Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/July 22

Births

• 1822 - Gregor Mendel, (pictured) Austrian geneticist (d. 1884)
• 1923 - Bob Dole, American politician (d. 2021)
• 1939 - Terence Stamp, English actor
• 1940 - Alex Trebek, Canadian-born game show host (d. 2020)
• 1955 - Willem Dafoe, American actor
• 1964 - David Spade, American actor and comedian
• 1964 - John Leguizamo, Colombian actor
• 1965 - Shawn Michaels, American professional wrestler
• 1973 - Rufus Wainwright, Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1980 - Dirk Kuyt, Dutch football striker

Deaths

• 1934 - John Dillinger, American bank robber (shot) (b. 1903)
• 1950 - William Lyon Mackenzie King, tenth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
• 1967 - Carl Sandburg, American poet (b. 1878)
• 2005 - Jean Charles de Menezes, Brazilian electrician (shot) (b. 1978)

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