Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/July 22
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< Portal:Biography | Selected anniversaries
[edit] Births
- 1822 - Gregor Mendel, (pictured) Austrian geneticist (d. 1884)
- 1923 - Bob Dole, American politician
- 1939 - Terence Stamp, English actor
- 1940 - Alex Trebek, Canadian-born game show host
- 1955 - Willem Dafoe, American actor
- 1964 - David Spade, American actor and comedian
- 1964 - John Leguizamo, Colombian actor
- 1965 - Shawn Michaels, American professional wrestler
- 1973 - Rufus Wainwright, Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1980 - Dirk Kuyt, Dutch football striker
[edit] Deaths
- 1934 - John Dillinger, American bank robber (shot) (b. 1903)
- 1950 - William Lyon Mackenzie King, tenth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
- 1967 - Carl Sandburg, American poet (b. 1878)
- 2005 - Jean Charles de Menezes, Brazilian electrician (shot) (b. 1978)
