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Toni-Ann Singh

Toni-Ann Singh (born February 1, 1996) is a Jamaican beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss World 2019 and is the fourth woman from Jamaica to win Miss World. She is also the longest-reigning Miss World in the history of the pageant.

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Harry Styles

British singer-songwriter and former member of One Direction

Did you know? Before his music career took off, he worked part-time in a local bakery in his home village of Holmes Chapel.

Harry Edward Styles (born 1 February 1994) is an English singer, songwriter, and actor. An influential figure in popular culture, he is known for his showmanship, artistry, and flamboyant fashion.

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Julia Garner

Emmy-winning actress best known for the crime drama Ozark

Did you know? She originally took acting classes as a teenager to help overcome her natural shyness.

Julia Garner (born February 1, 1994) is an American actress.

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Alfreð Finnbogason

Icelandic international striker who played in the Eredivisie and Bundesliga

Did you know? He scored the first goal for Iceland at a World Cup finals during their debut tournament in 2018 against Argentina.

Alfreð Finnbogason (born 1 February 1989) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a striker and who is currently working as the Sports director of Eliteserien club Rosenborg.

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Ronda Rousey

Former UFC champion and professional wrestler

Did you know? She was the first American woman to win an Olympic medal in judo, earning bronze at the 2008 Beijing Games.

Ronda Jean Rousey ( ROW-zee; born February 1, 1987) is an American actress, retired professional wrestler, former judoka, and former mixed martial artist. She is best known for her tenures in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and WWE.

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Asmaa Mahfouz

Asmaa Mahfouz (Egyptian Arabic: أسماء محفوظ, pronounced, born 1 February 1985) is an Egyptian activist and one of the founders of the April 6 Youth Movement.

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Darren Fletcher

Scottish midfielder who won multiple Premier League titles with Manchester United

Did you know? He successfully resumed his professional career after taking an extended break to recover from a serious chronic bowel condition.

Darren Barr Fletcher (born 1 February 1984) is a Scottish professional football coach and former player who is currently the head coach of Manchester United Under-18s. He also served as caretaker head coach of the Manchester United first team in early January 2026.

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Katrín Jakobsdóttir

Icelandic politician who served as Prime Minister

Did you know? She wrote her university master's thesis on the work of the famous Icelandic crime novelist Arnaldur Indriðason.

Katrín Jakobsdóttir (Icelandic:; born 1 February 1976) is an Icelandic former politician who served as the prime minister of Iceland from December 2017 to April 2024, and was a member of the Althing for the Reykjavík North constituency from 2007 to 2024.

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Leymah Gbowee

Nobel Peace Prize winner who helped end the Liberian Civil War

Did you know? She mobilised thousands of Christian and Muslim women to stage non-violent protests, including a creative sex strike to pressure men into peace.

Leymah Roberta Gbowee (born 1 February 1972) is a Liberian peace activist responsible for leading a women's non-violent peace movement, Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace that helped bring an end to the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003.

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Michael C. Hall

American actor best known for starring in Dexter and Six Feet Under

Did you know? He played the lead role in the stage musical Lazarus, which was one of the final projects completed by David Bowie.

Michael Carlyle Hall (born February 1, 1971) is an American actor and musician. He is best known for playing the role of the titular character in the Showtime series Dexter and David Fisher in the HBO black-comedy drama series Six Feet Under, which earned him two Actor Awards.

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Gabriel Batistuta

Argentine footballer regarded as one of the greatest strikers of all time

Did you know? For many years, he held the record as the top goalscorer for the Argentina national team until he was surpassed by Lionel Messi.

Gabriel Omar Batistuta (Spanish pronunciation:; born 1 February 1969) is an Argentine former professional footballer. During his playing career, Batistuta was nicknamed Batigol as well as El Ángel Gabriel (Spanish for Angel Gabriel).

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Lisa Marie Presley

American singer and the only child of Elvis and Priscilla Presley

Did you know? She was once married to Michael Jackson and later to actor Nicolas Cage, who is a massive fan of her father.

Lisa Marie Presley (February 1, 1968 – January 12, 2023) was an American singer-songwriter. The daughter of singer and actor Elvis Presley and actress Priscilla Presley, she became the sole heir to her father's estate following the deaths of her grandfather and great-grandmother.

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Brandon Lee

Actor and martial artist known for his lead role in The Crow

Did you know? He was the son of legendary martial arts star Bruce Lee and died tragically on set during the filming of his breakthrough movie.

Brandon Bruce Lee (February 1, 1965 – March 31, 1993) was an American actor and martial artist. Establishing himself as a rising action star in the early 1990s, Lee landed what was to be his breakthrough role as Eric Draven in the supernatural superhero film The Crow (1994).

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Jackie Shroff

Prolific Indian film actor and former model

Did you know? His screen name was suggested by director Subhash Ghai during the filming of the 1983 hit movie Hero.

Jaikishan Kakubhai Saraf (born 1 February 1957), known by his screen name Jackie Shroff, is an Indian actor and former model who primarily works in the Hindi film industry. In a career spanning over four decades, he has appeared in 250 films in multiple languages.

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Roger Y. Tsien

Nobel Prize-winning biochemist who developed green fluorescent protein markers

Did you know? He suffered from colour blindness, which made his work on bright, glowing proteins used to track cellular processes even more remarkable.

Roger Yonchien Tsien (Chinese: 錢永健; February 1, 1952 – August 24, 2016) was an American biochemist.

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Rosemarie Frankland

Rosemarie Frankland (1 February 1943 – 2 December 2000) was a Welsh-American actress, model and beauty queen who won Miss World 1961, having previously finished as first runner-up at Miss Universe 1961.

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Terry Jones

Welsh actor, director and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe

Did you know? He was a respected historian who wrote several books and presented television series about the Middle Ages and the Roman Empire.

Terence Graham Parry Jones (1 February 1942 – 21 January 2020) was a Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian, writer and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe.

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Boris Yeltsin

First President of Russia, who stood on a tank to defeat the 1991 coup and led the country through the Soviet collapse

Did you know? During a visit to Washington in 1994, he was found late at night in his underwear trying to hail a taxi to find pizza.

Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999, having previously served as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR from 1990 to 1991.

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Iajuddin Ahmed

Former President of Bangladesh and respected soil scientist

Did you know? Before entering politics, he was a distinguished academic who developed a process for preserving nutrients in local soil.

Iajuddin Ahmed (1 February 1931 – 10 December 2012) was the president of Bangladesh, serving from 2002 to 2009. With a doctorate in soil science, Ahmed became a full professor at the University of Dhaka and chairman of the department.

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Muriel Spark

Scottish novelist who wrote The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Did you know? During the Second World War, she worked for British intelligence, helping to produce fake news to disrupt German propaganda.

Dame Muriel Sarah Spark (née Camberg; 1 February 1918 – 13 April 2006) was a Scottish novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist.

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Stanley Matthews

Legendary English footballer who won the first Ballon d'Or

Did you know? Known as the Wizard of the Dribble, he continued playing professional top-flight football until he was fifty.

Sir Stanley Matthews (1 February 1915 – 23 February 2000) was an English footballer who played as an outside right.

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Clark Gable

American actor known as the King of Hollywood, who played Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind and won an Oscar

Did you know? He joined the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War following the tragic death of his wife.

William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American actor often referred to as the "King of Hollywood ". He appeared in more than 60 motion pictures across a variety of genres during a 37-year career, three decades of which he spent as a leading man.

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Langston Hughes

Poet and a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance

Did you know? He was discovered by a famous poet while working as a busboy at a hotel, having left some of his work by the writer's plate.

James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. An early innovator of jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance.

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John Ford

American director of classic Westerns and war films

Did you know? He holds the record for winning the most Academy Awards for Best Director, with four wins during his long career.

John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), better known as John Ford, was an American film director and producer. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and was one of the first American directors to be recognized as an auteur.

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