Jóngerð Purkhús (87)
January 22nd, 1937

Faroese politician, first female minister – Jóngerð Purkhús was born in Klaksvík (Settlement on Borðoy, Faroe Islands) on January 22nd, 1937 and is 87 years old today.

Other personalities born on January 22

66

Ong Teng Cheong

5th President of Singapore (1936–2002)

*January 22nd, 1936, Straits Settlements †February 8th, 2002, Singapore

91

Piper Laurie

American actress (1932–2023)

*January 22nd, 1932, Detroit †October 14th, 2023, Los Angeles

77

John Hurt

British actor (1940–2017)

*January 22nd, 1940, Chesterfield †January 25th, 2017, Norfolk

84

Herbert Thaler

Austrian luger

*January 22nd, 1940, Imst

84

Peter Ehlers

German footballer and coach (1933-2017)

*January 22nd, 1933, Kiel †June 5th, 2017

31

Netta Barzilai

Israeli singer-songwriter; winner of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest

*January 22nd, 1993, Hod HaSharon

73

Cajus Julius Caesar

German politician

*January 22nd, 1951, Rinteln

26

Pornpawee Chochuwong

Badminton player

*January 22nd, 1998, Rayong

79

Ekkehard Jost

German saxophonist (1938-2017)

*January 22nd, 1938, Wrocław †March 23rd, 2017, Marburg

36

Marcel Schmelzer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Magdeburg

83

Nancy Priddy

American actress and singer

*January 22nd, 1941, South Bend

36

Jens Hegeler

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Cologne

82

Amine Gemayel

Former Lebanese president

*January 22nd, 1942, Bikfaya

30

Hendrik Bonmann

German association football player

*January 22nd, 1994, Essen

77

Hans Günter Zekl

German translator

*January 22nd, 1939, Opava †April 15th, 2016, Korbach

79

Michael Cristofer

American actor and director

*January 22nd, 1945, Trenton

67

Tharman Shanmugaratnam

9th President of Singapore

*January 22nd, 1957, Singapore

83

Helmut Berve

German historian of classical antiquity

*January 22nd, 1896, Wrocław †April 6th, 1979, Hechendorf am Pilsensee

36

Du Pengyu

Chinese badminton player

*January 22nd, 1988, Baoding

35

Pia Zebadiah

Indonesian badminton player

*January 22nd, 1989, Medan

58

Uwe Wassmer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1966, Wehr

29

Julie Finne-Ipsen

Badminton player

*January 22nd, 1995, Ballerup Municipality

38

Ondrej Nepela

Slovak figure skater (1951–1989)

*January 22nd, 1951, Bratislava †February 2nd, 1989, Mannheim

88

Alan J. Heeger

American chemist, physicist

*January 22nd, 1936, Sioux City

58

Daniel Johnston

American musician (1961–2019)

*January 22nd, 1961, Sacramento †September 10th, 2019, Waller

51

Rogério Ceni

Brazilian footballer

*January 22nd, 1973, Pato Branco

36

Lord Byron

English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)

*January 22nd, 1788, City of Westminster †April 19th, 1824, Missolonghi

84

Gillian Shephard

British politician (born 1940)

*January 22nd, 1940, Cromer

77

Jean-Paul Delevoye

French politician

*January 22nd, 1947, Bapaume

69

Sonja Morgenstern

East German figure skater

*January 22nd, 1955, Frankenberg

Also born in 1937

82

Sigmund Jähn

East German cosmonaut

*February 13th, 1937, Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz †September 21st, 2019, Strausberg

87

Heinz Rennhack

German actor

*March 5th, 1937, Gdańsk

80

Erland Kops

Danish badminton player

*January 14th, 1937, Copenhagen †February 18th, 2017

87

Olusegun Obasanjo

Nigerian president (1999-2007) and military leader (1976–79)

*March 5th, 1937, Abeokuta

86

Bobby Charlton

English association football player and manager (1937–2023)

*October 11th, 1937, Ashington †October 21st, 2023, Macclesfield District General Hospital

79

George Steele

American professional wrestler and actor (1937-2017)

*April 16th, 1937, Detroit †February 16th, 2017, Cocoa Beach

87

Morgan Freeman

American actor and producer (born 1937)

*June 1st, 1937, Memphis

86

Jane Fonda

American actress and activist

*December 21st, 1937, New York City

87

Rita Süssmuth

German politician

*February 17th, 1937, Wuppertal

86

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

*March 16th, 1937, Varese †April 22nd, 2017, Rome

87

Paul Zanker

German classical archaeologist (born 1937)

*February 7th, 1937, Constance

79

Johannes Grützke

German painter and illustrator (1937-2017)

*September 30th, 1937, Berlin †May 17th, 2017, Berlin

69

Saddam Hussein

Iraqi president, army officer and Baathist politician

*April 28th, 1937, Al-Awja †December 30th, 2006, Kadhimiya

85

Larry Hillman

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 5th, 1937, Kirkland Lake †June 3rd, 2022

86

Dustin Hoffman

American actor (born 1937)

*August 8th, 1937, Los Angeles

79

Richard H. Solomon

American diplomat

*June 19th, 1937, Philadelphia †March 13th, 2017, Bethesda

86

Martti Ahtisaari

President of Finland from 1994 to 2000

*June 23rd, 1937, Vyborg †October 16th, 2023, Helsinki

79

Alberto Carneiro

Portuguese artist

*September 20th, 1937, São Mamede de Coronado †April 15th, 2017, Porto

87

Warren Beatty

American actor and filmmaker

*March 30th, 1937, Richmond

87

Wolfram Hoepfner

German architectural historian

*March 16th, 1937, Wrocław

87

Tom Stoppard

British playwright (born 1937)

*July 3rd, 1937, Zlín

79

Radu Gabrea

Romanian film director and screenwriter (1937-2017)

*June 20th, 1937, Bucharest †February 9th, 2017

71

George Carlin

American stand-up comedian (1937–2008)

*May 12th, 1937, New York City †June 22nd, 2008, Santa Monica

86

Bill Cosby

American actor and comedian (born 1937)

*July 12th, 1937, Philadelphia

87

Valentina Tereshkova

Russian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space

*March 6th, 1937, Bolshoye Maslennikovo

78

Meena Shah

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1937, Balrampur †March 10th, 2015

87

Erich Ribbeck

German football player and coach

*June 13th, 1937, Wuppertal

79

Merle Haggard

American country music songwriter, singer, and musician (1937–2016)

*April 6th, 1937, Bakersfield †April 6th, 2016, Palo Cedro

87

Tom Courtenay

English actor

*February 25th, 1937, Kingston upon Hull

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