The 53rd day of the year
Born on 22 February
Every 22 February birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Pisces, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- PiscesWater, mutable, ruled by Jupiter.
- Birthstone
- AmethystThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Violet, PrimroseUsually taken today to mean faithfulness and young love.
- Most common weekdays
- Sunday and Wednesday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 22 February in any year.
Which weekday 22 February falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 22 February falls on every day of the week: Sunday 16, Wednesday 16, Tuesday 15, Thursday 15, Friday 15, Monday 15, Saturday 15.
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How common a birthday 22 February is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,781 babies were born on 22 February in each year of the twenty, making it the 274th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 22 February
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| George Washington | 1732–1799 | President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 |
| Arthur Schopenhauer | 1788–1860 | German philosopher |
| Heinrich Hertz | 1857–1894 | German physicist |
| Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell | 1857–1941 | lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement |
| Drew Barrymore | 1975– | American actress |
| Horst Köhler | 1943–2025 | President of Germany from 2004 to 2010 |
| Luis Buñuel | 1900–1983 | Spanish-Mexican filmmaker |
| Steve Irwin | 1962–2006 | Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality |
| Jean-Bédel Bokassa | 1921–1996 | President of the Central African Republic from 1966, then its Emperor from 1976 to 1979 |
| Charles VII of France | 1403–1461 | monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France |
| Niki Lauda | 1949–2019 | Austrian racing driver |
| Jules Renard | 1864–1910 | French author |
| Ted Kennedy | 1932–2009 | United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1962 to 2009 |
| August Bebel | 1840–1913 | German social democrat politician |
| James Blunt | 1974– | English singer-songwriter |
| Jonathan Demme | 1944–2017 | American filmmaker |
| Branislav Ivanović | 1984– | Serbian association football player |
| Sergio Romero | 1987– | Argentine association football player |
Died on 22 February
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Andy Warhol | 1928–1987 | American artist, film director, and producer |
| Stefan Zweig | 1881–1942 | Austrian writer |
| Amerigo Vespucci | 1454–1512 | Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer |
| Ferdinand de Saussure | 1857–1913 | Swiss linguist and philosopher |
| Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot | 1796–1875 | French landscape and portrait painter and printmaker in etching |
| Sophie Scholl | 1921–1943 | German resistance fighter during the Nazi regime, member of the White Rose |
| Pope Sabinian | 530–606 | pope |
| Antonio Machado | 1875–1939 | Spanish poet and essayist |
| Francisco I. Madero | 1873–1913 | Mexican revolutionary leader and president |
| Charles Lyell | 1797–1875 | British geologist |
| Maulana Azad | 1888–1958 | Indian politician and writer |
| David II of Scotland | 1324–1371 | King of Scotland from 1329 to 1371 |
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