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Ederson

Brazilian goalkeeper who plays for Manchester City and his national team

Did you know? He holds a world record for the longest drop kick in professional football, which travelled a distance of over seventy-five metres.

Ederson Santana de Moraes (born 17 August 1993), simply known as Ederson (Brazilian Portuguese:), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and the Brazil national team.

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Austin Butler

Actor known for his Golden Globe-winning portrayal of Elvis Presley

Did you know? He spent years perfecting his voice for the role of Elvis and reportedly struggled to lose the accent after filming finished.

Austin Robert Butler (born August 17, 1991) is an American actor. Known for his performances on stage and screen, he has received a British Academy Film Award and Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, two Critics' Choice Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

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Erika Toda

Erika Toda (戸田 恵梨香, Toda Erika; born August 17, 1988) is a Japanese actress.

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Phil Jagielka

Former Everton captain and England international defender

Did you know? He once played as a goalkeeper for over thirty minutes against Arsenal and successfully kept a clean sheet.

Philip Nikodem Jagielka ( yə-GYEL-kə or JAG-ee-EL-kə;, Polish: Filip Jagiełka; born 17 August 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is primarily known for his lengthy tenures at Sheffield United and Everton.

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Thierry Henry

Former Arsenal and France striker regarded as a Premier League great

Did you know? He holds the record for the most goals scored in the history of Arsenal Football Club.

Thierry Daniel "Titi" Henry (born 17 August 1977) is a French professional football manager, pundit, and former player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in Premier League history, he was known for his speed, technical ability, composure, finesse shots and tactical intelligence.

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Tarja Turunen

Former lead singer of the symphonic metal band Nightwish

Did you know? A classically trained soprano, she has a vocal range spanning three octaves and frequently performs professional opera and Christmas concerts.

Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli (born 17 August 1977), known professionally as Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja, is a Finnish heavy metal singer best known as the former lead vocalist of the symphonic metal band Nightwish. Turunen studied lyrical singing at Sibelius Academy and the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe.

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William Gallas

French international defender who played for several top London clubs

Did you know? He is the only player to have represented Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.

William Eric Gallas (French pronunciation:; born 17 August 1977) is a French football coach and former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played most of his footballing career in France and England before finishing his career in Australia with A-League club Perth Glory.

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Jorginho

Brazilian footballer and manager who won the 1994 World Cup

Did you know? He is one of the few players to have won league titles in both Brazil and Germany.

Jorge de Amorim Campos (born 17 August 1964), better known as Jorginho, is a Brazilian professional football manager and former player.

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Sean Penn

Two-time Oscar winner known for intense roles in dramatic films

Did you know? He lived in a trailer on a Malibu cliffside for several years after his family home was destroyed by fire.

Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his intense leading man roles in film.

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Herta Müller

Romanian-born German novelist of The Land of Green Plums whose work about life under Ceaușescu won the Nobel Prize

Did you know? After refusing to collaborate with the secret police under the communist regime, she was fired from her job as a translator.

Herta Müller (German:; born 17 August 1953) is a Romanian-German novelist, poet, essayist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature. She was born in Nițchidorf, Timiș County in Romania; her native languages are German and Romanian.

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Nelson Piquet

Brazilian racing driver and three-time Formula One world champion

Did you know? He used his mother's maiden name to enter races so his father, who wanted him to be a tennis player, would not find out.

Nelson Piquet Souto Maior (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation:, born 17 August 1952) is a Brazilian former racing driver and businessman, who competed in Formula One from 1978 to 1991.

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Larry Ellison

American billionaire and co-founder of the software giant Oracle

Did you know? He owns most of the Hawaiian island of Lanai and is a passionate competitive sailor who has won the America's Cup.

Lawrence Joseph Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is an American businessman. He co-founded the software company Oracle Corporation, and was its CEO from 1977 to 2014.

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Robert De Niro

American actor of Taxi Driver and Goodfellas who won Oscars for The Godfather Part II and Raging Bull

Did you know? To prepare for his role in Cape Fear, he reportedly paid a dentist to sharpen his teeth for a more menacing appearance.

Robert Anthony De Niro ( də NEER-roh; Italian:; born August 17, 1943) is an American actor and producer.

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Margaret Hamilton

Computer scientist who developed flight software for Apollo missions

Did you know? She is credited with coining the term 'software engineering' to give her work the same status as other technical disciplines.

Margaret Elaine Hamilton (née Heafield; born August 17, 1936) is an American computer scientist. She directed the Software Engineering Division at the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, where she led the development of the on-board flight software for NASA's Apollo Guidance Computer for the Apollo program.

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V. S. Naipaul

Trinidad-born British writer of A House for Mr Biswas and A Bend in the River who won the Booker and Nobel prizes

Did you know? He was born in Trinidad but moved to England to study at Oxford University on a government scholarship.

Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul (17 August 1932 – 11 August 2018) was a Trinidad-born British writer renowned for his works of fiction and nonfiction in English.

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Ted Hughes

Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and author of The Iron Man

Did you know? He wrote his popular children's book to comfort his own children, and it was later adapted into the animated film The Iron Giant.

Edward James Hughes (17 August 1930 – 28 October 1998) was an English poet, translator, and children's writer. Critics frequently rank him as one of the best poets of his generation and one of the twentieth century's greatest writers.

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Jiang Zemin

Chinese leader during the country's economic expansion in the 1990s

Did you know? An enthusiastic musician, he occasionally surprised foreign leaders by singing or playing the piano during formal state visits.

Jiang Zemin (17 August 1926 – 30 November 2022) was a Chinese politician who served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the fourth paramount leader of China from 1989 to 2002, as the chairman of the Central Military Commission from 1989 to 2004, and as the president of China from 1993 to…

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Maureen O'Hara

Irish-American actress known for films like The Quiet Man

Did you know? She was a skilled pilot and once served as the president of a Caribbean airline that operated flying boats.

Maureen O'Hara (née FitzSimons; 17 August 1920 – 24 October 2015) was an Irish and American actress and singer who became successful in Hollywood from the 1940s through to the 1960s. She was a natural redhead who was known for playing passionate but sensible heroines, often in Westerns and adventure films.

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Mikhail Botvinnik

World chess champion and pioneer of computer chess

Did you know? Outside of competitive chess, he was a highly respected electrical engineer and held a doctorate in the field.

Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik (Russian: Михаи́л Моисе́евич Ботви́нник; IPA:; 17 August 1911 – May 5, 1995) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who held five world titles in three different reigns.

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Mae West

American actress and playwright of She Done Him Wrong, famous for her witty double entendres and line come up and see me sometime

Did you know? Because of her suggestive scripts, she was a primary target for film censors and once spent time in jail for one of her plays.

Mary Jane West (August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980), known as Mae West, was an American actress, singer, comedian, screenwriter, and playwright.

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Charles I of Austria

Last Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary

Did you know? He was beatified by the Catholic Church in 2004 for his efforts to end the First World War through diplomatic negotiations.

Charles I and IV (German: Karl Franz Josef Ludwig Hubert Georg Otto Maria, Hungarian: Károly Ferenc József Lajos Hubert György Ottó Mária; 17 August 1887 – 1 April 1922) was Emperor of Austria (as Charles I), King of Hungary (as Charles IV), and the ruler of the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from November 1916…

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Marcus Garvey

Jamaican activist and founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association

Did you know? He established the Black Star Line shipping company to promote global trade and travel for the African diaspora.

Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940) was a Jamaican political activist.

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Menilek II

Emperor of Ethiopia who led his country against Italian invasion

Did you know? He is credited with modernising Ethiopia by introducing the railway, the telegraph, and the country's first modern bank.

Menelik II (Ge'ez: ዳግማዊ ምኒልክ dagmawi mənilək; horse name Aba Dagnew (Amharic: አባ ዳኘው abba daññäw); 17 August 1844 – 12 December 1913), baptised as Sahle Maryam (ሣህለ ማርያም sahlä maryam), was king of Shewa from 1866 to 1889 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to his death in 1913.

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Davy Crockett

American frontiersman, soldier and politician known as King of the Wild Frontier

Did you know? He served as a member of Congress for Tennessee before moving to Texas, where he died during the battle at the Alamo.

David Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was an American politician, militia officer and frontiersman. Often referred to in popular culture as the "King of the Wild Frontier", he represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives and fought in the Texas Revolution.

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