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Jennifer Lawrence

American actress who played Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games and won an Oscar for Silver Linings Playbook

Did you know? She was discovered by a talent scout on the streets of New York City while on holiday with her family.

Jennifer Lawrence Maroney (born Jennifer Shrader Lawrence; born August 15, 1990) is an American actress and producer. She has starred in both action film franchises and independent dramas, and her films have grossed over $6 billion worldwide.

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Joe Jonas

Arizona-born singer of the Jonas Brothers who also fronted DNCE, the band behind Cake by the Ocean

Did you know? Sucker was the Jonas Brothers' first US number one.

Joseph Adam Jonas (born August 15, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He rose to fame as a member of the pop rock band the Jonas Brothers, alongside his brothers Kevin and Nick.

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Teddy Sinclair

Bradford-born singer who made dark electropop as Natalia Kills before forming the duo Cruel Youth

Did you know? She was fired as a judge on X Factor New Zealand after attacking a contestant on air.

Natalia Noemi "Teddy" Sinclair (née Cappuccini; born 15 August 1986) is an English singer-songwriter and actress. She has recorded music under various aliases, most famously as Natalia Kills.

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Ayọ Tometi

Ayọ Tometi (born August 15, 1984), formerly known as Opal Tometi, is an American human rights activist, writer, strategist, and community organizer. She is a co-founder of Black Lives Matter (BLM).

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Abiy Ahmed

Prime Minister of Ethiopia and Nobel Peace Prize winner

Did you know? He served as a UN peacekeeper in Rwanda following the genocide and later became a lieutenant colonel in the army.

Abiy Ahmed Ali (born 15 August 1976) is an Ethiopian politician and former military officer who is the current prime minister of Ethiopia since 2018. He is also the leader of the Prosperity Party since 2019.

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Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi

Long-serving Japanese goalkeeper who played in four World Cups

Did you know? He was the first Japanese goalkeeper to play professionally in Europe after signing for the English club Portsmouth in 2001.

Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (川口 能活, Kawaguchi Yoshikatsu; born 15 August 1975), also known as Yoshi Kawaguchi, is a Japanese former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Kawaguchi spent most of his professional career in the Japanese J1 League, with brief spells in Europe as a reserve goalkeeper.

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Natasha Henstridge

Natasha Tonya Henstridge (born August 15, 1974) is a Canadian actress. In 1995, she rose to prominence with her debut role in the science-fiction horror film Species, followed by performances in Species II and Species III.

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Ben Affleck

American actor and director who won Oscars for co-writing Good Will Hunting and producing Argo, and played Batman

Did you know? He and childhood friend Matt Damon wrote the script for the film that launched their careers because they were frustrated with their acting options.

Benjamin Géza Affleck (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor and filmmaker. His accolades include two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globes.

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Melinda Gates

American philanthropist and former Microsoft executive

Did you know? She started her career at Microsoft as a marketing manager and eventually led the development of many early multimedia products.

Melinda Ann French Gates (née French; born August 15, 1964) is an American philanthropist. Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, she attended Duke University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in computer science and economics and an MBA. She joined Microsoft in 1987 as a multimedia product developer.

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Alejandro González Iñárritu

Oscar-winning Mexican director of Birdman and The Revenant

Did you know? Before finding success in Hollywood, he worked as a radio DJ at a popular Mexican station and composed music for several films.

Alejandro González Iñárritu (born 15 August 1963) is a Mexican filmmaker. He is primarily known for making modern psychological drama films about the human condition.

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Valery Levaneuski

Valery Stanislavovich Levaneuski (Russian: Вале́рий Станисла́вович Левоне́вский, Belarusian: Вале́ры Станісла́вавіч Леване́ўскі, Polish: Walery Lewoniewski) is a Belarusian political and social activist, and former political prisoner. Amnesty International recognizes him as a prisoner of conscience.

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Stieg Larsson

Swedish author of the Millennium series of crime novels

Did you know? He never saw his novels published as he died from a sudden heart attack just before the first book was released.

Karl Stig-Erland "Stieg" Larsson (Swedish:; 15 August 1954 – 9 November 2004) was a Swedish writer, journalist, and far-left activist. He is best known for writing the first trilogy in the Millennium series of crime novels, which was published posthumously, starting in 2005, after he died of a sudden heart attack.

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Anne, Princess Royal

Only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and senior British royal

Did you know? She was the first member of the British royal family to compete in the Olympic Games, participating in equestrian events.

Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950), is a member of the British royal family. She is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the sister of King Charles III.

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Khaleda Zia

First female Prime Minister in the history of Bangladesh

Did you know? She entered politics following the assassination of her husband, President Ziaur Rahman, eventually leading his political party for several decades.

Begum Khaleda Zia (born Khaleda Khanam; 15 August 1946 – 30 December 2025) was a Bangladeshi politician who twice served as prime minister of Bangladesh, from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006.

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Richard F. Heck

Nobel Prize-winning chemist who developed the Heck reaction

Did you know? After retiring from academia, he spent his final years living in the Philippines, where he enjoyed growing orchids and tropical plants.

Richard Frederick Heck (August 15, 1931 – October 9, 2015) was an American chemist noted for the discovery and development of the Heck reaction, which uses palladium to catalyze organic chemical reactions that couple aryl halides with alkenes.

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Óscar Romero

Salvadoran archbishop and advocate for the poor

Did you know? He was canonised as a saint in 2018, nearly four decades after he was assassinated while celebrating Mass.

Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (15 August 1917 – 24 March 1980) was a prelate of the Catholic Church in El Salvador; he served as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of San Salvador, the Titular Bishop of Tambeae, as Bishop of Santiago de María, and finally as the fourth Archbishop of San Salvador.

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Julia Child

American chef who popularised French cooking through books and television

Did you know? During the Second World War, she served in the secret intelligence services, where she helped develop a repellent to keep sharks away.

Julia Carolyn Child (née McWilliams; August 15, 1912 – August 13, 2004) was an American chef, author, and television personality.

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Umberto II of Italy

Final King of Italy who reigned for just over a month

Did you know? Because his brief reign lasted only from early May to mid-June, he is often remembered by the nickname the May King.

Umberto II (Italian: Umberto Nicola Tommaso Giovanni Maria di Savoia; 15 September 1904 – 18 March 1983) was the last King of Italy. Umberto's reign lasted for 34 days, from 9 May 1946 until his formal deposition on 12 June 1946, although he had been the de facto head of state since 1944.

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Gerty Cori

Nobel Prize-winning biochemist who discovered how the body processes carbohydrates

Did you know? She spent many years working as a research assistant because many universities at the time refused to hire a woman as a professor.

Gerty Theresa Cori (née Radnitz; August 15, 1896 – October 26, 1957) was a Czech and American biochemist who in 1947 was the third woman to win a Nobel Prize in science, and the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for her role in the "discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion…

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Louis de Broglie

French physicist who discovered that matter behaves like a wave

Did you know? His groundbreaking research into quantum mechanics was originally presented in a doctoral thesis that initially baffled his examiners.

Louis Victor Pierre Raymond, 7th Duc de Broglie (French:; 15 August 1892 – 19 March 1987) was a French theoretical physicist and aristocrat known for his contributions to quantum theory. In his 1924 Ph.D. thesis, he postulated the wave nature of electrons and suggested that all matter has wave properties.

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Pyotr Wrangel

Commanding general of the anti-Bolshevik forces in the Russian Civil War

Did you know? He earned the nickname the Black Baron because he almost always wore a black Cossack uniform in public.

Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel (27 August 1878 – 25 April 1928), nicknamed the "Black Baron", was a Russian military officer who served as a commanding general in the anti-Bolshevik Volunteer Army during the Russian Civil War.

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Aurobindo Ghosh

Indian philosopher and yogi who led the fight for independence

Did you know? He was educated in England from a young age and attended King's College, Cambridge, before returning to India.

Sri Aurobindo (born Aurobindo Ghosh; 15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an Indian philosopher, yogi and nationalist who is noted for his participation in the movement for India's independence from British rule; he advocated for complete autonomy through his writings and political activity.

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John Bosco

Priest and educator who founded the Salesian Society

Did you know? He is the patron saint of magicians and entertainers because he used to perform juggling and acrobatics to attract audiences for his sermons.

John Melchior Bosco, SDB (Italian: Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco; Piedmontese: Gioann Melchior Bòsch; 16 August 1815 – 31 January 1888), popularly known as Don Bosco (IPA:), was an Italian Catholic priest, educator, and writer.

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Jules Grévy

President of France who served during the Third Republic

Did you know? He was forced to resign from the presidency after a scandal involving his son-in-law selling honours and decorations from the Elysee Palace.

François Judith Paul Grévy (15 August 1807 – 9 September 1891), known as Jules Grévy (French:), was a French lawyer and politician who served as President of France from 1879 to 1887.

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