List of Famous people born on April 22nd
Kseniya Simonova
Kseniya Simonova is a Ukrainian sand animation performance artist who also works in the mediums of graphic design, illustration, as well as cinema and literature. She holds the title of Merited Artist of Ukraine and in 2009 rose to international prominence when after winning the Ukraine’s Got Talent television contest. Her act is the only act who received two Golden Buzzers on two different “The Champions” series of the Got Talent franchise.
Maryana Naumova
Maryana Aleksandrovna Naumova is a Russian powerlifter, who specializes in bench press, and was the leading teenage girl in the world in the discipline. She has won multiple world championships, has set over 15 world records in her age category and holds the title of Master of Sport of Russia, International Class.
Germaine de Staël
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein, commonly known as Madame de Staël, was a French woman of letters and political theorist of Genevan origin. She was a voice of moderation in the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era up to the French Restoration. She was present at the Estates General of 1789 and at the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. Her intellectual collaboration with Benjamin Constant between 1794 and 1810 made them one of the most celebrated intellectual couples of their time. She discovered sooner than others the tyrannical character and designs of Napoleon. For many years she lived as an exile – firstly during the Reign of Terror and later due to personal persecution by Napoleon.
Adrian Pertl
Adrian Pertl is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer, and specializes in slalom. At his first World Championships in 2021, he was the silver medalist in slalom.
Walter Olmos
Walter Olmos (1982–2002) was an Argentine singer.
Vasyl Virastyuk
Vasyl Virastyuk, is a Ukrainian former strongman competitor. He is a brother of Roman Virastyuk. Virastyuk was the winner of World's Strongest Man 2004. In a March 2021 parliamentary by-election, Virastyuk will be a candidate for Servant of the People.
Bheki Cele
Bhekokwakhe "Bheki" Hamilton Cele is the South African Minister of the Police. He was appointed to this post on the 26th February 2018. He was previously the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service until October 2011, when he was suspended from duty, due to allegations of corruption. He was appointed to this position in July 2009, replacing Jackie Selebi, who was suspended in January 2008 following charges of corruption. From 2004 to 2009 he held the post of Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Transport, Safety and Security in KwaZulu-Natal after holding various other portfolios in the KwaZulu-Natal provincial government. He is a member of the African National Congress.
Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten
Prince Gustaf Adolf Oscar Fredrik Arthur Edmund, Duke of Västerbotten was a Swedish prince, who for most of his life was second in the line of succession to the Swedish throne. He was the eldest son of Gustaf VI Adolf, who was crown prince for most of his son's life and ascended the Swedish throne three years after his son's death. The current king, Carl XVI Gustaf, is Prince Gustaf Adolf's son. The prince was killed on 26 January 1947 in an airplane crash at Kastrup Airport, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Yukiko Mishima
Yukiko Mishima is a Japanese film director born April 22, 1969 in Kita-ku, Osaka.
Gerardo Ruiz Esparza
Gerardo Ruiz Esparza, was a Mexican attorney and politician who served as the Secretary of Communications and Transportation in the cabinet of Enrique Peña Nieto.