February 22

Pre-1600

• 896 , Pope Formosus crowns Arnulf of Carinthia as Emperor in Rome. Arnulf suffers a stroke soon after and retreats from Italy.
• 1076 , Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14-20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1288 , The Franciscan Girolamo Maschi is elected pope, choosing the name Nicholas IV.
• 1316 , The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdinand of Majorca and the forces of Matilda of Hainaut, ends in victory for Ferdinand.
• 1371 , Robert II becomes King of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty.
• 1495 , King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne.

1601-1900

• 1632 , Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, the dedicatee, receives the first printed copy of Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems.
• 1651 , St. Peter's Flood: A storm surge floods the Frisian coast, drowning 15,000 people.
• 1744 , War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon causes several Royal Navy captains to be court-martialed, and the Articles of War to be amended.
• 1770 , British customs officer Ebenezer Richardson fires blindly into a crowd during a protest in North End, Boston, fatally wounding 11-year-old Christopher Seider; the first American fatality of the American Revolution.
• 1797 , The last Invasion of Britain begins near Fishguard, Wales.
• 1819 , By the Adams-Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.
• 1847 , Mexican-American War: The Battle of Buena Vista: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexican troops.
• 1848 , The French Revolution of 1848, which would lead to the establishment of the French Second Republic, begins.
• 1856 , The United States Republican Party opens its first national convention in Pittsburgh.
• 1862 , American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.
• 1872 , The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee.
• 1879 , In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
• 1881 , Cleopatra's Needle, a 3,500-year-old Ancient Egyptian obelisk is erected in Central Park, New York.
• 1889 , President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
• 1899 , Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine-American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.

1901-present

• 1904 , The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
• 1909 , The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USS Connecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
• 1921 , After Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drive the Chinese out, the Bogd Khan is reinstalled as the emperor of Mongolia.
• 1942 , World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.
• 1943 , World War II: Members of the White Rose resistance, Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl, and Christoph Probst are executed in Nazi Germany.
• 1943 , Yankee Clipper crashes while landing on the Tagus in Lisbon, killing 24.
• 1944 , World War II: American aircraft mistakenly bomb the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.
• 1944 , World War II: The Soviet Red Army recaptures Krivoi Rog.
• 1946 , The "Long Telegram", proposing how the United States should deal with the Soviet Union, arrives from the US embassy in Moscow.
• 1957 , Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột.
• 1958 , Following a plebiscite in both countries the previous day, Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.
• 1959 , Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
• 1972 , The Official Irish Republican Army detonates a car bomb at Aldershot barracks, killing seven and injuring nineteen others.
• 1973 , Cold War: Following President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices.
• 1974 , The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh.
• 1974 , Samuel Byck attempts to hijack an aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Airport with the intention of crashing it into the White House to assassinate Richard Nixon, but commits suicide after being wounded by police.
• 1979 , Saint Lucia gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1980 , Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4-3.
• 1983 , The notorious Broadway flop Moose Murders opens and closes on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre.
• 1986 , Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
• 1994 , Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union.
• 1995 , The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
• 1997 , In Roslin, Midlothian, British scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned.
• 2002 , Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.
• 2005 , The 6.4 M_w Zarand earthquake shakes the Kerman province of Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 612 people dead and 1,411 injured.
• 2006 , At approximately 6:44 a.m. local Iraqi time, explosions occurred at the al-Askari Shrine in Samarra, Iraq. The attack on the shrine, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, caused the escalation of sectarian tensions in Iraq into a full-scale civil war.
• 2006 , The Securitas depot robbery was the UK's largest heist. Almost £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) was stolen from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.
• 2011 , New Zealand's second deadliest earthquake, the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, kills 185 people.
• 2011 , Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people march in protest against the deaths of seven victims killed by police and army forces during previous protests.
• 2012 , A train crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 51 people and injures 700 others.
• 2014 , President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine is impeached by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by a vote of 328-0, fulfilling a major goal of the Euromaidan rebellion.
• 2015 , A ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Padma River, killing 70 people.
• 2018 , A man throws a grenade at the U.S. embassy in Podgorica, Montenegro. He dies at the scene from a second explosion, with no one else hurt.
• 2022 , Twosday, the name given to Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at 2:22:22, occurs.

Pre-1600

• 1040 , Rashi, French rabbi and author (died 1105)
• 1403 , Charles VII of France (died 1461)
• 1440 , Ladislaus the Posthumous, Hungarian King (died 1457)
• 1500 , Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian cardinal (died 1564)
• 1514 , Tahmasp I, Iranian shah (died 1576)
• 1520 , Moses Isserles, Polish rabbi (died 1572)
• 1550 , Charles de Ligne, 2nd Prince of Arenberg (died 1616)
• 1592 , Nicholas Ferrar, English scholar (died 1637)

1601-1900

• 1631 , Peder Syv, Danish historian (died 1702)
• 1649 , Bon Boullogne, French painter (died 1717)
• 1715 , Charles-Nicolas Cochin, French artist (died 1790)
• 1732 , George Washington, American general and politician, 1st President of the United States (died 1799)
• 1749 , Johann Nikolaus Forkel, German musicologist and theorist (died 1818)
• 1778 , Rembrandt Peale, American painter and curator (died 1860)
• 1788 , Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher and author (died 1860)
• 1796 , Alexis Bachelot, French priest and missionary (died 1837)
• 1796 , Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian mathematician, astronomer, and sociologist (died 1874)
• 1805 , Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, English poet and hymnwriter (died 1848)
• 1806 , Józef Kremer, Polish historian and philosopher (died 1875)
• 1817 , Carl Wilhelm Borchardt, German mathematician and academic (died 1880)
• 1819 , James Russell Lowell, American poet and critic (died 1891)
• 1824 , Pierre Janssen, French astronomer and mathematician (died 1907)
• 1825 , Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, French-American archbishop (died 1898)
• 1836 , Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar and academic (died 1906)
• 1840 , August Bebel, German theorist and politician (died 1913)
• 1849 , Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1915)
• 1857 , Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English general, co-founded The Scout Association (died 1941)
• 1857 , Heinrich Hertz, German physicist, philosopher, and academic (died 1894)
• 1860 , Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary (died 1939)
• 1861 , Lewis Akeley, American academic (died 1961)
• 1863 , Charles McLean Andrews, American historian, author, and academic (died 1943)
• 1864 , Jules Renard, French author and playwright (died 1910)
• 1874 , Bill Klem, American baseball player and umpire (died 1951)
• 1876 , Zitkala-Sa, American author and activist (died 1938)
• 1879 , Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Danish chemist and academic (died 1947)
• 1880 , Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete (died 1930)
• 1881 , Joseph B. Ely, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of Massachusetts (died 1956)
• 1881 , Albin Prepeluh, Slovenian journalist and politician (died 1937)
• 1882 , Eric Gill, English sculptor and illustrator (died 1940)
• 1883 , Marguerite Clark, American actress (died 1940)
• 1886 , Hugo Ball, German author and poet (died 1927)
• 1887 , Savielly Tartakower, Polish journalist, author, and chess player (died 1956)
• 1887 , Pat Sullivan, Australian-American animator and producer (died 1933)
• 1888 , Owen Brewster, American captain and politician, 54th Governor of Maine (died 1961)
• 1889 , Olave Baden-Powell, English scout leader, first World Chief Guide (died 1977)
• 1889 , R. G. Collingwood, English historian and philosopher (died 1943)
• 1891 , Vlas Chubar, Russian economist and politician (died 1939)
• 1892 , Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet and playwright (died 1950)
• 1895 , Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, Peruvian politician (died 1979)
• 1897 , Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (died 1947)
• 1899 , George O'Hara, American actor and screenwriter (died 1966)
• 1900 , Luis Buñuel, Spanish-Mexican director and producer (died 1983)

1901-present

• 1903 , Morley Callaghan, Canadian author and playwright (died 1990)
• 1903 , Frank P. Ramsey, English economist, mathematician, and philosopher (died 1930)
• 1906 , Constance Stokes, Australian painter (died 1991)
• 1907 , Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director, and producer (died 1997)
• 1907 , Robert Young, American actor (died 1998)
• 1908 , Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan politician, 56th President of Venezuela (died 1981)
• 1908 , John Mills, English actor (died 2005)
• 1910 , George Hunt, English footballer (died 1996)
• 1914 , Renato Dulbecco, Italian-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012)
• 1918 , Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer (died 2014)
• 1918 , Robert Wadlow, American man, the tallest person in recorded history (died 1940)
• 1921 , Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Central African general and politician, 2nd President of the Central African Republic (died 1996)
• 1921 , Giulietta Masina, Italian actress (died 1994)
• 1921 , Marshall Teague, American race car driver (died 1959)
• 1922 , Zenaida Manfugás, Cuban pianist (died 2012)
• 1922 , Joe Wilder, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (died 2014)
• 1923 , François Cavanna, French author and editor (died 2014)
• 1923 , Bleddyn Williams, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster (died 2009)
• 1926 , Kenneth Williams, English actor and screenwriter (died 1988)
• 1927 , Florencio Campomanes, Filipino political scientist and chess player (died 2010)
• 1927 , Guy Mitchell, American singer (died 1999)
• 1928 , Clarence 13X, American religious leader, founded the Nation of Gods and Earths (died 1969)
• 1928 , Texas Johnny Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)
• 1928 , Paul Dooley, American actor
• 1928 , Bruce Forsyth, English singer and television host (died 2017)
• 1928 , Thomas E. Kurtz, American computer scientist and educator (died 2024)
• 1929 , James Hong, American actor and director
• 1929 , Rebecca Schull, American stage, film, and television actress
• 1930 , Marni Nixon, American soprano and actress (died 2016)
• 1932 , Ted Kennedy, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2009)
• 1933 , Sheila Hancock, English actress and author
• 1933 , Katharine, Duchess of Kent (died 2025)
• 1933 , Bobby Smith, English footballer (died 2010)
• 1936 , J. Michael Bishop, American microbiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2026)
• 1937 , Tommy Aaron, American golfer
• 1937 , Joanna Russ, American author and activist (died 2011)
• 1938 , Tony Macedo, Gibraltarian born English footballer
• 1938 , Ishmael Reed, American poet, novelist, essayist
• 1940 , Judy Cornwell, English actress
• 1941 , Hipólito Mejía, Dominican politician, 52nd President of the Dominican Republic
• 1942 , Christine Keeler, English model and dancer (died 2017)
• 1943 , Terry Eagleton, English philosopher and critic
• 1943 , Horst Köhler, Polish-German economist and politician, 9th President of Germany (died 2025)
• 1943 , Dick Van Arsdale, American basketball player (died 2024)
• 1943 , Tom Van Arsdale, American basketball player
• 1943 , Otoya Yamaguchi, Japanese assassin of Inejiro Asanuma (died 1960)
• 1944 , Jonathan Demme, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2017)
• 1944 , Mick Green, English guitarist (died 2010)
• 1944 , Robert Kardashian, American lawyer and businessman (died 2003)
• 1944 , Christopher Meyer, English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States (died 2022)
• 1944 , Tom Okker, Dutch tennis player and painter
• 1945 , Oliver, American pop singer (died 2000)
• 1946 , Nagima Aitkhozhina, Kazakh biologist (died 2020)
• 1946 , Kresten Bjerre, Danish footballer and manager (died 2014)
• 1947 , Pirjo Honkasalo, Finnish director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
• 1947 , Frank Van Dun, Belgian philosopher and theorist
• 1948 , John Ashton, American actor (died 2024)
• 1948 , Dennis Awtrey, American basketball player
• 1949 , John Duncan, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2022)
• 1949 , Niki Lauda, Austrian racing driver (died 2019)
• 1949 , Olga Morozova, Russian tennis player and coach
• 1950 , Julius Erving, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1950 , Lenny Kuhr, Dutch singer-songwriter
• 1950 , Miou-Miou, French actress
• 1950 , Genesis P-Orridge, English singer-songwriter (died 2020)
• 1950 , Julie Walters, English actress and author
• 1951 , Ellen Greene, American singer and actress
• 1952 , Bill Frist, American physician and politician
• 1952 , Joaquim Pina Moura, Portuguese Minister of Economy and Treasury and MP (died 2020)
• 1952 , Saufatu Sopoanga, Tuvaluan politician, 8th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (died 2020)
• 1953 , Nigel Planer, English actor and screenwriter
• 1955 , David Axelrod, American journalist and political adviser
• 1955 , Tim Young, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1957 , Willie Smits, Dutch microbiologist and engineer
• 1958 , Richard Greenberg, American playwright and television writer (died 2025)
• 1959 , Jiří Čunek, Czech politician
• 1959 , Kyle MacLachlan, American actor
• 1959 , Bronwyn Oliver, Australian sculptor (died 2006)
• 1959 , Harry Leary, American BMX racer (died 2024)
• 1960 , Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde, Scottish politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• 1961 , Akira Takasaki, Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1962 , Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host (died 2006)
• 1963 , Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
• 1963 , Devon Malcolm, Jamaican-English cricketer
• 1963 , Vijay Singh, Fijian-American golfer
• 1964 , Andy Gray, English footballer and manager
• 1965 , Chris Dudley, American basketball player
• 1965 , Kieren Fallon, Irish jockey
• 1965 , Pat LaFontaine, American ice hockey player
• 1966 , Rachel Dratch, American actress and comedian
• 1967 , Paul Lieberstein, American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer
• 1967 , Psicosis II, Mexican wrestler
• 1968 , Shawn Graham, Canadian politician, 31st Premier of New Brunswick
• 1968 , Jeri Ryan, American model and actress
• 1968 , Kazuhiro Sasaki, Japanese baseball player
• 1968 , Jayson Williams, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1969 , Thomas Jane, American actor
• 1969 , Clinton Kelly, American TV personality and author
• 1969 , Brian Laudrup, Danish footballer and sportscaster
• 1969 , Marc Wilmots, Belgian footballer and manager
• 1971 , Lea Salonga, Filipino actress and singer
• 1972 , Michael Chang, American tennis player and coach
• 1972 , Claudia Pechstein, German speed skater
• 1972 , Haim Revivo, Israeli footballer
• 1972 , Ben Sasse, American politician and college administrator
• 1973 , Philippe Gaumont, French cyclist (died 2013)
• 1973 , Juninho Paulista, Brazilian footballer
• 1973 , Scott Phillips, American musician and songwriter
• 1974 , James Blunt, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1975 , Drew Barrymore, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1977 , Hakan Yakin, Swiss footballer
• 1979 , Brett Emerton, Australian footballer
• 1979 , Lee Na-young, South Korean actress
• 1980 , Jeanette Biedermann, German singer-songwriter and actress
• 1983 , Brian Duensing, American baseball player
• 1983 , Clint McKay, Australian cricketer
• 1983 , Iliza Shlesinger, American stand-up comedian, actress and television host
• 1983 , Shaun Tait, Australian cricketer
• 1984 , Tommy Bowe, Irish rugby player
• 1984 , Branislav Ivanović, Serbian footballer
• 1985 , Hamer Bouazza, Algerian footballer
• 1985 , Georgios Printezis, Greek basketball player
• 1985 , Zach Roerig, American actor
• 1986 , Rajon Rondo, American basketball player
• 1987 , Han Hyo-joo, South Korean actress and model
• 1987 , Sergio Romero, Argentine footballer
• 1988 , Jonathan Borlée, Belgian sprinter
• 1989 , Franco Vázquez, Argentine footballer
• 1991 , Khalil Mack, American football player
• 1992 , Dixon Machado, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1994 , Nam Joo-hyuk, South Korean model and actor
• 1994 , Elfrid Payton, American basketball player
• 1995 , Devonte' Graham, American basketball player
• 1996 , Kia Nurse, Canadian basketball player
• 1997 , Jerome Robinson, American basketball player
• 1997 , Ilya Samsonov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1999 , Harry Brook, English cricketer

Pre-1600

• 556 , Maximianus, Bishop of Ravenna (born 499)
• 606 , Sabinian, Pope of the Catholic Church
• 793 , Sicga, Anglo-Saxon nobleman and regicide
• 845 , Wang, Chinese Empress dowager
• 954 , Guo Wei, Chinese Emperor (born 904)
• 965 , Otto, Duke of Burgundy (born 944)
• 970 , García I, King of Pamplona
• 978 , Lambert, Count of Chalon (born 930)
• 1071 , Arnulf III, Count of Flanders
• 1072 , Peter Damian, Italian cardinal
• 1079 , John of Fécamp, Italian Benedictine abbot
• 1111 , Roger Borsa, King of Sicily (born 1078)
• 1297 , Margaret of Cortona, Italian penitent (born 1247)
• 1371 , David II, King of Scotland (born 1324)
• 1452 , William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas (born 1425)
• 1500 , Gerhard VI, German nobleman (born 1430)
• 1511 , Henry, Duke of Cornwall (born 1511)
• 1512 , Amerigo Vespucci, Italian cartographer and explorer (born 1454)

1601-1900

• 1627 , Olivier van Noort, Dutch explorer (born 1558)
• 1674 , Jean Chapelain, French poet and critic (born 1595)
• 1680 , La Voisin, French occultist (born 1640)
• 1690 , Charles Le Brun, French painter and theorist (born 1619)
• 1731 , Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (born 1638)
• 1732 , Francis Atterbury, English bishop (born 1663)
• 1770 , Christopher Seider, first American killed in the American Revolution (born 1758)
• 1799 , Heshen, Chinese politician (born 1750)
• 1816 , Adam Ferguson, Scottish historian and philosopher (born 1723)
• 1875 , Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (born 1796)
• 1875 , Charles Lyell, Scottish geologist (born 1797)
• 1888 , Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (born 1846)
• 1890 , John Jacob Astor III, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1822)
• 1890 , Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (born 1834)
• 1897 , Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (born 1824)
• 1898 , Heungseon Daewongun, Korean king (born 1820)

1901-present

• 1903 , Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (born 1860)
• 1904 , Leslie Stephen, English historian, author, and critic (born 1832)
• 1913 , Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (born 1857)
• 1913 , Francisco I. Madero, Mexican president and author (born 1873)
• 1923 , Théophile Delcassé, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1852)
• 1932 , Harriet Converse Moody, American businesswoman and arts patron (born 1857)
• 1939 , Antonio Machado, Spanish-French poet and author (born 1875)
• 1942 , Stefan Zweig, Austrian journalist, author, and playwright (born 1881)
• 1943 , Christoph Probst, German activist (born 1919)
• 1943 , Hans Scholl, German activist (born 1918)
• 1943 , Sophie Scholl, German activist (born 1921)
• 1944 , Kasturba Gandhi, Indian activist (born 1869)
• 1944 , Fritz Schmenkel, anti-Nazi German who joined Soviet partisans (born 1916)
• 1945 , Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic (born 1888)
• 1958 , Abul Kalam Azad, Indian scholar and politician, Indian Minister of Education (born 1888)
• 1960 , Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian-French painter and critic (born 1905)
• 1961 , Nick LaRocca, American trumpet player and composer (born 1889)
• 1965 , Felix Frankfurter, Austrian-American lawyer and jurist (born 1882)
• 1971 , Frédéric Mariotti, French actor (born 1883)
• 1973 , Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Premier of Quebec (born 1916)
• 1973 , Elizabeth Bowen, Anglo-Irish author (born 1899)
• 1973 , Katina Paxinou, Greek actress (born 1900)
• 1973 , Winthrop Rockefeller, American colonel and politician, 37th Governor of Arkansas (born 1912)
• 1976 , Angela Baddeley, English actress (born 1904)
• 1976 , Florence Ballard, American singer (born 1943)
• 1980 , Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter, poet and playwright (born 1886)
• 1982 , Josh Malihabadi, Indian-Pakistani poet and author (born 1898)
• 1983 , Adrian Boult, English conductor (born 1889)
• 1983 , Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (born 1913)
• 1985 , Salvador Espriu, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (born 1913)
• 1985 , Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1889)
• 1986 , John Donnelly, Australian rugby league player (born 1955)
• 1987 , David Susskind, American talk show host and producer (born 1920)
• 1987 , Andy Warhol, American painter and photographer (born 1928)
• 1992 , Markos Vafiadis, Greek general and politician (born 1906)
• 1994 , Papa John Creach, American violinist (born 1917)
• 1995 , Ed Flanders, American actor (born 1934)
• 1997 , Joseph Aiuppa, American gangster (born 1907)
• 1998 , Abraham A. Ribicoff, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (born 1910)
• 1999 , William Bronk, American poet and academic (born 1918)
• 1999 , Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player (born 1964)
• 2002 , Chuck Jones, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (born 1912)
• 2002 , Jonas Savimbi, Angolan general, founded UNITA (born 1934)
• 2004 , Andy Seminick, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1920)
• 2005 , Lee Eun-ju, South Korean actress and singer (born 1980)
• 2005 , Simone Simon, French actress (born 1910)
• 2006 , S. Rajaratnam, Singaporean politician, 1st Senior Minister of Singapore (born 1915)
• 2007 , George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, English politician, Leader of the House of Lords (born 1918)
• 2007 , Dennis Johnson, American basketball player and coach (born 1954)
• 2012 , Sukhbir, Indian author and poet (born 1925)
• 2012 , Frank Carson, Irish-English comedian and actor (born 1926)
• 2012 , Marie Colvin, American journalist (born 1956)
• 2012 , Rémi Ochlik, French photographer and journalist (born 1983)
• 2013 , Atje Keulen-Deelstra, Dutch speed skater (born 1938)
• 2013 , Jean-Louis Michon, French-Swiss scholar and translator (born 1924)
• 2013 , Wolfgang Sawallisch, German pianist and conductor (born 1923)
• 2014 , Charlotte Dawson, New Zealand-Australian television host (born 1966)
• 2014 , Trebor Jay Tichenor, American pianist and composer (born 1940)
• 2014 , Leo Vroman, Dutch-American hematologist, poet, and illustrator (born 1915)
• 2015 , Chris Rainbow, Scottish singer-songwriter and producer (born 1946)
• 2019 , Brody Stevens, American comedian and actor (born 1970)
• 2019 , Morgan Woodward, American actor (born 1925)
• 2021 , Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American poet, painter (born 1919)
• 2024 , John Lowe, English musician, pianist for The Quarrymen (born 1942)
• 2026 , Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes (born 1966)

• Birthday of Scouting and Guiding founder Robert Baden-Powell and Olave Baden-Powell, and its related observance:
  • Founder's Day or "B.-P. day" (World Organization of the Scout Movement)
  • World Thinking Day (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts)
• Christian feast day:
  • Baradates
  • Blessed Émilie d'Oultremont
  • Eric Liddell (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter (Roman Catholic Church)
  • Margaret of Cortona
  • Papias of Hierapolis
  • February 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Crime Victims Day (Europe)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Saint Lucia from the United Kingdom in 1979.
• Founding Day (Saudi Arabia)
• Washington's Birthday, federal holiday in the United States. A holiday on February 22 as well as the third Monday in February.
• National Cat Day (Japan)