2022: The Year in People

Generation Alpha · Year of the Tiger 🐅 · Born in 2022 turn 4 in 2026

The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$3.97

Median home

$348,700

Minimum wage

$7.25/hr

Movie ticket

$10.53

US population

7.98B

US president

Joe Biden

Top song

"As It Was" — Harry Styles

Top film

Top Gun: Maverick

Top TV show

Sunday Night Football

Best Picture

Everything Everywhere All at Once

In the news: Russia invades Ukraine; Queen Elizabeth II dies

What happened in 2022

2022 (MMXXII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2022nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 22nd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2020s decade.

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Died in 2022

Anne Heche1969–2022 · American actress
Aaron Carter1987–2022 · American singer
Clarence Gilyard1955–2022 · American actor
Angela Lansbury1925–2022 · British-American-Irish actress and singer
Kirstie Alley1951–2022 · American actress
Bob Saget1956–2022 · American comedian and actor
Technoblade1999–2022 · American internet personality
Bill Russell1934–2022 · American basketball player and coach
Coolio1963–2022 · American rapper
Barbara Walters1929–2022 · American journalist
David Warner (actor)1941–2022 · British actor
Estelle Harris1928–2022 · American actress