List of Famous people who born in 1922

Raymond Albert Patterson, Jr. was general manager of the NBA's Houston Rockets from 1972 to 1990. He was named NBA Executive of the Year in 1977, and his Rockets appeared in the NBA Finals in 1981 and 1986. Among his most notable player acquisitions were Ralph Sampson in 1983 and Hakeem Olajuwon in 1984. He left the Rockets in 1990 with hopes of becoming co-owner of an NHL team in Houston, and was succeeded by his son, Steve. Ray Patterson's NHL dreams never materialized, but he helped found an International Hockey League franchise, the Houston Aeros, in 1994.

Shmuel Agmon is an Israeli mathematician. He is known for his work in analysis and partial differential equations.

Marvin Leonard "Murph" Goldberger was an American theoretical physicist and former president of the California Institute of Technology.

Jean Desclaux was a French rugby union player and coach who played for US Dax as flanker.

Élie Fruchart was a French football player who played with US Auchel. He was born in Calonne-Ricouart. He has also managed US Auchel, RC Lens, Stade de Reims, USL Dunkerque and Angers SCO.

George Axelrod was an American screenwriter, producer, playwright and film director, best known for his play The Seven Year Itch (1952), which was adapted into a film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe. Axelrod was nominated for an Academy Award for his 1961 adaptation of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's and also adapted Richard Condon's The Manchurian Candidate (1962).