List of Famous people born on February 22nd

Jacquin Desiree Strouss Lucena is the wife of the 29th President of Colombia, Ernesto Samper Pizano, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1994 to 1998.

Bernard Genoud was the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg from his appointment on 18 March 1999, until his death on 21 September 2010. He was consecrated bishop on 24 May 1999. In 2008, Bishop Genoud publicly asked Swiss Catholics for forgiveness during the priest sex abuse scandal in the country.

Robin George Collingwood was an English philosopher, historian and archaeologist. He is best known for his philosophical works, including The Principles of Art (1938) and the posthumously published The Idea of History (1946).

Vanchi LaShawn "Shawn" Jefferson is an American football coach and former wide receiver who is the wide receivers coach for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the assistant head coach and wide receivers coach for the New York Jets from 2019 to 2020 and also previously served as an assistant coach for the Miami Dolphins, Tennessee Titans and Detroit Lions.

Ranko Marinković was a Croatian novelist and dramatist.

Niels Wilhelm Gade was a Danish composer, conductor, violinist, organist and teacher. He is considered the most important Danish musician of his day.

Thomas Eugene Kurtz is a retired Dartmouth professor of mathematics and computer scientist, who along with his colleague John G. Kemeny set in motion the then revolutionary concept of making computers as freely available to college students as library books were, by implementing the concept of time-sharing at Dartmouth College. In his mission to allow non-expert users to interact with the computer, he co-developed the BASIC programming language and the Dartmouth Time Sharing System during 1963 to 1964.

Laura Jane Ballance is the bassist in the rock band Superchunk and co-founder of Merge Records along with Mac McCaughan. In 2013 she announced that she would no longer be touring with the band due to her worsening hyperacusis.