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Memphis Depay

Professional footballer and record goalscorer for the Netherlands national team

Did you know? Aside from his football career, he is a keen hip-hop artist who has released several original songs and music videos.

Memphis Depay (Dutch pronunciation:; born 13 February 1994), commonly known simply as Memphis, is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Corinthians in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and the Netherlands national team. He is the all-time top scorer for the national team with 55 goals.

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El Rubius

Rubén Doblas Gundersen (Spanish:; born 13 February 1990), better known as elrubiusOMG or simply El Rubius (Spanish:), is a Spanish YouTuber whose channel primarily consists of gameplays and vlogs. He has the most subscribers in Spain and was among the top 50 most subscribed-to channels of the platform in the world.

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Anders Behring Breivik

Norwegian far-right terrorist who carried out the 2011 Norway attacks

Did you know? He was a member of a local gun club and spent several years writing a manifesto before the attacks.

Anders Behring Breivik (born 13 February 1979) is a Norwegian mass murderer, neo-Nazi, and domestic terrorist who perpetrated the 2011 Norway attacks.

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Mena Suvari

American actress known for American Beauty and American Pie

Did you know? Her distinctive first name was inspired by a hotel in Egypt that her godmother visited.

Mena Alexandra Suvari (born February 13, 1979) is an American actress, producer, fashion designer, and model. Suvari made her film debut in the 1997 black comedy drama Nowhere.

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Rafael Márquez El piojo

Mexican footballer who captained his country at five World Cups

Did you know? He spent a highly successful period playing for Barcelona, becoming the first Mexican player to win the UEFA Champions League.

Rafael Márquez Álvarez (Spanish:; born 13 February 1979) is a Mexican football manager and former footballer who played as a defender. He is the head coach of the Mexico national team.

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Tanja Nijmeijer

Tanja Nijmeijer (Dutch pronunciation:; born 13 February 1978), also known as Alexandra Nariño, is a Dutch former guerrilla and English teacher who has been a member of the Colombian guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) since 2002.

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Robbie Williams

British singer-songwriter and former member of the band Take That

Did you know? He has won more Brit Awards than any other artist in the history of the ceremony.

Robert Peter Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer and songwriter. He found fame as a member of the pop group Take That from 1990 to 1995, launching a solo career in 1996.

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David Kato

David Kato Kisule (c. 1964 – 26 January 2011) was a Ugandan teacher and LGBT rights activist, considered a father of Uganda's gay rights movement and described as "Uganda's first openly gay man". He served as advocacy officer for Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG).

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Pierluigi Collina

Highly respected football referee who officiated the 2002 World Cup

Did you know? He was easily recognised on the pitch because a severe case of alopecia caused him to lose all his hair.

Pierluigi Collina (born 13 February 1960) is an Italian former football referee.

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Peter Gabriel

Singer, songwriter and original lead vocalist of the rock band Genesis

Did you know? He founded the WOMAD festival to celebrate world music and pioneered digital recording techniques at his Real World Studios.

Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, and human rights activist. He is known for being a co-founder and the lead vocalist of Genesis for their first eight years and for his subsequent solo career.

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Paul Biya

Second President of Cameroon serving since 1982

Did you know? He is one of the world's longest-serving non-royal heads of state.

Paul Barthélemy Biya (né Biya'a bi Mvondo, born 13 February 1933) is a Cameroonian politician who has been serving as the second president of Cameroon since 1982. He was previously the fifth prime minister under President Ahmadou Ahidjo from 1975 to 1982.

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Kim Novak

Hollywood actress who starred in the Alfred Hitchcock film Vertigo

Did you know? She initially worked as a travelling saleswoman for a refrigerator company before being discovered by a Hollywood talent scout.

Marilyn Pauline "Kim" Malloy (née Novak; born February 13, 1933) is a retired American actress. Her contributions to cinema have been honored with two Golden Globe Awards, an Honorary Golden Bear, a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Chuck Yeager

Record-breaking test pilot who first broke the sound barrier

Did you know? He flew a secret mission during the Second World War after escaping from occupied France with the help of the resistance.

Charles Elwood Yeager ( YAY-gər, February 13, 1923 – December 7, 2020) was a United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot who in October 1947 became the first pilot in history confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight. Yeager was raised in Hamlin, West Virginia.

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Aung San

Revolutionary leader regarded as the father of modern Myanmar

Did you know? He was the father of fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner and high-profile Burmese politician Aung San Suu Kyi.

Aung San (Burmese: အောင်ဆန်း, MLCTS: aung hcan:, pronounced; 13 February 1915 – 19 July 1947) was a Burmese politician, independence activist and revolutionary. He was instrumental in Myanmar's struggle for independence from British rule, but he was assassinated just six months before his goal was realized.

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Khalid of Saudi Arabia

King of Saudi Arabia during a period of rapid national development

Did you know? He took the throne after his half-brother was assassinated by a nephew and was known for his personal interest in falconry and desert life.

Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (13 February 1913 – 13 June 1982) was King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 25 March 1975 until his death in 1982. Before his ascension, he was Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.

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William Shockley

Nobel Prize-winning physicist who co-invented the transistor

Did you know? His move to California to start his own company is often credited with the birth of Silicon Valley.

William Bradford Shockley (February 13, 1910 – August 12, 1989) was an American physicist. He was the manager of a research group at Bell Labs that included John Bardeen and Walter Brattain.

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Georges Simenon

Prolific Belgian author who created the detective character Jules Maigret

Did you know? He was incredibly productive, often writing an entire novel in just over a week and producing hundreds of books during his lifetime.

Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (French:; 12/13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer who created the fictional detective Jules Maigret.

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Grant Wood

American artist best known for the painting American Gothic

Did you know? He used his dentist and his sister as the models for the two figures depicted in his most famous work.

Grant DeVolson Wood (February 13, 1891 – February 12, 1942) was an American artist and representative of Regionalism, best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest. He is particularly well known for American Gothic (1930), which has become an iconic example of early 20th-century American art.

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Bess Truman

First Lady of the United States and wife of Harry S. Truman

Did you know? She lived to be ninety-seven, making her the longest-lived First Lady in the history of the United States.

Elizabeth Virginia Truman (née Wallace; February 13, 1885 – October 18, 1982) was First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953 as the wife of President Harry S. Truman. She had previously served as Second Lady of the United States from January to April 1945.

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Alexei Rykov

Soviet revolutionary who served as the Premier of the Soviet Union

Did you know? Despite his high-ranking position, he was later executed during Joseph Stalin's political purges in the late 1930s.

Alexei Ivanovich Rykov (25 February 1881 – 15 March 1938) was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet politician and statesman, most prominent as premier of Russia and the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1929 and 1924 to 1930 respectively.

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Sarojini Naidu

Indian independence activist and poet known as the Nightingale of India

Did you know? She was the first woman to be appointed as a governor of an Indian state after the country gained independence.

Sarojini Naidu (née Chattopadhyay; Bengali pronunciation:; 13 February 1879 – 2 March 1949) was an Indian political activist and poet who served as the first Governor of United Provinces, after India's independence. She played an important role in the Indian independence movement against the British Raj.

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Lesya Ukrainka

Influential Ukrainian writer, poet and feminist activist

Did you know? She suffered from bone tuberculosis from a young age and travelled across Europe and North Africa to seek treatment in warmer climates.

Lesya Ukrainka (Ukrainian: Леся Українка, romanized: Lesia Ukrainka, pronounced; born Larysa Petrivna Kosach, Ukrainian: Лариса Петрівна Косач; 25 February 1871 – 1 August 1913) was one of Ukrainian literature's foremost writers, best known for her poems and plays.

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Paul Deschanel

French politician who served as President of France in 1920

Did you know? He resigned from the presidency after falling out of a moving train window in his pyjamas, an incident that prompted concerns about his health.

Paul Eugène Louis Deschanel (French:; 13 February 1855 – 28 April 1922) was a French politician who served as President of France from 18 February to 21 September 1920. Seven months into his presidency, he was ousted due to mental illness and was succeeded by his prime minister, Alexandre Millerand.

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Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

Religious leader who founded the Ahmadiyya movement in India

Did you know? He authored more than eighty books in several languages to explain his spiritual beliefs and teachings.

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (13 February 1835 – 26 May 1908) was an Indian religious leader and the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam.

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