List of Famous people born on August 22nd
Hozumi Gōda
Hozumi Gōda is a Japanese voice actor, narrator and sound director affiliated with OGIPRO THE NEXT Co. Inc.. He is part of a three-man comedy team called Kaibutsu Land (怪物ランド).
Anh Dao Traxel
Anh Dao Traxel is the foster daughter of the late French President Jacques Chirac (1932–2019) and his wife Bernadette. She was a boat-person refugee, and met Jacques Chirac at Roissy Airport in 1979. He told her "Don’t cry, ma chérie. You are coming home with us" and took her home. She was then 21 and her adoptive father was 47.
Didier Gailhaguet
Didier Gailhaguet is a French former figure skater, coach and official. He served as the president of the Fédération française des sports de glace (FFSG) from 1998 to 2004 and again from 2007 to 2020; both of his tenures ended as the result of scandals. At the peak of his power, he was one of figure skating's most influential and controversial officials, dubbed the "little Napoleon."
Sazō Idemitsu
Sazō Idemitsu was a Japanese businessman and founder of the petroleum company Idemitsu Kosan. He was also an art collector, especially fond of Sengai Gibon. He is the father of the Japanese experimental video artist, Mako Idemitsu.
Jonnu Smith
Jonnu Andre Smith is an American football tight end for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Florida International University.
Agustín Pichot
Agustín Pichot is a retired Argentine rugby union player, formerly captain of the Argentine team and the English club Bristol. In addition to Bristol, he played for French sides Stade Français and Racing Métro after leaving Argentine team CASI from San Isidro in 1997. In 2011, he was inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame. He was Vice-Chairman of World Rugby between 2016 and 2020.
Tarcísio Filho
Tarcísio Pereira de Magalhães Filho, usually known as Tarcísio Filho is a Brazilian cinema and television actor.
Lash Huffman
Lash Huffman is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Stevie Ray. Stevie Ray is best known for his seven-year tenure with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1993 to 2000, where he was one-half of the tag team Harlem Heat, with his younger brother Booker T. Huffman, better known as Booker T. They won the WCW World Tag Team Championship a record ten times.
Uğur Mumcu
Uğur Mumcu was a Turkish investigative journalist for the daily Cumhuriyet. He was assassinated by a bomb placed in his car outside his home.
Andray Blatche
Andray Maurice Blatche is an American-Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Tianjin Gold Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played high school basketball at Henninger High School and South Kent School before he was drafted in the second round of the 2005 NBA draft by the Washington Wizards.