Birthday twins
April 22 is the birthday of 48 notable people we've found so far, including authors, historical figures, politicians and scientists, and 2 of them are billionaires.
What the data says
American military personnel
1928–2016 · United States
$2.7Bolder estimate, as of August 2015 · Forbes
Herbert Johnson "Tim" Louis was an American orthopedic surgeon and billionaire heir.
Reported estimate as of August 2015: $2.7B. Wealth changes; this is not a live figure.
Against the other 365
Ranks compare all 366 dates in the dataset; ties share a rank. See every April birthday · battle April 22 against another date · all rankings
The April 22 wealth profile
Ranked by the low end of each reported estimate; bars use a log scale.
Entrepreneur · OpenAI · software
1985 · United States
$2Bolder estimate, as of March 2024 · Bloomberg
Samuel Harris Altman is an American entrepreneur and investor who has been the chief executive officer (CEO) of the artificial intelligence company OpenAI since 2019.
Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Who shares April 22
Share of the 48 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.
Countries
Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.
Life timeline
Dated milestones from Wikidata (company foundings, awards, top jobs, notable works), placed at the age each person reached them. Add your birth year above to see the ones you have passed.
The standouts
Ordered by sourced wealth, then documented achievement and coverage.
Top tier
Politician
1870–1924 · Soviet Union
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924 and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924.
Pavel Zhukov, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Actor
1937 · United States
John Joseph Nicholson is an American retired actor and filmmaker. Nicholson is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of the 20th century, often playing charismatic rebels fighting against the social structure.
Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Actor
1986 · United States
Amber Laura Heard is an American actress. She had her first leading role in the horror film All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006), and went on to star in films such as The Ward (2010), Drive Angry (2011), and London Fields (2018).
Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Author
1724–1804 · Kingdom of Prussia
Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher. Born in Königsberg in the Kingdom of Prussia, he is considered one of the central thinkers of the Enlightenment.
Becker, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Politician
1982 · Italy
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, commonly known as Kaká or Ricardo Kaká, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Top tier
Actor
1966 · United States
Jeffrey Dean Morgan is an American actor. He is best known for playing the character Negan in the AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead (2016–2022) and its spin-off The Walking Dead: Dead City (2023–present), for both of which he has received critical acclaim.
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Builders
Entrepreneur
1938–2022 · Japan
Issey Miyake was a Japanese fashion designer. He was known for his technology-driven clothing designs, notably the Pleats, Please line, exhibitions and fragrances such as L'eau d'Issey.
Hsinhuei Chiou, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1944–2007 · United States
James Stephen Fossett was an American businessman and a record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer. He was the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon and in a fixed-wing aircraft.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1950 · United States
Zygmunt "Zygi" Wilf is an American billionaire businessman and real estate developer. He is the chairman and co-owner of the NFL's Minnesota Vikings and the majority owner of Major League Soccer's Orlando City SC.
derivative work: Blueag9 (talk) Zygi_Wilf_and_Edward_Masso.jpg: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Cla, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1919–2011 · United States
Carl Henry Lindner Jr. was an American businessman from Norwood, Ohio, a member of the Lindner family, and one of the world's richest people. According to the 2010 issue of Forbes Billionaires List, Lindner was worth an estimated $1.7 billion.
The Cincinnati Post, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1938 · Jordan
Talal Abu-Ghazaleh is a Jordanian-Palestinian businessman, entrepreneur, and the founder and chairman of the Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org), an international company headquartered in Jordan.
Ramez Quneibi, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1938–2021 · United Kingdom
Edwin Dyson Healey was a British billionaire businessman.
April 22 in history
Events from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Creator
1899–1977 · United States
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin, was a Russian and American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist.
Walter Mori (Mondadori Publishers), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1990 · United States
Colson Baker, known professionally as MGK and formerly Machine Gun Kelly, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, and actor. His original stage name "Machine Gun Kelly" was derived from the nickname of Prohibition-era gangster George Kelly Barnes.
Paulien Zomer, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1946 · United States
John Samuel Waters Jr. is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and artist. He rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, including Multiple Maniacs (1970), Pink Flamingos (1972), and Female Trouble (1974).
PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1987 · Brazil
David Luiz Moreira Marinho is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Cypriot First Division club Pafos. He is primarily a centre-back, but has also been deployed as a defensive midfielder.
Amir Hosseini, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1957 · Poland
Donald Franciszek Tusk is a Polish politician and historian who has served as the prime minister of Poland since 2023, previously holding the office from 2007 to 2014.
Actor
1936–2017 · United States
Glen Travis Campbell was an American country musician and actor. He was best known for a series of hit songs in the 1960s and 1970s, and for hosting The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television from 1969 until 1972.
LawrieM at English Wikipedia Later versions were uploaded by Timseid1 at en.wikipedia., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1987 · Nigeria
Mikel John Obi, also known as John Obi Mikel, is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Кирилл Венедиктов, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1906–2005 · United States
Edward Albert Heimberger was an American actor. He is known for his roles on stage and screen and received nominations for two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards.
Film screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1928–2022 · United States
Estelle Harris was an American actress and comedian, known for her exaggeratedly shrill voice. She was best known for her role as Estelle Costanza on Seinfeld. Her other roles included the voice of Mrs.
Asim Bharwani, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1977 · Kingdom of the Netherlands
Mark Peter Gertruda Andreas van Bommel is a Dutch football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently the head coach of the Belgian national team.
Original: TBWABusted Derivative work: Kochel86, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1922–1979 · United States
Charles Mingus Jr. was an American jazz upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author.
Charles_Mingus_1976.jpg: Tom Marcello Webster, New York, USA derivative work: Emdee (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1974 · United States
Shavarsh "Shavo" Odadjian is an Armenian-American musician, best known as the bassist of the alternative metal band System of a Down. He also plays bass in a trap group called North Kingsley and in the metal band Seven Hours After Violet.
Stuart Sevastos, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1943–2023 · United States
Louise Elisabeth Glück was an American poet and essayist. She won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature, whose judges praised "her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal".
Gerard Malanga, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1707–1754 · Kingdom of Great Britain
Henry Fielding was an English writer and judge known for the use of humour and satire in his works. His famous novels include Shamela (1741), Joseph Andrews (1742), The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1749) and Amelia (1751).
William Hogarth / Henry Fielding, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1766–1817 · France
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein, commonly known as Madame de Staël, was a prominent Genevan and French novelist, woman of letters, philosopher, and political theorist in both Parisian and Genevan intellectual circles.
After François Gérard / Marie-Éléonore Godefroid, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1942 · Italy
Giorgio Agamben is an Italian philosopher whose work spans political theory, ontology, aesthetics, and literature. He is best known for developing the concept of homo sacer and exploring the relationship between sovereignty, legal authority, and what he calls 'bare life'.
Et sic in infinitum, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1989 · Kingdom of the Netherlands
Jacobus Antonius Peter Johannes "Jasper" Cillessen is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
Carlo Bruil Fotografie, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1937–2000 · United States
Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche was an American musician, arranger, songwriter, composer, and record producer. He came to prominence in the early 1960s as the right-hand-man of producer Phil Spector, and went on to work with the Rolling Stones, Neil Young, and others.
Brian Ashley White Flickr name: besme96, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1909–2012 · United States
Rita Levi-Montalcini was an Italian neurobiologist. She was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with colleague Stanley Cohen for the discovery of nerve growth factor (NGF).
Kurt Hagblom, Firma Hagblom-Foto, restored by Adam Cuerden, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1946 · United States
Howard Stanley Marks is an American investor and writer. He is the co-founder and co-chairman of Oaktree Capital Management, the largest investor in distressed securities worldwide.
Politician
1866–1936 · Germany
Johannes "Hans" Friedrich Leopold von Seeckt was a German military officer who served as Chief of Staff to August von Mackensen and was a central figure in planning the victories Mackensen achieved for Germany in the east during the First World War.
Musvage, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Scientist
1929–2019 · United Kingdom
Sir Michael Francis Atiyah was a British-Lebanese mathematician specialising in geometry. His contributions include the Atiyah–Singer index theorem and co-founding topological K-theory. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1966 and the Abel Prize in 2004.
Musician
1977 · United Kingdom
Steven Price is an English film composer, best known for scoring Gravity, which won him the Academy Award for Best Original Score.
AMFM STUDIOS LLC, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1904–1991 · Spain
María Zambrano Alarcón was a Spanish philosopher, intellectual, and essayist. Her extensive work between poetic reflection and civic engagement was not recognized in Spain until the last quarter of the 20th century, after a nearly 45-year-long exile.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1960 · Estonia
Mart Laar is an Estonian politician and historian. He served as the Prime Minister of Estonia from 1992 to 1994 and from 1999 to 2002. Laar is credited with having helped bring about Estonia's rapid economic development during the 1990s.
Kaupo Kikkas, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Scientist
1876–1936 · Sweden
Robert Bárány was an Austrian-born otologist. He received the 1914 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the physiology and pathology of the vestibular apparatus.
Emil Finn, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1658–1709 · Republic of Venice
Giuseppe Torelli was an Italian violinist, teacher and composer of the middle Baroque era.
Unknown authorUnknown author, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Scientist
1919–2001 · United States
Donald James Cram was an American chemist who shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Jean-Marie Lehn and Charles J. Pedersen "for their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity."
Athlete
1975 · Czech Republic
Pavel Horváth is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, and a football manager. He was in charge of Příbram.
David Sedlecký, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1854–1943 · Belgium
Henri La Fontaine, was a Belgian international lawyer and president of the International Peace Bureau. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1913 because "he was the effective leader of the peace movement in Europe."
Atelier photographique Stern, Bruxelles, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
This page lists 48 people born on April 22, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. 2 of them carry a dated net-worth estimate citing Forbes or Bloomberg; combined wealth is the sum of the low end of those estimates, the newest as of March 2024. Rankings compare all 366 dates in the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Milestone ages come from dated Wikidata statements; a tilde marks year-only dates. Nothing on this page is a prediction about anyone born on April 22. Read the full methodology.
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