List of Famous people born on May 22nd

Shinji Morisue is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion. He hails from Okayama City and attended the Nippon College of Physical Education. Morisue is now a show business personality in Japan and is frequently seen on TV, especially in sports programs, and to comment on the Olympics and other international competitions. In April, 2006 he was appointed professor at Kyushu Kyoritsu University.

Marisol Escobar, otherwise known simply as Marisol, was a Venezuelan-American sculptor born in Paris, who lived and worked in New York City.

Ardhito Rifqi Pramono who is familiarly called Ardhito is a singer, songwriter and actor from Indonesia. Apart from being a singer, Ardhito has been a creative planner and also a music director. He has also been involved in working on several a short films and web-series.

Shimazu Tadayoshi was a Japanese daimyō of the late Edo period, who ruled the Satsuma Domain as its 12th daimyō. He succeeded his father, Hisamitsu, in 1887. In 1897, he got sick and died, and was succeeded by his son, Shimazu Tadashige, who would be the 13th and last daimyō of Satsuma Domain.

Vladimir Vasilyevich Granat is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Olimp-Dolgoprudny.

Guillaume Warmuz is a French football coach and former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Rômulo Souza Orestes Caldeira, commonly known as Rômulo, is an Italian-Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder or right back.

Antoine Arthur Fabien Brizard is a French volleyball player, member of the France men's national volleyball team and Italian team, Gas Sales Piacenza. He participated at the 2017 European Championship held in Poland.

Marko Kropyvnytskyi was a Ukrainian writer, dramaturge, composer, theatre actor and director. Over his career Kropyvnytskyi wrote 40 plays, played in over 500 roles of various repertoire, as well as wrote several songs.

Aya Uchiyama is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-kyū.