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Alma Deutscher

British composer and violinist who wrote a full-length opera as a child

Did you know? She says many of her melodies come to her in dreams.

Alma Elizabeth Deutscher ( DOY-chər; born 19 February 2005) is a British composer, pianist, violinist and conductor. She composed her first piano sonata at the age of five; at seven, she completed the short opera, The Sweeper of Dreams, and later wrote a violin concerto at age nine.

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Millie Bobby Brown

British actress who found fame as Eleven in Stranger Things and later starred in and produced Enola Holmes

Did you know? She was born in Spain to British parents and lived in Florida as a child.

Millie Bonnie Bongiovi (née Brown; born 19 February 2004), known professionally as Millie Bobby Brown, is a British actress and film producer.

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Mabel

British pop singer and daughter of Neneh Cherry whose hit Don't Call Me Up won her a Brit Award

Did you know? Her grandfather was the jazz trumpeter Don Cherry.

Mabel Alabama-Pearl McVey (born 19 February 1996) is a British singer. She rose to prominence in 2017 with her single "Finders Keepers" which peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart.

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Mauro Icardi

Argentine striker known for his prolific goalscoring in European football

Did you know? He moved from Argentina to the Canary Islands at age nine and later joined the youth academy at Barcelona.

Mauro Emanuel Icardi Rivero (born 19 February 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker. Icardi began his footballing career at the youth team of Vecindario in Gran Canaria, Spain, where he moved to from Argentina at the age of nine.

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Victoria Justice

Lead actress of the Nickelodeon sitcom Victorious

Did you know? She made her professional acting debut at the age of ten with a guest appearance on the series Gilmore Girls.

Victoria Justice (born February 19, 1993) is an American actress and singer. She rose to fame on Nickelodeon, playing Lola Martinez on the comedy drama series Zoey 101 (2005–2008) and Tori Vega on the sitcom Victorious (2010–2013).

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Marta

Brazilian footballer widely regarded as one of the greatest female players

Did you know? She holds the record for scoring the most goals in FIFA World Cup history, surpassing the totals of both male and female players.

Marta Vieira da Silva (Portuguese pronunciation:; born 19 February 1986), known mononymously as Marta, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for the National Women's Soccer League club Orlando Pride and captains the Brazil women's national team.

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Gianluca Zambrotta

World Cup-winning Italian full-back who played for Juventus and Barcelona

Did you know? He was named in the 2006 World Cup All-Star Team after helping Italy concede only two goals throughout the entire tournament.

Gianluca Zambrotta (Italian pronunciation:; born 19 February 1977) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a full-back or as a wide midfielder, on both the left and right wings. Throughout his career, Zambrotta played for several different Italian clubs.

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Benicio del Toro

Oscar-winning actor known for Traffic and The Usual Suspects

Did you know? He is one of the few actors to win an Academy Award for a role spoken almost entirely in a foreign language.

Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez (Latin American Spanish:; born February 19, 1967) is a Puerto Rican actor. His accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Goya Award, and the Best Actor awards at the Berlin International Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival.

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Jennifer Doudna

Nobel Prize-winning biochemist who co-developed CRISPR gene-editing technology

Did you know? She shared the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Emmanuelle Charpentier, marking the first time two women won the award together.

Jennifer Anne Doudna (born February 19, 1964) is an American biochemist who has pioneered work in CRISPR gene editing, and made other fundamental contributions in biochemistry and genetics.

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Seal

Grammy-winning British singer known for the song Kiss from a Rose

Did you know? The prominent scars on his face are the result of a condition called discoid lupus erythematosus, which he developed in his teens.

Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel (born 19 February 1963), known mononymously as Seal, is a British singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is the recipient of three Brit Awards, four Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award, with more than 20 million albums or singles sold.

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

Member of the British royal family and former Royal Navy officer

Did you know? He served as a helicopter pilot during the Falklands War, flying missions that included casualty evacuation and transport.

Andrew Albert Christian Edward Mountbatten-Windsor (born 19 February 1960), formerly Prince Andrew, Duke of York, is the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and a younger brother of King Charles III.

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Roderick MacKinnon

Nobel Prize-winning biophysicist who mapped the structure of ion channels

Did you know? He taught himself the complex technique of X-ray crystallography specifically to solve the mystery of how potassium ions move through cell membranes.

Roderick MacKinnon (born February 19, 1956) is an American biophysicist, neuroscientist, and businessman.

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Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

Argentine lawyer and Peronist who was the country's first elected female president, from 2007 to 2015, and later vice president

Did you know? She succeeded her husband in the presidency, marking the first time a woman followed her spouse as a democratic head of state.

Cristina Elísabet Fernández de Kirchner (born 19 February 1953) is an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the 55th President of Argentina from 2007 to 2015, and later as the 37th Vice President of Argentina under President Alberto Fernández from 2019 to 2023.

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Danilo Türk

Diplomat who served as the third President of Slovenia

Did you know? Before entering politics, he spent many years at the United Nations, eventually serving as Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs.

Danilo Türk (pronounced; born 19 February 1952) is a Slovenian diplomat, professor of international law, human rights expert, and political figure who served as President of Slovenia from 2007 to 2012.

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Tony Iommi

Lead guitarist and founding member of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath

Did you know? He lost the tips of two fingers in a factory accident on his final day of work before becoming a professional musician.

Anthony Frank Iommi Jr. (born 19 February 1948) is an English musician.

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Karen Silkwood

Karen Gay Silkwood (February 19, 1946 – November 13, 1974) was an American laboratory technician and labor union activist known for reporting concerns about corporate practices related to health and safety at Kerr-McGee Cimarron Fuel Fabrication Site, a nuclear facility, in Crescent, Oklahoma.

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David Gross

Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist and string theorist

Did you know? He was a child prodigy who reportedly began teaching himself advanced mathematics while still in primary school.

David Jonathan Gross (born February 19, 1941) is an American theoretical physicist and string theorist. He shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics with Frank Wilczek and Hugh David Politzer "for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction".

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Saparmyrat Nyýazow

Former President of Turkmenistan known for his eccentric and authoritarian rule

Did you know? He renamed the month of January and several everyday items after himself and his family members as part of an extensive personality cult.

Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov (19 February 1940 – 21 December 2006) was a Turkmen politician and dictator who led Turkmenistan from 1985 until his death in 2006. He was the first secretary of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan from 1985 until 1991 and supported the 1991 Soviet coup attempt.

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Lee Marvin

Academy Award-winning actor known for tough-guy roles in war films

Did you know? Before finding fame in Hollywood, he earned a Purple Heart while serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Second World War.

Lamont Warren "Lee" Marvin Jr. (February 19, 1924 – August 29, 1987) was an American actor.

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Carson McCullers

Author of the classic American novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Did you know? She suffered several strokes during her youth which left her with significant physical disabilities for the remainder of her life.

Carson McCullers (February 19, 1917 – September 29, 1967) was an American novelist, short-story writer, playwright, essayist, and poet. Her first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940), explores the spiritual isolation of misfits and outcasts in a small town of the Southern United States.

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Constantin Brâncuși

Pioneering modernist sculptor known for his abstract, elegant forms

Did you know? As a young man, he allegedly walked almost all the way from Romania to Paris to pursue his artistic career.

Constantin Brâncuși (Romanian:; February 19, 1876 – March 16, 1957) was a Romanian sculptor, painter, and photographer. Considered one of the most influential sculptors of the 20th century and a pioneer of modernism, Brâncuși is called the patriarch of modern sculpture.

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Sven Hedin

Swedish explorer known for his expeditions through Central Asia

Did you know? He was the last person to be awarded a Swedish title of nobility.

Sven Anders Hedin, KNO1kl RVO, (19 February 1865 – 26 November 1952) was a Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator of his own works.

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Svante August Arrhenius

Swedish scientist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Did you know? He was the first person to calculate how increases in carbon dioxide would lead to a warmer global climate.

Svante August Arrhenius (19 February 1859 – 2 October 1927) was a Swedish scientist. Originally a physicist, but often referred to as a chemist, Arrhenius was one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry.

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Élie Ducommun

Swiss peace activist and 1902 Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Did you know? He worked as a journalist and a civil servant before becoming the first director of the International Peace Bureau.

Élie Ducommun (19 February 1833, Geneva – 7 December 1906, Bern) was a Swiss peace activist. He was a Nobel laureate, awarded the 1902 Nobel Peace Prize, which he shared with Charles Albert Gobat.

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