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Paul Mescal

Irish actor who starred in the drama series Normal People

Did you know? He was a talented Gaelic footballer at a high level before an injury led him to focus on his acting career instead.

Paul Colm Michael Mescal ( MESS-kəl; born 2 February 1996) is an Irish actor. His accolades include two BAFTA Awards and a Laurence Olivier Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award.

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Ivan Perišić

Croatian footballer who scored in the 2018 World Cup final

Did you know? Beyond football, he is a skilled beach volleyball player and represented Croatia in a professional international tournament in 2017.

Ivan Perišić (Croatian pronunciation:; born 2 February 1989) is a Croatian professional footballer who mostly plays as a left winger for Eredivisie club PSV and the Croatia national team. Known for his ambipedality and versatility on the field, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest Croatian players of all time.

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Gerard Piqué

Highly decorated Spanish defender for Barcelona and Manchester United

Did you know? He is one of a select group of players to win the UEFA Champions League in two consecutive years with different clubs.

Gerard Piqué Bernabeu (born 2 February 1987) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is considered to be one of the greatest defenders of his generation and is one of the most decorated players with 37 trophies.

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Kota Yoshihara

Japanese striker who represented his country at the 1999 Copa América

Did you know? He spent the majority of his playing career with Consadole Sapporo and Gamba Osaka, becoming a fan favourite at both clubs.

Kota Yoshihara (吉原 宏太, Yoshihara Kōta; born February 2, 1978) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

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Shakira

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll ( shə-KEER-ə, Spanish:; born 2 February 1977), known mononymously as Shakira, is a Colombian singer-songwriter, dancer, and record producer.

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Dana International

Israeli pop singer and winner of the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest

Did you know? She was the first openly transgender performer to win the competition, achieving victory with her hit song Diva.

Sharon Cohen (Hebrew: שרון כהן; born 2 February 1969), professionally known as Dana International (Hebrew: דנה אינטרנשיונל), is an Israeli pop singer. She has released eight albums and three additional compilation albums.

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Fartuun Adan

Fartuun Abdisalaan Adan (Somali: Fartuun Aadan, Arabic: فرتون آدن) is a Somali social activist. She is the executive director of the Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre, a Mogadishu based organization that works on peace building and protecting and empowering marginalized groups.

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Andrej Kiska

Entrepreneur and philanthropist who served as the president of Slovakia

Did you know? Before entering politics, he founded a charity called Good Angel, which provides financial help to families with children suffering from serious illnesses.

Andrej Kiska (born 2 February 1963) is a Slovak politician, entrepreneur, writer and philanthropist who served as the fourth president of Slovakia from 2014 to 2019.

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Park Geun-hye

First female President of South Korea

Did you know? She served as the acting First Lady for her father after her mother was killed during an assassination attempt.

Park Geun-hye (Korean: 박근혜; born 2 February 1952) is a South Korean politician who served as the 11th president of South Korea from 2013 until her removal from office in 2017.

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Farrah Fawcett

Actress known for her role in the series Charlie's Angels

Did you know? A swimsuit poster featuring her sold millions of copies, becoming one of the most famous images in pop culture history.

Mary Ferrah Leni Fawcett (February 2, 1947 – June 25, 2009) was an American actress. A four-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee and six-time Golden Globe Award nominee, Fawcett rose to international fame when she played a starring role in the first season of the television series Charlie's Angels.

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Blake Clark

American actor and comedian known for roles in Adam Sandler films

Did you know? He took over voicing Slinky Dog in the Toy Story franchise after the death of his close friend Jim Varney.

Blake Clark is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is best known as Chet Hunter on Boy Meets World, Harry Turner on Home Improvement, as well as his frequent collaborations with Adam Sandler.

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Isaias Afwerki

First President of Eritrea and former independence movement leader

Did you know? He has held power since the country gained independence from Ethiopia in the early nineties, without holding a single national election.

Isaias Afwerki (Tigrinya: ኢሳይያስ ኣፍወርቂ, Tigrinya pronunciation:,; born 2 February 1946) is an Eritrean politician who has served as the president of Eritrea since its independence in 1993 and the chairman of the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) since 1994.

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Than Shwe

Military leader who served as the head of state of Myanmar

Did you know? Before joining the army and rising to power, he worked as a postal clerk for several years.

Than Shwe (Burmese: သန်းရွှေ; pronounced; born 2 February 1933) is a retired Burmese military officer who ruled Myanmar as the second chairman of the State Law and Order Restoration Council, later as the only chairman of the State Peace and Development Council, as well as the commander-in-chief of Defence Services…

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Serge Gainsbourg

Influential French singer known for his provocative pop music

Did you know? He once caused a national scandal by recording a reggae version of the French national anthem.

Serge Gainsbourg (French:; born Lucien Ginsburg; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French singer-songwriter, actor, composer, and director. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, he was renowned for often provocative releases which caused uproar in France, dividing public opinion.

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Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

French president from 1974 to 1981 who modernised social laws and later led the drafting of the EU constitution

Did you know? He wrote several romantic novels after his presidency, including one that imagined a fictional affair with Diana, Princess of Wales.

Valéry René Marie Georges Giscard d'Estaing (UK:, US:; French:; 2 February 1926 – 2 December 2020), also known as simply Giscard or VGE, was President of France from 1974 to 1981.

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Ayn Rand

Russian-American novelist of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged who founded the individualist philosophy of Objectivism

Did you know? She was a lifelong fan of Charlie's Angels and once described the television show as her favourite programme.

Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum; February 2, 1905 – March 6, 1982), better known by her pen name Ayn Rand, was a Russian-American writer and philosopher. She is known for her fiction and for developing a philosophical system which she named Objectivism.

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Antonio Segni

Former President of Italy and two-time Prime Minister

Did you know? He was the first president in the history of the Italian Republic to resign from office before his term ended.

Antonio Segni (Italian:; 2 February 1891 – 1 December 1972) was an Italian politician and statesman who served as the president of Italy from 1962 to 1964, and as Prime Minister of Italy from 1955 to 1957 and again from 1959 to 1960.

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Frank Lloyd

Oscar-winning director known for Mutiny on the Bounty

Did you know? He was one of the original founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood.

Frank William George Lloyd (2 February 1886 – 10 August 1960) was a Scottish-American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He was among the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and was its president from 1934 to 1935.

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James Joyce

Irish modernist writer of Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and the landmark novel Ulysses

Did you know? He had such a profound fear of thunderstorms that he believed they were a sign of divine anger.

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (born James Augusta Joyce; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist movement and is regarded among the most influential and important writers of the 20th century.

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Abdullah I of Jordan

First King of Jordan who secured the country's independence

Did you know? He was an enthusiastic chess player who often engaged in matches with his ministers and visiting international dignitaries.

Abdullah I (Abdullah bin Hussein; 2 February 1882 – 20 July 1951) was the ruler of Jordan from 11 April 1921 until his assassination in 1951. He was the Emir of Transjordan, a British protectorate, until 25 May 1946, after which he was king of an independent Jordan.

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Konstantin von Neurath

German diplomat and Foreign Minister in the early Nazi era

Did you know? He was sentenced to fifteen years in prison at the Nuremberg trials for his role as a high-ranking official during the regime.

Konstantin Hermann Karl Freiherr von Neurath (2 February 1873 – 14 August 1956) was a German politician, diplomat and convicted Nazi war criminal who served as Foreign Minister of Germany between 1932 and 1938. Born to a Swabian noble family, Neurath began his diplomatic career in 1901.

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Ivan Krylov

Russia's most celebrated writer of fables and satirical verses

Did you know? Despite his literary success, he worked as a librarian for nearly thirty years at the Imperial Public Library in Saint Petersburg.

Ivan Andreyevich Krylov (Russian: Ива́н Андре́евич Крыло́в; 13 February 1769 – 21 November 1844) is Russia's best-known fabulist and probably the most epigrammatic of all Russian authors. Formerly a dramatist and journalist, he only discovered his true genre at the age of 40.

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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

Influential French diplomat who served during the French Revolution and Napoleon

Did you know? He was famously nicknamed the 'Lame Devil' because of a childhood foot injury that forced him to walk with a distinct limp.

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (French:; 2 February 1754 – 17 May 1838), 1st Prince of Benevento, then Prince of Talleyrand, was a French secularized clergyman, statesman, and leading diplomat. After studying theology, he became Agent-General of the Clergy in 1780.

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Joseph Banks

British botanist who joined James Cook's first voyage to the Pacific

Did you know? He is credited with introducing the Western world to the eucalyptus plant and the genus of wildflowers that now bears his name.

Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet (24 February 1743 – 19 June 1820) was an English naturalist, botanist, and patron of the natural sciences. Banks made his name on the 1766 natural-history expedition to Newfoundland and Labrador.

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