February 22
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Art and culture
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Births
- 1788 - Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (d. 1860)
- 1806 - Antoine Wiertz, Belgian romantic painter and sculptor (d. 1865)
- 1864 - Jules Renard, French author (d. 1910)
- 1886 - Hugo Ball, German author and poet (d. 1927)
- 1896 - Paul van Ostaijen, Flemish poet and writer (d. 1928)
- 1900 - Luis Buñuel, Spanish-born film director (d. 1983)
- 1917 - Jane Bowles, American writer and playwright (d. 1973)
- 1925 - Edward Gorey, American illustrator (d. 2000)
- 1935 - Danilo Kiš, Serbian writer of Jewish origin (b. 1989)
- 1942 - Christine Keeler, English model and showgirl
- 1943 - Terry Eagleton, British theorist
- 1944 - Jonathan Demme, American director
- 1950 - Miou-Miou, French actress
- 1950 - Genesis P-Orridge, English performer, musician and artist
- 1959 - Kyle MacLachlan, American actor
- 1975 - Drew Barrymore, American actress
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Deaths
- 1797 - Baron Münchhausen, protagonist from the Adventures of Baron Münchhausen (b. 1720)
- 1875 - Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, French painter (b. 1796)
- 1913 - Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist (b. 1857)
- 1942 - Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (b. 1881)
- 1968 - Dudley Murphy, American filmmaker (Ballet mécanique) (b. 1897)
- 1969 - Eli Lotar, French photographer (b. 1905)
- 1973 - Elizabeth Bowen, Anglo-Irish novelist (The House in Paris) (1935) (b. 1899)
- 1980 - Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian artist (b. 1886)
- 1984 - Uwe Johnson, German writer, editor, and scholar (b. 1934)
- 1987 - Andy Warhol, American artist, director, and writer (b. 1928)
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