Born on August 22

French composer (1862–1918) and founder of musical impressionism. He revolutionized classical music by rejecting traditional harmonic conventions to create a suggestive and colorful music inspired by sensations and poetic imagery.

German philosopher and a major figure of phenomenology. He founded an ethics of values (material ethics) and contributed to the rise of philosophical anthropology and the sociology of knowledge.

French photographer, regarded as one of the fathers of photojournalism and street photography. Co-founder in 1947 of the Magnum Photos agency, he theorized the notion of the “decisive moment.”

Yambo Ouologuem (1940-2017) was a Malian writer, the first African author to win the Prix Renaudot in 1968 for his novel “Bound to Violence.” A major and controversial figure of francophone African literature, he later withdrew from public life.

Diana Nyad is an American long-distance swimmer and journalist, famous for her open-water crossings over very long distances. In 2013, at the age of 64, she became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage.