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Prince Louis of Wales

Third child of the Prince and Princess of Wales

Did you know? He was the first British prince to be ranked behind an older sister in the line of succession due to changes in royal law.

Prince Louis of Wales ( LOO-ee; Louis Arthur Charles; born 23 April 2018) is a member of the British royal family. He is the third and youngest child of William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales, and a grandson of King Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales.

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Gigi Hadid

American fashion model and 2016 International Model of the Year

Did you know? Before her modelling career, she was a competitive horseback rider and a captain of her school’s varsity volleyball team.

Jelena Noura "Gigi" Hadid ( JEE-jee hə-DEED; born April 23, 1995) is an American fashion model and television personality. In 2016, she was named International Model of the Year by the British Fashion Council.

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Dev Patel

British actor known for Slumdog Millionaire and Lion

Did you know? Before his acting career took off, he was a highly skilled martial artist who competed internationally and achieved a black belt.

Dev Patel ( DEV pə-TEL; born 23 April 1990) is a British actor and filmmaker. His accolades include a British Academy Film Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards.

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Alexandra Kosteniuk

Russian-Swiss chess grandmaster and former women's world champion

Did you know? Beyond the chessboard, she has worked as a fashion model and appeared in a Russian film directed by Stanislav Govorukhin.

Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk (Russian: Александра Константиновна Костенюк; born 23 April 1984) is a Russian and Swiss chess grandmaster who was the Women's World Chess Champion from 2008 to 2010 and Women's World Rapid Chess Champion in 2021.

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John Cena

Professional wrestler and actor known for his roles in action films

Did you know? He holds the world record for the most wishes granted through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, fulfilling over six hundred requests for children.

John Felix Anthony Cena ( SEE-nə; born April 23, 1977) is an American actor, former professional wrestler, and former rapper. He is signed to WWE as a brand ambassador.

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Arash

Iranian-Swedish singer known for the hit song Boro Boro

Did you know? He competed in the Eurovision Song Contest for Azerbaijan, finishing in third place with the duet song Always.

Arash Labbaf (Persian: آرش لباف, pronounced, Azerbaijani: Arəş Ləbaf; born 23 April 1977) is an Iranian-Swedish singer, entertainer, and producer. He represented Azerbaijan along with Aysel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, finishing third with the song "Always".

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John Oliver

British comedian and host of Last Week Tonight

Did you know? Before moving to the United States, he was a regular guest on the British topical news quiz Mock the Week.

John William Oliver (born 23 April 1977) is a British and American comedian, political commentator, actor, and television personality. He hosts Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on HBO and started his career as a stand-up comedian in the United Kingdom.

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Enric Duran

Enric Duran Giralt (born 23 April 1976, Vilanova i la Geltrú) also known as Robin Banks or the Robin Hood of the Banks is a Spanish-Catalan anticapitalist activist and a founding member of the Catalan Integral Cooperative (CIC - Cooperativa Integral Catalana) and Faircoop.

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Mary E. Brunkow

Molecular biologist who co-identified the gene responsible for immune system regulation

Did you know? Her work identifying the FOXP3 gene was a significant breakthrough in understanding how the body controls its immune response to prevent disease.

Mary Elizabeth Brunkow (born April 13, 1961) is an American molecular biologist, immunologist and Nobel Prize laureate. She is known for co-identifying the gene later named FOXP3 as the cause of the scurfy mouse phenotype, a finding that became foundational for modern regulatory T cell biology.

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Michael Moore

American documentary filmmaker known for Bowling for Columbine

Did you know? He was elected to his local school board at age eighteen, making him one of the youngest people ever to hold public office in America.

Michael Francis Moore (born April 23, 1954) is a progressive American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author. Moore's work frequently addresses various social, political, and economic topics.

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Roy Orbison

Rock and roll singer known for his distinctive voice and sunglasses

Did you know? Although he became famous for his dark sunglasses, he only started wearing them on stage after accidentally leaving his regular prescription glasses on a plane.

Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist known for his distinctive and powerful voice, complex song structures, and dark, emotional ballads. Orbison's most successful periods were in the early 1960s and the late 1980s.

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Shirley Temple

Iconic child star of the 1930s and later US diplomat

Did you know? After retiring from acting at the age of twenty-two, she went on to serve as the United States Ambassador to Ghana.

Shirley Jane Temple Black (née Temple; April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014) was an American actress, singer, dancer, politician, and diplomat, who was Hollywood's number-one box-office draw as a child actress from 1934 to 1938.

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Maurice Druon

French novelist and member of the Académie Française

Did you know? His series of historical novels served as a primary inspiration for George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire books.

Maurice Druon (French pronunciation:; 23 April 1918 – 14 April 2009) was a French novelist and a member of the Académie Française, of which he served as "Perpetual Secretary" (chairman) between 1985 and 1999.

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Lee Miller

Fashion model turned acclaimed Second World War photojournalist

Did you know? She was famously photographed bathing in Adolf Hitler's bathtub in Munich on the day of his death.

Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, Lady Penrose (April 23, 1907 – July 21, 1977) was an American photographer and photojournalist. Miller was a fashion model in New York City in the 1920s before going to Paris, becoming a fashion and fine-art photographer there.

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Halldór Laxness

Nobel Prize-winning Icelandic author of Independent People

Did you know? He remains the only person from Iceland to have ever received a Nobel Prize.

Halldór Kiljan Laxness (Icelandic:; born Halldór Guðjónsson; 23 April 1902 – 8 February 1998) was an Icelandic writer and winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote novels, poetry, newspaper articles, essays, plays, travelogues and short stories.

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Bertil Ohlin

Nobel Prize-winning economist known for trade theory

Did you know? A brilliant student, he entered university at the age of sixteen and became a professor before he had turned thirty.

Bertil Gotthard Ohlin (Swedish:) (23 April 1899 – 3 August 1979) was a Swedish economist and politician. He was a professor of economics at the Stockholm School of Economics from 1929 to 1965.

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Lester B. Pearson

Canadian Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Did you know? He was a talented athlete in his youth and played semi-professional baseball while also serving as a university hockey coach.

Lester Bowles Pearson (23 April 1897 – 27 December 1972) was a Canadian politician, diplomat, and scholar who served as the 14th prime minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968. He also served as leader of the Liberal Party from 1958 to 1968 and as leader of the Official Opposition from 1958 to 1963.

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Frank Borzage

Director who won the first ever Oscar for Best Director

Did you know? Before his successful career behind the camera, he started out in the film industry as a silent movie actor.

Frank Borzage ( né Borzaga; April 23, 1894 – June 19, 1962) was an American film director and actor. He was the first person to win the Academy Award for Best Director for his film 7th Heaven (1927) at the 1st Academy Awards.

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Johannes Fibiger

Danish scientist and winner of the Nobel Prize for medicine

Did you know? His Nobel Prize was awarded for research into the cause of cancer that was later discovered to be based on incorrect conclusions.

Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger (23 April 1867 – 30 January 1928) was a Danish physician and professor of anatomical pathology at the University of Copenhagen. He was the recipient of the 1926 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discovery of the Spiroptera carcinoma".

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Max Planck

German physicist who discovered that energy comes in quanta, founding quantum theory and winning the Nobel Prize in Physics

Did you know? He was a gifted musician who composed songs and operas, once considering a career in music before choosing to study physics.

Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (German:; 23 April 1858 – 4 October 1947) was a German theoretical physicist.

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Ruggero Leoncavallo

Italian composer best known for the popular opera Pagliacci

Did you know? Before finding fame as a composer, he spent several years travelling across Europe working as a café pianist and teacher.

Ruggero (or Ruggiero) Leoncavallo (23 April 1857 – 9 August 1919) was an Italian opera composer and librettist. Throughout his career, Leoncavallo produced numerous operas and songs, but it is his 1892 opera Pagliacci that remained his lasting contribution, despite attempts to escape the shadow of his greatest success.

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Marie Taglioni

Celebrated ballerina who was a pioneer of Romantic ballet

Did you know? She is widely regarded as the first ballerina to dance "en pointe" for an entire performance, a feat that revolutionised the art form.

Marie Taglioni, Comtesse de Voisins (23 April 1804 – 22 April 1884) was a Swedish-born ballet dancer of the Romantic ballet era partially of Italian descent, a central figure in the history of European dance. She spent most of her life in the Austrian Empire and France.

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James Buchanan

15th US President whose failure to stop Southern states seceding left the country on the brink of civil war

Did you know? He was the only president to remain a lifelong bachelor, with his niece acting as the White House hostess.

James Buchanan Jr. (April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868) was the 15th president of the United States, serving from 1857 to 1861.

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J. M. W. Turner

English Romantic painter known for his expressive landscapes and seascapes

Did you know? He was a child prodigy who first exhibited his work at the Royal Academy when he was only fifteen years old.

Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 1775 – 19 December 1851), known in his time as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter and is regarded as one of the greatest British painters of the 19th century.

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