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Yassine Bounou

Moroccan international goalkeeper who helped his team reach a World Cup semi-final

Did you know? He was born in Canada and was eligible to play for their national team before choosing to represent Morocco.

Yassine Bounou (born 5 April 1991), also known mononymously as Bono, is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal and the Morocco national team. Bounou began his youth career in Morocco, playing for Wydad AC.

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Lily James

British actress who starred in Cinderella and Downton Abbey

Did you know? She adopted her father's first name as her professional surname as a tribute after he passed away during her early career.

Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson (born 5 April 1989), known professionally as Lily James, is an English actress. She studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and began her career in the British television series Just William (2010).

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Kisho Yano

Japanese footballer who played in the 2010 World Cup

Did you know? He was a versatile player who successfully played as both a forward and a defender at the highest professional level.

Kisho Yano (矢野 貴章, Yano Kishō; born 5 April 1984) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward or right-back for Tochigi SC.

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Hayley Atwell

London-born actress who played Peggy Carter in the Captain America films and her own series, Agent Carter

Did you know? She trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Hayley Elizabeth Atwell (born 5 April 1982) is an English and American actress.

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Mitsuo Ogasawara

Long-serving Japanese midfielder and J-League Most Valuable Player

Did you know? He spent almost his entire professional career with Kashima Antlers, winning seven domestic league titles with the club.

Mitsuo Ogasawara (小笠原 満男, Ogasawara Mitsuo; born 5 April 1979) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for Japan national team.

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Nisha Ayub

Nisha Ayub (born 5 April 1979) is a Malaysian transgender rights activist. Ayub is the co-founder of the community-run SEED Foundation and transgender grassroots campaign Justice for Sisters and she was awarded the prestigious International Women of Courage Award in 2016.

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Ravindra Prabhat

Hindi novelist, poet and influential figure in Indian digital media

Did you know? He is widely credited with establishing the first organised dialogue between bloggers in India through his extensive literary networking.

Ravindra Prabhat (born 5 April 1969) is a Hindi-language novelist, journalist, poet, and short story writer from India.

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Akira Toriyama

Influential manga artist who created the Dragon Ball series

Did you know? He was a huge fan of Jackie Chan's films, which inspired the heavy focus on martial arts and humour in his most famous work.

Akira Toriyama (Japanese: 鳥山明, Hepburn: Toriyama Akira; April 5, 1955 – March 1, 2024) was a Japanese manga artist and character designer.

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Gloria Diaz

Gloria Maria Aspillera Diaz (Tagalog:; born April 5, 1951) is a Filipino actress, model, socialite, and beauty queen who won Miss Universe 1969, making history as the first Filipino Miss Universe. She is a 3 time FAMAS Best Supporting Actress.

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Agnetha Fältskog

Swedish singer and member of the legendary pop group ABBA

Did you know? She was already a successful solo artist in her native Sweden before the formation of the band that made her globally famous.

Åse Agneta "Agnetha" Fältskog (Swedish pronunciation:; born 5 April 1950) is a Swedish singer and songwriter, best known as a member of the pop group ABBA. She first achieved success in Sweden with the release of her 1968 self-titled debut album.

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Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Fourteenth President of the Philippines and former academic

Did you know? Her father, Diosdado Macapagal, also served as the president of the Philippines in the early 1960s.

Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal-Arroyo (Tagalog:; born April 5, 1947), often referred to as PGMA or GMA, is a Filipino academic and politician who served as the 14th president of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010. She is the longest-serving president since Ferdinand Marcos.

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Colin Powell

First Black American to serve as Secretary of State

Did you know? During his youth, he worked in a furniture store and learned to speak Yiddish from his co-workers and customers.

Colin Luther Powell ( KOH-lin POW-əl; (1937-04-05)April 5, 1937 – (2021-10-18)October 18, 2021) was an American U.S.

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Roman Herzog

Former President of Germany and judge on the Federal Constitutional Court

Did you know? He was the first president to be elected by the Federal Convention after the reunification of East and West Germany.

Roman Herzog (5 April 1934 – 10 January 2017) was a German politician, judge and legal scholar, who served as President of Germany from 1994 to 1999. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), he was the first president to be elected after German reunification.

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Ivar Giæver

Nobel Prize-winning physicist known for research into quantum tunnelling

Did you know? He worked as a mechanical engineer at General Electric in the United States when he conducted his award-winning research.

Ivar Giaever (April 5, 1929 – June 20, 2025) was a Norwegian–American physicist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics with Leo Esaki and Brian Josephson.

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Nguyễn Văn Thiệu

President of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975

Did you know? He lived in a quiet suburb in south-west London for several years after leaving Vietnam and before moving to the United States.

Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (Vietnamese:; 5 April 1923 – 29 September 2001) was a South Vietnamese military officer and politician who was the president of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975.

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Gregory Peck

Academy Award-winning actor known for To Kill a Mockingbird

Did you know? He was once an usher at the Radio City Music Hall and received a Presidential Medal of Freedom for his humanitarian work.

Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor. He was one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1970s.

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Bette Davis

American actress of All About Eve and Jezebel who won two Oscars and was the first to earn ten acting nominations

Did you know? She was the first person to be nominated for ten Academy Awards for acting during her long and prolific career.

Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television, and theater.

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Herbert von Karajan

Renowned Austrian conductor who led the Berlin Philharmonic for decades

Did you know? He was a keen pilot and frequently flew himself to his international conducting engagements in his private aircraft.

Herbert von Karajan (German:; born Heribert Adolf Ernst Karajan; 5 April 1908 – 16 July 1989) was an Austrian conductor. He was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic for 34 years.

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Melvyn Douglas

Academy Award-winning actor of the Golden Age of Hollywood

Did you know? He belongs to the select group of actors who have achieved the rare feat of winning an Oscar, an Emmy, and a Tony.

Melvyn Douglas (born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg, April 5, 1901 – August 4, 1981) was an American actor, whose stage and screen careers spanned from the late 1920s until the early 1980s.

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Spencer Tracy

Versatile American actor and winner of two consecutive Academy Awards

Did you know? He spent much of his later career in a long-term professional and romantic partnership with fellow screen legend Katharine Hepburn.

Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor. He was known for his natural performing style and versatility.

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Booker T. Washington

African American educator and author who founded the Tuskegee Institute

Did you know? Born into slavery, he walked hundreds of miles to reach a school in Virginia where he worked as a janitor to pay his tuition.

Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, and orator. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the primary leader in the African-American community and of the contemporary Black elite.

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Algernon Charles Swinburne

Victorian poet and playwright associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement

Did you know? He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature over twenty times during his career but never won.

Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 – 10 April 1909) was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic. He was a major contributor to the Pre-Raphaelite movement in poetry, along with Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Morris.

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Joseph Lister

British surgeon who pioneered the use of antiseptic surgery

Did you know? Listerine mouthwash was named in his honour several years after he demonstrated the effectiveness of using antiseptics to prevent infection.

Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister (5 April 1827 – 10 February 1912) was an English surgeon, medical scientist, experimental pathologist and pioneer of antiseptic surgery and preventive healthcare.

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Matthias Jacob Schleiden

German botanist who co-founded the cell theory

Did you know? He originally studied law and worked as a barrister before a suicide attempt led him to pursue a career in science.

Matthias Jakob Schleiden (German:; 5 April 1804 – 23 June 1881) was a German botanist and co-founder of cell theory, along with Theodor Schwann and Rudolf Virchow. He published some poems and non-scientific work under the pseudonym Ernst.

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