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Kai Cenat

Kai Carlo Cenat III ( KY sə-NAT; born December 16, 2001) is an American online streamer, YouTuber, and internet personality who specializes in comedic live streams and videos. As of 2026, he is the most-subscribed Twitch streamer in the world, as well as the most-followed Twitch streamer with 21 million followers.

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Mats Hummels

German professional footballer who won the 2014 World Cup

Did you know? He spent the majority of his career playing for rival clubs Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, winning league titles with both.

Mats Julian Hummels (German pronunciation:; born 16 December 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Considered one of the best defenders of his generation, he was known for his tackling, anticipation, goal scoring ability and deadly crosses.

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Anna Popplewell

Actress who played Susan Pevensie in the Narnia film series

Did you know? While filming the Narnia trilogy, she balanced her acting career with studying English Literature at Oxford University.

Anna Popplewell (born 16 December 1988) is an English actress. She is known for portraying Susan Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia trilogy (2005–2010), which grossed over $1.5 billion worldwide and earned her a number of awards.

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René Redzepi

René Redzepi is a Danish chef and co-founder of Noma, a former three-Michelin-star restaurant in Copenhagen that was ranked five times as the Best Restaurant in the World.

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Adam Riess

Astrophysicist who won the Nobel Prize for discovering the universe's accelerating expansion

Did you know? He shared the Nobel Prize for providing evidence that the expansion of the universe is actually speeding up over time.

Adam Guy Riess (born December 16, 1969) is an American astrophysicist and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University and the Space Telescope Science Institute. He is known for his research in using supernovae as cosmological probes.

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Viorica Dăncilă

First female Prime Minister of Romania

Did you know? Before entering politics, she worked as an engineer for a petroleum company and taught at an industrial high school.

Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă (born 16 December 1963) is a Romanian politician, former leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), and was Prime Minister of Romania from 29 January 2018 to 4 November 2019.

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James Mangold

Director of films including Logan and Walk the Line

Did you know? He studied under the acclaimed filmmaker Miloš Forman at Columbia University before making his directorial debut.

James Allen Mangold (born December 16, 1963) is an American filmmaker.

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Salatyn Asgarova

Salatyn Aziz qizi Asgarova (also spelled Salatyn Askerova; Azerbaijani: Salatın Əziz qızı Əsgərova; 16 December 1961 – 9 January 1991) was a National Hero of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani journalist killed in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

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Benny Andersson

Swedish musician and composer best known as a member of ABBA

Did you know? He has a deep interest in traditional folk music and frequently performs with his own folk band, the Benny Anderssons Orkester.

Göran Bror Benny Andersson (Swedish:; born 16 December 1946) is a Swedish musician, composer and producer best known as a member of the pop group ABBA and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia! For the 2008 film version of Mamma Mia!

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Nǃxau

Nǃxau ǂToma (Juǀʼhoan:, short: Nǃxau, alternative spelling Gcao Tekene Çoma; c. 1944 – 5 July 2003) was a Namibian bush farmer and actor who starred in the 1980 film The Gods Must Be Crazy and its sequels, in which he played the Kalahari Bushman Xixo. The Namibian called him "Namibia's most famous actor".

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Liv Ullmann

Norwegian actress frequently collaborating with director Ingmar Bergman

Did you know? Although closely associated with Norwegian cinema, she was actually born in Tokyo, Japan, while her father was working there.

Liv Johanne Ullmann (born 16 December 1938) is a Norwegian actress and filmmaker. Recognised as one of the greatest European actresses of all time, Ullmann is known as the muse and frequent collaborator of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, whom she dated for five years.

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Mitsuo Kamata

Japanese defender who helped the national team win Olympic bronze

Did you know? He played his entire club career for the same team, which later became the professional side Urawa Red Diamonds.

Mitsuo Kamata (鎌田 光夫, Kamata Mitsuo; born December 16, 1937) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team.

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Philip K. Dick

Science fiction author whose work inspired films like Blade Runner

Did you know? Several of his stories were adapted for the screen after his death, including Minority Report and Total Recall.

Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) was an American science fiction short story writer and novelist. He wrote 45 novels and about 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines.

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Arthur C. Clarke

British science-fiction writer of 2001: A Space Odyssey and Childhood's End who first proposed communications satellites

Did you know? He proposed the idea of geostationary communication satellites in a technical paper years before the first one was launched into orbit.

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was an English science fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. Clarke was a science fiction writer, an avid populariser of space travel, and a futurist of distinguished ability.

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Margaret Mead

Pioneering cultural anthropologist and author of Coming of Age in Samoa

Did you know? She was a regular guest on television talk shows, where she discussed contemporary social issues and ethics.

Margaret Mead (December 16, 1901 – November 15, 1978) was an American cultural anthropologist, author and speaker, who appeared frequently in the mass media during the mid-twentieth century.

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Noël Coward

British playwright and composer celebrated for his wit and stagecraft

Did you know? During the Second World War, he worked for the British intelligence services while maintaining his public image as an entertainer.

Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 1899 – 26 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".

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Ivan Konev

High-ranking Soviet commander during the Second World War

Did you know? He was the military leader whose forces were responsible for the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland.

Ivan Stepanovich Konev (Russian: Иван Степанович Конев, IPA:; 28 December 1897 – 21 May 1973) was a Soviet general and Marshal of the Soviet Union who led Red Army forces on the Eastern Front during World War II, responsible for taking much of Axis-occupied Eastern Europe.

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Alexander I of Yugoslavia

First King of Yugoslavia who ruled during the early twentieth century

Did you know? His assassination in Marseille was captured on film, making it one of the first such political events ever to be recorded by a movie camera.

Alexander I Karađorđević (Serbo-Croatian: Александар I Карађорђевић, Aleksandar I Karađorđević, 16 December 1888 – 9 October 1934) was King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from 16 August 1921 to 3 October 1929 and King of Yugoslavia from 3 October 1929 until his assassination.

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Zoltán Kodály

Hungarian composer and pioneer of music education techniques

Did you know? He travelled across rural Hungary with fellow composer Béla Bartók to record and preserve thousands of traditional folk songs.

Zoltán Kodály (UK:, US:; Hungarian: Kodály Zoltán, pronounced; 16 December 1882 – 6 March 1967) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, music pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is well known internationally as the creator of the Kodály method of music education.

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Anton Denikin

Russian general and leader of the White Army during the Civil War

Did you know? After the war, he lived in exile in France and the United States, where he wrote extensive memoirs about the Russian Revolution.

Anton Ivanovich Denikin (Russian: Анто́н Ива́нович Дени́кин; 16 December 1872 – 7 August 1947) was a Russian military officer who served as a lieutenant general in the Imperial Russian Army and as a leading commander of the anti-Bolshevik White movement during the Russian Civil War.

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Wassily Kandinsky

Russian painter considered a pioneer of abstract art

Did you know? He was a trained lawyer and economist but abandoned a legal career to study painting when he was thirty.

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (16 December 1866 – 13 December 1944) was a Russian painter and art theorist active in Germany during the late Belle Époque and Interwar eras. Kandinsky is generally credited as one of the pioneers of abstraction in Western art.

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George Santayana

Philosopher and writer known for his insights on history

Did you know? He is the person who famously wrote that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

George Santayana (born Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) was a Spanish American philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist. Born in Spain, he moved to the United States at the age of eight.

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Edward Emerson Barnard

Astronomer who discovered the fifth moon of Jupiter

Did you know? He grew up in poverty and was largely self-taught in astronomy, having developed an interest while working in a photography studio.

Edward Emerson Barnard (December 16, 1857 – February 6, 1923) was an American astronomer. He was commonly known as E. E. Barnard, and was recognized as a gifted observational astronomer.

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Léon Walras

Mathematical economist who pioneered the general equilibrium theory

Did you know? He failed the entrance exams for the École Polytechnique twice before eventually finding his niche in economic theory.

Marie-Esprit-Léon Walras (French:; 16 December 1834 – 5 January 1910) was a French mathematical economist and Georgist. He formulated the marginal theory of value (independently of William Stanley Jevons and Carl Menger) and pioneered the development of general equilibrium theory.

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