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Anderson

Brazilian midfielder who played for Manchester United for eight seasons

Did you know? He famously scored one of the penalties in the shootout that won his team the Champions League final in Moscow.

Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira (born 13 April 1988), commonly known as Anderson, is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who most recently was assistant manager of Adana Demirspor. He played as a midfielder and is best known for his spell with Manchester United from 2007 to 2015.

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Anders Lindegaard

Danish goalkeeper who played for Manchester United

Did you know? He competed for the starting goalkeeper position at Manchester United during the final years of Sir Alex Ferguson's management.

Anders Rozenkrantz Lindegaard (Danish:; born 13 April 1984) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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Claudio Bravo

Highly decorated Chilean goalkeeper who played for Barcelona and Manchester City

Did you know? He is the first player in Chilean history to reach one hundred international caps for the national team.

Claudio Andrés Bravo Muñoz (Spanish:; born 13 April 1983) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Bravo began his career with Colo-Colo and moved to Real Sociedad in 2006, appearing in 237 official games with the latter club.

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Carles Puyol

Long-serving Barcelona captain and Spanish World Cup-winning defender

Did you know? He began his football journey as a goalkeeper before a shoulder injury forced him to switch to other playing positions.

Carles Puyol Saforcada (Catalan:, Spanish:; born 13 April 1978) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played his entire career for Barcelona.

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Margrethe Vestager

Danish politician and former European Commissioner for Competition

Did you know? Her high-profile investigations into global technology companies reportedly served as partial inspiration for the main character in the political drama Borgen.

Margrethe Vestager (born 13 April 1968) is a Danish politician who formerly served as Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age between December 2019 and November 2024 in the Von Der Leyen Commission and was European Commissioner for Competition between 2014 and 2024…

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Garry Kasparov

Russian chess grandmaster who was world champion for 15 years, lost to IBM's Deep Blue and became a Putin critic

Did you know? In 1997, he became the first world champion to lose a match to a computer under tournament conditions when he played Deep Blue.

Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born Garik Kimovich Weinstein on 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, political activist and writer, who was the World Chess Champion from 1985 to 2000. His peak FIDE chess rating of 2851, achieved in 1999, was the highest recorded until being surpassed by Magnus Carlsen in 2013.

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Rudi Völler

World Cup-winning striker and former manager of the German national team

Did you know? He is one of the few figures to reach a World Cup final as both a player and a head coach.

Rudolf "Rudi" Völler (pronounced; born 13 April 1960) is a German professional football manager and former player, who is currently the sporting director of the Germany national team.

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Brigitte Macron

Former teacher and wife of French President Emmanuel Macron

Did you know? She first met her future husband when he was a student in her drama class at a high school in Amiens.

Brigitte Marie-Claude Macron (née Trogneux, later Auzière; born 13 April 1953) is a French former teacher. She is married to Emmanuel Macron, who has served as President of France since 14 May 2017.

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Ron Perlman

American actor who starred in Hellboy and Sons of Anarchy

Did you know? He spent four hours in the make-up chair every day to transform into the titular red demon for his role in Hellboy.

Ronald N. Perlman (born April 13, 1950) is an American actor.

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Christopher Hitchens

British-American journalist, author and prominent critic of religion

Did you know? He was a prolific writer who reportedly could produce a high-quality article in a single sitting while holding a conversation.

Christopher Eric Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011) was a British and American author and journalist. Known as one of the "Four Horsemen" of New Atheism (along with Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett), he gained prominence as a columnist and speaker.

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Michael Stuart Brown

Nobel Prize-winning geneticist who researched cholesterol metabolism

Did you know? His award-winning research directly led to the development of statins, which are now widely used to lower cholesterol levels.

Michael Stuart Brown ForMemRS NAS AAA&S APS (born April 13, 1941) is an American geneticist and Nobel laureate. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Joseph L. Goldstein in 1985 for describing the regulation of cholesterol metabolism.

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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

Nobel Prize-winning author of French and Mauritian heritage

Did you know? He has lived in several different countries and often writes about the experiences of indigenous cultures and travellers.

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (French:; born 13 April 1940), usually identified as J. M. G. Le Clézio, is a writer and professor who holds both French and Mauritian nationality.

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Max Mosley

Max Rufus Mosley (13 April 1940 – 23 May 2021) was a British businessman, lawyer and racing driver. He served as president of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body for Formula One.

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Seamus Heaney

Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet and author of Death of a Naturalist

Did you know? His modern translation of the Old English epic poem Beowulf became an unexpected international bestseller when it was published.

Seamus Justin Heaney (13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Julius Nyerere

First President of Tanzania and anti-colonial activist

Did you know? He was known by the Swahili title Mwalimu, meaning teacher, reflecting his former profession and his approach to leadership.

Julius Kambarage Nyerere (Swahili:; 13 April 1922 – 14 October 1999) was a Tanzanian politician, anti-colonial activist, revolutionary and political theorist.

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Stanisław Ulam

Mathematician who helped develop the hydrogen bomb and computer science

Did you know? He conceived the Monte Carlo method, a vital statistical technique, while playing solitaire during his recovery from an illness.

Stanisław Marcin Ulam (Polish:; 13 April 1909 – 13 May 1984) was a Polish-American mathematician who made important contributions in advancing the understanding of nuclear physics and computer science.

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Samuel Beckett

Irish writer of Waiting for Godot and Endgame, a pioneer of the Theatre of the Absurd who won the Nobel Prize in Literature

Did you know? He once worked as an assistant and secretary to the fellow Irish writer James Joyce.

Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish playwright, novelist, and poet. Written in both English and French, his literary and theatrical works feature bleak, impersonal, and tragicomic episodes of life, coupled with black comedy and literary nonsense.

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Jacques Lacan

Influential French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist

Did you know? His controversial methods led to his expulsion from the International Psychoanalytical Association, after which he founded his own school.

Jacques Marie Émile Lacan (UK:, US: lə-KAHN; French:; 13 April 1901 – 9 September 1981) was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist. Described as "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Freud", Lacan gave annual seminars in Paris from 1952 to 1980 and published papers that were later collected in the book Écrits.

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Georg Lukács

Hungarian Marxist philosopher and influential literary critic

Did you know? He was briefly arrested after the failed Hungarian Revolution and spent time in exile in Romania.

György Lukács (born Bernát György Löwinger; Hungarian: Lukács György; German: Georg Bernard Lukács; 13 April 1885 – 4 June 1971) was a Hungarian Marxist philosopher, literary historian, literary critic, and aesthetician.

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Semyon Budyonny

Cavalry commander and high-ranking military official in the Soviet Union

Did you know? He is credited with helping to breed the Budyonny horse, a sturdy breed specifically designed for Russian cavalry use.

Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny (Russian: Семён Миха́йлович Будённый, romanized: Semyon Mikháylovich Budyonnyy, IPA:; 25 April 1883 – 26 October 1973) was a Russian and Soviet cavalryman, military commander during the Russian Civil War, Polish–Soviet War and World War II, and politician, who was a close political ally of…

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James Ensor

Belgian painter and printmaker who influenced expressionism and surrealism

Did you know? He spent almost his entire life living in the town of Ostend, working above his family's souvenir and curiosity shop.

James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor (13 April 1860 – 19 November 1949) was a Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for most of his life.

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Antonio Meucci

Italian inventor recognised for his early work on the telephone

Did you know? He worked as a stage technician at a major theatre in Cuba for many years before moving to New York.

Antonio Santi Giuseppe Meucci ( may-OO-chee, Italian:; 13 April 1808 – 18 October 1889) was an Italian inventor and an associate of Giuseppe Garibaldi, a major political figure in the history of Italy.

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Richard Trevithick

British inventor of the first high-pressure steam locomotive

Did you know? Despite his revolutionary engineering breakthroughs, he died in poverty and was buried in an unmarked grave in Kent.

Richard Trevithick (13 April 1771 – 22 April 1833) was a British inventor and mining engineer. The son of a mining captain, and born in the mining heartland of Cornwall, Trevithick was immersed in mining and engineering from an early age.

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Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford

British Prime Minister during the American War of Independence

Did you know? He is often remembered by historians as the man who lost America due to his government's policies during the revolution.

Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (13 April 1732 – 5 August 1792), styled The Honourable Frederick North before 1752 and Lord North between 1752 and 1790, being best known to history by the latter title, was a British statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782.

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