November 22 is the birthday of 67 notable people we've found so far, including authors, actors, athletes and historical figures, and 3 of them are billionaires.
James Gerald Leprino was an American billionaire businessman who was the chairman of Leprino Foods, the world's largest manufacturer of mozzarella cheese, which controls up to 85% of the U.S. pizza cheese market.
Yusaku Maezawa is a Japanese billionaire entrepreneur, space tourist, and art collector. He founded Start Today in 1998 and launched the online fashion retail website Zozotown in 2004, now Japan's largest.
Mark Vande Hei (see EXIF data), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Share of the 67 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.
Authors31% (21 people)
Actors22% (15 people)
Athletes19% (13 people)
Creators18% (12 people)
Entrepreneurs18% (12 people)
Musicians15% (10 people)
Politicians12% (8 people)
Countries
25 countries, most often United States
Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.
United States20 (20 people)
France6 (6 people)
United Kingdom5 (5 people)
Japan4 (4 people)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland4 (4 people)
Germany3 (3 people)
Italy3 (3 people)
Life timeline
What were people born on November 22 doing at your age?
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.
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~20Scarlett JohanssonReceived the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (2004)
Scarlett Ingrid Johansson is an American actress, singer, producer, and director. Her films as a leading actress have grossed over $15.4 billion worldwide, making her the second-highest-grossing actor in history.
Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Jamie Lee Curtis is an American actress, producer, and children's author. Known for her performances in the horror and slasher genres, alongside multiple comedies, she is regarded as a "scream queen". As of 2023, her films have grossed over $2.5 billion at the box office.
Gabriel Hutchinson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Mark Alan Ruffalo is an American actor and producer who began his career in the late 1980s and first gained recognition for his work in Kenneth Lonergan's play This Is Our Youth (1996) and drama film You Can Count on Me (2000).
Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
James Metcalfe Campbell Bower is an English actor, singer, and musician. He is best known for his role as Henry Creel / Vecna in the fourth (2022) and fifth (2025) seasons of the science fiction horror series Stranger Things, for which he received critical acclaim.
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany and Vichy France in World War II in an attempt to invade Germany and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 to restore democracy in France.
Hailey Rhode Bieber is an American model, socialite, media personality, and businesswoman. She is the founder and chief creative officer (CCO) of the skincare brand Rhode, which was acquired by e.l.f. in a $1 billion deal.
Boris Franz Becker is a German former professional tennis player, tennis coach and a commentator. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
Eugene Morrison Stoner was an American machinist and firearms designer who is most associated with the development of the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle that was redesigned and modified by Colt's Patent Firearm Company for the United States military as the M16A1 rifle.
U.S. Army Ordnance Corps, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
1808–1892 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Thomas Cook was the founder of the travel agency Thomas Cook & Son. He was born into a poor family in Derbyshire and left school at the age of ten to start work as a gardener's boy. He served an apprenticeship as a cabinet maker before becoming an itinerant Baptist preacher.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Hans Max Gamper-Haessig, commonly known as Joan Gamper, was a Swiss-born football executive and versatile athlete. He founded football clubs in Switzerland and Spain, most notably Barcelona.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Billie Jean King is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. King won 39 Grand Slam titles: 12 in singles, 16 in women's doubles, and 11 in mixed doubles. She was a member of the victorious United States team in seven Federation Cups and nine Wightman Cups.
Claire Fridkin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
1819–1880 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Mary Ann Evans, known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era.
replica by François D’Albert Durade (1804–1886), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Jack Roy, better known by the stage name Rodney Dangerfield, was an American stand-up comedian, actor, screenwriter, and producer. He was known for his self-deprecating one-liner humor, his catchphrase "I get no respect!", and his monologues on that theme.
Press photo, photographer unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius is a South African double amputee, former professional sprinter, and convicted murderer. He was the 10th athlete to compete at both the Paralympic Games and Olympic Games.
Robert Francis Vaughn was an American actor and political activist, whose career in film, television and theater spanned nearly six decades and who was best known for his role as the secret agent Napoleon Solo on The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–68).
NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Abigail Adams was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States.
Benjamin Blyth, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Adèle Exarchopoulos is a French actress. She had her career breakthrough starring as Adèle in the romance Blue Is the Warmest Colour; at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, she became the youngest person in the history of the festival to be awarded the Palme d'Or.
Edward Louis Bernays was an Austrian-American pioneer in the field of public relations and propaganda, referred to in his obituary as "the father of public relations".
Bain News Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Katherine Grace McNamara is an American actress. She portrayed Clary Fray on the 2016–2019 supernatural drama series Shadowhunters, receiving a Teen Choice Award and a People's Choice Award for her work.
André Paul Guillaume Gide was a French author whose writing spanned a wide variety of styles and topics. He was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature. Gide's career ranged from his beginnings in the symbolist movement to criticising imperialism in the interwar period.
Ottoline Morrell (1873-1938), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music, orchestral and chamber pieces.
Szalay Zoltán, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Andrzej Żuławski was a Polish film director and writer best known for his 1981 psychological horror film Possession. Żuławski often went against mainstream commercialism in his films, and enjoyed success mostly with European art-house audiences.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Yakubu Ayegbeni, known mononymously as Yakubu, is a Nigerian football agent and former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is nicknamed "The Yak".
No machine-readable author provided. Alexchen4836 assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Doris Duke was an American billionaire tobacco heiress, philanthropist, and socialite. She was often called "the richest girl in the world". Her great wealth, luxurious lifestyle, and love life attracted significant press coverage, both during her life and after her death.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Peter Safran is a British and American film producer, studio executive, and talent manager serving as the co-chairman and co-CEO of DC Studios alongside James Gunn since 2022.
U.S. Embassy in the Philippines, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Paolo Gentiloni Silveri is an Italian politician who was European Commissioner for Economy in the von der Leyen Commission from 1 December 2019 to 30 November 2024. He had previously served as prime minister of Italy from December 2016 to June 2018.
Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre, 1st Marquess of the Gardens of Aranjuez, was a Spanish composer and a virtuoso pianist. He is best known for composing the Concierto de Aranjuez, a cornerstone of the classical guitar repertoire.
This page lists 67 people born on November 22, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. 3 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 July 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 November 22. Read the full methodology.
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