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Nico Hülkenberg

German Formula One driver and Le Mans winner

Did you know? He currently holds the record for competing in the most Formula One races without ever finishing on the podium.

Nicolas Hülkenberg (German pronunciation:; born 19 August 1987) is a German racing driver who competes in Formula One for Audi. In endurance racing, Hülkenberg won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2015 with Porsche.

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Christina Perri

American singer-songwriter known for the hit single Jar of Hearts

Did you know? She was working as a waitress when her music was featured on a popular television dance competition, leading to a record deal.

Christina Judith Perri (born August 19, 1986) is an American singer and songwriter. After her debut single "Jar of Hearts" was featured on the television series So You Think You Can Dance in 2010, Perri signed with Atlantic Records and released her debut extended play, The Ocean Way Sessions.

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Marco Materazzi

Italian defender who won the World Cup in 2006

Did you know? He spent a season playing in England for Everton, where he received three red cards in just 27 appearances.

Marco Materazzi (Italian pronunciation:; born 19 August 1973) is an Italian former professional football player and manager. A controversial and provocative figure in football, he was known for his very physical and aggressive style of defending, which saw him collect numerous cards throughout his career.

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Queen Mette-Marit of Norway

Crown Princess of Norway and wife of Crown Prince Haakon

Did you know? Before her marriage, she was a single mother and her unconventional background was initially a subject of significant public debate.

Mette-Marit (born Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby; 19 August 1973) is Queen of Norway as the wife of King Haakon VIII. The couple have two children, Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus. Mette‑Marit also has an older son, Marius Borg Høiby.

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Matthew Perry

Actor best known for playing Chandler Bing on Friends

Did you know? He was missing the tip of his middle finger on his right hand following a childhood accident involving a heavy door.

Matthew Langford Perry (August 19, 1969 – October 28, 2023) was an American and Canadian actor. Known primarily for his work in comedy, he gained international fame for starring as Chandler Bing on the NBC television sitcom Friends (1994–2004), receiving his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 2002 for the role.

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Satya Nadella

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the technology company Microsoft

Did you know? He is a passionate fan of cricket and has compared the sport's leadership styles to those used in business.

Satya Narayana Nadella (born 19 August 1967) is an Indian-American business executive. He is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Microsoft, succeeding Steve Ballmer in 2014 as CEO and John W. Thompson in 2021 as chairman.

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Hector Pieterson

Zolile Hector Pieterson (18 August 1963 – 16 June 1976) was a South African schoolboy who was shot and killed at the age of 12 during the Soweto uprising in 1976, when the police opened fire on black students protesting the enforcement of teaching in Afrikaans, mostly spoken by the white and coloured populations in…

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Cesare Prandelli

Italian midfielder who won the European Cup with Juventus and later coached Italy to the final of Euro 2012

Did you know? During his playing days, he won three league titles and the European Cup with Juventus.

Claudio Cesare Prandelli (Italian pronunciation:; born 19 August 1957) is an Italian former football coach and former player.

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John Deacon

Bass guitarist and songwriter for the rock band Queen

Did you know? He is a trained electronics engineer and built the amplifier that guitarist Brian May used throughout his career.

John Richard Deacon (born 19 August 1951) is an English retired musician who was the bass guitarist for the rock band Queen.

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Bill Clinton

42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001, who presided over a long economic boom and survived impeachment

Did you know? He is a skilled saxophonist and famously performed on a late-night talk show during his presidential campaign.

William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American retired politician and lawyer who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

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Ian Gillan

Lead singer of the hard rock band Deep Purple

Did you know? He performed the title role on the original 1970 concept album recording of the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar.

Ian Gillan (born 19 August 1945) is an English singer who is best known as the lead singer and lyricist for the rock band Deep Purple. He is known for his powerful and wide-ranging singing voice.

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Willard Boyle

Physicist who co-invented the digital imaging sensor used in cameras

Did you know? During the Second World War, he served as a Spitfire pilot for the Royal Canadian Navy before starting his scientific career.

Willard Sterling Boyle (August 19, 1924 – May 7, 2011) was a Canadian applied physicist who shared one half of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics with George E. Smith for their invention of the charge-coupled device.

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Edgar F. Codd

Computer scientist who invented the relational model for databases

Did you know? Before his career at IBM, he served as a pilot in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.

Edgar Frank "Ted" Codd (19 August 1923 – 18 April 2003) was a British computer scientist who, while working for IBM, invented the relational model for database management, the theoretical basis for relational databases and relational database management systems. He won the 1981 ACM Turing Award.

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Gene Roddenberry

Television writer and producer who created the Star Trek series

Did you know? While working as a pilot, he survived a plane crash in the Syrian desert and led the rescue of other passengers.

Eugene Wesley Roddenberry Sr. (August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991) was an American television screenwriter and producer who created the science fiction series and fictional universe Star Trek.

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Shankar Dayal Sharma

Ninth President of India who previously served as Vice President

Did you know? Before entering politics, he was a highly educated legal scholar who earned a doctorate in law from the University of Cambridge.

Shankar Dayal Sharma (Hindi:; 19 August 1918 – 26 December 1999) was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the president of India from 1992 to 1997 and vice president of India from 1987 to 1992.

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Coco Chanel

French designer who founded Chanel, freed women from corsets and created the little black dress and Chanel No. 5

Did you know? She was credited with popularising the sun tan after accidentally getting burnt while on a cruise in the Mediterranean.

Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel ( shə-NEL; French:; 19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) was a French fashion designer and businesswoman. The founder and namesake of the Chanel brand, she was credited in the post–World War I era with popularising a sporty, casual chic as the feminine standard of style.

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Georges Enescou

Renowned Romanian composer and virtuoso violinist

Did you know? A child prodigy, he began playing the violin at four and later became a legendary teacher to the famous violinist Yehudi Menuhin.

George Enescu (Romanian:; 19 August 1881 – 4 May 1955), known in France as Georges Enesco, was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor, teacher and statesman. He is regarded as one of the greatest musicians in Romanian history.

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Manuel L. Quezon

Second President of the Philippines and leader during the Commonwealth era

Did you know? He is often called the "Father of the National Language" for establishing Tagalog as the basis for the country's official speech.

Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina (19 August 1878 – 1 August 1944), also known by his initials MLQ, was a Filipino lawyer, statesman, soldier, and politician who served as the second president of the Philippines from 1935 until his death in 1944.

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Maurice Barrès

Influential French novelist, journalist and nationalist politician

Did you know? His literary trilogy, The Cult of the Self, promoted individualist philosophy and significantly influenced French intellectual life during the late nineteenth century.

Auguste-Maurice Barrès (French:; 19 August 1862 – 4 December 1923) was an anti-Semitic French novelist, journalist, philosopher, and politician. Spending some time in Italy, he became a figure in French literature with the release of his work The Cult of the Self in 1888.

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Gustave Caillebotte

French Impressionist painter and generous patron of the arts

Did you know? He was a keen sailor and boat designer, building dozens of his own vessels and winning numerous regattas throughout his life.

Gustave Caillebotte (French:; 19 August 1848 – 21 February 1894) was a French painter who was a member and patron of the Impressionists, although he painted in a more realistic manner than many others in the group. Caillebotte was known for his early interest in photography as an art form.

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Lothar Meyer

German chemist who helped develop the periodic table of elements

Did you know? He produced a version of the periodic table independently of Dmitri Mendeleev, but published his comprehensive findings slightly later than his rival.

Julius Lothar Meyer (19 August 1830 – 11 April 1895) was a German chemist. He was one of the pioneers in developing the earliest versions of the periodic table of the chemical elements.

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Madame du Barry

Last official mistress of King Louis XV at the French court

Did you know? Before arriving at the royal court, she worked under a pseudonym as a seamstress and a shop assistant in Paris.

Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry (French:; 19 August 1743 – 8 December 1793) was the last maîtresse-en-titre of King Louis XV of France. She was executed by guillotine during the French Revolution on accusations of treason—particularly being suspected of assisting émigrés to flee from the Revolution.

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Samuel Richardson

English writer and printer who pioneered the epistolary novel

Did you know? He was a successful printer by trade and only began writing novels when he was in his fifties.

Samuel Richardson (baptised 19 August 1689 – 4 July 1761) was an English writer and printer known for three epistolary novels: Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded (1740), Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady (1748) and The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1753).

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John Flamsteed

First Astronomer Royal who founded the Greenwich Observatory

Did you know? He had a long-running and bitter public feud with Isaac Newton over the publication of his star data.

John Flamsteed (19 August 1646 – 31 December 1719) was an English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal. His main achievements were the preparation of a 3,000-star catalogue, Catalogus Britannicus, and a star atlas called Atlas Coelestis, both published posthumously.

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