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 )

* 1922 – Luis Aponte Martínez, Puerto Rican archbishop ( d. 2012 )

The founder of the POS and its best-known leader, Luis Emilio Recabarren, also founded the Communist Party of Chile ( – PCCh ) in 1922.

* 1922 – José Luis López Vázquez, Spanish actor ( d. 2009 )

* 1922 – Luis Somoza Debayle, 70th President of Nicaragua ( d. 1967 )

Luis Lacey, former captain of Argentine Polo Team in 1922.

Luis Miranda, the musical director of Puerto Rico's 65th Infantry Regiment Band, adapted the tune to be played as a march in 1922.

* Luis Somoza Debayle ( 1922 – 1967, ruled 1956 – 1963 ), his legitimate eldest son.

Luis Echeverría Álvarez ( born 17 January 1922 ) served as President of Mexico from 1970 to 1976.

James Joyce's Ulysses ( 1922 ), Enrique Jardiel Poncela's La Tournée de Dios ( 1932 ), Jorge Luis Borges ' The Garden of Forking Paths ( 1941 ), Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire ( 1962 ) and Julio Cortázar's Rayuela ( 1963 ; translated as Hopscotch ) are early examples predating the word " hypertext ", while a common pop-culture example is the Choose Your Own Adventure series in young adult fiction and other similar gamebooks.

* Luis Monti ( 1922 – 30 )

The family, originally from Zacatecas and Guanajuato, moved to Aguascalientes and then in 1922 to San Luis Potosí.

Luis Anastasio Somoza Debayle ( 18 November 1922 – 13 April 1967 ) was the President of Nicaragua from 29 September 1956 to 1 May 1963, but was effectively dictator of the country from 1956 until his death.

* José Luis López Vázquez ( born 1922 ), Spanish actor

* José Luis López Vázquez ( born 11 March 1922, Madrid ), Spanish film and TV actor

Ciro Luis Urriola Garrés ( 3 July 1863, Panama City-26 June 1922, Panama City ) was Panamanian politician.

* Jorge Montt Álvarez ( 1845 – 1922 ), vice-admiral of the Chilean navy and president of Chile from 1891 to 1896

Jorge Montt Álvarez ( April 26, 1845-October 8, 1922 ) was vice admiral of the Chilean Navy and president of Chile from 1891 to 1896.