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Victoria De Angelis

Italian bass player in Måneskin, the band that won Eurovision 2021

Did you know? The band's name Måneskin means moonlight in Danish, a nod to her Danish heritage.

Victoria De Angelis (Italian:, Danish:; born 28 April 2000), also known mononymously as Victoria, is an Italian bass player, songwriter, producer, and DJ.

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Melanie Martinez

American singer and songwriter who rose to fame on The Voice

Did you know? She is known for her signature two-toned hair and directing many of her own conceptual music videos.

Melanie Adele Martinez (born April 28, 1995) is an American singer-songwriter. Born in Astoria, Queens, and raised in Baldwin, New York, Martinez rose to fame in 2012 after appearing on season 3 of the American television talent show The Voice.

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Cheslie Kryst

Cheslie Corrinne Kryst (April 28, 1991 – January 30, 2022) was an American television correspondent, model, and beauty pageant titleholder. She was also an attorney and a correspondent for the TV show Extra from October 2019 until her death.

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Juan Mata Pata

Spanish footballer who played for Chelsea and Manchester United

Did you know? He holds a degree in journalism and studied sports science while playing professional football in Spain.

Juan Manuel Mata García (Spanish:; born 28 April 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder, most recently for A-League Men club Melbourne Victory. He primarily plays as an attacking midfielder, but can also play as a winger.

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Jessica Alba

American actress of Dark Angel, Sin City and Fantastic Four who co-founded the Honest Company

Did you know? She co-founded The Honest Company, a consumer goods business that was once valued at over one billion dollars.

Jessica Marie Alba ( AL-bə; born April 28, 1981) is an American actress and businesswoman. She rose to prominence at age 19 for portraying Max Guevara, the lead character in the television series Dark Angel (2000–2002), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination.

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Penélope Cruz

Spanish actress of Volver and All About My Mother who won an Oscar for Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Did you know? She is the first Spanish actress to win an Oscar and the first to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress who performs in both Spanish and English-language films. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Grammy Award, three Goya Awards and a David di Donatello.

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Diego Simeone

Long-serving manager of the Spanish football club Atletico Madrid

Did you know? During his long career as a midfielder, he became the first player to reach 100 caps for the Argentina national team.

Diego Pablo Simeone González (Spanish pronunciation:; Italian:; born 28 April 1970), nicknamed "Cholo", is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of La Liga club Atlético Madrid since 2011.

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L'Wren Scott

Laura "Luann" Bambrough (April 28, 1964 – March 17, 2014), known professionally as L'Wren Scott, was an American model, fashion designer, and stylist. Scott started her career as a model in Paris before moving to California and styling movie stars such as Madonna and Julia Roberts.

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Lady Helen Taylor

Lady Helen Marina Lucy Taylor (née Windsor; born 28 April 1964) is a relative of the British royal family.

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Jón Páll Sigmarsson

Jón Páll Sigmarsson (28 April 1960 – 16 January 1993) was an Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder. He was the first man to win the World's Strongest Man four times, the only man to win the World Muscle Power Classic five times and the only man to win Pure Strength individual title.

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Roberto Bolaño

Chilean novelist and poet who wrote 2666 and The Savage Detectives

Did you know? He was arrested during the 1973 Chilean coup but was released after being recognised by former schoolmates working as guards.

Roberto Bolaño Ávalos (Spanish:; 28 April 1953 – 15 July 2003) was a Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet and essayist.

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Jay Leno

American comedian and long-time host of The Tonight Show

Did you know? He owns a collection of hundreds of rare cars and motorcycles which he maintains in a massive private garage.

James Douglas Muir Leno ( LEN-oh; born April 28, 1950) is an American television host, comedian, writer and actor.

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Terry Pratchett

English author famous for the Discworld series of fantasy novels

Did you know? To celebrate his knighthood, he dug up iron ore from a field near his home to forge his own meteoric sword.

Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author, humorist, and satirist, best known for the Discworld series of 41 comic fantasy novels published between 1983 and 2015, and for the apocalyptic comedy novel Good Omens (1990), which he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman.

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Karl Barry Sharpless

Chemist who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry twice

Did you know? He is one of only two people to have won the chemistry prize twice, alongside the British scientist Frederick Sanger.

Karl Barry Sharpless (born April 28, 1941) is an American stereochemist. He is a two-time Nobel laureate in chemistry, known for his work on stereoselective reactions and click chemistry.

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Ann-Margret

Actress and singer known for the film Viva Las Vegas

Did you know? She was discovered by comedian George Burns while she was performing in a lounge act in Las Vegas.

Ann-Margret Olsson (born 28 April 1941), credited as Ann-Margret, is an American actress, dancer, and singer with a career spanning seven decades.

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Saddam Hussein

President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003 who waged wars with Iran and Kuwait and was executed after the US-led invasion

Did you know? He was a published author who wrote several novels, including a romance set in ancient times.

Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003. He also served as prime minister of Iraq from 1979 to 1991 and later from 1994 to 2003.

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Tariq Aziz

Former Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Iraq

Did you know? As a prominent Christian in a mostly Muslim government, he often acted as the international face of the Iraqi regime.

Tariq Aziz (Syriac: ܛܐܪܩ ܥܙܝܙ, Arabic: طارق عزيز Ṭāriq ʿAzīz, 28 April 1936 – 5 June 2015) was an Iraqi politician and journalist who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq from 1979 to 2003 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1983 to 1991. He was a close advisor of President Saddam Hussein.

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Harper Lee

American novelist of To Kill a Mockingbird, the Pulitzer Prize-winning story of racial injustice told by Scout Finch

Did you know? She spent several months in Kansas helping her childhood friend Truman Capote research the details for his true-crime book In Cold Blood.

Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016) was an American novelist whose 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and became a classic of modern American literature. She assisted her close friend Truman Capote in his research for the book In Cold Blood (1966).

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Kenneth Kaunda

First president of Zambia and leader of the independence movement

Did you know? He was rarely seen in public without his trademark white handkerchief, which became a symbol of his personal style.

Kenneth Kaunda (28 April 1924 – 17 June 2021), also known as KK, was a Zambian politician who served as the first president of Zambia from 1964 to 1991.

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Ferruccio Lamborghini

Italian industrialist who founded the luxury sports car brand

Did you know? He started his business career manufacturing tractors from surplus military hardware after the Second World War.

Ferruccio Lamborghini ( LAM-bər-GHEE-nee, Italian:; 28 April 1916 – 20 February 1993) was an Italian automobile designer and industrialist who created Lamborghini Trattori in 1948 and Automobili Lamborghini in 1964, a maker of high-end sports cars in Sant'Agata Bolognese.

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Oskar Schindler

German businessman who saved 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust

Did you know? In his final years, he was supported financially by some of the people he had saved and was eventually buried in Jerusalem.

Oskar Schindler (German:; 28 April 1908 – 9 October 1974) was a German industrialist and humanitarian who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his enamelware and ammunitions factories in German-occupied Poland and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.

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Kurt Gödel

Austrian-American logician whose incompleteness theorems proved that some mathematical truths can never be proved within a system

Did you know? He was a close friend of Albert Einstein and the two often walked home together from the Institute for Advanced Study.

Kurt Friedrich Gödel ( GUR-dəl; German:; April 28, 1906 – January 14, 1978) was a logician, mathematician, cosmologist, and philosopher.

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Jan Hendrik Oort

Astronomer who identified the cloud of comets surrounding our solar system

Did you know? He was one of the first scientists to prove that the Milky Way rotates and to calculate its mass.

Jan Hendrik Oort ( or; 28 April 1900 – 5 November 1992) was a Dutch astronomer who made significant contributions to the understanding of the Milky Way and who was a pioneer in the field of radio astronomy.

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António de Oliveira Salazar

Long-serving authoritarian Prime Minister and dictator of Portugal

Did you know? He originally trained to be a priest and later became an economics professor before taking control of the Portuguese government.

António de Oliveira Salazar (28 April 1889 – 27 July 1970) was a Portuguese dictator, academic, and economist who served as the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968.

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