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Stephanie Del Valle Diaz

Stephanie Marie Del Valle Díaz (born December 30, 1996) is a Puerto Rican musician, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2016. She became the second contestant from Puerto Rico to win the Miss World title, after Wilnelia Merced in 1975.

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V

Member of the globally successful South Korean boy band BTS

Did you know? He originally played the saxophone for three years in school before deciding to pursue a career as a professional singer.

Kim Tae-hyung (Korean: 김태형; born December 30, 1995), known professionally as V (뷔), is a South Korean singer. In 2013, he made his debut as a member of the South Korean boy band BTS, under Big Hit Entertainment.

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Ellie Goulding

Chart-topping British singer known for hits like Love Me Like You Do

Did you know? She is a keen marathon runner and even completed the Washington D.C. half marathon with a finish time under two hours.

Elena Jane Goulding ( GOHL-ding; born 30 December 1986) is an English singer-songwriter and activist. She has achieved significant commercial success, earning multiple chart records in the United Kingdom and internationally.

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LeBron James

American basketball player with four NBA championships who became the league's all-time leading scorer in 2023

Did you know? He became the all-time leading scorer in NBA history, surpassing a record that had stood for nearly four decades.

LeBron Raymone James (born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Eliza Dushku

American actress who played Faith in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Did you know? She holds Albanian citizenship and was once granted an honorary passport for her work in promoting the country on the international stage.

Eliza Patricia Dushku (born December 30, 1980) is an American and Albanian former actress. Dushku starred as Faith in the supernatural drama series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1998–2003) and its spin-off series Angel (2000–2003).

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Tyrese Gibson

American R&B singer and actor in the Fast & Furious franchise

Did you know? He began his career as a teenager after appearing in a Coca-Cola television advert where he sang while riding a bus.

Tyrese Darnell Gibson (born December 30, 1978) is an American R&B singer and actor from Los Angeles, California. He signed with RCA Records in 1998, and released his debut single "Nobody Else" in August of that year.

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Kazuyuki Toda

Japanese footballer who played in the 2002 World Cup

Did you know? During his time in England with Tottenham Hotspur, he became the first Japanese player to appear for the London club.

Kazuyuki Toda (戸田 和幸, Toda Kazuyuki; born 30 December 1977) is a Japanese professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder or defender. He played for the Japan national team until 2002.

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Tiger Woods

American professional golfer widely considered one of the sport's greatest

Did you know? His first name is actually Eldrick, but he was nicknamed Tiger after a Vietnamese soldier who was a friend of his father.

Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time and as one of the most famous athletes in modern history.

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Kersti Kaljulaid

First female President of Estonia and prominent European diplomat

Did you know? Before entering politics, she worked in investment banking and served as a member of the European Court of Auditors.

Kersti Kaljulaid (Estonian pronunciation:; born 30 December 1969) is an Estonian politician who served as the fifth president of Estonia between 2016 and 2021. Kaljulaid is Estonia's first female head of state since the country declared independence in 1918.

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Mike Pompeo

Former US Secretary of State and Director of the CIA

Did you know? He graduated first in his class from the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Michael Richard Pompeo (born December 30, 1963) is an American politician, attorney, diplomat, and former U.S.

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Bill English

Former Prime Minister of New Zealand and National Party politician

Did you know? Before entering politics, he worked on his family's farm and earned a university degree in English literature.

Sir Simon William English (born 30 December 1961) is a New Zealand former politician who served as the 39th prime minister of New Zealand from 2016 to 2017 and leader of the National Party from 2001 to 2003 and 2016 to 2018.

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Bjarne Stroustrup

Danish computer scientist who created the C++ programming language

Did you know? He wrote the first versions of the language while working at the noted Bell Labs research facility in the United States.

Bjarne Stroustrup (Danish:; born 30 December 1950) is a Danish computer scientist, known for the development of the C++ programming language.

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Randy Schekman

Nobel Prize-winning biologist known for his work on cell membranes

Did you know? He donated his entire Nobel Prize money to help fund a research chair at his university in memory of his late wife.

Randy Wayne Schekman (born December 30, 1948) is an American cell biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, former editor-in-chief of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and former editor of Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology.

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Patti Smith

Influential American singer and poet known as the Godmother of Punk

Did you know? Her award-winning memoir, Just Kids, documents her close relationship with the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe during their early years in New York.

Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, and author. Her 1975 debut album, Horses, made her an influential member of the New York City–based punk rock movement earned her nicknames "Queen of Punk, and "Godmother of Punk".

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Berti Vogts

World Cup-winning German footballer and successful national team manager

Did you know? He was nicknamed "The Terrier" during his playing days because of his relentless and aggressive style of defending.

Hans-Hubert "Berti" Vogts (German pronunciation:; born 30 December 1946) is a German former football manager and player. A defender, he played for Borussia Mönchengladbach his whole club career and won the FIFA World Cup with West Germany in 1974.

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Vladimir Bukovsky

Vladimir Konstantinovich Bukovsky (Russian: Владимир Константинович Буковский; 30 December 1942 – 27 October 2019) was a Soviet and Russian human rights activist and writer. From the late 1950s to the mid-1970s, he was a prominent figure in the Soviet dissident movement, well known at home and abroad.

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Gordon Banks

England's World Cup-winning goalkeeper renowned for his save against Pelé

Did you know? He lost the sight in his right eye following a car accident, which effectively ended his professional career at the highest level.

Gordon Banks (30 December 1937 – 12 February 2019) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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Omar Bongo

President of Gabon who remained in office for forty-one years

Did you know? A former air force officer, he changed his name and converted to Islam in the 1970s after meeting the leader of Libya.

Omar Bongo Ondimba (born Albert-Bernard Bongo; 30 December 1935 – 8 June 2009) was the second president of Gabon, serving from 1967 until his death in 2009.

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Tu Youyou

Nobel Prize-winning scientist who discovered a major malaria treatment

Did you know? To ensure the safety of the new antimalarial drug, she volunteered to be the first human subject to test the treatment herself.

Tu Youyou (Chinese: 屠呦呦; pinyin: Tú Yōuyōu; born 30 December 1930) is a Nobel Prize-winning Chinese pharmaceutical chemist.

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Sergei Korolev

Rocket engineer who led the Soviet space programme

Did you know? His name was kept a state secret until his death to prevent Western intelligence from targeting him.

Sergei Pavlovich Korolev (12 January 1907 – 14 January 1966) was a Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer who led the development of the Soviet space program during the early years of the Space Race.

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Emmanuel Levinas

Influential philosopher known for his work on ethics and phenomenology

Did you know? He spent most of the Second World War as a prisoner of war in a German camp.

Emmanuel Levinas (born Emanuelis Levinas; French:; 12 January 1906 – 25 December 1995) was a French philosopher of Lithuanian Jewish ancestry who is known for his work within Jewish philosophy, existentialism, and phenomenology, focusing on the relationship of ethics to metaphysics and ontology.

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Igor Kurchatov

Physicist who led the Soviet atomic bomb project

Did you know? He grew a long beard during the nuclear project and vowed not to shave it until the mission was successful.

Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov (Russian: Игорь Васильевич Курчатов; 12 January 1903 – 7 February 1960) was a Soviet physicist who played a central role directing Laboratory No. 2, the research institute of the Soviet nuclear weapons program.

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Hideki Tojo

Prime Minister of Japan during much of World War II

Did you know? He attempted to take his own life when American military police arrived to arrest him following the Japanese surrender.

Hideki Tojo (30 December 1884 – 23 December 1948) was a Japanese military officer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1941 to 1944 during World War II. His leadership was marked by widespread state violence and mass killings perpetrated in the name of Japanese nationalism.

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Ramana Maharshi

Indian Hindu sage and philosopher of the Advaita Vedanta school

Did you know? After a spiritual experience in his teens, he moved to the sacred mountain Arunachala and remained there for the rest of his life.

Ramana Maharshi (pronounced; 30 December 1879 – 14 April 1950) was an Indian Hindu sage widely regarded by his followers and by "most advocates of Advaita" as a jivanmukta (liberated being). He was born Venkataraman Iyer, but is mostly known by the name Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi.

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