List of Famous people born on April 22nd

Paula Fox was an American author of novels for adults and children and of two memoirs. For her contributions as a children's writer she won the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1978, the highest international recognition for a creator of children's books. She also won several awards for particular children's books including the 1974 Newbery Medal for her novel The Slave Dancer; a 1983 National Book Award in category Children's Fiction (paperback) for A Place Apart; and the 2008 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for A Portrait of Ivan (1969) in its German-language edition Ein Bild von Ivan.

Norma Beatriz Nolan is an Argentine beauty queen who was the first woman from Argentina to win the Miss Universe title. Nolan is of Irish and Italian descent. She was crowned Miss Argentina in 1962 by her predecessor, Adriana Gardiazábal, who was the second runner-up in the previous pageant.

Kenji Nishimaki is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Chiba Lotte Marines.

Viktor Igorevich Fayzulin is a former Russian footballer, who played as a midfielder.

Benito de Soto Aboal was a Galician pirate, and captain of the Burla Negra.

Charles Mingus Jr. was an American jazz double bassist, pianist, composer and bandleader. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered to be one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history, with a career spanning three decades and collaborations with other jazz legends such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Dannie Richmond, and Herbie Hancock.

Philippe Rebord is a Swiss Lieutenant General. He served as the Chief of the Armed Forces beginning on 1 January 2017, succeeding André Blattmann. Rebord retired at the end of 2019 and was succeeded by Thomas Süssli.

Alan Pauls is an Argentinian writer, literary critic and screenwriter. An early essay he did on Betrayed by Rita Hayworth by Manuel Puig is said to show his interest in him as an "experimental writer." Although Pauls has expressed skepticism about the avant-garde as any form of program, preferring to see it as a "toolbox." Among his own experimental works is Wasabi from 1994. He also had a longstanding interest in film and his later work El pasado was adapted to film in 2007. He wrote a "History of" trilogy with the titles being History of crying, History of hair, and History of money. He has additionally served as a visiting professor at Princeton University.

Alexander or Alex Rossi may refer to:

• Alexander Rossi, American racing driver
• Alexander Rossi (artist) (1841–1916), British artist
• Alex Rossi (footballer), Brazilian footballer
• Alex Rossi (journalist), British television correspondent

Harald Leipnitz was a German actor, who was born in Wuppertal and died in Munich. Lung cancer