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Infanta Sofía of Spain

Second in the line of succession to the Spanish throne

Did you know? She was named after her paternal grandmother, Queen Sofía, continuing a traditional naming convention within the Spanish royal family.

Infanta Sofía of Spain (Sofía de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Ortiz; born 29 April 2007) is a member of the Spanish royal family. She is the younger daughter of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia and, as such, is second in the line of succession to the Spanish throne.

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Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti of Thailand

Son of King Vajiralongkorn and expected heir to the Thai throne

Did you know? He has represented the royal family at religious ceremonies in Bangkok.

Dipangkorn Rasmijoti (born 29 April 2005) is the heir presumptive to the throne of Thailand. He is the fifth son and seventh and youngest child of King Vajiralongkorn; his mother is Srirasmi Suwadee, the king's third legal wife.

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JJ

Viennese countertenor and former opera chorus singer whose operatic pop song Wasted Love won Eurovision 2025 for Austria

Did you know? He was the first Austrian winner since Conchita Wurst in 2014.

Johannes Pietsch (German pronunciation:; born 29 April 2001), also known by his stage name JJ, is an Austrian singer. He won the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 for Austria with the song "Wasted Love".

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Katherine Langford

Australian actress who starred in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why

Did you know? She was a talented swimmer in her youth and was nationally ranked in the sport before deciding to pursue acting.

Katherine Langford (born 29 April 1996) is an Australian actress. After appearing in several independent films, she had her breakthrough starring as Hannah Baker in the Netflix television series 13 Reasons Why (2017–2018), which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination.

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Domagoj Vida

Experienced Croatian defender who played in the 2018 World Cup final

Did you know? He is one of the few players to have won league titles in four different European countries: Croatia, Ukraine, Turkey and Greece.

Domagoj Vida (Croatian pronunciation:; born 29 April 1989) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Super League Greece club AEK Athens.

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Razan Zaitouneh

Razan Zaitouneh (sometimes spelled Zeitunah; Arabic: رزان زيتونة; born 29 April 1977) is a Syrian human rights lawyer and civil society activist. Actively involved in the Syrian uprising, she went into hiding after being accused by the government of being a foreign agent and her husband was arrested.

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Anggun

Indonesian-born French singer who became the first Asian artist to top European charts with her 1997 hit Snow on the Sahara

Did you know? After starting her career as a child star in Indonesia, she moved to Europe and represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Anggun Cipta Sasmi (Indonesian:; born 29 April 1974) is an Indonesian and French singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality. Born in Jakarta, she recorded a children's album at the age of nine and rose to fame as a teenage rock star in the late 1980s.

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Takahiro Yamada

Japanese footballer who played for the national team and Yokohama Marinos

Did you know? He was a member of the Japan squad that secured the nation's first major international trophy by winning the 1992 AFC Asian Cup.

Takahiro Yamada (山田 隆裕, Yamada Takahiro; born April 29, 1972) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

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Uma Thurman

Leading actress known for her roles in Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill

Did you know? Her father was a professor who became the first Westerner to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist monk.

Uma Karuna Thurman (born April 29, 1970) is an American actress. Known for her collaborations with Quentin Tarantino, she has performed in over fifty film and television productions since the 1980s, across genres that range from comedies and dramas to science fiction and action.

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Andre Agassi

American tennis player who won eight Grand Slam titles

Did you know? He is one of only a few players to achieve a career Golden Slam by winning all four majors and Olympic gold.

Andre Kirk Agassi ( AG-ə-see; born April 29, 1970) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No.

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Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Croatian diplomat and former NATO assistant secretary general who served as Croatia's first female president from 2015 to 2020

Did you know? A talented linguist, she is fluent in several languages including English, Spanish, and Portuguese, and can understand Italian and German.

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (pronounced; née Grabar; born 29 April 1968) is a Croatian politician and diplomat who served as the president of Croatia from 2015 to 2020. She was the first woman to be elected to the office since the first multi-party elections in 1990 and independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.

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Michelle Pfeiffer

Versatile American actress known for Scarface and Batman Returns

Did you know? She won the Miss Orange County beauty pageant and was a finalist for Miss California before starting her acting career.

Michelle Marie Pfeiffer ( FY-fər; born April 29, 1958) is an American actress and producer.

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Daniel Day-Lewis

Triple Oscar-winning actor known for his intense method acting

Did you know? He is the son of former British Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis and once took a break from acting to work as a cobbler.

Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an English actor. Widely considered one of the greatest actors in the history of cinema, he is best known for intense method acting portrayed with eccentric characters in auteurs' films.

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Jerry Seinfeld

Comedian and creator of the sitcom Seinfeld

Did you know? He is an avid car collector and owns one of the largest collections of Porsches in the world.

Jerome Allen Seinfeld ( SYNE-feld; born April 29, 1954) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, filmmaker, and television producer specializing in observational comedy.

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Bernard Madoff

American financier who masterminded the world's largest Ponzi scheme

Did you know? Before his legal downfall, he served as the non-executive chairman of the Nasdaq stock market in the early nineties.

Bernard Lawrence Madoff (April 29, 1938 – April 14, 2021) was an American financier, con artist, and stock broker who was the admitted mastermind of the largest-known Ponzi scheme in history, worth an estimated $65 billion. He was at one time chairman of the Nasdaq stock exchange.

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Zubin Mehta

Orchestra conductor and former director of the Israel Philharmonic

Did you know? He grew up in Mumbai and originally intended to study medicine before deciding to pursue a career in music.

Zubin Mehta (born 29 April 1936) is an Indian conductor of Western classical music. He is music director emeritus of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) and conductor emeritus of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

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Jean Rochefort

Award-winning French actor known for his roles in many classic films

Did you know? A passionate horse lover, he became a professional breeder and frequently provided television commentary for equestrian events at the Olympic Games.

Jean Raoul Robert Rochefort (French:; 29 April 1930 – 9 October 2017) was a French actor. He received many accolades during his career, including an Honorary César in 1999.

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Celeste Holm

Oscar-winning actress known for All About Eve and Oklahoma!

Did you know? She was once appointed as a social goodwill ambassador to the United Nations for her charitable efforts.

Celeste Holm (April 29, 1917 – July 15, 2012) was an American actress. Holm won an Academy Award for her performance in Elia Kazan's Gentleman's Agreement (1947), and was nominated for her roles in Come to the Stable (1949) and All About Eve (1950).

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Fred Zinnemann

Director of classic films such as High Noon and A Man for All Seasons

Did you know? Before embarking on a career in film, he originally studied law at the University of Vienna.

Alfred Zinnemann (April 29, 1907 – March 14, 1997) was an Austrian and American film director, producer, and screenwriter.

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Hirohito

Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989 who reigned through the Second World War and announced Japan's surrender by radio

Did you know? Aside from his royal duties, he was a dedicated marine biologist who published academic papers on hydrozoans.

Emperor Shōwa (29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989), personal name Hirohito, was Emperor of Japan from 25 December 1926 until his death on 7 January 1989. He reigned during a period of increasing Japanese nationalism and militarism, culminating in the entry of the Empire of Japan into World War II as an Axis power.

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Duke Ellington

Highly influential American jazz composer and pianist

Did you know? He was given his nickname by childhood friends because of his elegant manners and dapper style of dress.

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life. Music critic Ralph J. Gleason called him "America's most important composer".

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Harold Urey

Nobel Prize-winning chemist who discovered deuterium

Did you know? He played a key role in the Manhattan Project and co-led a famous experiment simulating the conditions of early life on Earth.

Harold Clayton Urey ( YOOR-ee; April 29, 1893 – January 5, 1981) was an American physical chemist who conducted pioneering work on isotopes.

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Zewditu I of Ethiopia

First female head of state of modern Ethiopia

Did you know? Although she was the official monarch, her cousin Ras Tafari Makonnen exercised much of the actual power during her reign.

Zewditu (Amharic: ዘውዲቱ, born Askala Maryam; 29 April 1876 – 2 April 1930) was Empress of Ethiopia from 1916 until her death in 1930. She officially adopted the regnal name "Zewditu" at the beginning of her reign, which was triggered by the dethroning of Lij Iyasu in 1916.

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Konstantinos P. Cavafy

Influential Greek poet known for his work Ithaka

Did you know? He refused to publish his work in traditional books, instead choosing to share his poems on broadsheets with close friends and family.

Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Πέτρου Καβάφης; 29 April (OS 17 April), 1863 – 29 April 1933), known, especially in English, as Constantine P. Cavafy and often published as C. P. Cavafy, was a Greek poet, journalist, and civil servant from Alexandria.

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