List of Famous people born on October 22nd

John Joseph Kirby Jr. was an American attorney. He was most notable for his successful defense for Nintendo against Universal Studios over the copyrightability of the character of Donkey Kong in 1984, from which Nintendo subsequently named the character Kirby to honor him.

Albert-Mboyo Sambi Lokonga is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Anderlecht in the Belgian First Division A.

Jocelyn Benson is the Secretary of State of Michigan. She is also the former dean of Wayne State University Law School in Detroit, Michigan, a co-founder of the Military Spouses of Michigan and a board member of the Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality. She is the author of State Secretaries of State: Guardians of the Democratic Process. Crain's Detroit Business named her one of Michigan's "Most Influential Women" in 2016 and in October 2015 she became one of the youngest women in the state's history to be inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame, second only to Serena Williams. On November 6, 2018, Benson was elected to be Michigan's next Secretary of State, becoming the first Democrat to hold the office since Richard H. Austin left office in 1995.

Robinson José Canó is a Dominican professional baseball second baseman for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the New York Yankees from 2005 to 2013, and for the Seattle Mariners from 2014 to 2018. Canó has represented the Dominican Republic in international play, including winning both the gold medal and Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) of the 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC) tournament.

Ts Madison Hinton, also known as Maddie, is an American entertainer, entrepreneur and LGBT activist. She is openly transgender, and has appeared in a variety of amateur erotic videos before forming Raw Dawgg Entertainment which produces and distributes transgender pornography. She has become an internet personality and has spoken out on human rights relating to the LGBT community. She has also recorded an EP and has written an autobiography.

Takuya Asao is a retired Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher. He spent his entire career at the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Central League where he captured the Central League MVP award in 2011.

Stanley Isaac Chera was an American real estate developer and founder of Crown Acquisitions. Born in Brooklyn to a Syrian Jewish family, Chera started purchasing real estate in New York City in the 1980s, first as a minority partner and later in 2000s as the lead developer.

Sir Derek George Jacobi is an English actor and stage director.

Robert Capa was a Hungarian-American war photographer and photojournalist as well as the companion and professional partner of photographer Gerda Taro. He is considered by some to be the greatest combat and adventure photographer in history.

Anil Radhakrishnan Menon is an Indian film director working in Malayalam film.