Birthday twins
December 22 is the birthday of 46 notable people we've found so far, including musicians, historical figures, politicians and entrepreneurs, and 4 of them are billionaires.
What the data says
Politician
1951–2016 · United Kingdom
$11Bolder estimate, as of July 2016 · Forbes
Major General Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster was a British landowner, businessman, aristocrat, Territorial Army general, and peer. He was the son of Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster, and Viola Lyttelton.
Reported estimate as of July 2016: $11B. 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 December birthday · battle December 22 against another date · all rankings
The December 22 wealth profile
Ranked by the low end of each reported estimate; bars use a log scale.
Entrepreneur
1965
$5.9Bolder estimate, as of February 2023 · Forbes
Jean Eric Salata is a Chilean businessman who currently serves as Chairman of EQT AB. He is the founder of Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA), one of the largest private equity firms in Asia that was later acquired by EQT AB.
Entrepreneur
1954 · South Korea
$3Bolder estimate, as of 2025 · Forbes
Park Soon-jae is a South Korean businessman and biochemist. He is the CEO and co-founder of the biotechnology company Alteogen. He founded the company alongside his wife Chung Hye-shin (정혜신), whom was the chief scientific officer of the company.
Entrepreneur
1953 · Israel
$1.7Bolder estimate, as of January 2024 · Forbes
Liora Ofer is an Israeli real estate businesswoman who inherited the companies Ofer Investments and Melisron from her father, Yuli Ofer. She is the chairperson of these two companies.
Mark Neyman, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Who shares December 22
Share of the 46 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
Actor
1962 · United Kingdom
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes is an English actor and director.
Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Scientist
1887–1920 · British Raj
Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar was an Indian mathematician who worked during the early 20th century.
Konrad Jacobs, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Actor
1960–1988 · United States
Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Politician
1856–1937 · United States
Frank Billings Kellogg was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served in the U.S. Senate and as U.S. Secretary of State. He co-authored the Kellogg–Briand Pact, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1929.
Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Scientist
1941 · United States
Sir Michael Stanley Whittingham is a British-American chemist. He is a professor of chemistry and past founding director of both the Institute for Materials Research and the Materials Science and Engineering program at Binghamton University, State University of New York.
Stanford Energy, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Scientist
1955 · United States
Thomas Christian Südhof, is a German-American biochemist known for his study of synaptic transmission.
Juancamartos, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Builders
Entrepreneur
1912–2007 · United States
Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson was the first lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969 as the wife of Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United States.
Robert Knudsen, White House Press Office (WHPO), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1989 · United States
Jordin Brianna Sparks Smith 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.
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Founder · Boston Dynamics
1949 · United States
Marc Raibert is the Executive Director of the Boston Dynamics AI Institute, a Hyundai Motor Group organization. Raibert was the founder, former CEO, and now Chairman of Boston Dynamics, a robotics company known for creating BigDog, Atlas, Spot, and Handle.
Alexander Altenhof, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1922–2010 · Indonesia
William Soeryadjaya, also known as Tjia Kian Liong, also known as Om (Uncle) William, born in Majalengka, was a Chinese Indonesian businessman who co-founded Astra International, Indonesia's largest conglomerate.
Entrepreneur
1981 · France
French businessperson
December 22 in history
Events from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
More birthday twins
Musician
1993 · United States
Meghan Elizabeth Trainor is an American singer-songwriter and television personality. She rose to prominence after signing with Epic Records in 2014 and releasing her debut single "All About That Bass", which reached number one on the U.S.
Drew de F Fawkes, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1972 · France
Vanessa Chantal Paradis is a French singer, model and actress. Paradis first achieved acclaim at the age of 14 with the international success of her single "Joe le taxi" (1987).
Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1949–2012 · United Kingdom
Robin Hugh Gibb was a British singer and songwriter. He gained global fame as a member of the Bee Gees with elder brother Barry and twin brother Maurice. Robin Gibb also had his own successful solo career.
RobinReigns, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1949–2003 · United Kingdom
Maurice Ernest Gibb was a British musician and songwriter. He achieved global fame as a member of the Bee Gees pop group, considered one of the most successful pop-rock groups of all time.
Actor
2000 · United States
Joshua Taylor Bassett is an American actor and singer. He 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.
NickRewind, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1666–1708
Guru Gobind Singh was the tenth and last human Sikh Guru. He was a warrior, poet, and philosopher. In 1675, at the age of nine, he was formally made the leader of the Sikhs after his father Guru Tegh Bahadur—the ninth Sikh Guru—was executed by the emperor Aurangzeb.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1858–1924 · Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1945 · United States
Lila Diane Sawyer is an American television broadcast journalist known for anchoring major programs on two networks including ABC World News Tonight, Good Morning America, 20/20, and Primetime newsmagazine while at ABC News.
David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1984 · Sweden
Jonas Erik Altberg, known professionally as Basshunter, is a Swedish singer, record producer, songwriter and DJ. As indicated by his stage name, Basshunter is known for bass-heavy Eurodance music.
Houlihanmartin, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1993 · Portugal
Raphaël Adelino José Guerreiro is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back and midfielder.
Анна Нэсси, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1943 · United States
Paul Dundes Wolfowitz is an American political scientist and diplomat who served as the 10th President of the World Bank, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, and dean of School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University.
Scott Davis, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Creator
1948 · United Kingdom
Noel Ernest Edmonds is an English businessman, and former television presenter, radio DJ, writer and producer. Edmonds first became known as a disc jockey on Radio Luxembourg before moving to BBC Radio 1 in the UK, presenting its breakfast show for almost five years.
Montage Communications, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1876–1944 · Kingdom of Italy
Filippo Tommaso Emilio Marinetti was an Italian poet, editor, art theorist and founder of the Futurist movement. He was associated with the utopian and Symbolist artistic and literary community Abbaye de Créteil between 1907 and 1908.
Emilio Sommariva, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1998 · United States
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).
Rowan Daly, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1987 · Portugal
Ederzito António Macedo Lopes, commonly known as Eder, is a former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Светлана Бекетова, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1963 · Italy
Giuseppe "Beppe" Bergomi is an Italian former professional footballer who spent his entire career at Inter Milan.
Christophe95, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1854–1916 · Mexico
José Victoriano Huerta Márquez was a Mexican general, statesman, engineer, and dictator who served as the 39th President of Mexico from 1913 to 1914 and came to power by coup against the democratically elected government of Francisco I.
The original uploader was Adam Faanes at English Wikipedia., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1959 · Germany
Bernd Schuster is a German former professional footballer of the late 1970s through early 1990s, who won club titles playing for the Spanish sides Barcelona (1980–1988) and Real Madrid (1988–1990). He played as a midfielder and was nicknamed "der Blonde Engel" by the fans.
mustapha ennaimi from casablanca, maroc, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1639–1699 · Kingdom of France
Jean-Baptiste Racine was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille, as well as an important literary figure in the Western tradition and world literature.
After Jean-Baptiste Santerre, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1883–1965 · France
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. Varèse's music emphasizes timbre and rhythm; he coined the term "organized sound" in reference to his own musical aesthetic.
John Sloan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1889–1974 · Israel
Zalman Shazar was a Belarusian-born Israeli politician, author and poet. Shazar served as the president of Israel for two terms, from 1963 to 1973.
Fritz Cohen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Creator
1917–2007 · United Kingdom
Frederick William Francis BSC was an English cinematographer and film director whose filmmaking career spanned over 60 years, from the late 1930s until the late 1990s.
File:Rainbow set 20001.JPG: User:Oldgoldpictures derivative work: Terraflorin, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Creator
1937–2018 · Russia
Eduard Nikolayevich Uspensky was a Soviet and Russian children's writer and poet, author of over 70 books, as well as a playwright, screenwriter and TV presenter. His works have been translated into 25 languages and spawned around 60 cartoon adaptations.
Dmitry Rozhkov, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Scientist
1838–1904 · Russian Empire
Vladimir Vasilyevich Markovnikov, also Markownikoff was a Russian chemist, best known for having developed the Markovnikov's rule, that describes addition reactions of hydrogen halides and alkenes.
William A. Tilden (1842–1926), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Inventor
1892–1929 · Austria–Hungary
Herman Potočnik was an Austrian officer, electrical engineer and astronautics theorist. He is regarded as a pioneer and visionary of modern space flight and is remembered mainly for his work concerning the long-term human habitation of space.
Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1894–1968 · Soviet Union
Borys Mykolaiovych Lyatoshynsky, also known as Boris Nikolayevich Lyatoshinsky, was a Ukrainian composer, conductor, and teacher.
Boguslav, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1974 · Mexico
Fermín IV Caballero Elizondo is a Mexican rapper and Evangelical pastor, better known as a former member of the Mexican hip hop group Control Machete.
Dankluxuries, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
American neuroscientist
1903–1983 · United States
Haldan Keffer Hartline was an American physiologist who was a co-recipient of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in analyzing the neurophysiological mechanisms of vision.
Bell Telephone Company Uploaded by Simtropolitan at en.wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1979 · Japan
Naotake Hanyu is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.
yoppy from Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1958 · Japan
Masaaki Kato is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.
This page lists 46 people born on December 22, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. 4 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 2025. 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 December 22. Read the full methodology.
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