List of Famous people born on May 22nd

Richard Sheldon Palais is a mathematician working in geometry who introduced the Principle of Symmetric Criticality, the Mostow–Palais theorem, the Lie–Palais theorem, the Morse–Palais lemma, and the Palais–Smale compactness condition.

Archibald Kennedy, 4th Marquess of Ailsa, DL, JP, FSRGS, styled Earl of Cassilis until 1938, was a Scottish peer, barrister and soldier.

Nancy Putnam Hollister is an American politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. Hollister was the first and, to date, only female Governor of Ohio, serving briefly from December 1998 to January 1999. She attended Kent State University, and upon leaving college she became a housewife. She began her political career in the 1980s. She is a member of the Republican Party.

Frederick Ried Roos is an American film producer.

Bertha Swirles, Lady Jeffreys was an English physicist, academic and scientific author who carried out research on quantum theory in its early days. She was associated with Girton College, University of Cambridge, as student and Fellow, for over 70 years.

Karola Bloch was a Polish-German architect, socialist, and feminist. She was the third wife of the German philosopher Ernst Bloch.

Aleksandr Dokturishivili is a Georgian-Uzbekistani wrestler. In 2004, he won gold medals in the Greco-Roman −74 kg division at the Summer Olympics and Asian Championships.