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Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress.
Famous Birthdays on June 22
1949 — Meryl Streep
American actress
June 22 has 254 recorded notable births across history, from 662 to 2006. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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662 – 2006
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Major events on June 22
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- 1793 Haitian Revolution: The Battle of Cap-Français ends with French Republican troops and black slave insurgents capturing the city. Source
- 1984 Virgin Atlantic launches with its first flight from London to Newark. Source
- 1978 Charon, the first of Pluto's satellites to be discovered, was first seen at the United States Naval Observatory by James W. Christy. Source
- 1812 France declares war on Russia, starting Napoleon's invasion. Source
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Stephen Chow consecutively broke Hong Kong’s box office records in the next two years with films All for the Winner (1990) and Fight Back to School (1991), cementing his status as one of the region's most popular actors.
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For this role, Wagner won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Dramatic Role in 1977 – the first for an actor or actress in a science fiction series.
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Drexler led Portland to the NBA Finals in 1990 and 1992, won an NBA championship with Houston in 1995, and earned a gold medal on the 1992 United States Olympic team known as "The Dream Team".
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In later works, Certified Copy (2010) and Like Someone in Love (2012), he filmed for the first time outside Iran: in Italy and Japan, respectively.
More major people born on June 22
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1962
Stephen Chow
Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Stephen Chow Sing-chi is a Hong Kong filmmaker and former actor, known for his mo lei tau comedy, which has a significant influence on Chinese popular culture.
1949
Lindsay Wagner
American actress
Lindsay Jean Wagner is an American actress. Wagner is popular for her leading role in the American science fiction television series The Bionic Woman (1976–1978), in which she portrayed character Jaime Sommers.
1962
Clyde Drexler
American basketball player and coach
Clyde Austin Drexler Sr. is an American former professional basketball player who currently serves as the second commissioner of the Big3 3-on-3 basketball league.
1940
Abbas Kiarostami
Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2016)
Abbas Kiarostami was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer, and film producer.
1861
Maximilian von Spee
Danish-German admiral (died 1914)
Maximilian Johannes Maria Hubert Reichsgraf von Spee was a German naval officer in the Imperial German Navy, who commanded the East Asia Squadron during World War I.
1992
Ura Kazuki
Japanese sumo wrestler
Ura Kazuki is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Neyagawa, Osaka.
1930
Walter Bonatti
Italian journalist and mountaineer (died 2011)
Walter Bonatti was an Italian mountaineer, alpinist, explorer and journalist.
1921
Joseph Papp
American director and producer (died 1991)
Joseph Papp was an American theatrical producer and director. Papp is a pioneering figure in American theater, known for creating Shakespeare in the Park, which aimed to make classical theater accessible to all people…
1963
Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 61st Yokozuna
Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler from Hokkaidō. He was the sport's 61st yokozuna and won eight top division championships. He wrestled for Kokonoe stable.
1956
Darryl Brohman
Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
Darryl Gregory Brohman, also known by the nickname of "The Big Marn", is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s, and coached in the 1980s, now best known as a…
1984
Jerome Taylor
Jamaican cricketer
Jerome Everton Taylor is a Jamaican former cricketer who played as a fast bowler for the West Indies. Taylor took over 100 wickets for the Windies in both Tests and One Day Internationals (ODI).
1984
Janko Tipsarević
Serbian tennis player
Janko Tipsarević is a Serbian tennis coach and former professional player. In tennis, his career-high singles ranking is world No. 8, achieved on 2 April 2012.
1984
Dustin Johnson
American golfer
Dustin Hunter Johnson is an American professional golfer. He has won two major championships, the 2016 U.S.
1805
Giuseppe Mazzini
Italian journalist and politician (died 1872).
Giuseppe Mazzini was an Italian politician, lawyer, journalist, philosopher, and political activist who worked for the unification of Italy (Risorgimento) and was a major leader of the Italian revolutionary movement.
1898
Erich Maria Remarque
German-Swiss soldier and author (died 1970)
Erich Maria Remarque was a German novelist. His 1928 landmark novel All Quiet on the Western Front, which was based on his experience in the Imperial German Army during World War I, was an international bestseller which…
1968
Darrell Armstrong
American basketball player and coach
Darrell Eugene Armstrong is an American professional basketball coach and former player who last was an assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
1919
Clifton McNeely
American basketball player and coach (died 2003)
Clyde Clifton McNeely was an American basketball player and coach.
1987
Lee Min-ho
South Korean actor, singer, model, creative director and businessman
Lee Min-ho is a South Korean actor and singer. He gained widespread fame with his role as Gu Jun-pyo in the television series Boys Over Flowers (2009), which also earned him the Baeksang Arts Award for Best New Actor.
662
Rui Zong
emperor of the Tang Dynasty (died 716)
Emperor Ruizong of Tang, personal name Li Dan, also known at times during his life as Li Xulun, Li Lun, Wu Lun, and Wu Dan, was the fifth and ninth emperor of the Chinese Tang dynasty.