Born on August 22nd, 1721
Weekday
Friday
August 22nd, 1721 was a Friday.
Zodiac
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Leo (The Lion)
July 24th, 1721 - August 23rd, 1721
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 110,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 446 days, exactly on July 19th, 2025, people who were born on August 22nd, 1721 will be 111,000 days old!
110,554 Days
15,793 Weeks
3,632 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on August 22nd?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 22nd
Born on August 22nd, 1721
Nikolaus Wilhelm Schröder
German librarian
*August 22nd, 1721, Marburg †May 30th, 1798, GroningenSame Day
Who's birthday is on August 22nd?
Chuck Brown
American guitarist, bandleader and singer (1936-2012)
*August 22nd, 1936, Gaston †May 16th, 2012, BaltimoreDietmar Kienast
German historian of classical antiquity and university teacher (1925-2012)
*August 22nd, 1925, Berlin †February 13th, 2012, OlchingLeni Riefenstahl
German film director, photographer, actress and Nazi propagandist (1902–2003)
*August 22nd, 1902, Berlin †September 8th, 2003, Pöcking
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92 Deng Xiaoping
Chinese politician and paramount leader from 1978 to 1989
*August 22nd, 1904, Guanganzhou †February 19th, 1997, Beijing_cropped_2.jpg "Richard Armitage")
91 Ray Bradbury
American author and screenwriter
*August 22nd, 1920, Waukegan †June 5th, 2012, Los Angeles.jpg "Valerie Harper")
80 Valerie Harper
American actress (1939-2019)
*August 22nd, 1939, Suffern †August 30th, 2019, Los Angeles.jpg "James Corden")
Josef Georg Hörl
Austrian politician (1722-1806)
*August 22nd, 1722, Vienna †December 9th, 1806, ViennaClaude Debussy
French classical composer (1862–1918)
*August 22nd, 1862, Saint-Germain-en-Laye †March 25th, 1918, 16th arrondissement of Paris
38 Charles Clerke
British Royal Navy officer
*August 22nd, 1741, Essex †August 22nd, 1779, Kamchatka Peninsula
Denis Papin
French physicist, mathematician and inventor (*1647 – †1713)
*August 22nd, 1647, Chitenay †August 26th, 1713, London.jpg "Theo Bos")
Same year
Born in 1721
50 Tobias Smollett
18th-century poet and author from Scotland
*March 19th, 1721, Cardross †September 17th, 1771, Livorno
42 Madame de Pompadour
Chief mistress of Louis XV of France (1721-1764)
*December 29th, 1721, Paris †April 15th, 1764, VersaillesJean-Philippe Baratier
German scholar (1721-1740)
*January 19th, 1721, Schwabach †October 5th, 1740, Halle (Saale)Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes
French statesman (1721-1794)
*December 6th, 1721, Paris †April 22nd, 1794, Paris
72 Roger Sherman
Early American lawyer and politician, Founding Father of the United States (1721-1793)
*April 19th, 1721, Newton †July 23rd, 1793, New Haven
46 John Frederick, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1721-1767)
*January 8th, 1721, Rudolstadt †July 10th, 1767, Rudolstadt
48 Mark Akenside
English poet and physician
*November 9th, 1721, Newcastle upon Tyne †June 23rd, 1770, London
77 Christian Gotthelf von Gutschmid
German politician (1721-1798)
*December 12th, 1721, Kahren †December 30th, 1798, Dresden
52 Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz
German general
*February 3rd, 1721, Kalkar †August 27th, 1773, Oława
71 Franz Anton Knittel
German theologian
*April 3rd, 1721, Salzdahlum †December 10th, 1792, Wolfenbüttel
76 Johann Samuel Diterich
German Archdeacon and parson (1721-1797)
*January 1st, 1721, Berlin †January 1st, 1797, Berlin.jpg "Eliphalet Dyer")
85 Eliphalet Dyer
American judge and politician
*September 14th, 1721, Windham †May 13th, 1807, Windham
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford
British politician (1721-1803)
*August 4th, 1721, Swynnerton †October 26th, 1803, Trentham GardensPhilipp Friedrich Gmelin
German professor of botany and chemistry (1721-1768)
*August 19th, 1721, Tübingen †May 9th, 1768, TübingenCountess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken
German noble (1721-1774)
*March 9th, 1721, Ribeauvillé †March 30th, 1774, DarmstadtBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on August 22nd
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 22nd.
Guinefort, the holy greyhound, feast day traditionally.
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_GuinefortImmaculate Heart of Mary (Roman Catholic calendar of 1960)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Heart_of_MaryAugust 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_22_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Earliest day on which National Heroes' Day (Philippines) can fall, while August 28 is the latest; celebrated on the fourth Monday in August.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Heroes_Day_(Philippines)Flag Day (Russia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_RussiaMadras Day (Chennai and Tamil Nadu, India)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_DayEnd of Filseta feast in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FilsetaInternational Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief (International)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_Commemorating_the_Victims_of_Acts_of_Violence_Based_on_Religion_or_BeliefDate as a Roman numeral / digit
22.8.1721
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | X = 10 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
No: With 365 days 1721 is a normal year and no leap year.