Famous People Born on August 22
Diana Nyad
1949
American swimmer and author
(Image Credits)
"Diana Nyad by Gage Skidmore" by Gage Skidmore - CC BY-SA 3.0
Christina Obergföll
1981
German athlete
(Image Credits)
"20150726 1723 DM Leichtathletik Frauen Speerwurf 1480" by Ailura - CC BY-SA 3.0 at
Edward Szczepanik
1915
Polish economist and politician, 15th Prime Minister of the Polish Republic in Exile (d. 2005)
(Image Credits)
"1986 Szczepanik EF 3 old" by Tadeusz Patryk Szczepanik Defford - CC BY-SA 3.0
Scooter Libby
1950
American lawyer and politician, Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States
Layne Staley
1967
American singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
(Image Credits)
"Staley05 (cropped)" by Rex Aran Emrick - CC BY-SA 3.0
The author.
Rodrigo Santoro
1975
Brazilian actor
(Image Credits)
"Rodrigo Santoro at Berlinale 2025" by Elena Ternovaja - CC BY-SA 3.0
Dillon Danis
1993
American mixed martial artist
(Image Credits)
"Dillon Danis Weigh In 2023 (cropped)" by Ghazi Twaissi - CC BY-SA 4.0
Luke Russert
1985
American journalist
(Image Credits)
"Luke Russert on Now with Alex Wagner (2012)" by Megan Robertson from New York, NY, United States - CC BY 2.0
Alex, Dylan and Luke
Paul Ellering
1953
American weightlifter, wrestler, and manager
Erwin Thiesies
1908
German rugby player and coach (d. 1993)
(Image Credits)
"DRV-Präsident Willi Eckert ehrt den ersten DRSV-Nationaltrainer Erwin Thiesies, Bildmitte DRSV-Präsident Gert Scharn (1990)" by Punter3 - CC BY-SA 4.0
Lawrence Quaye
1984
Ghanaian-Qatari footballer
(Image Credits)
"Lawrence Quaye 2012" by Doha Stadium Plus Qatar - CC BY 2.0
Flickr: Lawrence Clawe
Leni Riefenstahl
1902
German actress, film director and propagandist (d. 2003)