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Anne-Marie

British singer-songwriter known for hit singles like 2002

Did you know? Before her solo success, she toured the world as a vocalist with the drum and bass band Rudimental for several years.

Anne-Marie Rose Nicholson (born 7 April 1990) is an English singer and songwriter.

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Martín Cáceres

Versatile Uruguayan footballer who played for Barcelona and Juventus

Did you know? He holds the record for being the only player in history to have had three separate permanent or loan spells at Juventus.

José Martín Cáceres Silva (Spanish pronunciation:; born 7 April 1987) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays for Liga AUF Uruguaya club Juventud. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play on either flank, mostly as a right-back.

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Humza Yousaf

Former First Minister of Scotland and leader of the SNP

Did you know? He was the first person from an ethnic minority background to hold the position of First Minister of Scotland.

Humza Haroon Yousaf (born 7 April 1985) is a Scottish politician who served as First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from March 2023 to May 2024. He served under his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon as justice secretary from 2018 to 2021 and then as health secretary from 2021 to 2023.

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Franck Ribéry

Dynamic French winger who spent many years at Bayern Munich

Did you know? He suffered serious facial injuries in a car accident as a child, which he later claimed helped forge his character and resilience.

Franck Henry Pierre Ribéry (French pronunciation:; born 7 April 1983) is a French former professional footballer who primarily played as a winger, preferably on the left side, and was known for his pace, energy, skill, and precise passing.

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Russell Crowe

New Zealand-born Australian actor who won an Oscar for Gladiator and starred in A Beautiful Mind and L.A. Confidential

Did you know? He is a co-owner of the South Sydney Rabbitohs, a professional rugby league team based in Australia.

Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964) is a New Zealand–born actor and film director. His work on screen has earned him various accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and two Golden Globes.

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Manohla Dargis

Manohla June Dargis ( mə-NOH-lə DAR-ghiss) is an American film critic. She is the chief film critic for The New York Times.

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Akira Nishino

Japanese football manager who led the national team at the 2018 World Cup

Did you know? As a manager, he led Gamba Osaka to a historic victory in the AFC Champions League in 2008.

Akira Nishino (西野 朗, Nishino Akira; born 7 April 1955) is a Japanese football manager and former player.

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Jackie Chan

Hong Kong action star of Police Story and Rush Hour, famous for doing his own dangerous stunts with comic flair

Did you know? He holds a world record for the most credits in a single film, having served in fifteen different roles for his movie Chinese Zodiac.

Chan Kong-sang (born 7 April 1954), also known as Fang Shilong and known professionally as Jackie Chan and Sing Lung, is a Hong Kong martial artist, actor and filmmaker, known for his slapstick, acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, and innovative stunts, which he typically performs himself.

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Valentina Matviyenko

Russian politician and the first female governor of Saint Petersburg

Did you know? She is the highest-ranking female official in Russia, serving as the Chairwoman of the Federation Council.

Valentina Ivanovna Matviyenko (née Tyutina; born 7 April 1949) is a Russian politician and former diplomat serving as a Senator from Saint Petersburg and the Chairwoman of the Federation Council since 2011. Previously she was Governor of Saint Petersburg from 2003 to 2011.

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Joël Robuchon

Joël Robuchon (French pronunciation:, 7 April 1945 – 6 August 2018) was a French chef and restaurateur. He was named "Chef of the Century" by the guide Gault Millau in 1989, and awarded the Meilleur Ouvrier de France (France's best worker) in cuisine in 1976.

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Gerhard Schröder

Social Democrat who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005 and later worked for Russian energy firms

Did you know? Before entering politics, he worked as a lawyer and successfully defended a founding member of the Red Army Faction in court.

Gerhard "Gerd" Fritz Kurt Schröder (born 7 April 1944) is a German former politician and lobbyist who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. From 1999 to 2004, he was also the Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

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Makoto Kobayashi

Nobel Prize-winning Japanese physicist who studied subatomic particles

Did you know? His groundbreaking research predicted the existence of at least three families of quarks long before they were all physically discovered.

Makoto Kobayashi (小林 誠, Kobayashi Makoto; born April 7, 1944) is a Japanese physicist known for his work on CP-violation who was awarded one-fourth of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature."

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Francis Ford Coppola

Influential director of The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now

Did you know? He owns a successful winery in California and a collection of luxury holiday resorts in Belize and Italy.

Francis Ford Coppola ( KOH-pə-lə; born April 7, 1939) is an American filmmaker. One of the leading figures of the New Hollywood, Coppola is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema.

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Jerry Brown

Longest-serving governor in the history of California

Did you know? Before embarking on his political career, he spent several years training to be a Jesuit priest in a seminary.

Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown Jr., (born April 7, 1938) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 34th and 39th governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019.

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James Garner

American actor known for starring in Maverick and The Rockford Files

Did you know? He was a highly decorated soldier who earned two Purple Hearts during his service in the United States Army during the Korean War.

James Scott Garner (né Bumgarner; April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014) was an American actor and producer of film and television. He was an Academy Award nominee, and won three Golden Globe Awards (out of 12 total nominations) and two Primetime Emmy Awards (out of 15 total nominations).

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Ravi Shankar

Indian sitar virtuoso who popularised Indian classical music worldwide

Did you know? He taught George Harrison of The Beatles how to play the sitar in the 1960s.

Pandit Ravi Shankar (Bengali:; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, sometimes spelled as Ravindra Shankar Chowdhury; 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian sitarist and composer.

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Billie Holiday

Influential American jazz singer nicknamed Lady Day

Did you know? Her protest song Strange Fruit was originally a poem written by a teacher about lynchings in the American South.

Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made significant contributions to jazz music and pop singing.

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Gabriela Mistral

Chilean poet and educator who became the first Latin American writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1945

Did you know? Her face appears on the 5,000 Chilean peso banknote and she served as a diplomat in several countries including Spain.

Lucila Godoy Alcayaga (Latin American Spanish:; 7 April 1889 – 10 January 1957), known by her pseudonym Gabriela Mistral (Spanish:), was a Chilean poet-diplomat, journalist and educator. She read widely in theosophy, became a member of the secular or Third Franciscan order in 1925, but rarely attended mass.

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Bronisław Malinowski

Influential social anthropologist noted for his field research

Did you know? He became stranded on the Trobriand Islands during the First World War, leading to his pioneering development of participant observation.

Bronisław Kasper Malinowski (Polish:; 7 April 1884 – 16 May 1942) was a Polish anthropologist and ethnologist whose writings on ethnography, social theory, and field research have exerted a lasting influence on the discipline of anthropology.

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Kurt von Schleicher

Final Chancellor of Germany before the Nazi regime took power

Did you know? He was a professional soldier who rose to prominence as a political general, attempting to create a broad coalition to stabilise the government.

Kurt Ferdinand Friedrich Hermann von Schleicher (German:; 7 April 1882 – 30 June 1934) was a German military officer and the penultimate chancellor of Germany during the Weimar Republic.

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Jens Peter Jacobsen

Danish author who pioneered the naturalist movement in literature

Did you know? In addition to his novels, he was a scientist who helped introduce evolutionary theory to Denmark by translating the works of Charles Darwin.

Jens Peter Jacobsen (7 April 1847 – 30 April 1885) was a Danish novelist, poet, and scientist, in Denmark often just written as "J. P. Jacobsen". He began the naturalist movement in Danish literature and was a part of the Modern Breakthrough.

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William R. King

American politician who served as the thirteenth US Vice President

Did you know? He is the only United States Vice President to have been sworn into office on foreign soil, taking his oath while in Cuba.

William Rufus DeVane King (April 7, 1786 – April 18, 1853) was an American politician and diplomat who served as the 13th vice president of the United States from March 4, 1853, until his death. He previously served as a U.S. representative from North Carolina, a U.S. senator from Alabama, and minister to France.

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Rafael del Riego

Spanish general and liberal politician who led the 1820 revolution

Did you know? His memory is preserved in a famous anthem that served as the national song for Spain during the era of the Second Republic.

Captain-General Rafael del Riego y Flórez (7 April 1784 – 7 November 1823) was a Spanish Army officer and politician who played a key role in the Liberal Triennium (Trienio Liberal in Spanish). Riego’s liberal uprising marked a turning point in the Spanish American wars of independence.

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Charles Fourier

French philosopher and one of the founders of utopian socialism

Did you know? He is credited with coining the term feminism during the early nineteenth century to describe women's rights.

François Marie Charles Fourier (French:; 7 April 1772 – 10 October 1837) was a French philosopher, an influential early socialist thinker, and one of the founders of utopian socialism. Some of his views, held to be radical in his lifetime, have become mainstream in modern society.

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