List of Famous people born on April 22nd
Nicholas Yang
Nicholas Yang Wei-hsiung, GBS, JP is a Hong Kong politician and engineer and a former Non-official Member of the Executive Council. He is a former Executive Vice President of Hong Kong Polytechnic University and was the inaugural Secretary for Innovation and Technology, a post he held for five years to 2020.
Jagoba Arrasate
Jagoba Arrasate Elustondo is a Spanish former footballer who played as a forward, and is the current manager of CA Osasuna.
Carlos Fernando Valenzuela
Carlos Fernando Valenzuela is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Famalicão, on loan from Barracas Central.
Vincent Pelo
Vincent Pelo is a French rugby union player. He is the cousin of Dimitri Pelo and Aliki Fakate. He currently plays for French club La Rochelle as a Loosehead Prop. Pelo is a native of Wallis. He was part of the French national under-20 rugby union team at the 2008 IRB Junior World Championship.
Peter Ronson
Peter Ronson, born Pétur Rögnvaldsson, was an Icelandic-born athlete and actor.
Karl Eberhard Schöngarth
Karl Eberhard Schöngarth was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era. He was a war criminal who perpetrated mass murder and genocide in German-occupied Poland during the Holocaust.
Paul Loridant
Paul Loridant was a French politician. A member of the Citizen and Republican Movement, he served as a French Senator for Essonne, a General Councillor for the Canton of Les Ulis, and the Mayor of Les Ulis.
Naoya Tomita
Naoya Tomita is a Japanese breaststroke swimmer. In 2010, he won the 200 m event at the World Championships and at the Asian Games. At the 2014 Asian Games he was caught on surveillance cameras while stealing a video camera belonging to the Yonhap News Agency. He admitted to the fact and paid a fine of 1 million won. On October 7, 2014, he was banned for 18 months from competitions by Japan Swimming Federation and fired by his employer, sports apparel manufacturer Descente Ltd.
Chishō Takaoka
Chishō Takaoka was a geisha in Shinbashi who became a Buddhist nun later in life. Her stage name was Chiyoha (千代葉) or Teruha (照葉), while her real name was Tatsuko Takaoka (高岡たつ子). She became famous for her radiant beauty, and for chopping off one of her fingers for her lover. She was a popular model featured in postcards, and was known internationally as the "Nine-Fingered Geisha". She also inspired Jakucho Setouchi's novel, Jotoku.
Perrette Souplex
Perrette Souplex is a French film and television actress.