List of Famous people born on May 22nd

Joan Paul Ramos was an Argentine professional footballer who played as a defender.

Jesús Mariano Angoy Gil is a Spanish retired association football goalkeeper, who also played as a placekicker in American football.

Pedro Berruezo Martín was a Spanish footballer who represented CD Málaga and Sevilla. Having already collapsed in games against Alicante, Sabadell and Barakaldo, Berruezo suffered a fatal heart attack during a match against Pontevedra on 7 January 1973.

Richard Samuel Benjamin is an American actor and film director.

Alf Schwarz was a Canadian sociologist noted for his research in Sub-Saharan Africa. After studies at the Sorbonne (Paris) with Raymond Aron, Pierre Bourdieu, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Roger Bastide, Georges Balandier and research assignment at Université de Dakar (Senegal), he began his academic career in 1963 with a faculty position at the Institut de recherches économiques et sociales of Université Lovanium. He joined in 1966 Université Laval as professor of sociology. He founded at Laval University the first academic program in African studies in French speaking Canada. As one of the pioneers of African studies in Canada he was decidedly involved in the creation of the Canadian Association of African Studies and edited for many years the Canadian Journal of African Studies/La Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines. He retired from Laval University in 1998. He died in Natal, Brazil in 2015.

Lu Hsiu-yi was a Taiwanese politician and member of the Legislative Yuan.

Mehmet Yılmaz is a Turkish retired footballer.

Dženis Burnić is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 1. FC Heidenheim in the 2. Bundesliga and the Germany under-20 national team.

Erin Gleave is an Australian model, actress, presenter and television personality. McNaught grew up in Australia alongside her older brothers and began playing in a band named "Short Straw" in her teenage years. After starting a career in modelling she represented Australia at the Miss Universe 2006 competition but did not progress well. After her participation McNaught went on to secure more modelling contracts and television jobs. In 2007 she took acting classes and secured a part in the soap opera Neighbours playing the role of Sienna Cammeniti. In 2010 she was employed by MTV and fronted their MTV Hits Weekly Hot30 Countdown show.

Thekla Susanne Ragnhild Resvoll was a Norwegian botanist and educator. She was a pioneer in Norwegian natural history education and nature conservation together with her sister, Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen.