Born on December 31?

Alina Sanko

Alina Stanislavovna Sanko (Russian: Алина Станиславовна Санько) is a Russian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Russia 2019. She represented Russia at Miss World 2019, where she reached the top twelve, and at Miss Universe 2020, where she was unplaced.

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Ihor Kostenko

Ihor Ihorovych Kostenko (Ukrainian: Ігор Ігорович Костенко, IPA:; 31 December 1991 – 20 February 2014) was a Ukrainian journalist, student activist and Wikipedian killed during the Euromaidan events.

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Edvin Kanka Ćudić

Edvin Kanka Ćudić (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Едвин Канка Ћудић; born 31 December 1988) is a Bosnian human rights activist, martial artist and journalist who is best known as the leader of the UDIK, a non-governmental organisation campaigning for human rights and reconciliation in the former Yugoslavia.

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Psy

South Korean singer and rapper famous for the hit Gangnam Style

Did you know? His signature dance track became the first video to ever reach one billion views on the YouTube platform.

Park Jae-sang (Korean: 박재상; born December 31, 1977), better known as Psy ( SY; 싸이), is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He has received numerous accolades, including an American Music Award, a World Music Award, and 10 MAMA Awards.

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Donald Trump Jr.

American businessman and eldest son of President Donald Trump

Did you know? He is an avid outdoorsman and hunter who has spent much of his free time fishing and trekking across various continents.

Donald John Trump Jr. (born December 31, 1977), often nicknamed Don Jr., is an American businessman and political activist.

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Amancay Diana Sacayán

Amancay Diana Sacayán (31 December 1975 – 11 October 2015) was an Argentine LGBT and human rights activist who fought for the legal rights of travesti and transgender people in Argentina.

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Gong Li

Chinese actress known for her roles in international cinema

Did you know? She was the first Chinese person to head the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Gong Li (simplified Chinese: 巩俐; traditional Chinese: 鞏俐; born 31 December 1965) is a Chinese-born Singaporean actress. Known for her versatility and naturalistic performances, she is regarded as one of the best actresses in Chinese cinema.

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Nicholas Sparks

Best-selling American author of romantic novels like The Notebook

Did you know? He attended university on an athletic scholarship for track and field and once held a school record for the relay.

Nicholas Charles Sparks (born December 31, 1965) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and film producer. He has published 24 novels, 16 of which are New York Times bestsellers, and two works of nonfiction, with over 130 million copies sold worldwide (92 million in the U.S. alone) in more than 50 languages.

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Val Kilmer

Actor known for roles in Top Gun and Batman Forever

Did you know? He was once the youngest student ever accepted into the drama division of the Juilliard School.

Val Edward Kilmer (December 31, 1959 – April 1, 2025) was an American actor. Initially a stage actor, he later found fame as a leading man in films in a wide variety of genres, including comedies, dramas, action adventures, westerns, historical films, crime dramas, science fiction films, and fantasy films.

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Alex Salmond

Former First Minister of Scotland and leader of the SNP

Did you know? Before entering politics, he worked as an economist for the Royal Bank of Scotland specialising in the oil industry.

Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond (31 December 1954 – 12 October 2024) was a Scottish politician and economist who served as First Minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014.

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Donna Summer

American singer-songwriter known as the Queen of Disco

Did you know? Before her solo success, she moved to Germany to perform in musical theatre productions such as the rock musical Hair.

Donna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012), known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter. She gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s and became known as the "Queen of Disco", while her music gained a global following.

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Iêda Maria Vargas

Iêda Maria Brutto Vargas (December 31, 1944 – December 22, 2025) was a Brazilian actress and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe in Miami Beach, Florida in 1963. Previously, she was Miss Brazil and was crowned by Maria Olívia Rebouças.

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Ben Kingsley

Oscar-winning actor who played Mahatma Gandhi

Did you know? He was born Krishna Pandit Bhanji and changed his name early in his career to avoid being typecast by casting directors.

Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an Indian-English actor.

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John Denver

American singer and songwriter known for Take Me Home, Country Roads

Did you know? He was an experienced pilot and died when the amateur-built aircraft he was flying crashed into the Pacific Ocean.

Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), known professionally as John Denver, was an American country and folk singer, songwriter, and actor.

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Alex Ferguson

Scottish manager who won 13 Premier League titles and two Champions Leagues in 26 years at Manchester United

Did you know? In his youth, he worked as an apprentice toolmaker in the Glasgow shipyards while beginning his professional football career as a striker.

Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson (born 31 December 1941), also known by the nickname Fergie, is a Scottish former professional football manager and player, best known for managing Manchester United from 1986 to 2013.

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Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor who won Oscars for playing Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs and for The Father

Did you know? He is a classically trained pianist and composer who released an album of classical music later in his career.

Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins (born 31 December 1937) is a Welsh actor. Considered one of Britain's most recognisable and prolific actors, he is known for his performances on the screen and stage.

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Avram Hershko

Nobel Prize-winning biochemist who discovered how cells break down proteins

Did you know? He spent his early childhood in a ghetto and a concentration camp before eventually settling in Israel.

Avram Hershko (Hebrew: אברהם הרשקו, romanized: Avraham Hershko, Hungarian: Herskó Ferenc Ábrahám; born December 31, 1937) is a Hungarian-born Israeli biochemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2004.

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Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

King of Saudi Arabia and head of the House of Saud

Did you know? Before becoming monarch, he served as the Governor of Riyadh Province for several decades, overseeing its transformation into a major city.

Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: سلمان بن عبد العزيز آل سعود, romanized: Salmān ibn ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz Āl Saʻūd; born 31 December 1935) is King of Saudi Arabia, having reigned since 2015. He is a son of King Abdulaziz, the founder of Saudi Arabia, and a member of the House of Saud.

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Simon Wiesenthal

Holocaust survivor who became a prominent hunter of Nazi fugitives

Did you know? He was involved in locating Adolf Eichmann, who was later captured in Argentina and brought to trial in Israel for war crimes.

Simon Wiesenthal (31 December 1908 – 20 September 2005) was an Austrian Holocaust survivor, Nazi hunter, and writer. He studied architecture, and was living in Lviv at the outbreak of World War II.

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Umm Kulthum

Egyptian singer known as the Star of the East, whose hour-long songs and monthly concerts captivated the Arab world

Did you know? Her funeral in Cairo was attended by millions of mourners, making it one of the largest public gatherings in history.

Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi (4 May 1904 – 3 February 1975), known by her stage name Umm Kulthum, was an Egyptian singer and film actress. She was given the honorific title Kawkab el-Sharq (Egyptian Arabic: كوكب الشرق, lit. 'Planet of the East').

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George Marshall

American general and statesman who led the post-war recovery of Europe

Did you know? He is the only professional soldier in history to have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his diplomatic efforts.

General of the Army George Catlett Marshall Jr. (31 December 1880 – 16 October 1959) was an American military officer and diplomat.

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Viktor Dyk

Prominent Czech nationalist poet, playwright and politician

Did you know? His most famous novella, The Ratcatcher, is a dark reimagining of the traditional German legend of the Pied Piper.

Viktor Dyk (Czech pronunciation:; 31 December 1877 – 14 May 1931) was a nationalist Czech poet, prose writer, playwright, politician and political writer. He was sent to jail during the First World War for opposing the Austro-Hungarian empire.

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Henri Matisse

French artist and leader of Fauvism, famous for his bold colours, The Dance and his late paper cut-outs

Did you know? Late in life, when ill health prevented him from painting, he began creating large-scale artworks using paper cut-outs and scissors.

Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (French:; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter.

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Émile Loubet

French statesman who served as President and Prime Minister

Did you know? During his presidency, he officially pardoned Alfred Dreyfus, helping to resolve the political scandal that had divided France for years.

Émile François Loubet (French:; 30 December 1838 – 20 December 1929) was the 45th Prime Minister of France from February to December 1892 and later President of France from 1899 to 1906. Trained in law, he became mayor of Montélimar, where he was noted as a forceful orator.

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