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Celebrities born on 22 August

The zodiac sign for 22 August is Leo or Virgo, depending on the year and the time of birth. The Sun leaves Leo for Virgo on or about 22 August, at a different moment each year, so a birth on this date can fall either side of the change. Leo is a fixed fire sign and Virgo is a mutable earth sign. In 2026 the Sun is in Leo throughout 22 August (UTC).

Ray Bradbury, Dua Lipa and Leni Riefenstahl were born on 22 August. StarMap has birth charts for 20 people born on this date, listed here with the best known first.

22 August falls between Leo and Virgo.Which side of the change were you born on?Draw your own birth chart, free

Famous birthdays on 22 August

22 August, year by year: Leo or Virgo

Times are UTC. A birth in another time zone happened at a different clock time, so within a few hours of the change the place of birth decides the sign as much as the hour does. A chart drawn from the full birth details settles it.

Years in which the Sun entered Virgo on 22 August

  • 1980 at 23:40
  • 1984 at 23:00
  • 1988 at 21:54
  • 1992 at 21:10
  • 1996 at 20:23
  • 2000 at 19:48
  • 2004 at 18:53
  • 2008 at 18:02
  • 2009 at 23:39
  • 2012 at 17:06
  • 2013 at 23:01
  • 2016 at 16:38
  • 2017 at 22:20
  • 2020 at 15:45
  • 2021 at 21:35
  • 2024 at 14:55
  • 2025 at 20:33

Leo all day: 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2026.

More for 22 August

Signs are computed from the Sun’s position with the astronomy-engine ephemeris, checked against Swiss Ephemeris. Birth dates and places come from Wikidata. A sign is shown beside a name only when it holds for the whole of the birth date; where it does not, both possibilities are given. How to read a birth chart.

Photo credits (19 photos from Wikimedia Commons)

Each link opens the photo’s page on Wikimedia Commons, which states its author and licence.