June 22 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on June 22, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♋︎ Cancer
Jun 21 – Jul 22
Birth stone
Pearl
Birth flower
Rose
How common
#191 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous June 22 birthdays
Giuseppe Mazzini · Italian nationalist activist, politician, journalist and philosopher1805
Hermann Minkowski · German mathematician and physicist1864
Erich Maria Remarque · German-born novelist1898
Billy Wilder · Austrian and American filmmaker1906
Konrad Zuse · German computer scientist and engineer1910
Ralph Waite · American actor1928
Dianne Feinstein · American politician1933
Kris Kristofferson · American country singer, songwriter and actor1936
Ada Yonath · Israeli structural biologist and Nobel laureate1939
Abbas Kiarostami · Iranian film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer1940
J. Michael Kosterlitz · British-American physicist1943
Octavia E. Butler · American science fiction writer1947
Meryl Streep · American actress1949
Elizabeth Warren · American politician1949
Cyndi Lauper · American singer1953
Bruce Campbell · American actor1958
Erin Brockovich · American environmental activist1960
Dan Brown · American novelist1964
Lee Min-ho · South Korean actor, singer and model1987
Rodri · Spanish association football player1996
On this day in history
1978Charon, the first of Pluto's satellites to be discovered, was first seen at the United States Naval Observatory by James W. Christy.
2012Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco.
2023Irish broadcaster RTÉ announced that between 2017 and 2022 it had paid €345,000 more than had been previously disclosed to presenter Ryan Tubridy.
2025The United States conducts airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear sites in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.
1942The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by U.S. Congress.
1944U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
1945World War II: The Battle of Okinawa comes to an end with an American flag-raising ceremony.
1966Vietnamese Buddhist activist leader Thích Trí Quang was arrested as the military junta of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ crushed the Buddhist Uprising.
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