Famous People: October 22
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All Figures for October 22 (36 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")
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
Kingsley Amis
Booker Prize-Winning English Novelist, Poet, Satirist & Critic (Author of "Lucky Jim")