May 22nd Birthdays

English singer, Morrissey, was born on this day in 1959, as Steven Patrick Morrissey, in Davyhulme, England.

Also born on May 22nd:

• 1934
  Peter Nero, American musician
• 1938
  Richard Benjamin, American actor
• 1940
  Kieth Merrill, American filmmaker
• 1942
  Calvin Simon, American musician
  Barbara Parkins, Canadian actress
• 1943
  Tommy John, American baseball player
• 1949
  Cheryl Campbell, English actress
• 1950
  Bernie Taupin, English singer, poet
  Bill Whelan, Irish composer, musician
• 1955
  Jerry Dammers, English musician
  Iva Davies, Australian singer, guitarist
• 1956
  Al Corley, American actor, singer
• 1957
  Gary Sweet, Australian actor
• 1958
  Denise Welch, English actress
• 1961
  Mike Breen, American sportscaster
  Ann Cusack, American actress
• 1966
  Johnny Gill, American singer, songwriter
  Kenny Hickey, American guitarist
  Jose Mesa, Dominican baseball player
• 1967
  Brooke Smith, American actress
  John Vanderslice, American musician
• 1968
  Randy Brown, American basketball player
  Kevin Carolan, American actor and comedian
• 1970
  Naomi Campbell, British model and actress
• 1972
  Anna Belknap, American actress
  Alison Eastwood, American actress and model
• 1973
  Julián Tavárez, Dominican baseball player
• 1974
  John Bale, American baseball player
  Sean Gunn, American actor
  A. J. Langer, American actress
• 1977
  Dre Bly, American football player
  Tom Chambers, British actor
• 1978
  Ginnifer Goodwin, American actress
• 1979
  Maggie Q, American actress
• 1980
  Rhett Fisher, American actor, musician
  Chad Tracy, American baseball player
• 1982
  Alex Smith, American football player
• 1985
  Graham Harrell, American football player
• 1988
  Heida Reed, Icelandic actress
• 1999
  Camren Bicondova, American actress

May Birthday Calendar

Died on May 22nd:

• 1802
  Martha Washington, first U.S. First Lady (age 70)
• 1885
  Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, playwright (age 83)
• 1967
  Langston Hughes, American poet, novelist, playwright (age 65)
• 1972
  Cecil Day-Lewis, Anglo-Irish poet, author (age 68)
  Margaret Rutherford, English actress (age 80)
• 1990
  Rocky Graziano, American boxer (age 71)
• 1998
  John Derek, American actor, director (age 71)
• 2004
  Richard Biggs, American actor (age 44)
• 2005
  Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and singer (age 91)
• 2011
  Joseph Brooks, American director, screenwriter (age 73)
• 2017
  Dina Merrill, American actress, heiress (age 93)