October 22
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Art and culture
- 1964 - Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, but turns down the honour.
Births
- 1811 - Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1886)
- 1818 - Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle, French poet (d. 1894)
- 1919 - Doris Lessing, British writer
- 1920 - Timothy Leary, American writer and professor (d. 1996)
- 1921 - Georges Brassens, French singer (d. 1981)
- 1925 - Robert Rauschenberg, American painter, sculptor, and graphic artist
- 1943 - Catherine Deneuve, French actress
- 1969 - Spike Jonze, American director and film producer
Deaths
- 1906 - Paul Cézanne, French painter (b. 1839)
- 1917 - Bob Fitzsimmons, English boxer (b. 1863)
- 1918 - Myrtle Gonzalez, American film and stage actress (b. 1891)
- 1927 - Borisav "Bora" Stanković, Serbian writer (b. 1876)
- 1928 - Andrew Fisher, fifth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)
- 1934 - Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (b. 1904)
- 1935 - Komitas, Armenian composer (b. 1869)
- 1952 - Ernst Rüdin, Swiss nazi physician (b. 1874)
- 1954 - Jibanananda Das, Bengali poet (b. 1899)
- 1969 - Tommy Edwards, American signer (b. 1922)
- 1973 - Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (b. 1876)
- 1978 - John Riley, English poet (murdered) (b. 1937)
- 1979 - Nadia Boulanger, French composer and composition teacher (b. 1887)
- 1985 - Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano (b. 1894)
- 1986 - Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)
- 1986 - Jane Dornacker, musician, actress, and traffic reporter for WNBC Radio.
- 1986 - Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician
- 1987 - Lino Ventura, Italian-born actor (b. 1919)
- 1989 - Ewan MacColl, English folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer (b. 1915)
- 1992 - Cleavon Little, American actor (b. 1939)
- 1995 - Sir Kingsley Amis, English writer (b. 1922)
- 1998 - Eric Ambler, English novelist (b. 1909)
- 2000 - Rodney Anoa'i, aka Yokozuna, American professional wrestler (b. 1966)
- 2001 - Prof. Dr. Dkfm. Helmut Krackowizer, journalist and motorcycle racer (b. 1922)
- 2002 - Queen Geraldina of the Albanians (b. 1915)
- 2005 - Arman, French-born artist (b. 1928)
- 2005 - Tony Adams, Irish film producer (b. 1953)
- 2005 - Franky Gee, American singer (Captain Jack) (b. 1962)
- 2006 - Arthur Hill, Canadian actor (b. 1922)
Notes
- Louis Althusser
- Paul Cézanne
- Kingsley Amis
- Timothy Leary
- Laurie Anderson
- The Crimes of Love
- Jio Berk
- Catherine Deneuve
- Alexandre-Louis de Villeterque
- Paul Tillich
- Spike Jonze
- Lord Alfred Douglas
- Nelson Pereira dos Santos
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