List of Famous people born on May 22nd

Ivor Arthur Davies, AM, known professionally as Iva Davies, is an Australian singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is known for his distinctive singing voice, which was influenced by contemporary glam rock singers.

John Peter Spyros Sarbanes is an American politician who is the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 3rd congressional district, serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes the state capital of Annapolis, central portions of the city of Baltimore, and parts of Anne Arundel, Howard, Montgomery, and Baltimore counties.

Anna Katerina Baryshnikov is an American actress. She had her breakout role as Sandy in the 2016 film Manchester by the Sea and was a series regular in the CBS sitcom Superior Donuts's first season.

Benjamín Alfonso is an Argentinean actor, model and industrial designer. He rose to the fame in 2013, playing Axel Piñeiro in the series Señales. In 2015, he gained more popularity for its guest role in the miniseries Historia de un clan as Juani y Educando a Nina (2016) as Martin "Tincho" Massey, both aired in Telefe.

Mary Jean Reimer, also known as Yung Jing-Jing, is a Hong Kong solicitor, insurance agent and actress.

Donell Jones is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. He is most notable for the hits "U Know What's Up," "Where I Wanna Be," and his cover of Stevie Wonder's "Knocks Me Off My Feet." Jones' first studio album My Heart, was released in 1996, but he is best known for his late 1990s release of his second album Where I Wanna Be.

Elizabeth Williams was a peace activist from Northern Ireland. She was a co-recipient with Mairead Corrigan of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work as a cofounder of Community of Peace People, an organisation dedicated to promoting a peaceful resolution to the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Ofelia "Lia" Maivia was a Samoan professional wrestling promoter. She is credited as one of the first female professional wrestling promoters. Maivia was the wife of Samoan professional wrestler Peter Maivia and the grandmother of actor and wrestler, Dwayne Johnson, also known as The Rock.

Dieter Dengler was a German-born United States Navy aviator during the Vietnam War and, following six months of imprisonment and torture, became the first captured U.S. airman to escape enemy captivity during the war. Of seven prisoners of war who escaped together from a Pathet Lao prison camp in Laos, Dengler was one of two survivors. Dengler was rescued after 23 days on the run.

Kokone Sasaki is a Japanese actress, singer-songwriter, tarento and gravure idol.