The Stern – Gerlach experiment of 1922 provided further evidence of the quantum nature of the atom.

* 1869 – Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer ( d. 1922 )

* 1922 – The Turkish army takes the Aegean city of Afyonkarahisar from the Greeks.

* 1922 – Freddie Laker, English businessman, founded Laker Airways ( d. 2006 )

* 1922 – Philip Larkin, English poet ( d. 1985 )

* 1922 – A typhoon hits Shantou, Republic of China killing more than 50, 000 people.

* 1922 – Geoffrey Dutton, Australian author and historian ( d. 1998 )

* 1922 – Gábor Agárdy, Hungarian actor ( d. 2006 )

* 1922 – Six Irish Catholic civilians are shot and beaten-to-death by a gang of policemen in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

* 1922 – Charles I of Austria ( b. 1887 )

* 1998 – Gene Evans, American actor ( b. 1922 )

* 2012 – Lionel Bowen, Australian politician ( b. 1922 )

* 1863 – Géza Gárdonyi, Hungarian writer and journalist ( d. 1922 )

* 2001 – Christopher Hewett, English actor ( b. 1922 )

* 2002 – Carmen Silvera, English actress ( b. 1922 )

* 1892 – Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Spanish footballer ( d. 1922 )

* 1922 – Rory Calhoun, American actor ( d. 1999 )

* 1922 – Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-American fashion designer ( d. 1985 )

* 1922 – Gertrude Himmelfarb, American historian

* 1922 – Károly Reich, Hungarian illustrator ( d. 1988 )

* 1922 – The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.

* 1922 – Kingsley Amis, English author ( d. 1995 )

* 1922 – Pat Peppler, American football coach and executive

* 1922 – Léo Tindemans, Belgian politician

* 1847 – Robert Comtesse, Swiss politician ( d. 1922 )

Sir Leonard Woolley holding the famous excavated Sumer ian Queen's Lyre, ( 1922 )

The Museum continued to collect from all countries and all centuries: among the most spectacular additions were the 2600 BC Mesopotamian treasure from Ur, discovered during Leonard Woolley's 1922 – 34 excavations.

Excavations from 1922 to 1934 were funded by the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania and led by the archaeologist Sir Charles Leonard Woolley.

* Leonard Gershe ( 1922 – 2002 ), composer

British archaeologist Leonard Woolley discovered the tomb of Puabi, which was excavated by his team along with some 1800 other graves at the " Royal Cemetery of Ur " between 1922 and 1934.

The complete list: Doc Ayers ( played through 1921 ); Ray Caldwell ( 1921 ); Stan Coveleski ( 1928 ); Bill Doak ( 1929 ); Phil Douglas ( 1922 ); Red Faber ( 1933 ); Dana Fillingim ( 1925 ); Ray Fisher ( 1920 ); Marv Goodwin ( 1925 ); Dutch Leonard ( 1925 ); Clarence Mitchell ( 1932 ); Jack Quinn ( 1933 ); Allen Russell ( 1925 ); Dick Rudolph ( 1927 ); Urban Shocker ( 1928 ); and Allen Sothoron ( 1926 ).

Leonard Clemence “ Leo ” Tindemans () ( born 16 April 1922 ) is a Belgian politician and the 43rd Prime Minister.

The cover of Leonard Leslie Brooke | L. Leslie Brooke's, Ring O ' Roses ( 1922 ), shows nursery rhyme characters performing the game

* Andrew H. Leonard, Captain, November 14, 1922.

Welsh held the title until 1917 when he lost to Benny Leonard, though he continued to fight sparingly until 1922.

Leonard Francis Shackleton, ( 3 May 1922 in Bradford – 27 November 2000 ) was an English footballer of the post-World War II period.

In Australia, Superman was portrayed on radio by Leonard Teale ( 1922 – 1994 ).

Besides being lightweight Champion, Leonard challenged welterweight Champion Jack Britton for his title on June 26, 1922.

* Leonard Bruce Archer ( 1922 – 2005 ), British mechanical engineer and Professor of Design Research

* 3 June – Leonard Baskin, American sculptor, book-illustrator, wood-engraver, printmaker and graphic artist ( b. 1922 )

The site was extensively excavated in the 1920s by Sir Leonard Woolley by appointment of the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania and the British Museum in the period of 1922 to 1934.

In January 1922, after 14-year old Leonard Thompson suffered a severe allergic reaction to an injection of insulin, Collip achieved the goal of preparing a pancreatic extract pure enough for him to recover and to use in clinical trials.

Leonard Baskin ( August 15, 1922 – June 3, 2000 ) was an American sculptor, book-illustrator, wood-engraver, printmaker, graphic artist, writer and teacher.