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Joshua Bassett began his career as a teen actor, appearing on the third season of Disney Channel family sitcom Stuck in the Middle (2018) as Aidan Peters.
Famous Birthdays on December 22
2000 — Joshua Bassett
American actor and singer
December 22 has 221 recorded notable births across history, from 244 to 2006. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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- 1997 Somali Civil War: Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquishes the disputed title of President of Somalia by signing the Cairo Declaration, in Cairo, Egypt. It is the first major step towards reconciliation in Somalia since 1991. Source
- 1788 Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty. Source
- 2016 A study finds the VSV-EBOV vaccine against the Ebola virus between 70 and 100% effective, making it the first proven vaccine against the disease. Source
- 1990 Lech Wałęsa is elected President of Poland. Source
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Diocletian, nicknamed Jovius, was Roman emperor from 284 until his abdication in 305.
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Jordin Sparks rose to fame in 2007 after winning the sixth season of American Idol at age 17, becoming the youngest winner in the series' history.
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Thigpen first gained attention for her role in the 1971 off-Broadway musical Godspell.
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Chagatai Khan was a son of Genghis Khan, a prominent figure in the early Mongol Empire, and the first khan of the Chagatai Khanate.
More major people born on December 22
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
244
Diocletian
Roman emperor (died 311)
Diocletian, nicknamed Jovius, was Roman emperor from 284 until his abdication in 305. He was born Diocles to a family of low status in the Roman province of Dalmatia.
1989
Jordin Sparks
American singer-songwriter and actress
Jordin Brianna Sparks is an American singer and actress. She rose to fame in 2007 after winning the sixth season of American Idol at age 17, becoming the youngest winner in the series' history.
1948
Lynne Thigpen
American actress and singer (died 2003)
Cherlynne Theresa Thigpen was an American actress of stage and screen. She was known for her role as the Chief of ACME Crimenet in the game show Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
1183
Chagatai Khan
Mongol ruler (died 1242)
Chagatai Khan was a son of Genghis Khan, a prominent figure in the early Mongol Empire, and the first khan of the Chagatai Khanate.
1934
David Pearson
American race car driver (died 2018)
David Gene Pearson was an American stock car driver, who raced from 1960 to 1986 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series, most notably driving the No. 21 Mercury for Wood Brothers Racing.
1949
Ray Guy
American football player (died 2022)
William Ray Guy was an American professional football punter who played for the Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League (NFL).
1883
Edgard Varèse
French-American composer (died 1965)
Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse was a French and American avant-garde composer who spent the greater part of his career in the United States.
1968
Lori McKenna
American singer-songwriter
Lorraine McKenna is an American folk, Americana, and country music singer-songwriter.
1853
Teresa Carreño
Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1917)
María Teresa Gertrudis de Jesús Carreño García was a Venezuelan pianist, composer, soprano, and conductor.
1878
Myer Prinstein
Polish-American jumper (died 1925)
Myer Prinstein was a Poland-born American track and field athlete who held the world record for the long jump in 1900 and won four gold medals in three Olympic Games for the long jump and triple jump.
1569
Étienne Martellange
French architect (died 1641)
Étienne Martellange was a French Jesuit architect and draftsman.
1998
G Hannelius
American actress and singer
Genevieve Knight Hannelius is an American actress and singer who made her acting debut starring as Courtney Patterson on the ABC series Surviving Suburbia (2009).
1931
Gisela Birkemeyer
German hurdler and coach (died 2024)
Gisela Birkemeyer was a German hurdler and sprinter who won two medals in the 80 m hurdles at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics.
1965
David S. Goyer
American screenwriter
David Samuel Goyer is an American filmmaker, novelist, and comic book writer. He is best known for writing the screenplays and stories for several superhero films, including Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
1970
Gary Anderson
Scottish darts player
Gary Anderson is a Scottish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
1921
Hawkshaw Hawkins
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1963)
Harold Franklin "Hawkshaw" Hawkins was an American country music singer popular from the 1950s into the early 1960s. He was known for his rich, smooth vocals and music drawn from blues, boogie and honky tonk.
1694
Hermann Samuel Reimarus
German philosopher and academic (died 1768)
Hermann Samuel Reimarus, was a German philosopher and writer of the Enlightenment who is remembered for his Deism, the doctrine that human reason can arrive at a knowledge of God and ethics from a study of nature and…
1948
Chris Old
English cricketer and coach
Chris Old is a former English cricketer, who played 46 Tests and 32 ODIs from 1972 to 1981.
1955
Thomas C. Südhof
German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Thomas Christian Südhof, is a German-American biochemist and neuroscientist known for his research on the molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission.