Famous Birthdays on March 22

Will Yun Lee

1971 — Will Yun Lee

American actor

March 22 has 226 recorded notable births across history, from 841 to 2001. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.

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Famous Birthdays 226 source records 841 – 2001 Aries

Major events on March 22

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  1. 1792 Battle of Croix-des-Bouquets: Black slave insurgents gain a victory in the first major battle of the Haitian Revolution. Source
  2. 1873 The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico. Source
  3. 1988 The United States Congress votes to override President Ronald Reagan's veto of the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987. Source
  4. 2006 Three Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days of captivity and the murder of their colleague from the U.S., Tom Fox. Source

Did you know

Will Yun Lee has also appeared in the films Die Another Day (2002), Elektra (2005) and The Wolverine (2013).

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Maximilian I was never crowned by the Pope, as the journey to Rome was blocked by the Venetians.

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Wolf Isaac Blitzer is an American journalist, television news anchor, and author who has been a CNN reporter since 1990, and who currently serves as one of the principal anchors at the network.

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Lewis Robert Wasserman was an American businessman and talent agent, described as "the last of the legendary movie moguls" and "arguably the most powerful and influential Hollywood titan in the four decades after World War II".

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Jorge Duílio Lima Menezes is a Brazilian popular musician, performing under the stage name Jorge Ben Jor since the 1980s, though commonly known by his former stage name Jorge Ben.


More major people born on March 22

Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.

1459 Maximilian I
Maximilian I
Holy Roman Emperor (died 1519)
Maximilian I was King of the Romans from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death in 1519. He was never crowned by the Pope, as the journey to Rome was blocked by the Venetians.
1948 Wolf Blitzer
Wolf Blitzer
American journalist
Wolf Isaac Blitzer is an American journalist, television news anchor, and author who has been a CNN reporter since 1990, and who currently serves as one of the principal anchors at the network.
1913 Lew Wasserman
Lew Wasserman
American businessman and talent agent (died 2002)
Lewis Robert Wasserman was an American businessman and talent agent, described as "the last of the legendary movie moguls" and "arguably the most powerful and influential Hollywood titan in the four decades after World…
1942 Jorge Ben Jor
Jorge Ben Jor
Brazilian singer-songwriter
Jorge Duílio Lima Menezes is a Brazilian popular musician, performing under the stage name Jorge Ben Jor since the 1980s, though commonly known by his former stage name Jorge Ben.
1519 Catherine Brandon
Catherine Brandon
Duchess of Suffolk, English noblewoman (died 1580)
Katherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, suo jure 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, was an English noblewoman living at the courts of King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, Queen Mary I and Queen Elizabeth I.
1367 Thomas de Mowbray
Thomas de Mowbray
1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal (probable); (died 1399)
Thomas Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, KG was an English landowner and peer. His family was a venerable one, and by the time Thomas reached adulthood, they were extremely influential in national politics.
1940 Dave Keon
Dave Keon
Canadian ice hockey player
David Michael Keon is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre.
1965 Ice MC
Ice MC
British rapper
Ian Colin Campbell, better known as Ice MC, is a British rapper who started his professional music career in Italy, when he got a record deal signing to record producer and singer Savage and released his debut single…
1914 John Stanley
John Stanley
American author and illustrator (died 1993)
John Stanley was an American cartoonist and comic book writer, best known for writing Little Lulu comic book stories from 1945 to 1959.
1841 Anastassios Christomanos
Anastassios Christomanos
Greek scientist (died 1906)
Anastasios Christomanos was a Greek chemist. He was one of the most important Greek scientists of the later part of the 19th century.
1822 Ahmed Cevdet Pasha
Ahmed Cevdet Pasha
Ottoman sociologist, historian, scholar, statesman and jurist (died 1895)
Ahmed Cevdet Pasha was an Ottoman scholar, intellectual, bureaucrat, administrator, and historian who was a prominent figure in the Tanzimat reforms of the Ottoman Empire.
1873 Ernest Lawson
Ernest Lawson
Canadian-American painter (died 1939)
Ernest Lawson was a Canadian-American painter and exhibited his work at the Canadian Art Club and as a member of the American group The Eight, artists who formed a loose association in 1908 to protest the narrowness of…
1988 Chris Ivory
Chris Ivory
American football player
Christopher Lee Ivory is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL).
1909 Gabrielle Roy
Gabrielle Roy
Canadian author and educator (died 1983)
Gabrielle Roy was a Canadian author from St. Boniface, Manitoba.
1869 Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo
Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (died 1964)
Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy was a Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and military leader who was the first president of the Philippines from 1899 to 1901, and the first president of an Asian constitutional republic.
1941 Billy Collins
Billy Collins
American poet
William James Collins is an American poet who served as the Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. He was a distinguished professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York, retiring in 2016.
1977 Joey Porter
Joey Porter
American football player and coach
Joseph Eugene Porter Sr. is an American professional football coach and former player. He played as a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL).
1663 August Hermann Francke
August Hermann Francke
German clergyman, philanthropist, and scholar (died 1727)
August Hermann Francke was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, philanthropist, and Biblical scholar.
1887 Chico Marx
Chico Marx
American actor (died 1961)
Leonard "Chico" Marx was an American comedian, actor, and pianist.

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