What happened on September 22 ?

1515 - Anne of Cleves, queen consort of Henry VIII of England (d. 1557)

1547 - Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (d. 1590)

1593 - Matthäus Merian, Swiss engraver (d. 1650)

1601 - Anne of Austria, wife of Louis XIII of France (d. 1666)

1606 - Li Zicheng, Chinese rebel (d. 1645)

1680 - Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (d. 1747)

1694 - Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English statesman and man of letters (d. 1773)

1715 - Jean-ÿtienne Guettard, French physician and scientist (d. 1786)

1717 - Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (d. 1783)

1722 - John Home, Scottish writer (d. 1808)

1741 - Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist (d. 1811)

1743 - Quintin Craufurd, British author

1788 - Theodore Edward Hook, English author (d. 1841)

1791 - Michael Faraday, English scientist (d. 1867)

1819 - Wilhelm Wattenbach, German historian (d. 1897)

1829 - Tu Duc, Emperor of Vietnam

1876 - André Tardieu, Prime Minister of France (d. 1945)

1878 - Yoshida Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1967)

1880 - Dame Christabel Pankhurst, English suffragist (d. 1958)

1882 - Wilhelm Keitel, German field marshal (d. 1946)

1885 - Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-born actor, writer, and director (d. 1957)

1885 - Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1951)

1895 - Paul Muni, Polish-born actor (d. 1967)

1898 - Katherine Alexander, American actress (d. 1981)

1900 - William Spratling, American silversmith (d. 1967)

1900 - Paul H. Emmett, American chemical engineer (d. 1985)

1901 - Charles B. Huggins, Canadian-born cancer researcher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1997)

1902 - John Houseman, Romanian-born actor and producer (d. 1988)

1904 - Joseph Valachi, American gangster (d. 1971)

1905 - Eugen Sänger, Austrian aerospace engineer (d. 1964)

1912 - Martha Scott, American actress (d. 2003)

1915 - Arthur Lowe, British actor (d. 1982)

1918 - Henryk Szeryng, Polish-born violinist (d. 1988)

1920 - William H. Riker, American political scientist (d. 1993)

1922 - Chen Ning Yang, Chinese-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1923 - Dannie Abse, Welsh poet and writer

1924 - Charles Keeping, British illustrator (d. 1988)

1924 - Rosamunde Pilcher, English novelist

1927 - Tommy Lasorda, baseball manager

1927 - Gordon Astall, English footballer

1928 - James Lawson, American minister and civil rights activist

1931 - Fay Weldon, British feminist

1931 - George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (d. 2003)

1932 - Ingemar Johansson, Swedish boxer

1934 - Lute Olson, American basketball coach

1936 - Maurice Evans, English football player and manager (d. 2000)

1938 - Gene Mingo, American football player

1942 - David Stern, American basketball commissioner

1943 - Toni Basil, American singer, dancer, and choreographer

1946 - King Sunny Ade, Nigerian singer

1947 - Robert Morace, American writer

1948 - Denis Burke, Australian politician

1948 - Jim Byrnes, American actor and musician

1949 - Jim Keith, American conspiracy theorist and author (d. 1999)

1950 - Kirka, Finnish singer

1951 - David Coverdale, English singer

1952 - Bob Goodlatte, U.S. Congressman from Virginia

1952 - Paul Le Mat, American actor

1954 - Shari Belafonte, American singer

1956 - Debby Boone, American singer

1956 - Masayuki Suzuki, Japanese singer (Rats & Star)

1957 - Nick Cave, Australian musician

1958 - Andrea Bocelli, Italian tenor

1958 - Neil Cavuto, American television commentator

1958 - Joan Jett, American musician

1959 - Tai Babilonia, American figure skater

1961 - Scott Baio, American actor

1961 - Bonnie Hunt, American actress

1961 - Vince Coleman, American baseball player

1962 - Diogo Mainardi, Brazilian writer

1965 - Andy Cairns, Irish musician

1965 - Tony Drago, Maltese snooker player

1966 - Moustafa Amar, Egyptian singer

1966 - Stefan Rehn, Swedish footballer

1967 - Félix Savón, Cuban boxer

1968 - Mike Richter, American hockey player

1969 - Chris Powell, English footballer

1970 - Mike Matheny, Baseball player

1970 - Rupert Penry-Jones, English actor

1970 - Emmanuel Petit, French footballer

1971 - Chesney Hawkes, British singer

1971 - Princess Märtha Louise of Norway

1974 - Bob Sapp, American boxer and kickboxer

1975 - Svilen Noev, Bulgarian singer-songwriter

1975 - Mystikal, American rapper

1976 - Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer

1978 - Ed Joyce, Irish/English cricketer

1978 - Harry Kewell, Australian footballer

1979 - Matt Sharp, American Musician (Weezer), (The Rentals)

1980 - Fernanda Tavares, Brazilian supermodel

1981 - Adam Lazzara, American musician (Taking Back Sunday)

1982 - Billie Piper, English singer and actress

1987 - Tom Felton, English actor