
- 2001 – William Hanna, American animator and studio founder (b. 1910)
- 2002 - Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss conductor and violinist (b. 1917)
- 2004 – Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian co-founder of Hamas (b. 1936)
- 2006 - Lawrence Stephen, Nauruan politician (b. 1939)
- 2009 – Jade Goody, British television personality (b. 1981)
- 2010 – Valentina Tolkunova, Russian singer (b. 1946)
- 2010 – James W. Black, Scottish Nobel Prize-winning doctor and medical researcher (b. 1924)
- 2012 - Mohammed Merah, French Islamic Jihadist and spree killer (b. 1988), shot after siege
- 2013 - Bebo Valdés, Cuban pianist, bandleader and composer (b. 1918)
- 2014 - Mickey Duff, Polish-born British boxing trainer and promoter (b. 1929)
- 2014 - Patrice Wymore, American actress (b. 1926)
- 2014 - Yashwant Vithoba Chittal, Indian writer (b. 1928)
- 2014 - Yngve A. A. Larsson, Swedish medicine professor and diabetologist (b. 1917)
- 2014 - Riina Gerretz, Estonian pianist (b. 1939)
- 2015 - Arkady Arkanov, Russian writer and satirist (b. 1933)
- 2015 - Norman Scribner, American choral conductor (b. 1936)
- 2016 - Rob Ford, Canadian politician, former Mayor of Toronto (b. 1969)
- 2016 - Rita Gam, American actress (b. 1927)
- 2016 - Richard Bradford, American actor (b. 1934)
- 2016 - Glen Dawson, American rock climber and mountaineer (b. 1912)
- 2016 - Phife Dawg, American rap musician (b. 1970)
- 2016 - Santiago J. Erevia, American soldier (b. 1945)
- 2017 - Dallas Green, American baseball player and manager (b. 1934)
- 2017 - Sib Hashian, American drummer (b. 1949)
- 2017 - Joanne Kyger, American poet (b. 1934)
- 2017 - Sven-Erik Magnusson, Swedish singer (b. 1942)
- 2017 - Ronnie Moran, English footballer and manager (b. 1934)
- 2017 - Khalid Masood, English terrorist (b. 1964)
- 2017 - Tomas Milian, Cuban-born Italian actor (b. 1933)
- 2017 - Lembit Ulfsak, Estonian actor (b. 1947)
- 2017 - Pete Hamilton, American racecar driver (b. 1942)
- 2017 - Marilyn McCord Adams, American philosopher and priest (b. 1943)
- 2017 - Piroska Oszoli, Hungarian painter (b. 1919)
- 2018 - Dick Gamble, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
- 2018 - René Houseman, Argentine footballer (b. 1953)
- 2018 - Wayne Huizenga, American businessman and entrepreneur (b. 1937)
- 2018 - Dariush Shayegan, Iranian philosopher and cultural theorist (b. 1935)
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1902 – Madeleine Milhaud, French actress (d. 2008)
- 1902 - Johannes Brinkman, Dutch architect (d. 1949)
- 1907 - Roger Blin, French actor and movie director (d. 1984)
- 1907 - James M. Gavin, American lieutenant general (d. 1990)
- 1907 - Lucia Santos, Portuguese nun (d. 2005)
- 1908 – Louis L'Amour, American writer (d. 1988)
- 1908 - Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (d. 1991)
- 1909 - Nathan Rosen, American-Israeli physicist (d. 1995)
- 1912 – Karl Malden, American actor (d. 2009)
- 1912 - Agnes Martin, Canadian-American painter (d. 2004)
- 1913 – Sabiha Gökçen, Turkish combat pilot (d. 2001)
- 1913 - Tom McCall, 30th Governor of Oregon (d. 1983)
- 1913 - Lew Wasserman, American movie studio executive (d. 2002)
- 1915 - Georgiy Zhzhonov, Russian actor and writer (d. 2005)
- 1915 - John McConnell, American peace activist and environmentalist (d. 2012)
- 1917 - Paul Rogers, British stage actor (d. 2013)
- 1917 – Virginia Grey, American actress (d. 2004)
- 1917 - Irving Kaplansky, Canadian mathematician, professor, writer and musician (d. 2006)
- 1918 – Cheddi Jagan, President of Guyana (d. 1997)
- 1919 - R. M. Hare, English philosopher (d. 2002)
- 1920 - Werner Klemperer, German actor and musician (d. 2000)
- 1920 - Ross Martin, American actor (d. 1981)
- 1921 - Nino Manfredi, Italian actor (d. 2004)
- 1922 - John J. Gilligan, 62nd Governor of Ohio (d. 2013)
- 1922 - Stewart Stern, American screenwriter (d. 2015)
- 1923 – Marcel Marceau, French mime artist (d. 2007)
- 1924 - Paul Fussell, American writer, historian, writer and professor (d. 2012)
- 1924 - Al Neuharth, American businessman, writer and columnist (d. 2013)
- 1926 - Franca Falcucci, Italian politician (d. 2014)
- 1926 - Avo Uvezian, Lebanese-American jazz pianist, songwriter and cigar manufacturer (d. 2017)
- 1929 - Sergio Cervato, Italian footballer (d. 2005)
- 1929 - Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist
- 1930 - Lynden Pindling, Prime Minister of the Bahamas (d. 2000)
- 1930 – Pat Robertson, American televangelist
- 1930 – Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist
- 1931 – Burton Richter, American physicist
- 1931 – William Shatner, Canadian actor
- 1931 - Leslie Thomas, Welsh writer (d. 2014)
- 1932 – Larry Evans, American chess player (d. 2010)
- 1932 - Els Borst, Dutch politician (d. 2014)
- 1933 - Michel Hidalgo, French footballer and coach
- 1933 - Abulhassan Banisadr, former President of Iran
- 1934 - Bola Ajibola, Nigerian politician and jurist
- 1934 - Orrin Hatch, United States Senator for Utah (d. 2022)
- 1936 – Roger Whittaker, British singer
- 1937 - Angelo Badalamenti, American composer
- 1937 - Armin Hary, German athlete
- 1940 - Fausto Bertinotti, Italian Communist politician
- 1941 – Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor
- 1941 - Cassam Uteem, 2nd President of Mauritius
- 1942 – Bernd Herzsprung, German actor
- 1943 - George Benson, American jazz and fusion guitarist and singer
- 1943 - Keith Relf, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (d. 1976)
- 1945 - Paul Schockemöhle, German equestrian showjumper
- 1946 - Don Chaney, American basketball player and coach
- 1946 - Rudy Rucker, American mathematician and computer scientist
- 1946 - Harry Vanda, Dutch-Australian singer and musician
- 1947 - James Patterson, American writer
- 1948 – Bernard Dietz, German footballer
- 1948 – Andrew Lloyd Webber, English theatre composer
- 1948 - Wolf Blitzer, American journalist
- 1949 - Fanny Ardant, French actress
- 1949 – John Toshack, Welsh footballer and manager
- 1949 - Brian Hanrahan, English journalist and broadcaster (d. 2010)
- 1950 - Jocky Wilson, Scottish darts player (d. 2012)
- 1950 - Mary Tamm, English actress (d. 2012)
1951 – 1975
- 1952 - Des Browne, Scottish politician
- 1952 - David Jones, Welsh politician
- 1953 - Vladimir Trofimenko, Russian athlete
- 1955 – Lena Olin, Swedish actress
- 1955 - Pete Sessions, American politician
- 1955 – Valdis Zatlers, former President of Latvia
- 1956 - Maria Teresa, Cuban-born Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
- 1958 - Laurie David, American blogger, activist and producer
- 1958 - Pete Wylie, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1959 - Matthew Modine, American actor, screenwriter, director and producer
- 1959 - Zhan Videnov, 45th Prime minister of Bulgaria
- 1963 – Giuseppe Galderisi, Italian footballer and manager
- 1965 - John Kordic, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1992)
- 1965 – Emma Wray, British actress
- 1966 - Arron Banks, British businessman and political donor
- 1966 - Brian Shaw, American basketball player
- 1966 - Samantha Robson, British actress
- 1967 - Mario Cipollini, Italian cyclist
- 1968 - Kazuya Maekawa, Japanese footballer
- 1968 - Euronymous, Norwegian guitarist and producer (d. 1993)
- 1969 - Robert Halfon, English politician
- 1970 - Leontien van Moorsel, Dutch cyclist
- 1970 - Hwang Young-cho, South Korean marathon runner
- 1971 - Keegan Michael Key, American actor
- 1972 – Shawn Bradley, American basketball player
- 1972 – Elvis Stojko, Canadian figure skater
- 1972 - Cory Lidle, American baseball player (d. 2006)
- 1973 – Beverley Knight, British singer
- 1974 – Philippe Clement, Belgian footballer
- 1974 - Marcus Camby, American basketball player
- 1974 - Kidada Jones, American actress
- 1975 - Jiri Novak, Czech ice hockey player
- 1975 - Anne Dudek, American actress
From 1976
- 1976 – Reese Witherspoon, American actress
- 1976 - Teun de Nooijer, Dutch field hockey player
- 1976 - Victoria Atkins, English politician
- 1977 - John Otto, American musician
- 1978 - Björn Lind, Swedish cross-country skier
- 1981 - Mirel Radoi, Romanian footballer
- 1984 – Piotr Trochowski, German footballer
- 1985 – Mayola Biboko, Belgian footballer
- 1985 – Jakob Fuglsang, Danish cyclist
- 1988 – Tania Raymonde, American actress
- 1989 - Eva Pereira, Cape Verdean middle-distance runner
- 1989 - Ruben Popa, Romanian footballer
- 1990 - Lisa Mitchell, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1994 - Kolohe Andino, American surfer
- 1997 - Harry Wilson, Welsh footballer
- 1998 - Paola Andino, American actress
- 1999 - Mick Schumacher, German racing driver