List of Famous people who born in 1922

Melvin Lax was a distinguished Professor of Physics at City College of New York and was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1983, and notable for his contributions to research of random processes in physics. He was the chairman of the Theoretical Physics Department at Bell Labs from 1962 to 1964. He was also a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Optical Society of America.

Norman Myles Kroll was an American theoretical physicist, known for his pioneering work in QED.

Norman Abbott was an American vaudevillian, actor, producer and television director.

Jean "Bim" Diederich was a professional Luxembourgian road bicycle racer, with an impressive record in the Tour de France.

Professor Lafran Pane was an Indonesian academic best remembered for establishing the Muslim Students' Association and National Hero of Indonesia.

Georges Aminel (1922–2007) was a French stage, film and television actor. His father was from Martinique.