November 22 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on November 22, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♐︎ Sagittarius
Nov 22 – Dec 21
Birth stone
Topaz
Birth flower
Chrysanthemum
How common
#344 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous November 22 birthdays
George Eliot · English novelist, essayist, poet and journalist1819
André Gide · French author and Nobel laureate1869
Charles de Gaulle · French general and statesman1890
Edward Bernays · American propaganda and marketing pioneer1891
Louis Néel · French physicist1904
Benjamin Britten · English composer, conductor, and pianist1913
Rodney Dangerfield · American stand-up comedian1921
Geraldine Page · American actress1924
Robert Vaughn · American actor1932
Terry Gilliam · American born-British filmmaker, comedian, and actor1940
Billie Jean King · American tennis player1943
Paolo Gentiloni · Italian politician1954
Richard Kind · American actor1956
Jamie Lee Curtis · American actress and author1958
Mads Mikkelsen · Danish actor1965
Mark Ruffalo · American actor1967
Boris Becker · German tennis player, coach, and commentator1967
Scarlett Johansson · American actress1984
Katherine McNamara · American actress1995
Hailey Bieber · American model and television personality1996
On this day in history
1797The Geisel School of Medicine, the fourth oldest medical school in the United States, was founded by the physician Nathan Smith.
1989NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-33, a classified mission for the United States Department of Defense.
1995Toy Story, the first feature film created using only computer-generated imagery, was released in theaters in the United States.
2013Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen defeated India's Viswanathan Anand to become world chess champion.
1967The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 242 in the aftermath of the Six-Day War between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.
1968The Beatles released their eponymous double album, popularly known as the White Album.
1978The serpent labret with articulated tongue, "perhaps the finest Aztec gold ornament to survive the crucibles of the sixteenth century", was sold at Sotheby's.
1986Mike Tyson defeated Trevor Berbick to win the World Boxing Council title, becoming the youngest heavyweight champion in history.
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