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Sophie Turner

British actress best known for her role in Game of Thrones

Did you know? She adopted the Northern Inuit dog that played her character's pet direwolf after the animal was written out of the television show.

Sophie Belinda Turner (born 21 February 1996) is an English actress. She made her acting debut as Sansa Stark in the television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), for which she received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2019.

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Wendy

South Korean singer and main vocalist of Red Velvet, who launched a solo career with the EP Like Water

Did you know? She has hosted her own radio show, Wendy's Youngstreet.

Shon Seung-wan (Korean: 손승완; born February 21, 1994), known professionally as Wendy (웬디), is a South Korean singer. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Red Velvet.

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Phil Jones

Former England international footballer who played for Manchester United

Did you know? During his youth career, Sir Bobby Charlton compared his physical playing style to that of former England captain Duncan Edwards.

Philip Anthony Jones (born 21 February 1992) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. Although primarily a centre-back, he was also used as a right-back or defensive midfielder.

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Riyad Mahrez

Professional footballer who won several Premier League titles

Did you know? He was the first Algerian player to score a hat-trick in the Premier League.

Riyad Karim Mahrez (born 21 February 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger. Born in France, he represented the Algeria national team.

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Corbin Bleu

American actor, singer and dancer best known for playing Chad Danforth in Disney's High School Musical films

Did you know? He appeared in advertisements for major brands as a child model before his film career began.

Corbin Bleu Reivers ( BLOO; born February 21, 1989) is an American actor and singer. He began acting professionally in the late 1990s before rising to prominence in the late 2000s for his leading role as Chad Danforth in the High School Musical trilogy (2006–2008).

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Elliot Page

Oscar-nominated actor known for starring in Juno

Did you know? He provided the voice and motion capture for the lead character in the video game Beyond: Two Souls.

Elliot Page (formerly Ellen Page; born February 21, 1987) is a Canadian actor, producer, and activist. He is known for his leading roles across Canadian and American film and television, and for his work as an activist for LGBTQ rights and against discrimination.

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Michelle Suárez

Michelle Suárez Bértora (21 February 1983 – 22 April 2022) was a Uruguayan activist, lawyer, lecturer, politician, and writer. She was Uruguay's first openly transgender university graduate, first openly trans lawyer, and first openly transgender person elected to office.

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Mélanie Laurent

French actress and filmmaker who played the vengeful Shosanna in Inglourious Basterds and directed The Mad Women's Ball

Did you know? She has also released an album as a singer, En t'attendant.

Mélanie Laurent (French pronunciation:; born 21 February 1983) is a French actress, filmmaker, and singer. She has received two César Awards and a Lumière Award.

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Floor Jansen

Dutch singer with a huge vocal range who fronts the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish after founding After Forever

Did you know? Her appearance on the Dutch TV show Beste Zangers in 2019 made her a household name in the Netherlands.

Floor Jansen (Dutch:; born 21 February 1981) is a Dutch singer. Jansen was the lead vocalist of symphonic metal band After Forever from 1997, when she joined at age 16, to their disbanding in 2009.

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Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

Current King of Bhutan who oversaw his nation's democratic reforms

Did you know? He is often referred to as the Dragon King and studied at the University of Oxford before his coronation.

Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (born 21 February 1980) is the current King of Bhutan, reigning since 9 December 2006. A member of the Wangchuck dynasty, he is the eldest son of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, and his third wife, Queen Tshering Yangdon.

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Jennifer Love Hewitt

American actress known for Ghost Whisperer and teen films

Did you know? She began her career as a child star on the Disney Channel series Kids Incorporated alongside future pop singer Fergie.

Jennifer Love Hewitt (born February 21, 1979) is an American actress, singer, producer and director. Hewitt began her career as a child, appearing in national television commercials before joining the cast of the Disney Channel series Kids Incorporated (1989–1991), which won her a Young Artist Award.

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Chuck Palahniuk

American novelist best known for writing the cult classic Fight Club

Did you know? While working on his early books, he spent his days as a diesel mechanic repairing trucks for a freight company.

Charles Michael Palahniuk (PAW-lə-nick; Ukrainian pronunciation:, born February 21, 1962) is an American novelist who describes his work as transgressive fiction. He has published 19 novels, three nonfiction books, two graphic novels, and two adult coloring books, as well as several short stories.

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Abhijit Banerjee

Nobel Prize-winning economist and professor at MIT

Did you know? He shared his Nobel Prize with his wife, making them only the sixth married couple to win together.

Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee (Bengali pronunciation:; born 21 February 1961) is an Indian American economist who is currently the Lemann Foundation Professor in Economics at the University of Zurich (UZH).

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Kelsey Grammer

American actor best known for playing Dr Frasier Crane

Did you know? He is the only actor to have been nominated for an Emmy Award for playing the same character on three different sitcoms.

Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955) is an American actor and comedian. He gained fame for his role as the Harvard-educated Boston psychiatrist Dr.

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Sahle-Work Zewde

First woman to serve as President of Ethiopia

Did you know? She has had a lengthy career as a diplomat, representing her country at the United Nations for many years.

Sahle-Work Zewde (Amharic: ሣህለ ወርቅ ዘውዴ; born 21 February 1950) is an Ethiopian diplomat who served as president of Ethiopia from 2018 to 2024, the first woman to hold the office. She was elected as president unanimously by members of the Federal Parliamentary Assembly on 25 October 2018.

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Alan Rickman

British actor famous for playing Severus Snape and Hans Gruber

Did you know? Before pursuing acting, he trained as a graphic designer and co-founded a successful design studio in Soho.

Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (21 February 1946 – 14 January 2016) was an English actor. He was renowned for his stage and screen roles and for his deep and distinctive voice.

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Harald V of Norway

King of Norway from 1991, a former Olympic sailor who succeeded his father Olav V

Did you know? He represented his country in sailing at three Olympic Games and won a gold medal at the World Championships.

Harald V (21 February 1937 – 28 August 2026) was King of Norway from 1991 until his death in 2026. Born in Skaugum, Asker, during the reign of his paternal grandfather, King Haakon VII, Harald was the third child and only son of Crown Prince Olav (later King Olav V) and Crown Princess Märtha of Norway.

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Nina Simone

Jazz singer and activist known as the High Priestess of Soul

Did you know? She originally aspired to be a classical pianist and only began singing when a nightclub owner forced her to do so to keep her job.

Nina Simone ( NEE-nə sim-OHN; born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American composer, concert pianist, singer, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Simone's bearing and stage presence earned her the title the High Priestess of Soul.

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Robert Mugabe

Independence leader who ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years as prime minister and president until he was ousted in 2017

Did you know? He earned multiple university degrees by correspondence while spending over a decade in prison for his political activism.

Robert Gabriel Mugabe (21 February 1924 – 6 September 2019) was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who led Zimbabwe from 1980 until 2017. He served as the country's first Prime Minister from 1980 to 1987 and as its second President from 1987 to 2017.

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John Rawls

Political philosopher who wrote the influential book A Theory of Justice

Did you know? During the Second World War, he served as an infantryman in the Pacific and was among the first troops to enter defeated Japan.

John Bordley Rawls (February 21, 1921 – November 24, 2002) was an American philosopher, most active in moral, legal, and political philosophy. Rawls has been described as one of the most influential modern liberal political philosophers of the 20th century.

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W. H. Auden

Influential British-born poet and one of the twentieth century's greatest writers

Did you know? He married the daughter of author Thomas Mann solely to help her obtain a British passport and flee Nazi Germany.

Wystan Hugh Auden ( WIST-ən HYOO AWD-ən; 21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry is noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in tone, form, and content.

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Anaïs Nin

French-born writer celebrated for her extensive published diaries

Did you know? She was a bigamist for over twenty years, maintaining simultaneous marriages with two different men on opposite coasts of the United States.

Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell ( AN-eye-EESS NEEN; French:; February 21, 1903 – January 14, 1977) was a French-born American diarist, essayist, novelist, and writer of short stories and erotica.

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Raymond Queneau

French novelist and poet who co-founded the Oulipo literary group

Did you know? His book Exercises in Style tells the same simple story of a bus journey in ninety-nine different ways.

Raymond Auguste Queneau (French:; 21 February 1903 – 25 October 1976) was a French novelist, poet, critic, editor and co-founder and president of Oulipo (Ouvroir de littérature potentielle), notable for his wit and cynical humour.

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Marian Anderson

Celebrated American contralto and pioneer for Black classical musicians

Did you know? In 1939, she performed a historic open-air concert at the Lincoln Memorial after being barred from an indoor venue due to her race.

Marian Anderson, born Marian Elina-Blanche Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993) was an American contralto. She performed a wide range of music, from opera to spirituals.

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