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Aiko, Princess Toshi

Only child of Emperor Naruhito, at the centre of Japan's succession debate

Did you know? Polls in Japan have shown strong public support for allowing her to become empress.

Aiko, Princess Toshi (敬宮愛子内親王, Toshi-no-miya Aiko Naishinnō; born 1 December 2001) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan. She is the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako.

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Zoë Kravitz

American actress known for Big Little Lies and The Batman

Did you know? Her father is the musician Lenny Kravitz and her mother is the actress Lisa Bonet.

Zoë Isabella Kravitz (born December 1, 1988) is an American actress, singer, and filmmaker. She has received nominations for a Critics' Choice Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

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Yim Si-wan

South Korean actor and former ZE:A singer who broke through in the office drama Misaeng and later joined Squid Game

Did you know? His role in Misaeng, as a young man without a degree working in a trading firm, struck a chord with Korean office workers.

Yim Si-wan (Korean: 임시완; born Yim Woong-jae, December 1, 1988) is a South Korean singer and actor. He debuted as a member of the South Korean boy group ZE:A and its sub-group ZE:A Five.

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Andrew Tate

Former professional kickboxer and controversial social media influencer

Did you know? Before his internet fame, he was a four-time world champion kickboxer in two different weight classes.

Emory Andrew Tate III (born 1 December 1986) is an American and British social media personality and former professional kickboxer who built a webcam pornography business before gaining notoriety for promoting various highly controversial positions in the manosphere.

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Janelle Monáe

Multi-talented American singer, songwriter and actress

Did you know? She famously wore only black and white for many years as a tribute to her working-class parents.

Janelle Monáe Robinson ( jə-NEL moh-NAY; born December 1, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper and actor. She has received ten Grammy Award nominations, and is the recipient of a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Children's and Family Emmy Award.

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Riz Ahmed

British actor and rapper who won an Emmy for The Night Of and was Oscar-nominated for Sound of Metal

Did you know? He was the first Muslim nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, for Sound of Metal.

Rizwan Ahmed (born (1982-12-01)1 December 1982) is a British actor and rapper. He has received several awards, including an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, and nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and two British Academy Film Awards.

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Jen Psaki

Former White House Press Secretary and television political commentator

Did you know? She was a competitive backstroke swimmer for her university team before entering the world of politics.

Jennifer Rene Psaki (born December 1, 1978) is an American political analyst and former government official. A political advisor who served under both the Obama and Biden administrations, she served in the Biden administration as the 34th White House press secretary from January 2021 to May 2022.

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Brad Delson

Lead guitarist and founding member of the rock band Linkin Park

Did you know? He is known for wearing large, often colourful headphones on stage as a way to protect his hearing during loud performances.

Bradford Philip Delson (born December 1, 1977) is an American musician. He is the lead guitarist and one of the founding members of the rock band Linkin Park.

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Sarah Silverman

American stand-up comedian, actress and writer

Did you know? She was fired from the cast of Saturday Night Live after just one season when none of her sketches aired.

Sarah Kate Silverman (born December 1, 1970) is an American stand-up comedian, actress and writer. She first rose to prominence for her brief stint as a writer and cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live during its 19th season, between 1993 and 1994.

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Salvatore Schillaci

Italian striker who won the Golden Boot at the 1990 World Cup

Did you know? Before finding international fame, he spent seven seasons playing for the Sicilian club Messina in the lower divisions of Italian football.

Salvatore Schillaci (Italian:; 1 December 1964 – 18 September 2024), also known as Totò Schillaci, was an Italian professional footballer who played as a striker. During his club career, he played for Messina (1982–1989), Juventus (1989–1992), Internazionale (1992–1994) and Júbilo Iwata (1994–1997).

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Delphine Djiraïbé

Delphine Djiraibe (born 1 December 1960) is a Chadian attorney and co-founder of the Chadian Association for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights.In 2006 she also founded the Public Interest Law Center (PILC). BBC News has described her as "one of Chad's most prominent human rights lawyers".

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Javier Aguirre

Mexican football manager who led his national team at two World Cups

Did you know? He is famously nicknamed 'El Vasco', which translates as 'The Basque', in reference to his family heritage from northern Spain.

Javier Aguirre Onaindía (Spanish pronunciation:; born 1 December 1958), nicknamed El Vasco (The Basque), is a Mexican football manager and former footballer, who is the current head coach of La Liga club Valencia.

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Medha Patkar

Medha Patkar (born 1 December 1954) is an Indian Social activist opposing dams, factories, power and residential projects; working with tribals, dalits, farmers, labourers and women facing injustice in India. She is an alumna of TISS, a premier institute of social science research in India.

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Victor Ambros

Nobel Prize-winning biologist who discovered the first known microRNA

Did you know? He shared the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his groundbreaking work on how genes are regulated in multicellular organisms.

Victor Robert Ambros (born December 1, 1953) is an American developmental biologist, who discovered the first known microRNA (miRNA). He is a professor at the UMass Chan Medical School.

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Pablo Escobar

Colombian drug lord who led the Medellín Cartel, once one of the richest criminals in history, and was killed in 1993

Did you know? At the height of his power, he reportedly spent thousands of pounds every month just on rubber bands to hold his cash together.

Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria ( ESK-ə-bar, Spanish:; 1 December 1949 – 2 December 1993) was a Colombian drug lord, narcoterrorist, and politician who was the founder and leader of the Medellín Cartel.

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Sebastián Piñera

Twice-elected President of Chile and successful billionaire businessman

Did you know? He was a trained helicopter pilot and tragically died when the aircraft he was flying crashed into a lake in southern Chile.

Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique (Spanish:; 1 December 1949 – 6 February 2024) was a Chilean businessman and politician who served as 34th and 36th president of Chile from 2010 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2022.

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Bette Midler

Award-winning American singer, actress, and comedian

Did you know? Early in her career, she gained a following by performing at the Continental Baths, a gay bathhouse in New York City.

Bette Midler ( bet MID-lər; born December 1, 1945) is an American actress, comedian, singer, and author.

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Finn E. Kydland

Nobel Prize-winning economist who studied business cycles and monetary policy

Did you know? He is a dedicated long-distance runner who has completed several full marathons during his academic career.

Finn Erling Kydland (born 1 December 1943) is a Norwegian economist known for his contributions to business cycle theory. He is the Henley Professor of Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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John Clauser

Nobel Prize-winning physicist who pioneered research into quantum entanglement

Did you know? Early in his career, many fellow scientists considered his experiments into the foundations of quantum mechanics to be a waste of time.

John Francis Clauser (born December 1, 1942) is an American theoretical and experimental physicist known for contributions to the foundations of quantum mechanics, in particular the Clauser–Horne–Shimony–Holt inequality.

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Richard Pryor

American comedian and actor known for his observational style

Did you know? He grew up in a brothel run by his grandmother, an environment that heavily influenced his raw and observational style of comedy.

Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Known for reaching a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, he is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential comedians ever.

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Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga

Politician who served as the first female President of Latvia

Did you know? She was a professor of psychology in Canada for over 30 years before returning to Latvia to enter politics.

Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (née Vīķe; born 1 December 1937) is a Latvian politician who served as the sixth president of Latvia from 1999 to 2007. She is the first and to date only woman to hold the post and the most recent to be re-elected for a second term.

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Tarcisio Bertone

Former Cardinal Secretary of State and Vatican diplomat

Did you know? He is a dedicated football fan and once provided commentary for matches on Italian television.

Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone (born 2 December 1934) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church and a Vatican diplomat.

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Alfred Moisiu

General and politician who served as the President of Albania

Did you know? During his presidency, he was widely respected as a consensual leader who helped stabilise the country's political landscape.

Alfred Spiro Moisiu (born 1 December 1929) is an Albanian military general, diplomat and politician who served as the president of Albania from 2002 to 2007. He is the oldest son of Albanian Army general Spiro Moisiu.

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Georgy Zhukov

Soviet marshal who defended Moscow, won at Stalingrad and captured Berlin in the Second World War

Did you know? He had the rare distinction of personally accepting the German surrender in Berlin, effectively ending the conflict in Europe.

Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (1 December 1896 – 18 June 1974) was a Soviet military leader who served as a top commander during World War II and achieved the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union.

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