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Franck Kessié

Ivorian midfielder who won league titles with AC Milan and Barcelona

Did you know? His signature goal celebration is a military salute, which he performs as a tribute to his late father who was a professional soldier.

Franck Yannick Kessié (born 19 December 1996) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Atalanta and captains the Ivory Coast national team.

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Alexis Sánchez

Chilean professional footballer who played for Arsenal and Barcelona

Did you know? He grew up in a very poor mining town and once worked as a window cleaner to earn extra money.

Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation:; born 19 December 1988), also known mononymously as Alexis, is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a winger or a striker for Major League Soccer club CF Montréal and the Chile national team.

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Karim Benzema

French striker who won five Champions League titles with Real Madrid and the 2022 Ballon d'Or before joining Saudi club Al-Ittihad

Did you know? He is one of the highest goalscorers in Champions League history and won the Ballon d'Or in his mid-thirties.

Karim Mostafa Benzema (born 19 December 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker. He is a free agent after the termination of his contract with Saudi Pro League side Al Hilal.

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Ronan Farrow

Satchel Ronan O'Sullivan Farrow (born December 19, 1987) is an American journalist and lawyer. He is known for his investigative reporting on sexual abuse allegations against film producer Harvey Weinstein, which was published in The New Yorker magazine.

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Ryan Babel

Dutch international winger who played for Ajax and Liverpool

Did you know? He was one of the first high-profile professional footballers to build a significant following as a rap artist and music producer.

Ryan Guno Babel (Dutch pronunciation:; born 19 December 1986) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a forward. Babel began his career at Ajax in 1997, working his way up through the youth team and into the senior squad.

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Gary Cahill

English footballer who won the Champions League with Chelsea

Did you know? He is one of the few players to have won every major domestic and European trophy available to a club in the English league.

Gary James Cahill (born 19 December 1985) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Cahill began his career playing for the AFC Dronfield youth system in Derbyshire.

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Tadanari Lee

Japanese footballer who scored the winner in an Asian Cup final

Did you know? Born in Tokyo to a family of Korean descent, he eventually gave up his South Korean passport to play for Japan.

Tadanari Lee (李 忠成, Ri Tadanari; born 19 December 1985) is a Japanese football executive and former player who played as a striker or attacking midfielder. He is currently the vice chairman and sporting director of Singapore Premier League club Tampines Rovers.

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Jake Gyllenhaal

American actor known for Brokeback Mountain and Donnie Darko

Did you know? He was considered to replace Tobey Maguire in the second Spider-Man film after the lead actor suffered a back injury.

Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal (born December 19, 1980) is an American actor. Known for his performances on screen and stage, he has received numerous accolades, including a BAFTA Award, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, three Tony Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award.

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Jasmila Žbanić

Bosnian film director known for the award-winning drama Grbavica

Did you know? Her debut feature film won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, exploring the impact of war on women.

Jasmila Žbanić (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Јасмила Жбанић, Bosnian pronunciation:; born 19 December 1974) is a Bosnian film director, screenwriter and producer. She has received numerous accolades, including nominations for the Academy Award and two BAFTA Awards.

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Alyssa Milano

American actress known for starring in Charmed

Did you know? Her likeness was reportedly used as the inspiration for the look of Ariel in the Disney film The Little Mermaid.

Alyssa Jayne Milano (born December 19, 1972) is an American actress, singer and activist. She has played Samantha Micelli in Who's the Boss?

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Arvydas Sabonis

Hall of Fame basketball player from Lithuania

Did you know? His son, Domantas, followed in his footsteps to become a successful professional basketball player and an NBA All-Star.

Arvydas Romas Sabonis (Lithuanian pronunciation:; born 19 December 1964) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player. Sabonis won the Euroscar six times and the Mr.

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Til Schweiger

German actor and filmmaker known for several international film roles

Did you know? He made his English-language film debut in the action movie The Replacement Killers alongside Chow Yun-fat.

Tilman Valentin Schweiger (German pronunciation:; born 19 December 1963) is a German actor and filmmaker. He became known in the 1990s for films such as Manta, Manta, Der bewegte Mann and Knockin' on Heaven's Door.

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Jennifer Beals

American actress who starred in the 1983 film Flashdance

Did you know? While filming her breakout role, she was still a student at Yale University, where she eventually graduated with a degree in American Literature.

Jennifer Beals (born December 19, 1963) is an American actress.

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Eric Allin Cornell

Nobel Prize-winning physicist who created the first Bose-Einstein condensate

Did you know? He had his left arm and shoulder amputated in 2004 after contracting a life-threatening necrotising fasciitis infection.

Eric Allin Cornell (born December 19, 1961) is an American physicist who, along with Carl E. Wieman, synthesized the first Bose–Einstein condensate in 1995.

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Alan Eustace

Robert Alan Eustace (born December 19, 1956) is an American computer scientist who served as senior vice president of engineering and first senior vice president for knowledge at Google until retiring in 2015.

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Richard Leakey

Kenyan paleoanthropologist known for significant fossil discoveries

Did you know? He survived a plane crash that resulted in the amputation of both his legs, yet continued his conservation work.

Richard Erskine Frere Leakey (19 December 1944 – 2 January 2022) was a Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist and politician. Leakey held a number of official positions in Kenya, mostly in institutions of archaeology and wildlife conservation.

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Lee Myung-bak

South Korean politician who served as President and Mayor of Seoul

Did you know? Although he served as the President of South Korea, he was actually born in Japan while his father was working on a cattle farm.

Lee Myung-bak (pronounced /ˌmjʌŋ ˈbɑːk/; Korean: 이명박; pronounced; born 19 December 1941) is a South Korean politician and business executive who served as the tenth president of South Korea from 2008 to 2013. A member of the then Saenuri Party, he was the mayor of Seoul from 2002 to 2006.

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Pratibha Patil

First female President of India serving from 2007 to 2012

Did you know? Before entering politics, she was a champion table tennis player during her university years.

Pratibha Devisingh Patil (born 19 December 1934), also known as Pratibha Patil Shekhawat, is an Indian stateswoman and lawyer who served as the president of India from 2007 to 2012. She was the first woman to become the president of India.

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Cicely Tyson

Award-winning actress known for playing strong African American women

Did you know? Before finding success in acting, she worked as a fashion model after being discovered by a photographer for Ebony magazine.

Cecily Louise "Cicely" Tyson (December 19, 1924 – January 28, 2021) was an American actress. In a career spanning seven decades, she portrayed complex and strong-willed African American women.

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Édith Piaf

French singer known as the Little Sparrow, whose songs La Vie en rose and Non, je ne regrette rien became timeless classics

Did you know? Her stage name translates to Little Sparrow, a nickname given to her because of her tiny stature and nervous energy.

Édith Giovanna Gassion (19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963), known as Édith Piaf (French:), was a French singer and lyricist. She is regarded as France's greatest popular singer and one of the most celebrated performers in the world.

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Jean Genet

French novelist and playwright who wrote about outcasts and criminals

Did you know? He spent much of his youth in prison and began writing his first novel on scraps of brown paper while behind bars.

Jean Genet (French:; (1910-12-19)19 December 1910 – (1986-04-15)15 April 1986) was a French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. In his early life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but he later became a writer and playwright, often creating works inspired by his experience.

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Leonid Brezhnev

Soviet leader for 18 years, from 1964 to 1982, whose rule saw the invasion of Czechoslovakia and an era of stagnation

Did you know? He was a passionate collector of luxury cars and received many high-end vehicles as gifts from foreign heads of state.

Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (19 December 1906 – 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 until his death in 1982.

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Ralph Richardson

Distinguished British actor of the stage and cinema

Did you know? He was a lifelong motorcycle enthusiast and was often seen riding his powerful bikes to the theatre for rehearsals.

Sir Ralph David Richardson (19 December 1902 – 10 October 1983) was an English actor. Along with his contemporaries John Gielgud, Michael Redgrave, Laurence Olivier, he made up a quartet of male actors who dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century.

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Mileva Marić

Serbian mathematician and the first wife of physicist Albert Einstein

Did you know? She was the only woman in her university physics and mathematics class at Zurich Polytechnic, where she met her future husband.

Mileva Marić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милева Марић, pronounced; 19 December 1875 – 4 August 1948), sometimes called Mileva Marić-Einstein (Милева Марић-Ајнштајн, Mileva Marić-Ajnštajn), was a Serbian mathematician. She was also the first wife of Albert Einstein from 1903 to 1919.

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