List of Famous people who born in 1922

Eleanor Parker

Eleanor Jean Parker
First Name Eleanor
Born on June 26, 1922
Died on December 9, 2013 (aged 91)
Height 168 cm | 5'6

Eleanor Jean Parker was an American actress who appeared in some 80 movies and television series. An actress of notable versatility, she was called Woman of a Thousand Faces by Doug McClelland, author of a biography of Parker by the same title.

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Kurt Vonnegut

First Name Kurt
Last Name Vonnegut
Born on November 11, 1922
Died on April 11, 2007 (aged 84)

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. was an American writer. In a career spanning over 50 years, Vonnegut published fourteen novels, three short story collections, five plays, and five works of nonfiction, with further collections being published after his death. He is most famous for his darkly satirical, bestselling novel Slaughterhouse-Five (1969).

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Janet Okell

First Name Janet
Last Name Okell
Born on January 1, 1922
Died on January 1, 2005 (aged 83)

Janet Hay Okell was an English wargamer who joined the Western Approaches Tactical Unit (WATU) as a young Naval rating in the Women's Royal Naval Service. Shortly after Admiral Max Horton was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Western Approaches Command, in November 1942, he visited WATU, and played one of their wargames. As one of the Royal Navy's most experienced submarine commanders he opted to play the role of a U-boat commander. Captain Gilbert Roberts, head of WATU decided that Okell should play the role of the escort group commander. Horton was somewhat dismayed to find that Okell was able to outsmart him five times out of five. Despite his initial horror on discovering he had been beaten by a twenty year old female rating, he soon sanctioned the use of her method, known as Beta Search to be included in the next revision of Fleet Orders.

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Gustl Bayrhammer

Adolf Gustav Rupprecht Maximilian Bayrhammer
First Name Gustl
Born on February 12, 1922
Died on April 24, 1993 (aged 71)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Gustl Bayrhammer was a German actor. He appeared in 79 films and television shows between 1964 and 1993. He starred in the 1970 film o.k., which was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival. However, the competition was cancelled and no prizes were awarded, over controversy surrounding the film. He is mostly known for his role as Meister Eder in the 1980s children's show Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl.

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Bernard Pesquet

First Name Bernard
Last Name Pesquet
Born on March 18, 1922
Died on May 10, 2009 (aged 87)
Born in France, Normandy

Bernard Pesquet, known as The Landru of Val-d'Oise, was a French serial killer who killed at least six people between 1941 and 1976. Spending a total of 53 years behind bars, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for the latter murders, dying in prison in 2009.

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George Blake

George Behar
First Name George
Last Name Blake
Born on November 11, 1922 (age 101)
Spy

George Blake was a spy with Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and worked as a double agent for the Soviet Union. He became a communist and decided to work for the MGB while a prisoner during the Korean War. Discovered in 1961 and sentenced to 42 years in prison, he escaped from Wormwood Scrubs prison in west London in 1966 and fled to the Soviet Union. He was not one of the Cambridge Five spies, although he associated with Donald Maclean and Kim Philby after reaching the Soviet Union.

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Theo Albrecht

First Name Theo
Last Name Albrecht
Born on March 28, 1922
Died on July 24, 2010 (aged 88)

Theodor Paul Albrecht was a German entrepreneur. He established the discount supermarket chain Aldi with his brother Karl Albrecht. In 2010, Theo was ranked by Forbes as the 31st richest person in the world, with a net worth of $16.7 billion.

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Agostinho Neto

António Agostinho Neto
First Name Agostinho
Last Name Neto
Born on September 17, 1922
Died on September 10, 1979 (aged 56)

António Agostinho Neto was an Angolan politician and poet. He served as the 1st President of Angola (1975–1979), having led the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in the war for independence (1961–1974). Until his death, he led the MPLA in the civil war (1975–2002). Known also for his literary activities, he is considered Angola's preeminent poet. His birthday is celebrated as National Heroes' Day, a public holiday in Angola.

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Veronica Lake

First Name Veronica
Last Name Lake
Born on November 14, 1922
Died on July 7, 1973 (aged 50)
Height 150 cm | 4'11

Veronica Lake was an American film, stage, and television actor. Lake was best known for her femme fatale roles in film noirs with Alan Ladd during the 1940s and her peek-a-boo hairstyle. By the late 1940s, Lake's career began to decline, due in part to her alcoholism. She made only one film in the 1950s, but made several guest appearances on television. She returned to the big screen in 1966 in the film Footsteps in the Snow (1966), but the role failed to revitalize her career.

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Hattie Jacques

First Name Hattie
Born on February 7, 1922
Died on October 6, 1980 (aged 58)
Height 166 cm | 5'5

Hattie Jacques was an English comedy actress of stage, radio and screen. She is best known as a regular of the Carry On films, where she typically played strict, no-nonsense characters, but was also a prolific television and radio performer.

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