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Brahim Díaz

Morocco international footballer who won league titles in three different countries

Did you know? He is the only player to have won the domestic league titles in England, Spain and Italy before the age of 25.

Brahim Abdelkader Díaz (born 3 August 1999), also known mononymously as Brahim, is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for La Liga club Real Madrid. Born in Spain, he plays for the Morocco national team.

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Nemo

Swiss singer and rapper who won Eurovision 2024 with The Code, becoming the contest's first non-binary winner

Did you know? The Code describes Nemo's journey to understanding their non-binary identity.

Nemo Mettler (Swiss Standard German:; born 3 August 1999), known mononymously as Nemo, is a Swiss musician and singer-rapper who plays the violin, piano and drums. They were the first openly non-binary act to represent Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest, and later won the 2024 contest with the song "The Code".

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Jules Bianchi

French Formula One driver who competed for the Marussia team

Did you know? He was the first driver to die from injuries sustained during a Grand Prix weekend since Ayrton Senna's death in 1994.

Jules Lucien André Bianchi (French pronunciation:; 3 August 1989 – 17 July 2015) was a French racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2013 to 2014. Born and raised in Nice, Bianchi was the grandson of endurance racing driver Mauro Bianchi and the great-nephew of Formula One driver Lucien Bianchi.

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Sunil Chhetri

Prolific Indian footballer and record-breaking national team captain

Did you know? He is among the highest international goalscorers in history, ranking alongside players like Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.

Sunil Chhetri (born 3 August 1984) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains the Indian Super League club Bengaluru.

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Evangeline Lilly

Actress who starred in Lost and the Ant-Man film franchise

Did you know? A modelling scout discovered her while she was walking down a street in British Columbia.

Nicole Evangeline Lilly (born August 3, 1979) is a Canadian actress and author.

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Tom Brady

Record-breaking American football quarterback with seven Super Bowl titles

Did you know? He was not a top-ranked prospect as a young player and was only selected in the sixth round of the NFL draft.

Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. (born August 3, 1977) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 23 seasons.

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Evika Siliņa

Latvian politician who served as the country’s Prime Minister

Did you know? Before moving into government, she worked as a barrister for many years, specialising in business and international law.

Evika Siliņa (born 3 August 1975) is a Latvian politician who served as prime minister of Latvia from 2023 to 2026. From 2022 to 2023, she served as Minister of Welfare in the second cabinet of prime minister Krišjānis Kariņš.

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Abhisit Vejjajiva

British-born politician who served as the Prime Minister of Thailand

Did you know? Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, he attended Eton College and Oxford before returning to Thailand to start his political career.

Abhisit Vejjajiva (Thai: อภิสิทธิ์ เวชชาชีวะ, RTGS: Aphisit Wetchachiwa, Thai pronunciation:; born 3 August 1964) is a Thai politician who was the 27th prime minister of Thailand from 2008 to 2011.

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James Hetfield

Lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the heavy metal band Metallica

Did you know? He is a passionate classic car enthusiast and has donated several of his custom-built vehicles to be displayed in museums.

James Alan Hetfield (born August 3, 1963) is an American musician. He is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, co-founder, and a primary songwriter of heavy metal band Metallica.

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Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean

Renowned Bulgarian harpist, composer and music academic

Did you know? She is one of the few musicians in the world to master the pedal harp and frequently performs her own compositions.

Anna-Maria Yordanova Ravnopolska-Dean (Bulgarian: Анна-Мария Йорданова Равнополска-Дийн), Sofia, Bulgaria, is a Bulgarian and American harpist, composer, pedagogue, musicologist and TV host.

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Koichi Tanaka

Nobel Prize-winning scientist who revolutionised the analysis of biological molecules

Did you know? He was so surprised by his Nobel win that he initially thought it was a prank or a mistake by the committee.

Koichi Tanaka (田中 耕一, Tanaka Kōichi; born August 3, 1959) is a Japanese electrical engineer who shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002 for developing a novel method for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules with John Bennett Fenn and Kurt Wüthrich (the latter for work in NMR spectroscopy).

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Osvaldo Ardiles

Argentine footballer who won the 1978 World Cup

Did you know? He appeared as a prisoner of war in the 1981 film Escape to Victory alongside Michael Caine and Sylvester Stallone.

Osvaldo César "Ossie" Ardiles (born 3 August 1952) is an Argentine football manager, pundit and former player. A competitive and skilled midfielder, Ardiles became a cult hero in England, along with Glenn Hoddle and compatriot Ricardo Villa, as a player for Tottenham Hotspur.

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Hage Geingob

Third president of Namibia and the nation's first prime minister

Did you know? He spent nearly three decades in exile, working for the United Nations before returning to lead his nation.

Hage Gottfried Geingob (3 August 1941 – 4 February 2024) was a Namibian politician who served as the third president of Namibia from 2015 until his death in February 2024. Geingob was the country's first prime minister from 1990 to 2002, and served again from 2012 to 2015.

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Martha Stewart

American businesswoman and television host known for lifestyle and cooking

Did you know? Before building her media empire, she worked as a model and later spent several years as a stockbroker on Wall Street.

Martha Helen Stewart (née Kostyra, Polish:; born August 3, 1941) is an American retail businesswoman, writer, and television personality.

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Martin Sheen

American actor known for The West Wing and Apocalypse Now

Did you know? His professional surname was adopted in honour of the Catholic archbishop and theologian Fulton J. Sheen.

Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. His work spans more than six decades of television and film, and his accolades include three Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and four Actor Awards.

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Jonas Malheiro Savimbi

Founder and leader of the Angolan rebel movement UNITA

Did you know? He spent nearly thirty years fighting a civil war against the Angolan government before he was killed in a battle in 2002.

Jonas Malheiro Sidónio Sakaita Savimbi (Portuguese:; 3 August 1934 – 22 February 2002) was an Angolan revolutionary, politician, and rebel military leader who founded and led the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, also known as UNITA.

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Tony Bennett

American singer famous for I Left My Heart in San Francisco

Did you know? He was a talented painter who created works under his given name, Anthony Benedetto, with several pieces held in permanent museum collections.

Anthony Dominick Benedetto (August 3, 1926 – July 21, 2023), known professionally as Tony Bennett, was an American jazz and traditional pop singer. He received many accolades, including 20 Grammy Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards.

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Clifford D. Simak

Award-winning American science fiction writer and journalist

Did you know? He was only the third writer to ever be named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

Clifford Donald Simak (August 3, 1904 – April 25, 1988) was an American science fiction writer and journalist. He won three Hugo Awards and one Nebula Award.

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Habib Bourguiba

First President of the Republic of Tunisia

Did you know? He is often credited with significantly improving women's rights in Tunisia by banning polygamy and granting women the right to divorce.

Habib Bourguiba (3 August 1903 – 6 April 2000) was a Tunisian politician and statesman who served as the prime minister of the Kingdom of Tunisia from 1956 to 1957, and then as the first president of Tunisia from 1957 to 1987.

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Fahri Korutürk

Turkish naval officer who served as the country’s sixth president

Did you know? His surname was personally given to him by the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, and means "protector of the Turks".

Fahri Sabit Korutürk (15 August 1903 – 12 October 1987) was a Turkish admiral, diplomat and politician who was the president of Turkey from 1973 to 1980. Before his presidency, he served as the commander of the Turkish Naval Forces from 1957 to 1960.

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Haakon VII of Norway

First King of modern Norway who reigned for over fifty years

Did you know? He was originally a Danish prince and was elected to the Norwegian throne by a national referendum.

Haakon VII (Norwegian:; born Prince Carl of Denmark; 3 August 1872 – 21 September 1957) was King of Norway from 1905 until his death in 1957.

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Stanley Baldwin

Conservative politician who served three terms as British Prime Minister

Did you know? He was the first cousin of the famous author Rudyard Kipling.

Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (3 August 1867 – 14 December 1947), was a British statesman and Conservative politician who was prominent in the political leadership of the United Kingdom between the world wars.

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Alfred Deakin

Second Prime Minister of Australia and major figure in Federation

Did you know? He was a prolific journalist and wrote hundreds of anonymous articles for a British newspaper while serving in Australian politics.

Alfred Deakin (3 August 1856 – 7 October 1919) was the second prime minister of Australia. He served three terms from 1903 to 1904, from 1905 to 1908, and from 1909 to 1910.

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Aleksey Brusilov

Russian general who led the 1916 Brusilov Offensive

Did you know? His tactics of using shock troops and short artillery barrages later influenced military strategies used during the Second World War.

Aleksei Alekseyevich Brusilov (US also; Russian: Алексе́й Алексе́евич Бруси́лов, IPA:; 31 August 1853 – 17 March 1926) was a Russian and later Soviet general most noted for the development of new offensive tactics used in the 1916 Brusilov offensive, which was his greatest achievement.

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