People born on February 22

George Washington

President of the United States from 1789 to 1797

Frédéric Chopin

Polish composer and pianist (1810-1849)

Arthur Schopenhauer

German philosopher (1788–1860)

Heinrich Hertz

German physicist (1857–1894)

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

Lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement (1857-1941)

Drew Barrymore

American actress

Horst Köhler

German politician (CDU); president of Germany, 2004–2010

Luis Buñuel

Spanish-Mexican filmmaker (1900–1983)

Steve Irwin

Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962–2006)

Jean-Bedel Bokassa

2nd president (1966–76) and emperor (r. 1976–79) of the Central African Republic

Niki Lauda

Austrian former Formula 1 driver (1949–2019)

Ted Kennedy

United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1962 to 2009

James Blunt

English singer-songwriter

Jules Renard

French author (1864-1910)

August Bebel

German social democrat politician (1840-1913)