Famous Birthdays on August 22

211 people 1412 – 2005

August 22 has seen 211 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1412 – 2005. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

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Holly Dunn

1957 — Holly Dunn

American country music singer-songwriter (died 2016)

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Dunn's brother, Chris Waters, is a songwriter and record producer, having worked with both his sister and other artists in these capacities

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Dunn recorded for MTM Records between 1985 and 1988, Warner Bros

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Records between 1988 and 1993, and River North Records between 1995 and 1997

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She released 10 albums and charted 19 singles, plus two duets on the Hot Country Songs charts

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Dunn retired from music in 2003, and died of ovarian cancer in 2016.


Frederick II
Frederick II
Elector of Saxony (died 1464)
Frederick II, The Gentle was Prince-Elector and Arch-Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire, who ruled as Duke of Saxony and Margrave of Meissen (1428–1464) and Landgrave of Thuringia (1440–1445). His succession laid the…
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1412
Franz von Dietrichstein
Franz von Dietrichstein
Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal (died 1636)
Franz Seraph von Dietrichstein, was an Austrian nobleman and cardinal, member of an ancient House of Dietrichstein, was the 1st Prince of Dietrichstein, Archbishop of Olomouc, Governor (Landeshauptmann) of Moravia.
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1570
Agatha Marie of Hanau
German noblewoman (died 1636)
Countess Agatha Marie of Hanau-Lichtenberg was a daughter of Count Johann Reinhard I (1569-1625) and his wife, Countess Maria Elisabeth of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (1576-1605).
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1599
Georges de Scudéry
Georges de Scudéry
French author, poet, and playwright (died 1667)
Georges de Scudéry, the elder brother of Madeleine de Scudéry, was a French novelist, dramatist and poet.
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1601
Jean Regnault de Segrais
Jean Regnault de Segrais
French author and poet (died 1701)
Jean Regnault de Segrais was a French poet and novelist born in Caen. He was elected a member of the Académie française in 1662.
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1624
Denis Papin
Denis Papin
French physicist and mathematician, developed pressure cooking (died 1712)
Denis Papin FRS was a French Huguenot physicist, mathematician and inventor, best known for his pioneering invention of the steam digester, the forerunner of the pressure cooker, the steam engine, the centrifugal pump,…
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1647
Pierre Guérin de Tencin
Pierre Guérin de Tencin
French cardinal (died 1758)
Pierre-Paul Guérin de Tencin was a French ecclesiastic and statesman, who was archbishop of Embrun and Lyon and cardinal. His sister was Claudine Guérin de Tencin.
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1679
Pope Leo XII (died 1829)
Pope Leo XII (died 1829)
Pope Leo XII was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 28 September 1823 to his death in February 1829.
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1760
Charles Percier
Charles Percier
French architect and interior designer (died 1838)
Charles Percier was a neoclassical French architect, interior decorator and designer, who worked in a close partnership with Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, originally his friend from student days. For work undertaken…
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1764
Henry Maudslay
Henry Maudslay
English engineer (died 1831)
Henry Maudslay was an English machine tool innovator, tool and die maker, and inventor. He is considered a founding father of machine tool technology. His inventions were an important foundation for the Industrial…
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1771
Aimé Bonpland
Aimé Bonpland
French botanist and explorer (died 1858)
Aimé Jacques Alexandre Bonpland was a French explorer and botanist who traveled with Alexander von Humboldt in Latin America from 1799 to 1804. He co-authored volumes of the scientific results of their expedition.
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1773
James Kirke Paulding
James Kirke Paulding
American poet, playwright, and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy (died 1860)
James Kirke Paulding was an American writer and, for a time, the United States Secretary of the Navy. Paulding's early writings were satirical and violently anti-British, as shown in The Diverting History of John Bull…
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1778
Samuel David Luzzatto
Samuel David Luzzatto
Italian poet and scholar (died 1865)
Samuel David Luzzatto, also known by the Hebrew acronym Shadal, was an Italian-Austrian Jewish scholar, poet, and a member of the Wissenschaft des Judentums movement.
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1800
Rudolf von Jhering
Rudolf von Jhering
German jurist (died 1892)
Caspar Rudolph von Jhering was a German jurist. He is best known for his 1872 book Der Kampf ums Recht, as a legal scholar, and as the founder of a modern sociological and historical school of law. His ideas were…
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1818
Ezra Butler Eddy
Ezra Butler Eddy
Canadian businessman and politician (died 1906)
Ezra Butler Eddy was a Canadian businessman and political figure. Born in Vermont, Eddy moved to Canada, where he founded the E. B. Eddy Company, which produced matches and related wood products, later diversifying into…
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1827
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Samuel Pierpont Langley
American physicist and astronomer (died 1906)
Samuel Pierpont Langley was an American aviation pioneer, astronomer and physicist who invented the bolometer. He was the third secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and a professor of astronomy at the University of…
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1834
Archibald Willard
Archibald Willard
American soldier and painter (died 1918)
Archibald MacNeal Willard was an American painter who was born and raised in Bedford, Ohio. His most famous work is "The Spirit of '76".
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1836
George W. De Long
George W. De Long
American Naval officer and explorer (died 1881)
George Washington De Long was a United States Navy officer and explorer who led the ill-fated Jeannette expedition of 1879–1881, in search of the Open Polar Sea.
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1844
William Lewis Douglas
William Lewis Douglas
American businessman and politician, 42nd Governor of Massachusetts (died 1924)
William Lewis Douglas was an American businessman and politician from Massachusetts. He served as the 42nd governor of Massachusetts from 1905 until 1906. He also founded and oversaw the growth of the W. L. Douglas Shoe…
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1845
John Forrest
John Forrest
Australian politician, 1st Premier of Western Australia (died 1918)
Sir John Forrest was an Australian explorer and politician. He was the first premier of Western Australia (1890–1901) and a long-serving cabinet minister in federal politics.
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1847
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Who was born on August 22?

Holly Dunn — American singer-songwriter (1957–2016)

FeaturedHolly Dunn
Birth year1957
Known forDunn recorded for MTM Records between 1985 and 1988, Warner Bros
Birthdays on this date211 (1412 – 2005)

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