List of Famous people who born in 1922

Eileen Essell was an English actress, noted in part for not beginning her screen acting career until the age of 79.

David Greenglass was an atomic spy for the Soviet Union who worked on the Manhattan Project. He was briefly stationed at the Clinton Engineer Works uranium enrichment facility at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and then worked at the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico from August 1944 until February 1946.

Maria Sergeevna Vinogradova was a Russian actress. She appeared in more than one hundred films from 1940 to 1995.

Henri Jayer was a French vintner who is credited with introducing important innovations to Burgundian winemaking. He was particularly known for the quality of his Pinot noir. Jayer was born in Vosne-Romanée. He attended the University of Dijon in the 1940s and earned a degree in oenology. Using a 7.4-acre (3.0 ha) inheritance that included parcels in the Échezeaux and Beaux Monts vineyards, Jayer began producing wine under his own label in the 1950s. Henri Jayer wines are now highly sought after and renowned for their balance and elegance, as well as their lushness and concentration. One bottle sells for thousands of dollars.

Wanda Klaff was a Nazi camp overseer. Klaff was born in Danzig to German parents as Wanda Kalacinski. She was executed for war crimes.

Roberto Alemann was an Argentine lawyer, economist, publisher, and academic.

Fethi Gürcan was a Turkish major and equestrian. He competed in two events at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Yao Lee, also credited as Yao Li, Yiu Lei and Hue Lee, was a Chinese singer active from the 1930s to the 1970s. She was the sister of Yao Min, also a famous singer and songwriter. She was considered one of the Seven Great Singing Stars of Shanghai in the 1940s.

Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. She was the youngest daughter of Charles I, the last Emperor of Austria, and his wife, Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma.

John Nicholas Walton, Baron Walton of Detchant was a British neuroscientist, academic, and life peer who sat in the House of Lords as a crossbencher.