Famous people born on October 22 — and what else happened that day
If your birthday is October 22, you share it with Franz Liszt, Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Goldblum — and you were born under Libra, the sign of the charming, fair-minded, and a natural peacemaker.
Birthday basics for October 22
Libra ♎
Zodiac sign
Opal
Birthstone
Marigold
Birth flower
295th
Day of the year
October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years), with 70 days still to come.
Famous people born on October 22
Franz Liszt — Hungarian composer and virtuoso pianist (born 1811).
Christopher Lloyd — American actor, Doc Brown of Back to the Future (born 1938).
Jeff Goldblum — American actor of Jurassic Park and Independence Day (born 1952).
Also sharing the day:
Sarah Bernhardt (b. 1844) — French stage legend often called the first international superstar actress.
Doris Lessing (b. 1919) — British novelist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007.
Ichiro Suzuki (b. 1973) — Japanese baseball icon who set the MLB single-season hits record.
October 22 in history
1797 — André-Jacques Garnerin made the first parachute jump, descending from a balloon over Paris.
1883 — The original Metropolitan Opera House opened in New York City with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
1938 — Chester Carlson produced the first xerographic image, the forerunner of the photocopier.
1746 — Princeton University, then the College of New Jersey, received its charter.
1964 — Philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre became the first person to voluntarily decline the Nobel Prize in Literature.
2008 — India launched Chandrayaan-1, its first mission to the Moon.
October 22 birthday questions
What zodiac sign is October 22?
Anyone born on October 22 is a Libra — charming, fair-minded, and a natural peacemaker.
What is the birthstone for October 22?
The birthstone for a October 22 birthday is Opal, and the birth flower is the Marigold.
Who is the most famous person born on October 22?
Franz Liszt is among the best known — Hungarian composer and virtuoso pianist (born 1811).
What happened on October 22?
In 1797, André-Jacques Garnerin made the first parachute jump, descending from a balloon over Paris.
What day of the year is October 22?
October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years), with 70 days still to come.
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