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Amit Anilchandra Shah is an Indian politician who has served as the 31st Minister of Home Affairs since 2019, the longest-serving holder of the office in Indian history.
Famous Birthdays on October 22
1964 — Amit Shah
Indian politician, Minister of Home Affairs (since 2019).
October 22 has 230 recorded notable births across history, from 955 to 2001. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on October 22
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- 1836 Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas. Source
- 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation. Source
- 2008 India launches its first uncrewed lunar probe mission Chandrayaan-1. Source
- 1923 The royalist Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt fails in Greece, discrediting the monarchy and paving the way for the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic. Source
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Ichiro Suzuki played the first nine years of his career with the Orix BlueWave of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and the next 12 years with the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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Jennifer Lee served as the chief creative officer (CCO) of Walt Disney Animation Studios from 2018 to 2024, before stepping down to return to full-time filmmaking.
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Sarah Bernhardt played female and male roles, including Shakespeare's Hamlet.
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Douglas's father, John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, abhorred it and set out to humiliate Wilde, publicly accusing him of homosexuality.
More major people born on October 22
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1973
Ichiro Suzuki
Japanese baseball player
Ichiro Suzuki, also known mononymously as Ichiro , is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder who played for 28 seasons.
1971
Jennifer Lee
American filmmaker
Jennifer Michelle Lee is an American filmmaker and playwright. She served as the chief creative officer (CCO) of Walt Disney Animation Studios from 2018 to 2024, before stepping down to return to full-time filmmaking.
1844
Sarah Bernhardt
French actress and manager (died 1923)
Sarah Bernhardt was a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils, Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo,…
1870
Lord Alfred Douglas
English author and poet (died 1945)
Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas, also known as Bosie Douglas, was an English poet and journalist, and a lover of Oscar Wilde.
1964
TobyMac
American singer-songwriter and producer
Kevin Michael "Toby" McKeehan, better known by his stage name TobyMac, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. His road band is known as Diverse City.
1998
Roddy Ricch
American rapper
Rodrick Wayne Moore Jr., known professionally as Roddy Ricch, is an American rapper.
1989
JPEGMafia
American rapper and singer
Barrington DeVaughn Hendricks, known professionally as JPEGMafia, is an American rapper, singer, and record producer.
1882
N. C. Wyeth
American painter and illustrator (died 1945)
Newell Convers Wyeth was an American painter and illustrator. He was a student of Howard Pyle and became one of America's most well-known illustrators.
1821
Collis Potter Huntington
American businessman (died 1900)
Collis Potter Huntington was an American industrialist and railway magnate.
1986
Kara Lang
Canadian soccer player
Kara Elise Lang Romero is a former Canadian soccer player and current sports analyst, who represented her country in two FIFA World Cups and the Olympic Games, and played club soccer for Vancouver Whitecaps Women.
1592
Gustav Horn
Count of Pori (died 1657)
Count Gustav Horn was a Swedish nobleman, military officer, and Governor-General.
1968
Shelby Lynne
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Shelby Lynn Moorer, known professionally as Shelby Lynne, is an American singer and songwriter and the older sister of singer-songwriter Allison Moorer.
1992
21 Savage
British-American rapper
Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, known professionally as 21 Savage, is a British rapper based in Atlanta, Georgia.
1996
B.I
South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and producer
Kim Han-bin, known professionally as B.I (Korean: 비아이) is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer. He debuted in the South Korean boy band iKon under YG Entertainment in September 2015.
1882
Edmund Dulac
French-English illustrator (died 1953)
Edmund Dulac was a French-British naturalised magazine illustrator, book illustrator and stamp designer. Born in Toulouse, he studied law but later turned to the study of art at the École des Beaux-Arts.
1947
Raymond Bachand
Canadian lawyer and politician
Raymond Bachand is a former politician, a businessman and a lawyer in Quebec, Canada.
1930
Estela de Carlotto
Argentine human rights activist
Enriqueta Estela Barnes de Carlotto is an Argentine human rights activist and president of the association of Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo.
1919
Doris Lessing
British novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
Doris May Lessing was a British novelist – sometimes identified as Rhodesian early in her career – and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007.
1904
Constance Bennett
American actress, singer, and producer (died 1965)
Constance Campbell Bennett was an American stage, film, radio, and television actress and producer.