Famous Birthdays for 22nd May 2026

1722 – Johannes Schmidlin, Swiss composer, born in Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1772)
1908 – Rattana Pestonji, Thai filmmaker and cinematographer (Tang), born in Bangkok, Thailand (d. 1970)
1917 – Jean-Louis Curtis [Albert Laffitte], French novelist (The Forests of the Night), born in Orthez, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France (d. 1995)
1929 – Asher Ben-Yohanan, Israeli composer, born in Kávala, Greece (d. 2015)
1933 – Don Estelle [Ronald Edwards], British actor and singer (It Ain’t Half Hot Mum), born in Crumpsall, Lancashire (d. 2003)
1942 – Pallo Jordan, South African politician and ANC member, born in Kroonstad, Free State
1956 – Douglas Heyes Jr., American actor (Captains and Kings, Aspen), born in Los Angeles, California
1962 – Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler, born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1997)
1979 – Maggie Q [Margaret Quigley], American actress (Mission Impossible III, Nikita), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
1983 – John Hopkins, Anglo-American motorcycling racer

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