List of Famous people born on January 22nd

Luigi "Gigi" Simoni was an Italian football official, player and manager. A skilled tactician, as a coach Simoni enjoyed notable success in earning promotion from Serie B to Serie A with the teams he managed, a feat he achieved seven times with five different clubs.

Eberhard Weber is a German double bassist and composer. As a bass player, he is known for his highly distinctive tone and phrasing. Weber's compositions blend chamber jazz, European classical music, minimalism and ambient music, and are regarded as characteristic examples of the ECM Records sound.

Étienne Bacrot is a French chess grandmaster and former chess prodigy.

Alan Jay Heeger is an American physicist, academic and Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry.

Anais Mokngar Mali is a French model and fashion designer.

Getúlio Vargas Freitas Oliveira Júnior or simply Getúlio Vargas Junior, is a Brazilian retired football goalkeeper.

Dejan Antonić is a football manager and former player.

Sam Wong is a Hong Kong windsurfer. He competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, the 1992 Summer Olympics, and the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Achraf Lazaar is a Moroccan international footballer, who is a Free Agent after parting ways with Newcastle United. He is a left midfielder or left back.

Benjamin Jeannot is a French professional footballer who plays for Stade Malherbe Caen on loan from Dijon. He plays as a striker and is a French youth international having starred for his nation at under-16, under-17, and under-18 level. With the under-17 team, Jeannot played at the 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in Germany.