Born in 1922
People born in 1922 turn 104 in 2026. A dollar in 1922 buys what $20.12 buys in September 2026, and about 1.93 billion people were alive. Every figure below links to the source it came from.
Your birthday in 1922
1922
What things cost in 1922
| U.S. average | 1922 | in today’s dollars | latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| One dollar | $1.00 | $20.12 | CPI-U |
1922 figures are annual averages of the published monthly (or quarterly) values. “Today’s dollars” uses the Consumer Price Index for September 2026; “latest” is the most recent published price. Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, via FRED. Average retail prices are only published from 1976 on; 1922 has the CPI alone.
Who was in charge in 1922
- United States
- Warren G. Harding (President)
- United Kingdom
- George V (King); David Lloyd George, then Bonar Law (Prime minister)
- Soviet Union
- Joseph Stalin (General Secretary); Mikhail Kalinin (Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets); Vladimir Lenin (Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars)
- Republic of China (1916–1949)
- Xu Shichang (President); Wang Zhengting (Acting Premier)
- French Third Republic
- Alexandre Millerand (President); Aristide Briand, then Raymond Poincaré (President of the Council of ministers)
- Weimar Republic of Germany
- Friedrich Ebert (President); Joseph Wirth, then Wilhelm Cuno (Chancellor)
- Empire of Japan
- Taishō (Emperor); Takahashi Korekiyo, then Katō Tomosaburō (Prime minister)
From Wikipedia’s List of state leaders in the 20th century (1901–1950) (revision 1377869146), each name checked against Wikidata. Every country in 1922 →
Famous people born in 1922
- July 2 – Pierre Cardin, Italian-born French fashion designer (died 2020) source
- July 19 – George McGovern, American politician, historian and author (died 2012) source
- October 31 – Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia (died 2012) source
- March 12 – Jack Kerouac, American author (died 1969) source
- 29 September – Karl-Heinz Köpcke, German news speaker (died 1991) source
- March 24 – Miguel Gustavo, Brazilian journalist and songwriter (died 1972) source
- 24 March – Arthur "Waring" Bowen, solicitor and charity worker source
- 6 January – Hugo Broch, German pilot source
- March 9 – Count Flemming of Rosenborg (died 2002) source
- 4 June – Terry de Valera, youngest son of Éamon de Valera and Sinéad de Valera, solicitor, Taxing Master of Supreme Court until 1992 (died 2007). source
- December 28 – Stan Lee, American comics creator (died 2018) source
- November 22 – Aksel Jacobsen Bogdanoff, Norwegian communist (died 1971) source
- January 4 – Karl-Erik Nilsson, Swedish wrestler (died 2017) source
- March 16 – Harding Lemay, American television scriptwriter, playwright (died 2018) source
- June 10 – Judy Garland, singer and movie actress (died 1969 in the United Kingdom) source
What happened in 1922
- January 7 – Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes. source
- January 26 – Italian forces occupy Misrata, Libya; the reconquest of Libya begins. source
- February 14 – Baragoola, the last of the Binngarra class Manly ferries, is launched at Balmain, New South Wales. source
- February 8 – President of the United States Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio in the White House. source
- January 12 — 1922 seamen's strike, Chinese sailors from Hong Kong and Guangzhou went on strike for higher wages source
- January 28 – Snowfall from the Knickerbocker storm, the biggest-ever recorded snowstorm in Washington, D.C., causes the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre to collapse, killing 98. source
- February 10–17 – Modern Art Week in São Paulo marks the start of Modernism in Brazil. source
- 2 April – The founding of the agricultural settlement "Ahuza A – New York" (now Ra'anana), named after the founding company. source