October 22nd Birthdays
If you were born on October 22nd, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Christopher Lloyd
Emmy Award-winning American comedian, actor of TV (Rev. Jim on Taxi; Granite Flats; Stacked) and movies (Back to the Future; One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest; Goin’ South; Mr. Mom; Clue; Eight Men Out; The Addams Family), born October 22, 1938. (Christopher Lloyd 1958 Photo: Stapleite)
Tony Roberts (nee David Anthony Roberts)
American actor of stage, movies (Play It Again, Sam; The Taking of Pelham One Two Three; Serpico; Annie Hall; Hannah and Her Sisters; Radio Days; Law & Order), and television (Rosetti and Ryan; The Four Seasons; Law & Order), born October 22, 1939. (Tony Roberts 1977 Rosetti and Ryan Photo: NBC TV)
Catherine Deneuve (nee Catherine Fabienne Dorléac)
French model (Chanel No. 5, L’Oréal Paris; Playboy) & film actress (Indochine; Belle de Jour; 8 Women; Hustle; Dancer in the Dark; The Young Girls of Rochefort; The April Fools; The Musketeer), born October 22, 1943. Ex-partner of Roger Vadim, Marcello Mastroianni. (Catherine Deneuve 1995: Georges Biard)
Eddie Brigati (nee Edward Brigati Jr.)
American tambourine player, singer and songwriter with Joey Dee and the Starliters, and blue-eyed soul Rock & Roll Hall of Fame group The Young Rascals (Groovin’; How Can I Be Sure; People Got to Be Free; A Beautiful Morning), born October 22, 1946. (Eddie Brigati The Rascals 1969 Photo)
Debbie Macomber
RITA Award-winning American romance novelist (Trading Christmas; Miracle in Manhattan; This Matter of Marriage; Thursdays at Eight; My Hero; The Shop on Blossom Street; Cedar Cove; Heartsong; Starlight), born October 22, 1948. (Debbie Macomber 2016 Photo: Seaman Jane Wood / U.S. Navy)
Jeff Goldblum (nee Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum; married Emilie Livingston)
American actor of films (Jurassic Park films; Invasion of the Body Snatchers; Into the Night; The Fly; Silverado; The Big Chill; Independence Day; Powder) & TV (Law & Order: Criminal Intent; Tenspeed and Brown Shoe; Will & Grace), born October 22, 1952. Ex of Geena Davis. (Jeff Goldblum 1985: Towpilot)
Bob Odenkirk (nee Robert John Odenkirk)
American producer, director, screenwriter, & actor of movies and TV (Saul Goodman on Breaking Bad; Jimmy McGill on Better Call Saul; Saturday Night Live; The Ben Stiller Show; Fargo; How I Met Your Mother; The Larry Sanders Show), born October 22, 1962. (Bob Odenkirk 2018 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
Brian Boitano
World Figure Skating Hall of Fame American figure skater, 1988 Calgary Olympics men’s gold medalist, 1986 & 1988 men’s world champion, 4-time US champion, Emmy Award-winning TV personality (Carmen on Ice), born October 22, 1963. (Brian Boitano 2010 Photo: Gary Stevens)
Shaggy (nee Orville Richard Burrell)
Jamaican reggae/rap record producer, musician, DJ & singer (It Wasn’t Me; Angel; Boombastic; In the Summertime; Luv Me, Luv Me; Oh Carolina; I Need Your Love; Hey Sexy Lady; Me Julie; Why You Treat Me So Bad), born October 22, 1968. (Shaggy 2006 Photo: Flickr.com/photos/Adamj4282 166195826)
(Constance Bennett 1931: O. Greiner | Joan Fontaine 1951)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on October 22nd!
Remember These October 22nd Famous Birthdays
Alan Ladd Jr. (son of Alan Ladd; step-brother of David Ladd, Alana Ladd)
Academy Award-winning American film producer (The Right Stuff; Chariots of Fire; Gone Baby Gone; Braveheart; The Boys From Brazil; Moonstruck; Star Wars; Alien; The Man in the Iron Mask; Police Academy; Young Frankenstein) (born Oct. 22, 1937 – died Mar. 2, 2022; age 84). Step-son of Sue Carol Ladd; brother-in-law of Cheryl Ladd, uncle of Jordan Ladd. (Alan Ladd Jr. 1959)
Leslie West (nee Leslie Weinstein)
American rock and blues guitar player, songwriter (Hang Me Out to Dry), and singer with West, Bruce and Laing, The Vagrants (Respect), and Mountain (Mississippi Queen; Long Red; Dreams of Milk & Honey) (born Oct. 22, 1945 – died Dec. 22, 2020; age 75). Leslie West lost a leg to diabetes in 2011 and died of a heart attack. (Leslie West 1973 Mountain Photo: Heinrich Klaffs)
Annette Funicello
American singer (Tall Paul; Pineapple Princess) and actress on TV (The Mickey Mouse Club; Annette; Make Room for Daddy; Zorro; Fantasy Island) and in movies (Beach Party films; The Shaggy Dog; Babes in Toyland) (born Oct. 22, 1942 – died Apr. 8, 2013; age 70). Annette Funicello died of multiple sclerosis complications. (Annette Funicello 1964 Muscle Beach Party Trailer)
Joan Fontaine (nee Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland; )
Academy Award-winning British-American actress (Rebecca; Suspicion; Gunga Din; Jane Eyre; The Constant Nymph; You Gotta Stay Happy; September Affair; Island in the Sun; The Women; Frenchman’s Creek; Tender is the Night) (born Oct. 22, 1917 – died Dec. 15, 2013; age 96).sister of Olivia de Havilland; ex of Brian Aherne, William Dozier, Collier Young. (Joan Fontaine 1943)
Curly Howard (nee Jerome Lester Horwitz)
American comedian & actor with The Three Stooges (brother Moe & Shemp Howard), of vaudeville & movies (Disorder in the Court; You Nazty Spy!; Movie Maniacs; Men in Black; Dizzy Doctors; Mutts to You; Pop Goes the Easel) (born Oct. 22, 1903 – died Jan. 18, 1952; age 48). Curly Howard had strokes in the years before he died. (Curly Howard 1937: Columbia Pictures / Pillsbury)
Mitzi Green (nee Elizabeth Keno; married Joseph Pevney)
American actress of TV (So This is Hollywood), stage & films (Lost in Alaska; Bloodhounds of Broadway), child actress of early sound films (Little Orphan Annie; Newly Rich; Huckleberry Finn; Skippy; Tom Sawyer; Finn and Hattie; Love Among the Millionaires; The Marriage Playground) (born Oct. 22, 1920 – died May 24, 1969; age 48). Mitzi Green died of cancer. (Mitzi Green 1931)
Charles Keating
Daytime Emmy Award-winning English-American actor of Broadway, TV (Carl Hutchins on Another World; Crown Court; As the World Turns; Going to Extremes; Port Charles) and movies (Awakenings; The Bodyguard; The Thomas Crown Affair) (born Oct. 22, 1941 – died Aug. 8, 2014; age 72). Charles Keating died of lung cancer. (Charles Keating 2008 Photo: Pasadena Burbank)
Constance Bennett (ex of Gilbert Roland, Marquis Henri de La Falaise)
American actress of sound & silent movies (Topper; Three Faces East; Ladies in Love; What Price Hollywood?; Moulin Rouge; Bed of Roses; Madame Spy; Law of the Tropics; Two-Faced Woman; As Young As You Feel; Smart Woman; Sin Takes a Holiday; The Goose Woman) (born Oct. 22, 1904 – died July 24, 1965; age 60). Sister of Joan Bennett. (Constance Bennett 1946 Centennial Summer)
Doris Lessing (nee Doris May Tayler; aka Jane Somers)
Iranian-born English poet, biographer (Alfred and Emily; Under My Skin), short story writer, & novelist (The Golden Notebook; The Grass is Singing; The Good Terrorist; The Fifth Child; The Cleft; Martha Quest; The Memoirs of a Survivor; Shikasta), 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature winner (born Oct. 22, 1919 – died Nov. 17, 2013; age 94). (Doris Lessing 2006 Photo: Elke Wetzig)
John Zaremba
American actor of TV (Special Agent Jerry Dressler on I Led 3 Lives; The Time Tunnel; Ben Casey; McHales’s Navy; Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law; Cannon; Dallas; Bonanza; The Rookies; Charlie’s Angels; Alfred Hitchcock Presents; The F.B.I.; Sea Hunt; Perry Mason) & films (20 Million Miles to Earth) (born Oct. 22, 1908 – died Dec. 15, 1986; age 78). (John Zaremba 1965 12 O’Clock High)
Slater Martin (nee Slater Nelson Martin Jr.; aka “Dugie”)
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame American NBA point guard (Minneapolis Lakers – 1950 NBA Champs; New York Knicks; St. Louis Hawks), 7-time NBA All-Star, and NBA coach (St. Louis Hawks & Houston Mavericks) (born Oct. 22, 1925 – died Oct. 18, 2012; age 86). Slater Martin died after a brief illness. (Slater Martin c. 1953-1954 Photo: The Sporting News Archives)
N.C. Wyeth (nee Newell Convers Wyeth; father of Andrew Wyeth)
American artist, realist painter, illustrator of Scribners Classics books (Treasure Island; Kidnapped; Robinson Crusoe; The Yearling) and magazine covers (The Saturday Evening Post; The Country Gentleman; The Popular Magazine) (born Oct. 22, 1882 – died Oct. 19, 1945; age 62). N.C. Wyeth died in an automobile accident. (N.C. Wyeth 1940 Self-Portrait)
Sarah Bernhardt (nee Henriette-Rosine Bernard)
French actress of stage (La Dame aux Camélias; Hamlet; L’Aiglon; Fédora; La Tosca by Victorien Sardou, and L’Aiglon) and silent films (La Voyante; Jeanne Doré; Mothers of France), author (L’Art du Théâtre), patron of artist & theatrical designer Alphonse Mucha (born Oct. 22, 1844 – died Mar. 26, 1923; age 78). Ex-lover of Khalil Bey, Lou Tellegen. (Sarah Bernhardt 1864: Nadar)
Indian actor of TV (The Swamp Fox) and movies (Jane Eyre; Thief of Damascus; The Counterfeiters; A Very Young Lady; My Cousin Rachel; A Yank in the R.A.F.; My Gal Sal; Tonight We Raid Calais; Hudson’s Bay; Moon Over Her Shoulder; Lady in the Iron Mask; The Invisible Man Returns; Bagdad; Return of the Fly) (born Oct. 22, 1908 – died July 10, 1963; age 54). (John Sutton 1959 Tombstone Territory)
Franz Liszt (aka Abbé Liszt; his hysterical fans inspired the term Lisztomania)
Hungarian Romantic period virtuoso pianist, conductor, & composer (Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2; Années de pèlerinage; Faust Symphony; Mephisto Waltz), originator of symphonic poems (born Oct. 22, 1811 – died July 31, 1886; age 74). Ex-partner of Princess Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Countess Marie d’Agoult. (Franz Liszt 1839: Henri Lehmann)
Jimmie Foxx (nee James Emory Foxxe; aka “Double X“, “The Beast“)
National Baseball Hall of Fame American pro baseball player, 9X MLB All-Star first baseman (Philadelphia Athletics – 2X World Series champions, 1933 Triple Crown; Boston Red Sox; Chicago Cubs; Philadelphia Phillies); American League 1930s 4X home run leader, 3X RBI leader, & 2X batting champion (born Oct. 22, 1907 – died July 21, 1967; age 59). (Jimmie Foxx 1936-37)
Canadian Métis politician (MP for Provencher; Provisional Government President) & activist (Red River Resistance of 1869-1870 – executed Thomas Scott & co-founded the province of Manitoba; North-West Rebellion of 1885) (born Oct. 22, 1844 – died Nov. 16, 1885; age 41). Louis Riel was exiled, convicted of treason & executed. (Louis Riel 1870s-1885)
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