List of Famous people born on May 22nd

Susan Elizabeth Strasberg was an American stage, film, and television actress. Imagined to be the next Hepburn-type ingenue, she was nominated for a Tony Award at age 18, playing the title role in The Diary of Anne Frank. She appeared on the covers of LIFE and Newsweek in 1955. A close friend of Marilyn Monroe and Richard Burton, she wrote two best-selling tell-all books. Her career devolved into slasher and horror films, followed by TV roles, by the 1980s.

Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, was a Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Jena.

Hugo Kanabushi is a Brazilian professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.

Joshua Law Chi-kong is a Hong Kong government official. He was the Secretary for the Civil Service from July 2017 to April 2020.

Le Sony'r Ra, better known as Sun Ra, was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific output, and theatrical performances. For much of his career, Ra led "The Arkestra," an ensemble with an ever-changing name and flexible line-up.

Yūshi Shimizu is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays catcher for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

Javier Castrilli is a former football referee from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Bismarck Wilhelm du Plessis is a South African professional rugby union player, who plays for Montpellier in the French Top 14. He played for the Free State Cheetahs in 2003, before moving to the Sharks in 2005 where he spent the bulk of his career.