Celebrities born on May 22

Swatilekha Sengupta (née Chatterjee; 22 May 1950 – 16 June 2021) was a Bengali actress. She had received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for her contribution to Indian theatre as an actor. Swatilekha started her career in theater in Allahabad in the early 1970s, acting in productions under the direction of A.C. Banerjee. She also received guidance from B.V. Karanth, Tapas Sen, and Khaled Chowdhury. Then she moved to Kolkata and joined the theater group Nandikar in 1978. In Nandikar she worked under the direction of Rudraprasad Sengupta, whom she went on to marry. She was also the lead female protagonist in Ghare Baire, a 1985 film by Satyajit Ray, against Victor Banerjee and Soumitra Chatterjee. This film was based upon a novel of the same name Ghare Baire written by the famous Bengali writer Rabindranath Tagore. She has also acted in films like Chauranga,Bela Seshe, Dharmajuddha and Bela Shuru.

Nole is a Serbian professional tennis player. He is currently ranked as world No. 1 by the ATP. Djokovic has been No. 1 for a record total of 354 weeks, and has finished as ATP Year-End No. 1 on a record seven occasions. He has won a joint record 20 Grand Slam men's singles titles, including a record nine Australian Open titles. Overall, he has won 86 ATP singles titles, including a record 37 Masters events. Djokovic is the only man in the Open Era to achieve a double career Grand Slam and complete a non-calendar year Grand Slam. He is also the only player to complete the career Golden Masters on the ATP Tour, which he has done twice. Djokovic began his professional career in 2003. At age 20, he disrupted Roger Federer's and Rafael Nadal's streak of 11 consecutive majors to win his first Grand Slam title at the 2008 Australian Open. By 2010, Djokovic also separated himself from the rest of men's tennis to join Federer and Nadal in the Big Three, the group of three players who have dominated men's tennis for more than a decade. In 2011, Djokovic was ranked No. 1 for the first time, winning three out of four majors and a then-season record of five Masters events. He remained the best player in men's tennis for the rest of the decade, leading the tour in major and Masters's titles, and winning four out of his five titles at the ATP Finals consecutively from 2012 through 2015. After four consecutive year-end finishes at No. 3 through 2010, Djokovic finished No. 1 for six years and No. 2 for three years in the next decade. Djokovic had another career year in 2015, reaching fifteen consecutive finals, including all four major finals and eight Masters finals, winning three majors and a season-record of six Masters events as well as the ATP Finals. The following year, he won the 2016 French Open to complete the first and only non-calendar year Grand Slam in the Open Era and his first career Grand Slam. He became the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four major titles at once and the only one in history to do so on three different surfaces. Representing Serbia, Djokovic led the Serbian national team to their first Davis Cup title in 2010 and to the inaugural ATP Cup title in 2020. Moreover, he won the bronze medal for Serbia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Djokovic has won the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award four times (2012, 2015, 2016, 2019), the BBC Sports Personality World Sport Star of the Year award in 2011 and the L'Équipe Champion of Champions award in 2021. He is also a recipient of the Order of St. Sava, the Order of Karađorđe's Star, and the Order of the Republika Srpska. Beyond competition, Djokovic was the former ATP player council president and is also an active philanthropist. In August 2020, Djokovic and Vasek Pospisil announced the formation of the Professional Tennis Players Association as the first player-only association in tennis, citing the need for players to have more influence on the tour and advocating for better prize money structure for lower ranked players.

Danilo Grangheia is a theater, film and television actor, graduated from the School of Dramatic Art EAD/ECA/USP. Born in São Paulo, he developed part of his research in acting and directing with the most important theater companies in Brazil. As a member of the Ultralíricos, he worked on several shows/projects such as “Fim”, “Selvageria”, “A Tragédia Latino-Americana” and “Puzzle” directed by Felipe Hirsch, “Terrenal - small mystery ácrata” directed by Marco Antonio Rodrigues , "Krum", by the Brazilian theater company and directed by Marcio Abreu, "As Três Velhas", directed by Maria Alice Vergueiro, "Let's just kiss and say goodbye" by Elisa Ohtake. In addition to Brazilian companies, he developed works, shows, performances and studies with big names on the international scene such as Sotigui Kouyaté, Rena Mirecka, Nassim Soleimanpour, Christiane Jatahy and Nuno Ramos. He also directed the shows “The Last Piece”, “Banda Hamlet”, “Nunzio” and “A saga musical de Cecília”. In cinema, he acted in “Cara ou Coroa”, by Ugo Giorgetti, “O Robble da Copa”, by Caito Ortiz, “A Bruta Flor do Quer”, by Dida Andrade and Andradina de Azevedo, “O que se move”, by Caetano Gotardo, “Hebe” by Maurício Farias, among others; On television he worked on soap operas and series such as “Irmandade” (Netflix), “Mauá - the first giant” (History Channel), “A lei do amor”, “A Mulher do Prefeito”, “Ligações Perigosas” (Rede Globo), "3 Teresas" (GNT), "Contos do Edgar" (Fox), “O Negócio” (HBO), “The girl without qualities” (MTV). For his work as an actor in theater and cinema, he won some of the most important awards in the country, such as the Shell, APCA, Femsa, Questão de Crítica and Cine PE awards.

Steven Patrick Morrissey, professionally known as Morrissey, is an English singer, songwriter and author. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the indie rock band The Smiths, which was active from 1982 to 1987.

Guy Marchand (born 22 May 1937) is a French actor and singer. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Guy Marchand, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Antonia San Juan Fernández (born 22 May 1961) is a Spanish actress, director and screenwriter.

Paulina Chávez is a Mexican daughter. Her parents are called Patricia and Lorenzo. He was born in El Paso, Texas, and raised in San Antonio from the age of six. Later, she moved to California with her mom to try to get a role through auditions and acting classes.

She is an actress and producer, known for Rites of Passage (2012), Kissing Strangers (2010) and Anatomy of a Love Seen (2014).

Aditya Chopra is an Indian filmmaker. His work as a director includes Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Mohabbatein (2000), Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008) and Befikre (2016).

Richard Benjamin (born May 22, 1938) is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of productions, including Goodbye, Columbus (1969), based on the novella (1959) by Philip Roth, and Westworld (1973). Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Benjamin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Graham Linehan (born 1968) is an Irish comedy writer and anti-transgender activist. He created or co-created the sitcoms Father Ted (1995–1998), Black Books (2000–2004), and The IT Crowd (2006–2013). He has written for shows including Count Arthur Strong, Brass Eye and The Fast Show. Description above from the Wikipedia article Graham Linehan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Charles Aznavour, OC (May 22, 1924 - October 1, 2018) was an Armenian-French singer, songwriter, actor, public activist and diplomat. Besides being one of France's most popular and enduring singers, he is also one of the best-known singers in the world. Charles Aznavour (pronounced in French as Sharl Aznavour) is known for his characteristic short figure and unique tenor voice; clear and ringing in its upper reaches, with gravelly and profound low notes. He has appeared in more than 60 movies, composed about 1,000 songs (including 150 at least in English, 100 in Italian, 70 in Spanish, and 50 in German), and has sold well over 100 million records. In 1998, Charles Aznavour was named Entertainer of the Century by CNN and users of Time Online from around the globe. He was recognized as the century's outstanding performer, with nearly 18% of the total vote, edging out Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan. He has sung for presidents, popes, and royalty, as well as at humanitarian events, and is the founder of the charitable organization Aznavour for Armenia along with his long-time friend and impresario Levon Sayan. Aznavour started his global farewell tour in late 2006, which continues through this day. In 2009 he was appointed ambassador of Armenia to Switzerland, as well as Armenia's permanent delegate to the United Nations at Geneva. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Aznavour, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Anna Belknap is an actress.