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J-hope

Gwangju-born rapper and main dancer of BTS whose solo album Jack in the Box explored fame and identity

Did you know? He was a street dancer in Gwangju before joining Big Hit Entertainment.

Jung Ho-seok (Korean: 정호석; born February 18, 1994), known professionally as J-Hope (제이홉; stylized in lower case), is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, dancer, and record producer. He made his debut as a member of South Korean boy band BTS in 2013, under Big Hit Entertainment.

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Zeev Suraski

Zeev Suraski (Hebrew: זאב סורסקי pronounced; born 18 February 1976) is an Israeli programmer, PHP developer and co-founder of Zend Technologies. A graduate of the Technion in Haifa, Israel, Suraski and Andi Gutmans created PHP 3 in 1997.

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Gary Neville

English defender and captain who spent his career at Manchester United

Did you know? He is a co-owner of Salford City football club alongside several of his former teammates from the famous Class of '92.

Gary Alexander Neville (born 18 February 1975) is an English football pundit and former professional player. A right-back, he spent his entire career with Manchester United, serving as captain for five years.

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Igor Dodon

Former President of Moldova and leader of the Socialist party

Did you know? He once worked as a professor of economics and served as the Minister of Economy and Trade before leading his country.

Igor Dodon (Romanian:; born 18 February 1975) is a Moldovan economist and politician who served as the 5th president of Moldova from 2016 to 2020. He currently serves as the leader of the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova since 2024.

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Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Russian tennis player who won two Grand Slam singles titles

Did you know? After retiring from professional tennis, he became a successful poker player and also won the Russian National Golf Championship.

Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov (Russian: Евгений Александрович Кафельников, IPA:; born 18 February 1974) is a Russian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No.

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Julia Butterfly Hill

Julia Lorraine Hill (born February 18, 1974), best known as Julia Butterfly Hill, is an American environmental activist and tax redirection advocate. She lived in a 200-foot (61 m)-tall, approximately 1,000-year-old California redwood tree for 738 days between December 10, 1997, and December 18, 1999.

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Claude Makelélé

Influential defensive midfielder who won titles in Spain, England and France

Did you know? His mastery of his position led to the defensive midfield role being widely nicknamed the Makélélé role by commentators and fans.

Claude Makélélé Sinda (French pronunciation:; born 18 February 1973) is a French football manager and former professional player who played as a defensive midfielder. He last managed Super League Greece club Asteras Tripolis.

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Roberto Baggio

Italian striker who won the FIFA World Player of the Year award

Did you know? He is a committed Buddhist, which led fans to give him the nickname The Divine Ponytail.

Roberto Baggio (Italian pronunciation:; born 18 February 1967) is an Italian former professional footballer who mainly played as a second striker, or as an attacking midfielder. He is also the former president of the technical sector of the Italian Football Federation.

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Dr. Dre

revolutionising West Coast hip-hop through N.W.A and G-funk production, then discovering Eminem and 50 Cent via Aftermath Entertainment

Andre Romell Young (born February 18, 1965), known professionally as Dr. Dre (or simply Dre; ), is an American rapper, record producer, record executive, and actor.

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Matt Dillon

Actor known for The Outsiders and There's Something About Mary

Did you know? He was discovered by casting directors while skipping class in the hallway of his junior high school.

Matthew Raymond Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an American actor. He made his feature film debut in Over the Edge (1979) and established himself as a teen idol by starring in the films My Bodyguard (1980), Little Darlings (1980), Liar's Moon (1982), The Flamingo Kid (1984) and three of the four S. E.

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Bidzina Ivanishvili

Billionaire businessman and former Prime Minister of Georgia

Did you know? He owns an extensive private zoo that includes exotic animals such as zebras, penguins, and even a shark.

Bidzina Ivanishvili (Georgian: ბიძინა ივანიშვილი; born 18 February 1956), also known as Boris Grigoryevich Ivanishvili, is a Georgian businessman, politician and oligarch. In 2012 he founded the Georgian Dream party and led it to the victory in the 2012 Georgian parliamentary election.

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John Travolta

American actor of Saturday Night Fever and Grease whose career was revived by Pulp Fiction

Did you know? He is a certified private pilot and keeps a collection of his own aircraft at his home.

John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor. He began acting in television before transitioning into a leading man in films.

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Isabel Preysler

María Isabel Preysler Arrastía (born February 18, 1951) is a Spanish and Filipino socialite and television host. She is the mother of singers Enrique Iglesias and Julio Iglesias Jr., journalist Chábeli Iglesias, Tamara Falcó, 6th Marchioness of Griñón, and Ana Boyer Preysler.

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Audre Lorde

Influential American poet and civil rights activist

Did you know? She chose to drop the final letter of her birth name, Audrey, because she preferred the symmetry of the two 'e' endings.

Audre Lorde ( AW-dree LORD; born Audrey Geraldine Lorde; February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was an American writer, professor, philosopher, intersectional feminist, poet, and civil rights activist.

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Yoko Ono

Multi-media artist, singer and peace activist married to John Lennon

Did you know? She was the first woman to be admitted to the philosophy course at Gakushuin University in Tokyo.

Yoko Ono (Japanese: 小野 洋子, romanized: Ono Yōko, usually spelled in katakana as オノ・ヨーコ; born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese retired artist, musician, and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking.

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Bobby Robson

Former England manager who led the team to a semi-final

Did you know? Before turning professional, he followed his father's footsteps by working as an apprentice electrician in a coal mine for several years.

Sir Robert William Robson (18 February 1933 – 31 July 2009) was an English football player and coach. His career included periods playing for and later managing the England national team and being a UEFA Cup-winning manager at Ipswich Town.

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Miloš Forman

Film director known for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Did you know? His parents died in Nazi concentration camps, and he was raised by his relatives in Czechoslovakia.

Jan Tomáš "Miloš" Forman (Czech:; 18 February 1932 – 13 April 2018) was a Czech and American film director, screenwriter, actor, and professor. He rose to fame in his native Czechoslovakia before emigrating to the United States in 1968.

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Toni Morrison

American novelist of Beloved, Song of Solomon and The Bluest Eye, the first Black woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature

Did you know? Before finding success with her own novels, she spent many years working as a senior editor for a major publishing house.

Chloe Anthony Wofford "Toni" Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford; February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019) was an American novelist and editor. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.

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George Kennedy

Oscar-winning American actor known for Cool Hand Luke

Did you know? Before finding fame in Hollywood, he served in the United States Army for sixteen years during and after the Second World War.

George Harris Kennedy Jr. (February 18, 1925 – February 28, 2016) was an American actor who appeared in more than 100 film and television productions.

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Jack Palance

Oscar-winning American actor famous for playing tough villains and outlaws

Did you know? While accepting his Academy Award aged seventy-three, he famously performed several one-armed press-ups on stage to prove his fitness.

Walter Jack Palance ( PAL-əns; born Volodymyr Palahniuk; February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an American actor. He gained stardom for his masculine portrayals of men in neo-noirs, crime dramas and westerns.

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Enzo Ferrari

Italian motor racing driver and founder of the Ferrari car brand

Did you know? He initially began his career as a racing driver for Alfa Romeo before focusing on managing his own team and factory.

Enzo Anselmo Giuseppe Maria Ferrari (Italian:; 18 February 1898 – 14 August 1988) was an Italian racing driver and entrepreneur, the founder of Scuderia Ferrari in Grand Prix motor racing, and subsequently of the Ferrari automobile marque.

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André Breton

French writer and poet who founded the Surrealist movement

Did you know? He spent time working in a neurological ward during the First World War, where he used Sigmund Freud's methods on soldiers.

André Robert Breton (French:; 19 February 1896 – 28 September 1966) was a French writer and poet, known as a principal theorist and co-founder of surrealism. His writings include the first Surrealist Manifesto (Manifeste du surréalisme) of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as "pure psychic automatism".

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Alexander Oparin

Soviet biochemist known for theories on the origin of life

Did you know? He proposed that life began in a "primordial soup" of organic molecules, a concept that heavily influenced modern evolutionary biology.

Alexander Ivanovich Oparin (Russian: Александр Иванович Опарин; 2 March 1894 – 21 April 1980) was a Soviet biochemist notable for his theories about the origin of life and for his book The Origin of Life. He also studied the biochemistry of material processing by plants and enzyme reactions in plant cells.

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Nikos Kazantzakis

Greek writer of the classic novel Zorba the Greek

Did you know? He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature on nine separate occasions but never managed to win the award.

Nikos Kazantzakis (Greek: Νίκος Καζαντζάκης; 2 March 1883 – 26 October 1957) was a Greek writer, journalist, politician, poet and philosopher.

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