What happened on July 22 ?

1210 - Joan of England, Queen consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1238)

1478 - King Philip I of Castile (d. 1506)

1510 - Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (d. 1537)

1519 - Pope Innocent IX (d. 1591)

1535 - Katarina Stenbock, wife of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1621)

1559 - Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian monk (d. 1619)

1621 - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician (d. 1683)

1711 - Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Russian physicist (d. 1753)

1713 - Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect (d. 1780)

1733 - Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1790)

1784 - Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1846)

1822 - Gregor Mendel, Austrian geneticist (d. 1884)

1844 - William Archibald Spooner, English priest and scholar (d. 1930)

1859 - Emma Lazarus, American poet (d. 1887)

1882 - Edward Hopper, American painter (d. 1967)

1887 - Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)

1888 - Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1973)

1893 - James Whale, English film director (d. 1957)

1898 - Stephen Vincent Benét, American author (d. 1943)

1898 - Alexander Calder, American artist (d. 1976)

1905 - Doc Cramer, baseball player (d. 1990)

1908 - Amy Vanderbilt, American author on etiquette (d. 1974)

1913 - Gorni Kramer, Italian bandleader and songwriter

1916 - Marcel Cerdan, French boxer (d. 1949)

1921 - William Roth, U.S. Senator (d. 2003)

1923 - Bob Dole, U.S. Senator from Kansas and Presidential candidate

1923 - Mukesh, Indian singer (d. 1976)

1924 - Margaret Whiting, singer

1928 - Orson Bean, American film actor

1932 - Oscar De la Renta, Dominican-born fashion designer

1934 - Louise Fletcher, American actress

1936 - Tom Robbins, American author

1939 - Terence Stamp, English actor

1940 - Alex Trebek, Canadian-born game show host

1941 - George Clinton, American musician

1941 - Ron Turcotte, Canadian jockey

1943 - Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. Senator from Texas

1944 - Estelle Bennett, American singer (Ronettes)

1944 - Rick Davies, British musician (Supertramp)

1944 - Sparky Lyle, baseball player

1946 - Mireille Mathieu, French singer

1946 - Stephen M. Wolownik, Russian musician (d. 2000)

1947 - Albert Brooks, American comedian

1947 - Danny Glover, American actor

1947 - Don Henley, American drummer, singer, and songwriter (Eagles)

1948 - S.E. Hinton, American author

1948 - Otto Waalkes, German comedian

1949 - Alan Menken, American composer

1949 - Lasse Virén, Finnish athlete

1954 - Lonette McKee, American actress

1954 - Al Di Meola, American guitarist

1955 - Willem Dafoe, American actor

1960 - Jon Oliva, American musician (Savatage)

1961 - Keith Sweat, American singer

1962 - Steve Albini, Writer, Recording Engineer

1963 - Emily Saliers, American singer (Indigo Girls)

1964 - Patrick Labyorteaux, American actor

1964 - John Leguizamo, Colombian actor

1964 - David Spade, American actor and comedian

1964 - Don Van Natta, Jr., American journalist

1965 - Shawn Michaels, American professional wrestler

1966 - Tim Brown, American football player

1970 - Jason Becker, American musician

1970 - Sergei Zubov, Russian ice hockey player

1971 - Kristine Lilly, American soccer player

1972 - Keyshawn Johnson, American football player

1973 - Mike Sweeney, baseball player

1973 - Petey Pablo, American Rapper

1973 - Rufus Wainwright, Canadian singer and songwriter

1974 - Daddy Kev, American record producer and engineer

1974 - Franka Potente, German actress

1978 - Dennis Rommedahl, Danish footballer

1980 - Scott Dixon, New Zealand race car driver

1980 - Dirk Kuyt, Dutch football striker

1980 - Kate Ryan, Belgian singer

1983 - Arsenium, Moldovan singer (O-Zone)

1984 - Kinzie Kenner, American actress

1984 - Stewart Downing, English footballer

1988 - Taylor Toth, American figure skater

1989 - Federico Esswein, argentinian actor