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Kylian Mbappé

French forward who won the 2018 World Cup at 19 and scored a hat-trick in the 2022 final, now playing for Real Madrid

Did you know? He was the first teenager to score in a World Cup final since the Brazilian player Pelé.

Kylian Mbappé Lottin (born 20 December 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Real Madrid and captains the France national team. Widely regarded as one of the best players in the world, he is known for his pace, dribbling, and finishing.

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Suzuka Nakamoto

Japanese singer known as Su-metal, the powerful lead voice of the globally successful kawaii metal band Babymetal

Did you know? At five she won a contest to front a line of toy make-up.

Suzuka Nakamoto (Japanese: 中元 すず香, Hepburn: Nakamoto Suzuka;; born December 20, 1997), better known by her stage name Su-metal, is a Japanese singer. She is best known as a member of the kawaii metal band Babymetal and was formerly a member of the idol groups Karen Girl's and Sakura Gakuin.

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Feliks Zemdegs

Australian speedcuber, twice world champion, who has set dozens of world records solving the Rubik's Cube

Did you know? He runs CubeSkills, an online site teaching solving methods to other cubers.

Feliks Aleksanders Zemdegs (Latvian: Fēlikss Zemdegs; born 20 December 1995) is an Australian Rubik's Cube solver. A speedsolver, he is one of two people to have won the 3x3 cube event at the World Cube Association World Championship twice, the other being Max Park.

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Andrea Belotti

Prolific Italian striker who helped his country win Euro 2020

Did you know? He is nicknamed Il Gallo, meaning the rooster, and celebrates his goals by mimicking a bird’s crest with his hand.

Andrea Belotti (Italian pronunciation:; born 20 December 1993) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie B club Modena. Belotti started his career with AlbinoLeffe.

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Jorginho

Italian international footballer known for his role as a creative midfielder

Did you know? Despite representing Italy at international level, he was actually born in Brazil and moved to Europe when he was a teenager.

Jorge Luiz Frello Filho (born 20 December 1991), known as Jorginho, is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Flamengo. Born in Brazil, he represented the Italy national team.

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Fabian Schär

Swiss international footballer who plays as a defender for Newcastle United

Did you know? Before becoming a professional sportsman, he trained and worked as a bank clerk in his home country.

Fabian Lukas Schär (Swiss Standard German:; born 20 December 1991) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Newcastle United. He is known for his powerful free kicks, long shots and long passes.

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Michihiro Yasuda

Japanese full-back who played in the Eredivisie and J-League

Did you know? He spent several seasons playing in the Netherlands for Vitesse after moving from his home club in Osaka.

Michihiro Yasuda (安田 理大, Yasuda Michihiro; born 20 December 1987) is a Japanese former professional footballer player who played as a full back. He also represented the Japan national team until 2011.

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Taliana Vargas

Taliana María Vargas Carrillo (born 20 December 1987) is a Colombian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Colombia 2007 and placed 1st Runner-Up at Miss Universe 2008. Vargas is a student of Journalism at the Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Virginia.

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Jonah Hill

Actor and filmmaker known for Superbad and The Wolf of Wall Street

Did you know? He accepted the minimum possible actor's salary for his role in The Wolf of Wall Street just to work with Martin Scorsese.

Jonah Hill (born Jonah Hill Feldstein; December 20, 1983) is an American actor and filmmaker. Hill ranked 28th on Forbes's list of highest-paid actors from June 2014 to June 2015, at $16 million.

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Ashley Cole

Highly decorated left-back who played for Arsenal, Chelsea and England

Did you know? He holds the record for the most FA Cup winners' medals, having won the competition seven times across spells with two different clubs.

Ashley Cole (born 20 December 1980) is an English professional football coach and former player who was most recently the head coach of Serie B club Cesena. As a player, he played as a left-back, most notably for Arsenal and Chelsea.

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Martín Demichelis

Argentine footballer who played for Manchester City and Bayern Munich

Did you know? He won league titles in four different countries during his career, including top-flight honours in Argentina, Germany, England and Spain.

Martín Gastón Demichelis (Spanish pronunciation:; born 20 December 1980) is an Argentine football manager and former player who is the head coach of Bundesliga club RB Leipzig. A centre-back who could also operate as a defensive midfielder, Demichelis started his career in Argentina with River Plate.

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Todd Phillips

American director of The Hangover trilogy and the Joker films

Did you know? He dropped out of film school to finish his first documentary about a controversial and provocative punk rock singer.

Todd Phillips (born Todd Philip Bunzl, December 20, 1970) is an American filmmaker. He began his career in 1993 and directed films in the 2000s such as Road Trip, Old School, Starsky & Hutch, and School for Scoundrels.

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Nicușor Dan

Mathematician and current Mayor of Bucharest

Did you know? He represented Romania at the International Mathematical Olympiad twice, winning gold medals with perfect scores both times.

Nicușor Daniel Dan (born 20 December 1969) is a Romanian mathematician and politician serving as the seventh President of Romania since 2025. He previously served as the Mayor of Bucharest from 2020 to 2025 and as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2016 to 2020.

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Kim Ki-duk

South Korean director of influential and idiosyncratic art-house films

Did you know? Before finding success in cinema, he spent several years working as a street artist in Paris and served in the marine corps.

Kim Ki-duk (Korean: 김기덕; 20 December 1960 – 11 December 2020) was a South Korean filmmaker, noted for his idiosyncratic art-house cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit, rendering him one of the most important contemporary Asian film directors.

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Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz

Former President of Mauritania who came to power after a coup

Did you know? He served as the commander of the presidential guard before leading a military takeover of the government in 2008.

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (Hassaniyya: محمد ولد عبد العزيز; born 20 December 1956) is a retired Mauritanian military officer and politician who served as the 8th President of Mauritania from 2009 to 2019.

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Binali Yıldırım

Former Prime Minister of Turkey and Speaker of the Grand Assembly

Did you know? He was the final person to hold the office of Prime Minister before the position was abolished in 2018.

Binali Yıldırım (born 20 December 1955) is a Turkish politician who served as the 27th and last prime minister of Turkey from 2016 to 2018 and Speaker of the Grand National Assembly from 2018 to 2019.

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Martin Schulz

German politician who served as President of the European Parliament

Did you know? In his youth, he aspired to be a professional footballer before a serious knee injury ended his sporting career.

Martin Schulz (born 20 December 1955) is a German politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany from 1994 to 2017 and a Member of the Bundestag (MdB) from 2017 to 2021.

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Abdulrazak Gurnah

Nobel Prize-winning novelist known for exploring the effects of colonialism

Did you know? He arrived in the United Kingdom as a young refugee following the revolution in Zanzibar and eventually became a professor of English.

Abdulrazak Gurnah (born 20 December 1948) is a Tanzanian novelist and academic of Yemeni origin. He was born in the Sultanate of Zanzibar and moved to the United Kingdom in the 1960s as a refugee during the Zanzibar Revolution.

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Gigliola Cinquetti

Italian singer who won the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest

Did you know? She won the competition at the age of sixteen and later became a successful television presenter and journalist in Italy.

Gigliola Cinquetti (Italian pronunciation:; born Giliola Cinquetti, 20 December 1947) is an Italian singer, songwriter and television presenter.

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Kim Young-sam

First civilian president of South Korea following decades of military rule

Did you know? He spent years under house arrest during the 1980s for his pro-democracy activism against the ruling regime.

Kim Young-sam (Korean: 김영삼; Hanja: 金泳三; pronounced; 20 December 1927 – 22 November 2015) was a South Korean politician who served as the seventh president of South Korea from 1993 to 1998. Kim was the first civilian to serve as president in the country's history.

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David Bohm

Theoretical physicist who made significant contributions to quantum mechanics

Did you know? His scientific career was disrupted during the Cold War when he was forced to leave America after refusing to testify.

David Joseph Bohm (20 December 1917 – 27 October 1992) was an American-Brazilian physicist who has been described as one of the most significant theoretical physicists of the 20th century and who contributed unorthodox ideas to quantum theory, neuropsychology, and the philosophy of mind.

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Aziz Nesin

Prolific Turkish writer and humorist who wrote over 100 books

Did you know? He survived an arson attack on a hotel in 1993, an event targeting intellectuals that became a significant moment in Turkish history.

Aziz Nesin (pronounced; born Mehmet Nusret,¶ 20 December 1915 – 6 July 1995) was a Turkish writer, humorist and the author of more than 100 books. Born in a time when Turks did not have official surnames, he had to adopt one after the Surname Law of 1934 was passed.

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Irene Dunne

Hollywood actress nominated five times for the Best Actress Oscar

Did you know? Before finding fame in cinema, she was an accomplished opera singer and performed on stage in the musical Show Boat.

Irene Dunne (born Irene Marie Dunn; December 20, 1898 – September 4, 1990) was an American actress who appeared in films during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She is best known for her comedic roles, though she performed in films of other genres.

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Jaroslav Heyrovský

Nobel Prize-winning chemist who invented the polarographic method of analysis

Did you know? He received his Nobel Prize in 1959 after being nominated for the award more than a dozen times.

Jaroslav Heyrovský (Czech:; 20 December 1890 – 27 March 1967) was a Czech chemist and inventor who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1959 for his invention of polarography.

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