February 22nd Birthdays

If you were born on February 22nd you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:

Paul Dooley (nee Paul Brown; married Winnie Holzman)

American writer, comedian, voice & character actor of TV (Grace Under Fire; The Practice; Dream On) and movies (Breaking Away; Kiss Me Goodbye; Sixteen Candles; Runaway Bride; Hairspray; Popeye; Paternity; Endangered Species; A Wedding; Cars), born February 22, 1928. (Paul Dooley 1988 Lip Service: HBO)

James Hong

American character & voice over actor of TV (Jigsaw John; The New Adventures of Charlie Chan; Kung Fu; Dynasty; Hawaii Five-O; Falcon Crest) and movies (Flower Drum Song; Chinatown; Blade Runner; Waynes World 2; Kung Fu Panda; The Hawaiians), born February 22, 1929. (James Hong 1959 Zorro)

Rebecca Schull (nee Rebecca Anna Wattenberg)

American character actress of stage, TV (Fay DeVay Cochran on Wings; Twyla Ralston on One Life to Live; Chasing Life; Suits; Ryan’s Hope), movies (That Darn Cat; The Odd Couple II; Analyze This; United 93; The Soldier; My Life), born February 22, 1929. (Rebecca Schull Photo: Poetry In Motion)

Julius Erving (nee Julius Winfield Erving II; “Dr. J.“)

American ABA/NBA Basketball Hall of Fame small forward (Virginia Squires, New Nets, Brooklyn Nets, Philadelphia 76ers – 1983 NBA Champions), 1981 NBA Most Valuable Player & 3-time ABA MVP (1974-1976), 11X NBA All-Star, born February 22, 1950. (Julius Erving 1976 Photo: NBA)

Julie Walters

English actress of stage, TV, and movies (Educating Rita; Billy Elliot; Personal Services; Stepping Out, Calendar Girls; Mamma Mia!; Girl’s Night; Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter sequels; Becoming Jane), born February 22, 1950. (Julie Walters c. 1989 Photo: Press Association)

Ellen Greene

American singer, character & voice over actress of stage, movies (Little Shop of Horrors; Talk Radio; One Fine Day; Next Stop, Greenwich Village; Rock-A-Doodle; The Untold Story), and TV (Pushing Daisies; The Young and the Restless), born February 22, 1951. (Ellen Greene c. 1989 Glory! Glory! Photo: HBO) 

Kyle MacLachlan (married Desiree Gruber)

American actor of TV (Desperate Housewives; Twin Peaks; Sex and the City; How I Met Your Mother; The Good Wife) & films (Dune; Blue Velvet; The Boyfriend School; The Doors; The Flintstones), born February 22, 1959. Ex-partner of Lara Flynn Boyle, Linda Evangelista. (Kyle MacLachlan 1990: Alan Light)

Ethan Wayne (nee John Ethan Wayne; son of John Wayne)

American stuntman & actor of TV (Officer Matt Doyle on The New Adam-12; Storm Logan on The Bold and the Beautiful) & films (The Blues Brothers; Big Jake; Scream; The Return of the Living Dead; Baby Geniuses) born February 22, 1962. Brother of Michael & Patrick Wayne. (John Ethan Wayne 1987: NBC)

Pat LaFontaine 

Hockey Hall of Fame American NHL professional hockey player (New York Islanders; Buffalo Sabres; New York Rangers), 5-time NHL All-Star, and 1994 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy winner born February 22, 1965. (Pat LaFontaine 1997-98 Photo: Håkan Dahlström / Fotopedia)

Thorsten Kaye (partner of Susan Haskell)

German-English actor of stage, TV (Zach Slater on All My Children; Smash; Ridge Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful; Patrick Thornhart on One Life to Live; Port Charles) and movies (The Silencers; Occupant; Animal; But Deliver Us From Evil), born February 22, 1966. (Thorsten Kaye Painting: A. Hamilton)

Jeri Ryan (nee Jeri Lynn Zimmerman)

German-American actress of TV (Seven of Nine on Star Trek: Voyager; Ronnie Cooke on Boston Public; Shark; Kate Murphy on Body of Proof; Bosch; Leverage; Major Crimes; Helix; Dark Skies) and movies (Down with Love; Dracula 2000), born February 22, 1968. (Jeri Ryan 2012 Photo: Commander Idham)

Thomas Jane (nee Thomas Elliott III; ex of Patricia Arquette)

American actor of movies (Deep Blue Sea; The Punisher; The Thin Red Line; The Sweetest Thing; Under Suspicion; Original Sin; The Tripper; The Mist; Dark Country; Drive Hard; USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage) and TV (Hung; 61*; The Expanse), born February 22, 1969. (Thomas Jane 2012 ComicBible)

Lea Salonga (nee Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga)

Tony Award-winning Filipina singer-actress of stage (Les Misérables; Flower Drum Song), TV (Lien Hughes on As the World Turns), Walt Disney films (Jasmine in Aladdin; Fa Mulan in Mulan), and other movies (Second Chances; Yellow Rose), born February 22, 1971. (Lea Salonga 2011 Photo: Franktang)

Michael Chang

International Tennis Hall of Fame American professional tennis player, 1996 World #2, youngest man to win a Grand Slam (1989 French Open, age 17), 1990 Davis Cup, 1992 & 2000 Barcelona Olympics U.S. team member, born February 22, 1972. (Michael Chang 2016 Photo: Tourism Victoria)

Drew Barrymore (daughter of John Drew Barrymore)

American producer, host & actress of TV (The Drew Barrymore Show; Santa Clarita Diet; Tough Love) and films (Fever Pitch; Charlie’s Angels; Never Been Kissed; Ever After: A Cinderella Story; The Wedding Singer; 50 First Dates; Batman Forever), born February 22, 1975. (Drew Barrymore 2007: David Shankbone)

James Blunt (nee James Hillier Blount)

British Army officer, musician, singer & songwriter (You’re Beautiful; Goodbye My Lover; 1973; Bonfire Heart; Primavera in Anticipo [It Is My Song] with Laura Pausini; OK with Robin Schutz; High; Wisemen; Carry You Home; Stay the Night), born February 22, 1974. (James Blunt 2008: Noemi Núñez Jiménez)

(Robert Young 1943 | Drew Barrymore 2007: David Shankbone)

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Leslie Charleson

American actress on TV (Monica Quartermaine on General Hospital, Port Charles & General Hospital: Night Shift; As the World Turns; Love is a Many Splendored Thing; A Flame in the Wind) & movies (The Day of the Dolphin; Revenge) (born Feb. 22, 1945 – died Jan. 12, 2025; age 79). (Leslie Charleson 1967 Photo: CBS)

Geoffrey Scott

American actor of TV (Mark Jennings on Dynasty; David McAllister on General Hospital; Jeffrey Jordan on Where the Heart Is; Sky Rumson on Dark Shadows; 1st & Ten; The Secret Empire; Cannon; Kojak; Billy Lewis on Guiding Light) and movies (The Morning After; Under Crystal Lake; Hulk) (born Feb. 22, 1942 – died Feb. 23, 2021; age 79). (Geoffrey Scott 1983 Photo: ABC TV)

Morley Callaghan

Canadian playwright, author (That Summer in Paris; Luke Baldwin’s Vow; Such is My Beloved; A Time for Judas), and journalist (The Toronto Star, Saturday Evening Post, The New Yorker, Maclean’s) (born Feb. 22, 1903 – died Aug. 25, 1990; age 87). Cause of death for Morley Callaghan is unknown. (Morley Callaghan 1938 Photo: George Freeland | Law Society of Upper Canada)

Robert Baden-Powell (Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell)

English Lieutenant-General Army officer, author (Scouting for Boys), founder of The Boy Scouts Association, The International Scouting Movement, and the Girl Guides (born Feb. 22, 1857 – died Jan. 9, 1941; age 83). Married Olave St. Clair Soames. (Robert Baden-Powell 1896 Photo: Francis Henry Hart /National Portrait Gallery) 

Sparky Anderson (nee George Lee Anderson)

American Baseball Hall of Fame MLB baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies) and coach (Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers) with 3 World Series championships (1975, 1976 & 1984), 2-time AL Manager of the Year (1984 & 1987) (born Feb. 22, 1934 – died Nov. 4, 2010; age 76). Sparky Anderson had dementia before he died. (Sparky Anderson 1981 Photo: R Oh Sparky3)

Robert Young

Emmy-winning American actor of TV (Father Knows Best; Marcus Welby, M.D.) & movies (The Canterville Ghost; Spitfire; Carolina; Northwest Passage; Crossfire; The Enchanted Cottage; That Forsyte Woman; The Mortal Storm; Tugboat Annie) (born Feb. 22, 1907 – died July 21, 1998; age 91). Robert Young died of respiratory failure. (Robert Young 1938 The Shining Hour Trailer)

Sir John Mills (nee Lewis Ernest Watts Mills; married Mary Hayley Bell)

Academy Award-winning English movie actor (Ryan’s Daughter; Hobson’s Choice; Great Expectations; The Truth About Spring; Gandhi; Goodbye, Mr. Chips; Waterloo Road; Swiss Family Robinson; Scott of the Antarctic; The Chalk Garden; King Rat; Lady Caroline Lamb) (born Feb. 22, 1908 – died Apr. 23, 2005; age 97). Father of Hayley Mills & Juliet Mills. (John Mills 1959 Tiger Bay)

Sheldon Leonard (nee Sheldon Leonard Bershad)

American actor of TV, (Big Eddie; Make Room For Daddy) and movies (It’s a Wonderful Life; Guys and Dolls), screenwriter, director & producer (The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Andy Griffith Show; I Spy; Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C.; My World and Welcome To It) (born Feb. 22, 1907 – died Jan. 11, 1997; age 89). Cause of death for Sheldon Leonard unknown. (Sheldon Leonard 1944 Timber Queen)

Jonathan Demme (nee Robert Jonathan Demme)

Academy Award-winning American director, screenwriter, and producer (The Silence of the Lambs; Something Wild; Swing Shift; Philadelphia; The Manchurian Candidate; Melvin and Howard; Beloved) (born Feb. 22, 1944 – died May 7, 2017; age 90). Jonathan Demme died of heart disease and esophageal cancer complications. (Jonathan Demme 2015 Photo: Montclair Film) 

Maurice Costello (ex of Mae Costello; father of Helene & Dolores Costello)

American silent film star (Man and Wife; As You Like It; His Sister’s Children; A Tale of Two Cities; Auld Lang Syne; The Glimpses of the Moon; The Wagon Show; Wolves of the Air; Johnny Get Your Hair Cut; The Mad Marriage) (born Feb. 22, 1877 – died Oct. 29, 1950; age 73). Grandfather of John Drew Barrymore, great-grandfather of Drew Barrymore. (Maurice Costello 1915)

Niki Lauda (nee Andreas Nikolaus Lauda)

Austrian Formula One (March, BRM, Ferrari, Brabham, McLaren) racing car driver, 3-time F1 World Driver’s Champion (1975, 1977, 1984), founder of Lauda Air and Niki Airlines (born Feb. 22, 1949 – died May 21, 2019; age 70). Niki Lauda had a lung transplant in 2018 and died of kidney problem complications. (Niki Lauda 1974 Photo: Gillfoto)

Edna St. Vincent Millay (aka Nancy Boyd)

American playwright (The Lamp and the Bell; Aria da capo), winner of the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver; Renascence; Fatal Interview; Love is Not All; The Murder of Lidice; Wine From These Grapes) (born Feb. 22, 1892 – died Oct. 19, 1950; age 58). Edna St. Vincent Millay died of a heart attack after a fall. (Edna St. Vincent Millay 1914 Photo: Arnold Genthe)

Etienne Giradot

British actor of stage and film (The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle; Fast and Loose; Twentieth Century; Breakfast for Two; Grand Old Girl; Port of Seven Seas; There Goes My Heart; Hearts Divided; Curly Top; Blood Money; The Bishop Misbehaves) (born Feb. 22, 1856 – died Nov. 10, 1939; age 83). Cause of death for Etienne Giradot is unknown. (Etienne Giradot 1936 College Holiday)

Steve Irwin (aka The Crocodile Hunter; father of Bindi Irwin)

Australian conservationist, zookeeper, wildlife environmentalist, documentary, film & TV personality (The Crocodile Hunter; Colllision Course; Dr. Dolittle 2; Steve Irwin’s Great Escapes; Ocean’s Deadliest) (born Feb. 22, 1962 – died Sept. 4, 2006; age 44). Steve Irwin died from a stingray barb that pierced his chest wall. (Steve Irwin 2000s: Australia Zoo Pty Ltd.)  

Kenneth Williams

English screenwriter, host & actor of stage, radio, TV (Storyteller on Jackanory; International Cabaret; An Audience with Kenneth Williams), Carry On movies, and other films (Carry on Up the Khyber; Carry on Cleo; Twice Round the Daffodils; Loot; Carry On Doctor; Land of Fury; Valley of Song; Carry on Sergeant) (born Feb. 22, 1926 – died Apr. 15, 1988; age 62). (Kenneth Williams 1962)

Lew Cody (nee Louis Joseph Côté; married Mabel Normand)

American actor of silent films (A Single Man; The Shooting of Dan McGrew; Rupert of Hentzau) and early sound movies (Not Exactly Gentlemen; By Appointment Only; Three Girls Lost; The Crusader; A Woman of Experience; X Marks the Spot; The Common Law; The Tenderfoot; Dishonored) (born Feb. 22, 1884 – died May 31, 1934; age 50). Ex of Dorothy Dalton. (Lew Cody 1920)

Marguerite Clark (nee Helen Marguerite Clark)

American actress of stage & silent movies (Rich Man, Poor Man; Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch; Helen of the North; Little Miss Hoover; Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Easy to Get; A Girl Named Mary; Three Man and a Girl; Snow White; Miss George Washington; The Crucible; Wildflower) (born Feb. 22, 1883 – died Sept. 25, 1940; age 57). Married Harry Palmerston Williams. (Marguerite Clark 1914)

Mildred Davis (married Harold Lloyd)

American silent movie actress (Safety Last!; Humor Risk; Dr. Jack; Grandma’s Boy; A Sailor-Made Man; Too Many Crooks; All Wrong; Never Weaken; High and Dizzy; An Eastern Westerner; Number, Please?; Get Out and Get Under; Among Those Present; Haunted Spooks; His Royal Slyness) (born Feb. 22, 1901 – died Aug. 18, 1969; age 68). (Mildred Davis Lloyd 1927: Cinelandia)

Guy Mitchell (nee Albert George Cernik)

American singer (Singing The Blues; Heartaches By The Number; My Heart Cries For You; My Truly, Truly Fair; The Roving Kind; Belle Belle My Liberty Belle; Rock-A-Billy; She Wears Red Feathers) & actor of TV (George Romack on Whispering Smith) and movies (Red Garters; The Wild Westerners) (born Feb. 22, 1927 – died July 1, 1999; age 72). (Guy Mitchell 1954)

George Washington (married Martha Dandridge Custis)

American plantation owner, soldier (Lt. Col during the French and Indian War; Commander in Chief of the United Colonies during the American Revolutionary War), & politician (Founding Father, 1st President of the United States), he freed all of his his slaves after his wife died (born Feb. 22, 1732 – died Dec. 14, 1799; age 67). (George Washington 1803: Gilbert Stuart)

Dwight Frye

American film actor (The Crime of Dr. Crespi; Dracula; The Vampire Bat; Man to Man; The Circus Queen Murder; The Maltese Falcon; Bride of Frankenstein; The Western Code; Atlantic Adventure; Alibi for Murder; Something to Sing About; The Shadow; Beware of Ladies) (born Feb. 22, 1899 – died Nov. 7, 1943; age 44). Dwight Frye died of a heart attack. (Dwight Frye 1932 A Strange Adventure)

Enid Markey 

American actress of vaudeville, silent films (The Romance of Tarzan; Tarzan of the Apes; The Darkening Trail; Sink or Swim; The Lion of the Hills; Blood Will Tell; The Captive God; Between Men; The Mating; The Cup of Life), TV (Aunt Violet Flower on Bringing Up Buddy, Kraft Theatre), & classic movies (Snafu) (born Feb. 22, 1894 – died Nov. 15, 1981; age 87). (Enid Markey 1916)

Al Gross (nee Irving Gross)

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Award-winning Canadian mobile wireless communications entrepreneur (Gross Electronics Co., 1st to receive FCC approval to use the Citizens Radio Service Frequency Band for his 2-way system) & inventor (two-way radios; telephone pagers) (born Feb. 22, 1918 – died Dec. 21, 2000; age 82). (Al Gross 1999: Kb7uxe)

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