Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/June 22
Births
[edit]- 1757 - George Vancouver, (pictured) British explorer (d. 1798)
- 1906 - Billy Wilder, Austrian-born director (d. 2002)
- 1910 - Konrad Zuse, German engineer (d. 1995)
- 1933 - Dianne Feinstein, Former mayor of San Francisco and U.S. Senator
- 1943 - Brit Hume, American news anchor and commentator
- 1947 - Octavia Butler, American author (d. 2006)
- 1949 - Meryl Streep, American actress
- 1953 - Cyndi Lauper, American singer
- 1963 - John Tenta, Canadian wrestler (d. 2006)
- 1964 - Dan Brown, American author
- 1970 - Steven Page, Canadian singer (Barenaked Ladies)
Deaths
[edit]- 1969 - Judy Garland, American singer and actress (b. 1922)
- 1974 - Darius Milhaud, French composer (b. 1892)
- 1987 - Fred Astaire, American dancer and actor (b. 1899)