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Giannis Antetokounmpo

Greek professional basketball star for the Milwaukee Bucks

Did you know? He grew up in poverty in Athens and used to sell watches and sunglasses on the street to help support his family.

Giannis Sina Ougko Antetokounmpo (Greek: Γιάννης Αντετοκούνμπο, born Giannis Sina Ugo Adetokunbo, December 6, 1994) is a Greek-Nigerian professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His size, speed, and strength have earned him the nickname "Greek Freak".

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Alberto Contador

Spanish professional cyclist and winner of multiple Grand Tours

Did you know? He is one of a very small group of riders to have won the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, and Vuelta a España.

Alberto Contador Velasco (Spanish pronunciation:; born 6 December 1982) is a Spanish former professional cyclist. He is one of the most successful riders of his era, winning the Tour de France twice (2007, 2009), the Giro d'Italia twice (2008, 2015), and the Vuelta a España three times (2008, 2012, 2014).

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Tim Cahill

All-time leading goalscorer for the Australian national football team

Did you know? He is famous for his trademark goal celebration where he shadow-boxes the corner flag.

Timothy Filiga Cahill (Samoan:;; born 6 December 1979) is an Australian former professional football player who played as an attacking midfielder but also played as a striker on many occasions.

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Nicos Christodoulides

Eighth President of Cyprus and former diplomat

Did you know? He is the first president in the history of Cyprus to be elected as an independent without the official backing of a major party.

Nikos Christodoulides (Greek: Νίκος Χριστοδουλίδης; born 6 December 1973) is a Cypriot politician, diplomat, and academic who has served as the 8th President of Cyprus since 2023.

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Ryan White

Ryan Wayne White (December 6, 1971 – April 8, 1990) was an American teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States after his school barred him from attending classes following a diagnosis of AIDS.

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Sadyr Japarov

Sixth President of Kyrgyzstan who took office in 2021

Did you know? He was serving an eleven-year prison sentence when he was freed by supporters during a period of political unrest.

Sadyr Nurgojo uulu Japarov (born 6 December 1968) is a Kyrgyz politician, lobbyist, and legislator who has been serving as the sixth president of Kyrgyzstan since 28 January 2021. He previously served as the 22nd prime minister in the 2020 interim government, following the resignation of President Sooronbay Jeenbekov.

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Satoru Iwata

Former president of Nintendo who oversaw the Wii and DS consoles

Did you know? A highly skilled programmer, he once created the software compression tools for the Pokémon Gold and Silver video games in his spare time.

Satoru Iwata (Japanese: 岩田 聡; December 6, 1959 – July 11, 2015) was a Japanese businessman, video game programmer and producer. Beginning in 2002, Iwata served as the fourth president of Nintendo, as well as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Nintendo of America from 2013 until his death in 2015.

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Andrew Cuomo

American politician who served as the 56th Governor of New York

Did you know? He is a keen car enthusiast and owns a vintage 1968 Pontiac GTO that his father originally bought.

Andrew Mark Cuomo ( KWOH-moh; born December 6, 1957) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 56th governor of New York from 2011 until his resignation in 2021.

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Joe Hisaishi

Prolific Japanese composer known for his scores for Studio Ghibli films

Did you know? His professional name was inspired by an American musician, with the kanji chosen to phonetically resemble the name Quincy Jones.

Mamoru Fujisawa (Japanese: 藤澤 守, Hepburn: Fujisawa Mamoru; born December 6, 1950), known professionally as Joe Hisaishi (久石 譲, Hisaishi Jō), is a Japanese composer, musical director, conductor and pianist, known for over 100 film scores and solo albums dating back to 1981.

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Yoshihide Suga

Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister

Did you know? He earned the nickname Uncle Reiwa after he publicly unveiled the name of the country’s new imperial era in 2019.

Yoshihide Suga (菅 義偉, Suga Yoshihide; born 6 December 1948) is a Japanese former politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2020 to 2021.

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Keke Rosberg

Finnish racing driver who won the 1982 Formula One World Championship

Did you know? He is the father of Nico Rosberg, making them one of only two father-son pairs to both win the Formula One title.

Keijo Erik "Keke" Rosberg (Finnish pronunciation:; born 6 December 1948) is a Finnish former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1978 to 1986. Rosberg won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1982 with Williams, and won five Grands Prix across nine seasons.

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Geoffrey Hinton

Computer scientist widely regarded as the godfather of artificial intelligence

Did you know? He is a descendant of the famous logician George Boole, whose work provided the basis for modern digital computing.

Geoffrey Everest Hinton (born 6 December 1947) is a British-Canadian computer scientist, cognitive scientist, cognitive psychologist and Nobel Prize laureate known for his work on artificial neural networks, which earned him the title "the Godfather of AI".

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Peter Handke

Austrian novelist and playwright who won the Nobel Prize in Literature

Did you know? He co-wrote the screenplay for the acclaimed film Wings of Desire with the celebrated director Wim Wenders.

Peter Handke (German:; born 6 December 1942) is an Austrian novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director, and screenwriter.

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Dave Brubeck

American jazz pianist and composer of Take Five

Did you know? His signature track, Take Five, was actually written by his long-term collaborator and saxophonist Paul Desmond.

David Warren Brubeck (December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012) was an American jazz pianist and composer.

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George Porter

Nobel Prize-winning chemist and President of the Royal Society

Did you know? During the Second World War, he served as a radar officer in the Royal Navy before beginning his research into ultra-fast chemical reactions.

George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham, (6 December 1920 – 31 August 2002) was a British chemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967.

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Gunnar Myrdal

Nobel Prize-winning economist and social scientist

Did you know? He shared his Nobel Prize with Friedrich Hayek, even though the two men held vastly different political and economic views.

Karl Gunnar Myrdal ( MUR-dahl, MEER-; Swedish:; 6 December 1898 – 17 May 1987) was a Swedish economist and sociologist.

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August von Mackensen

Prussian field marshal and prominent commander during the First World War

Did you know? He was famous for his distinctive uniform, which included a busby hat decorated with a skull and crossbones symbol.

Anton Ludwig Friedrich August Mackensen (ennobled as von Mackensen in 1899; 6 December 1849 – 8 November 1945), was a German field marshal. He commanded Army Group Mackensen during World War I (1914–1918) and became one of the German Empire's most prominent and competent military leaders.

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Johann Palisa

Austrian astronomer who discovered over one hundred asteroids

Did you know? He used his first discovery, the asteroid Austria, to map the sky from a naval observatory in present-day Croatia.

Johann Palisa (6 December 1848 – 2 May 1925) was an Austrian astronomer. He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids, discovering 122 in all, from 136 Austria in 1874 to 1073 Gellivara in 1923.

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Frédéric Bazille

French Impressionist painter known for his outdoor figure paintings

Did you know? He was a close friend of Claude Monet and often provided financial support to other struggling artists in his circle.

Jean Frédéric Bazille (French pronunciation:; December 6, 1841 – November 28, 1870) was a French Impressionist painter. Many of Bazille's major works are examples of figure painting in which he placed the subject figure within a landscape painted en plein air.

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Friedrich Max Müller

Pioneering scholar of Indian studies and comparative religion

Did you know? Despite being a leading expert on Sanskrit and Indian culture, he never actually visited India during his lifetime.

Friedrich Max Müller (German:; 6 December 1823 – 28 October 1900) was a German-born British comparative philologist and Orientalist. He was one of the founders of the Western academic disciplines of Indology and religious studies.

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Juan Prim, 1st Marquis of los Castillejos

Spanish general and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Spain

Did you know? He survived for three days after being shot several times in a street ambush in Madrid, eventually dying from infected wounds.

Juan Prim y Prats, 1st Count of Reus, 1st Marquis of los Castillejos, 1st Viscount of Bruch (Spanish pronunciation:; Catalan: Joan Prim i Prats; 6 December 1814 – 30 December 1870) was a Spanish general and statesman who was briefly Prime Minister of Spain until his assassination.

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William II of the Netherlands

Former King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg

Did you know? He served as an aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington and was wounded during the Battle of Waterloo.

William II (Dutch: Willem II, French: Guillaume II; 6 December 1792 – 17 March 1849) was King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Duke of Limburg from 1840 until his death. William II was the son of William I and Wilhelmine of Prussia.

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Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

French scientist known for his work on the properties of gases

Did you know? He once took a record-breaking solo hot-air balloon flight to study the Earth’s atmosphere at high altitudes.

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (6 December 1778 – 9 May 1850) was a French chemist and physicist.

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Baldassarre Castiglione

Renaissance author of the influential etiquette book The Book of the Courtier

Did you know? His famous guide on how to be a perfect gentleman was translated into numerous languages and became a standard text across Europe.

Baldassare Castiglione, Count of Casatico (Italian:; 6 December 1478 – 2 February 1529), was an Italian courtier, diplomat, soldier and a prominent Renaissance author. Castiglione wrote Il Cortegiano or The Book of the Courtier, a courtesy book dealing with questions of the etiquette and morality of the courtier.

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