Famous People: October 22
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All Figures for October 22 (38 results)
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Composer, Virtuoso Pianist, Conductor & Pioneer of the Symphonic Poem
Paul Cézanne
French Post-Impressionist Master Painter ("The Father of Modern Art")
Anna Elizabeth Dickinson
19th-Century Abolitionist, Women’s Rights Pioneer & Civil War Orator
Sarah Bernhardt
Legendary French Stage Actress ("The Divine Sarah"), World’s First Global Celebrity
Andrew Fisher
5th Prime Minister of Australia (Three Terms), Founder of the Commonwealth Bank & National Rail
Ivan Bunin
First Russian Nobel Laureate in Literature (1933), Master of Realist Prose & Poetry
Pablo Casals
Legendary Master Cellist, Conductor, Composer & Universal Humanitarian
Clinton Davisson
American Physicist, Nobel Laureate in Physics (1937) for the Discovery of Electron Diffraction
Nadia Boulanger
Historic French Music Pedagogue, Conductor, Composer & Organist (Mentor to 20th-Century Masters)
Albert Szent-Györgyi
Hungarian-American Biochemist, Nobel Laureate in Medicine (1937) & Discoverer of Vitamin C
Ye Jianying
Marshal of the People’s Republic of China, Head of State & Key Architect of the Reform Era
Jibanananda Das
Foremost Modern Bengali Poet, Author of "Banalata Sen" & "Rupasi Bangla"
Curly Howard
Legendary Vaudeville & Slapstick Comedian, The Iconic Breakout Star of "The Three Stooges"
Joan Fontaine
Academy Award-Winning British-American Screen Legend (Hitchcock’s "Suspicion" & "Rebecca")
Louis Althusser
Influential French-Algerian Marxist Philosopher, Structuralist Theorist & Academic
Timothy Leary
American Clinical Psychologist, Harvard Researcher & 1960s Counterculture Icon