* 1651 – André Dacier, French scholar ( d. 1722 )

* 1660 – Johann Kuhnau, German composer, organist and harpsichordist ( d. 1722 )

* 1722 – Pietro Nardini, Italian composer ( d. 1793 )

Ahmad Shah Durrani ( c. 1722 – 1773 ) ( Pashto /), also known as Ahmad Shāh Abdālī ( Pashto / Persian: احمد شاه ابدالي ) and born as Ahmad < u > Kh </ u > ān, was the founder of the Durrani Empire ( Afghan Empire ) in 1747 and is regarded by many to be the founder of the modern state of Afghanistan .</ poem >

* 1722 – Richard Brocklesby, English physician ( d. 1797 )

* 1722 – The Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island.

* 1722 – Robert Beverley, Jr., American historian ( b. 1673 )

* 1789 – Petrus Camper, Dutch anatomist ( b. 1722 )

A phenomenal number of paintings are ascribed to him, some of which are likely to be by other masters of the golden landscape, such as Abraham Calraet ( 1642 – 1722 ), whose initials A. C. may be mistaken for Cuyp's.

The Si-o-se Pol bridge over Zayandeh River is an example of Safavid dynasty ( 1502 – 1722 ) bridge design.

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ( 1650 – 1722 ) by Sir Godfrey Kneller.

* Charles Walmesley ( 1722 – 97 )

There is some controversy over the identity of the disease, but in its virulent form, after the Great Plague of Marseille in 1720 – 1722, the Great Plague of 1738 ( which hit Eastern Europe ), and the Russian plague of 1770-1772, it seems to have gradually disappeared from Europe.

* Constantine II of Kakheti ( died 1732 ), King of Kakheti 1722 – 1732

Three of five siblings survived to adulthood, Denise Diderot ( 1715 – 1797 ) and their youngest brother Pierre-Didier Diderot ( 1722 – 1787 ), and finally their sister Angélique Diderot ( 1720 – 1749 ).

The first holder of the title was John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ( 1650 – 1722 ), the noted English general, and indeed an unqualified reference to the Duke of Marlborough in a historical text will almost certainly refer to him.

A younger daughter, Lady Anne Churchill, married Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland ( c. 1674 – 1722 ), and from this marriage descend the modern Dukes of Marlborough.

* John Churchill, 1st Earl of Marlborough ( 1650 – 1722 ), became Duke of Marlborough in 1702

* John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ( 1650 – 1722 ), soldier and statesman

* 1722 – Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain ( d. 1770 )

* George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen ( 1722 – 1801 )

* 1722 – Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer ( d. 1774 )

All survived, and in 1722 the Prince of Wales ' daughters received inoculations.

* 1758 – Prince Augustus William of Prussia ( b. 1722 )

* June 12 – Prince Augustus William of Prussia ( b. 1722 )

Although Campra had obtained critical success he did not have financial security and hence in 1722 he was engaged by the Prince of Conti as maître de musique although this appointment was short lived.

Prince Frederick has served as the county seat of Calvert County since 1722, when officials chose a plot of land known as " Williams ' Old Field " as the spot for the new county courthouse.

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Prince of Mindelheim, KG, PC (, often ; 26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722 O. S ), was an English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns of five monarchs through the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

* 28 August 1704 – 1722: His Highness Prince of the Holy Roman Empire

After his father's succession in 1722, Hongli became the Prince Bao ( 宝亲王 / 寶親王 ).

In 1722 he held the title of a " Prince of the Second Rank " ( 多羅郡王 ), but was demoted two grades to beizi ( 貝子 ) in 1724.

* Prince Philipp Ernst ( 1722 – 1723 )

Prince Stanisław Lubomirski ( 1722 – 1782 ) was a Polish nobleman.

When Husayn was forced to abdicate by the Afghans in 1722, Prince Tahmasp wished to claim the throne.

António Manoel de Vilhena ( 1663 – 10 December 1736 ) was the 66th Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta from 19 June 1722 to his death in 1736.

The large-scale urban development under Prince Şerban and Prince Constantin Brâncoveanu saw the building of numerous religious facilities, including Anthim the Iberian's Antim Monastery ; in 1722, boyar Iordache Creţulescu added Kretzulescu Church to the city's landscape, during a period when most new places of worship were being dedicated by trader guilds.

* Prince Yi of the Blood ( 1st Rank ) 怡賢親王胤祥, 1722 — 1730, held by Yinxiang, 1st Prince Yi.

: For the brother of King Frederick II of Prussia, see Prince Augustus William of Prussia ( 1722 – 1758 ).

His two best known works, the Upper Belvedere ( 1721 – 1722 ) and the Lower Belvedere ( 1714 – 1716 ), were both commissioned by Prince Eugene of Savoy.

Grand Master Antonio Manoel de Vilhena ’ s accession in June 1722 created a significant opportunity for Mondion, as the new Prince of Malta decided to unleash an ambitious building programme.

Joachim Daniel Jauch's daughter Constance Jauch ( 1722 – 1802 ) married Heinrich Lölhöffel von Löwensprung ( 1705 – 1763 ), privy councillor ( Hofrat ) and physician to the King Augustus III of Poland.