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Paco Alcácer

Spanish professional footballer known for playing as a striker

Did you know? He once scored a hat-trick for Borussia Dortmund after coming off the bench as a substitute.

Francisco "Paco" Alcácer García (Spanish pronunciation:; born 30 August 1993) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker.

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Gaia Weiss

French actress and model known for Vikings, the horror film Meander and the Netflix series La Révolution

Did you know? She speaks six languages, including Polish and Hebrew.

Gaia Weiss (born 30 August 1991) is a French actress and model. Her filmography includes Mary Queen of Scots (2013), Vikings (2014–2015), Alien: Containment (2019), Meander (2020), La Révolution (2020), and Shepherd (2021).

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Bebe Rexha

American singer and songwriter known for numerous chart-topping hits

Did you know? Before finding fame as a performer, she was a successful songwriter who wrote the hit single The Monster for Eminem and Rihanna.

Bleta "Bebe" Rexha ( BEE-bee REK-sə; born August 30, 1989) is an American singer and songwriter.

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Simone Pepe

Italian international footballer who played as a winger for Juventus

Did you know? He won four consecutive Serie A titles and represented his country at the 2010 World Cup.

Simone Pepe (Italian pronunciation:; born 30 August 1983) is an Italian former footballer who played as a winger, on either side of the pitch.

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Andy Roddick

American tennis player and former world number one

Did you know? He held the record for the fastest serve in professional tennis for many years, reaching speeds over 150 miles per hour.

Andrew Stephen Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No.

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Camilla Läckberg

Jean Edith Camilla Läckberg (Swedish pronunciation:; born 30 August 1974), also known as Camilla Läckberg Eriksson, is a Swedish crime writer and screenwriter.

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Cameron Diaz

American actress of The Mask, There's Something About Mary and Charlie's Angels who voiced Princess Fiona in Shrek

Did you know? Before starting her acting career, she shared a classroom with future hip-hop star Snoop Dogg at their high school in Long Beach.

Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is an American actress. Prolific in both comedy and drama, her films have grossed over $3 billion at the U.S. box-office.

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Pavel Nedvěd

Czech midfielder who won the Ballon d'Or while playing for Juventus

Did you know? He is one of the few players to have won the Italian league title with two different clubs, Lazio and Juventus.

Pavel Nedvěd (Czech pronunciation:; born 30 August 1972) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Czech players of all time.

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Alexander Litvinenko

Former Russian intelligence officer and critic of the Kremlin

Did you know? He was granted British citizenship while living in exile and worked as a journalist and consultant before his high-profile death.

Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko (30 August 1962 – 23 November 2006) was a British-naturalised Russian defector and former officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) who specialised in tackling organised crime.

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Anna Politkovskaya

Investigative journalist who reported on human rights abuses in Chechnya

Did you know? She once acted as a mediator in a major hostage crisis at a Moscow theatre to help negotiate with the gunmen.

Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya (née Mazepa; 30 August 1958 – 7 October 2006) was a Russian investigative journalist who reported on political and social events in Russia, in particular, the Second Chechen War (1999–2005). She was found murdered in the elevator of her apartment block in Moscow on 7 October 2006.

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Alexander Lukashenka

Former collective farm manager who has ruled Belarus as president since 1994, often called Europe's last dictator

Did you know? Before entering politics, he served in the Soviet Border Troops and worked as the manager of a collective farm.

Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (also transliterated from Belarusian as Alyaksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenka; born 30 August 1954) is a Belarusian politician who has been the first and only president of Belarus since the office's establishment in 1994, making him the current longest-tenured European president.

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Fred Hampton

Fredrick Allen Hampton Sr. (August 30, 1948 – December 4, 1969) was an African American revolutionary and political activist who served as deputy chairman of the Black Panther Party, a Marxist–Leninist and black power organization from 1966 until his assassination in 1969.

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Sylvia A. Earle

Marine biologist and first female chief scientist of NOAA

Did you know? She set a world record for the deepest untethered walk on the ocean floor, reaching a depth of 381 metres.

Sylvia Alice Earle (born August 30, 1935) is an American marine biologist, oceanographer, explorer, writer, and lecturer. She has been a National Geographic Explorer at Large (formerly Explorer in Residence) since 1998.

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Warren Buffett

American investor known as the Oracle of Omaha who built Berkshire Hathaway into a giant and pledged most of his fortune to charity

Did you know? He bought his first stock at the age of eleven and filed his first tax return when he was only thirteen.

Warren Edward Buffett ( BUFF-it; born August 30, 1930) is an American investor and philanthropist who is the chairman emeritus and former CEO of the conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway. As a result of his success, Buffett is one of the best-known investors in the world.

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Richard Stone

Nobel Prize-winning economist who developed the system of national accounts

Did you know? During the Second World War, he worked alongside John Maynard Keynes to create the first official national accounts for the British government.

Sir John Richard Nicholas Stone (30 August 1913 – 6 December 1991) was an eminent British economist. He was educated at Gonville and Caius College and King's College at the University of Cambridge.

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Edward Mills Purcell

Nobel Prize-winning physicist who discovered nuclear magnetic resonance

Did you know? During the Second World War, he played a crucial role in developing microwave radar technology at the MIT Radiation Laboratory.

Edward Mills Purcell (August 30, 1912 – March 7, 1997) was an American physicist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physics with Felix Bloch for his independent discovery (published 1946) of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in liquids and in solids.

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Shirley Booth

Academy Award-winning actress who achieved the Triple Crown of Acting

Did you know? She was the first person to win an Academy Award and a Tony Award for playing the same character.

Shirley Booth (born Marjory Ford; August 30, 1898 – October 16, 1992) was an American actress. One of 24 performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, Booth was the recipient of an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Tony Awards.

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Theodor Svedberg

Nobel Prize-winning Swedish chemist who developed the ultracentrifuge

Did you know? He was a talented amateur painter and photographer, often documenting his scientific travels and the natural world with professional skill.

Theodor Svedberg (30 August 1884 – 25 February 1971) was a Swedish chemist and Nobel laureate for his research on colloids and proteins using the ultracentrifuge. Svedberg was active at Uppsala University from the mid-1900s to late 1940s.

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Theo van Doesburg

Founder of the Dutch De Stijl art movement and geometric abstractionist

Did you know? He used the pseudonym I.K. Bonset to publish Dadaist poetry so that it would not conflict with his reputation as a serious painter.

Theo van Doesburg (Dutch:; born Christian Emil Marie Küpper; 30 August 1883 – 7 March 1931) was a Dutch painter, writer, poet, and architect. He is best known as the founder and leader of De Stijl.

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Felix Dzerzhinsky

Revolutionary and founder of the first Soviet secret police force

Did you know? He was given the nickname Iron Felix due to his tireless work ethic and cold, disciplined demeanour.

Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky (11 September 1877 – 20 July 1926), nicknamed Iron Felix (Russian: Железный Феликс), was a Bolshevik revolutionary and politician of Polish origin.

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Ernest Rutherford

New Zealand-born physicist who discovered the atomic nucleus, split the atom and won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Did you know? He is the only Nobel laureate from New Zealand to be featured on their one hundred dollar banknote.

Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson (30 August 1871 – 19 October 1937), was a New Zealand physicist and chemist who was a pioneering researcher in both atomic and nuclear physics. He has been described as "the father of nuclear physics" and "the greatest experimentalist since Michael Faraday".

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Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff

First winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Did you know? He is considered a founding father of modern physical chemistry and pioneered the study of three-dimensional molecular structures.

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff Jr. (Dutch:; 30 August 1852 – 1 March 1911) was a Dutch physical chemist.

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Friedrich Ratzel

Geographer who first used the term Lebensraum

Did you know? He initially trained as a pharmacist's apprentice before pursuing a career in zoology and later travelling as a foreign correspondent.

Friedrich Ratzel (German pronunciation:; 30 August 1844 – 9 August 1904) was a German geographer and ethnographer, notable for first using the term Lebensraum (lit. 'living space') in the sense that the Nazis later would.

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Théophile Gautier

Influential French poet, novelist and prominent art critic

Did you know? He was a leading figure in the Romantic movement and famously championed the concept of 'art for art's sake'.

Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (US: goh-TYAY; French:; 30 August 1811 – 23 October 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic.

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