List of Famous people born on February 22nd

Kia Nurse is a Canadian basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Kieren Francis Fallon is a retired Irish professional flat racing jockey and was British Champion Jockey six times.

Pushpa Mittra Bhargava was an Indian scientist, writer, and administrator. He founded the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, a federally funded research institute, in Hyderabad. He was outspoken and highly influential in the development of scientific temper in India, and argued that scientific rationalism needed to be cultivated as a civic duty.

Guillaume Faury is a French engineer and executive currently working as président (chairman) for aircraft manufacturer Airbus SAS and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its parent organization, Airbus SE.

Cornelis Gerhard Anton de Kom was a Surinamese resistance fighter and anti-colonialist author. He was arrested in Suriname and the protest against his arrest resulted in two deaths. De Kom was subsequently exiled to the Netherlands where he wrote Wij slaven van Suriname, a classic anti-colonial book. During World War II, he joined the resistance, was arrested, and sent to concentration camps where he died.

José Perrella de Oliveira Costa is a Brazilian politician, businessman and former president of the Brazilian football (soccer) team Cruzeiro Esporte Clube

María del Carmen Izquierdo Vergara was a Spanish journalist, pioneer of sports journalism.

Horacio Calcaterra is an Argentine-Peruvian footballer who plays as a winger. He currently plays for Sporting Cristal in the La Liga 1 Peru.

Donald Vincent Merton was a New Zealand conservationist best known for saving the black robin from extinction. He also discovered the lek breeding system of the kakapo.

François Cavanna was a French author and satirical newspaper editor. He contributed to the creation and success of Hara-Kiri and Charlie Hebdo. He wrote in a variety of genres including reportage, satire, essays, novels, autobiography and humor. He also translated six books about famous cartoonists.