September 22
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Art and culture
- 1869 - Richard Wagner's opera Das Rheingold debuts in Munich.
Births
- 1862 - Maurice Barrès, French writer and provocateur (d. 1923)
- 1885 - Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-born actor (d. 1957)
- 1895 - Paul Muni, Polish-born actor (d. 1967)
- 1940 - Anna Karina, Danish born actress
- 1946 - King Sunny Adé, Nigerian singer
- 1956 - Doug Wimbish, American bass player
- 1957 - Nick Cave, Australian musician
- 1964 - Benoît Poelvoorde, Belgian actor
Deaths
Deaths
- 1072 – Ouyang Xiu, Chinese historian, poet, and politician (b. 1007)
- 1253 – Dōgen, Japanese educator (b. 1200)
- 1345 – Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, English politician, Lord High Steward (b. 1281)
- 1399 – Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1366)
- 1520 – Selim I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1465)
- 1539 – Guru Nanak, Pakistani religious leader, founded Sikhism (b. 1469)
- 1554 – Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, Spanish explorer (b. 1510)
- 1566 – Johannes Agricola, German religious reformer (b. 1494)
- 1607 – Alessandro Allori, Italian painter (b. 1535)
- 1658 – Georg Philipp Harsdorffer, German poet (b. 1607)
- 1662 – John Biddle, English theologian (b. 1615)
- 1692 – Martha Corey, American woman accused of witchcraft (b. 1620)
- 1703 – Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1622)
- 1774 – Pope Clement XIV (b. 1705)
- 1776 – Nathan Hale, American soldier (b. 1755)
- 1777 – John Bartram, American botanist and explorer (b. 1699)
- 1828 – Shaka, Zulu leader (b. 1787)
- 1852 – William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed the Hammersmith Bridge (b. 1783)
- 1872 – Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer (b. 1801)
- 1873 – Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss politician (b. 1801)
- 1881 – Solomon L. Spink, American lawyer and politician (b. 1831)
- 1914 – Alain-Fournier, French author and soldier (b. 1886)
- 1919 – Alajos Gáspár, Hungarian-Slovene author (b. 1848)
- 1952 – Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st President of Finland (b. 1865)
- 1956 – Frederick Soddy, English chemist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
- 1957 – Soemu Toyoda, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)
- 1961 – Marion Davies, American actress, singer, and producer (b. 1897)
- 1969 – Adolfo López Mateos, Mexican politician, 48th President of Mexico (b. 1909)
- 1973 – Paul van Zeeland, Belgian lawyer, economist, and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1893)
- 1981 – Harry Warren, American composer and songwriter (b. 1893)
- 1987 – Hákun Djurhuus, Faroese educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1908)
- 1987 – Dan Rowan, American actor and producer (b. 1922)
- 1988 – Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani psychoanalyst, scholar, and poet (b. 1914)
- 1989 – Ambrose Alli, Nigerian politician (b. 1929)
- 1989 – Irving Berlin, Russian-American composer and songwriter (b. 1888)
- 1992 – Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player (b. 1948)
- 1993 – Maurice Abravanel, Greek-American pianist and conductor (b. 1903)
- 1994 – Leonard Feather, English-American pianist, composer, producer, and journalist (b. 1914)
- 1995 – Bruno Junk, Estonian race walker (b. 1929)
- 1996 – Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Canadian ballet dancer and director (b. 1924)
- 1996 – Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer (b. 1914)
- 1999 – George C. Scott, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1927)
- 2000 – Saburō Sakai, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (b. 1916)
- 2001 – Isaac Stern, Polish-Ukrainian violinist and conductor (b. 1920)
- 2002 – Jan de Hartog, Dutch-American author and playwright (b. 1914)
- 2003 – Gordon Jump, American actor (b. 1932)
- 2003 – Wolfgang Peters, German footballer (b. 1929)
- 2003 – Hugo Young, English journalist (b. 1938)
- 2004 – Big Boss Man, American wrestler (b. 1962)
- 2004 – Pete Schoening, American mountaineer (b. 1927)
- 2006 – Edward Albert, American actor (b. 1951)
- 2006 – Carla Benschop, Dutch basketball player and educator (b. 1950)
- 2007 – Nílton Coelho da Costa, Brazilian footballer (b. 1928)
- 2007 – Marcel Marceau, French actor (b. 1923)
- 2008 – Thomas Dörflein, German zookeeper (b. 1963)
- 2008 – Prince Michael Andreevich of Russia (b. 1920)
- 2008 – Petrus Schaesberg, German painter, historian, and educator (b. 1967)
- 2009 – Edward Delaney, Irish sculptor (b. 1930)
- 2010 – Eddie Fisher, American singer and actor (b. 1928)
- 2010 – Vyacheslav Tsaryov, Russian footballer (b. 1971)
- 2011 – Peter E. Berger, American film editor (b. 1944)
- 2011 – Cengiz Dağcı, Ukrainian-English author and poet (b. 1919)
- 2011 – Margaret Ogola, Kenyan author (b. 1958)
- 2011 – Whatumoana Paki, New Zealand husband of Te Atairangikaahu (b. 1927)
- 2011 – Knut Steen, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1924)
- 2011 – Vesta Williams, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1957)
- 2012 – Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan theorist (b. 1919)
- 2012 – Irving Adler, American mathematician, educator, and author (b. 1913)
- 2012 – Juan H. Cintrón García, Puerto Rican politician, 126th Mayor of Ponce (b. 1919)
- 2012 – Grigory Frid, Russian composer (b. 1915)
- 2012 – Harry Pilling, English cricketer (b. 1943)
- 2012 – Jan Hendrik van den Berg, Dutch psychiatrist (b. 1914)
- 2013 – Gary Brandner, American author (b. 1930)
- 2013 – Jane Connell, American actress and singer (b. 1925)
- 2013 – David H. Hubel, Canadian-American neurophysiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
- 2013 – Álvaro Mutis, Colombian-Mexican author and poet (b. 1923)
- 2013 – Dave Nichol, Canadian businessman (b. 1940)
- 2013 – Howard Riopelle, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1922)
- 2013 – Mohan Singh, Indian politician (b. 1945)
- 2013 – Hans Erich Slany, German industrial designer, founded TEAMS Design (b. 1926)
- 2013 – Luciano Vincenzoni, Italian screenwriter (b. 1926)
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