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Emilia Jones

British actress and singer whose lead role in the Oscar-winning film CODA earned her a BAFTA nomination

Did you know? She learned American Sign Language and singing for her role in CODA.

Emilia Jones (born 23 February 2002) is a British actress and singer. Known for her roles on stage and screen, she has received nominations for a BAFTA Film Award, a BAFTA Television Award, and a Critics' Choice Movie Award.

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Dakota Fanning

American actress who became a child star in I Am Sam

Did you know? At the age of eight, she became the youngest person ever to be nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, 1994) is an American actress. Fanning is known for her roles in blockbuster films and independent features, both as a child actress and as an adult.

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Casemiro

Brazilian footballer known as a world-class defensive midfielder

Did you know? His name is officially spelled with an 'i', but he decided to keep the 'e' spelling after it was printed wrongly on his shirt.

Carlos Henrique Casimiro (born 23 February 1992), also known mononymously as Casemiro (Brazilian Portuguese:), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Brazil national team.

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Emily Blunt

British actress known for Mary Poppins Returns and A Quiet Place

Did you know? She struggled with a significant stutter as a child and took up acting after a teacher suggested it might help her speech.

Emily Olivia Laura Blunt (born 23 February 1983) is a British actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and two Actor Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and four British Academy Film Awards.

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Anna Chapman

Anna Vasilyevna Chapman (née Kushchenko; Russian: А́нна Васи́льевна Ча́пман; born 23 February 1982) is a Russian former intelligence agent, media personality, and model who was arrested in the United States on 27 June 2010 as part of the Illegals Program, a Russian spy ring.

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Gareth Barry

English footballer who made a record number of Premier League appearances

Did you know? He earned over fifty caps for the England national team and won the Premier League title with Manchester City in 2012.

Gareth Barry (born 23 February 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He made a total of 653 Premier League appearances for Aston Villa, Manchester City, Everton, and West Bromwich Albion, the second most appearances in Premier League history.

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Didier Queloz

Swiss astronomer who co-discovered 51 Pegasi b, the first planet found orbiting a Sun-like star, and won the 2019 Nobel Prize

Did you know? The planet he discovered, 51 Pegasi b, is a gas giant that takes only four days to complete an orbit around its star.

Didier Patrick Queloz (French pronunciation:; born 23 February 1966) is a Swiss astronomer. He is the Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, where he is also a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, as well as a professor of physics at ETH Zurich.

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Michael Dell

Billionaire businessman who founded one of the world's largest computer companies

Did you know? He started his first business from his university dormitory room before dropping out to focus on his growing company.

Michael Saul Dell (born February 23, 1965) is an American billionaire businessman and investor. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Dell Technologies, one of the world's largest technology infrastructure companies, of which he owns a 40% stake in 2026.

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Naruhito

Emperor of Japan since 2019, an Oxford-educated scholar of water transport and the 126th monarch in Japan's traditional line

Did you know? He studied at Oxford University for two years, where he wrote a thesis on the history of transport on the River Thames.

Naruhito (born 23 February 1960) is Emperor of Japan. He acceded to the Chrysanthemum Throne on 1 May 2019 following the abdication of his father, Akihito.

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Viktor Yushchenko

Former President of Ukraine who survived a dioxin poisoning attempt

Did you know? Before entering politics, he worked as a teacher and later became the governor of Ukraine's central bank.

Viktor Andriiovych Yushchenko (Ukrainian: Віктор Андрійович Ющенко, IPA:; born 23 February 1954) is a Ukrainian politician who was the third president of Ukraine from 23 January 2005 to 25 February 2010. He aimed to orient Ukraine towards the West, European Union, the G7 (then G8), and NATO.

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Peter Fonda

American actor and screenwriter best known for the film Easy Rider

Did you know? He accidentally shot himself in the stomach as a child, an experience that influenced his later creative work.

Peter Henry Fonda (February 23, 1940 – August 16, 2019) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. He was twice an Academy Award nominee, both for acting and screenwriting, and a two-time Golden Globe Award winner for his acting.

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Patriarch Alexius II

Leader of the Russian Orthodox Church after the Soviet Union's collapse

Did you know? He was the first leader of the Russian Orthodox Church to be chosen by secret ballot in the post-Soviet era.

Patriarch Alexy II (or Alexius II, Russian: Патриарх Алексий II; secular name Aleksei Mikhailovich Ridiger Russian: Алексе́й Миха́йлович Ри́дигер; 23 February 1929 – 5 December 2008) was the 15th Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church.

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Allan McLeod Cormack

Nobel Prize-winning physicist who co-developed the CT scanner

Did you know? Despite his groundbreaking contributions to medical imaging, he never actually held a degree in a medical or biological subject.

Allan MacLeod Cormack (February 23, 1924 – May 7, 1998) was a South African and American physicist, academic, and Nobel Laureate.

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Yakov Zeldovich

Soviet physicist who made major contributions to cosmology and nuclear physics

Did you know? He was a self-taught genius who reached the highest levels of Soviet science without ever earning a formal undergraduate degree.

Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich (Russian: Я́ков Бори́сович Зельдо́вич, Belarusian: Я́каў Бары́савіч Зяльдо́віч; 8 March 1914 – 2 December 1987), also known as YaB, was a leading Soviet physicist of Belarusian origin, who is known for his prolific contributions in physical cosmology, physics of thermonuclear reactions,…

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Julius Fučík

Czech journalist and resistance leader against the Nazi occupation

Did you know? His famous book, Notes from the Gallows, was written on cigarette papers and smuggled out of prison before his execution.

Julius Fučík (Czech:) (23 February 1903 – 8 September 1943) was a Czech journalist, critic, writer, and active member of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.

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Erich Kästner

German author best known for Emil and the Detectives

Did you know? He was a vocal critic of the Nazi regime and was forced to watch as his own books were burned in public squares.

Emil Erich Kästner (German:; 23 February 1899 – 29 July 1974) was a German writer, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known primarily for his humorous, socially astute poems and for children's books including Emil and the Detectives and Lisa and Lottie.

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Victor Fleming

Director of Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz

Did you know? He is the only director to have two films listed in the top ten of the American Film Institute's greatest movies list.

Victor Lonzo Fleming (February 23, 1889 – January 6, 1949) was an American film director, cinematographer, and producer. His most popular films were the historical drama Gone with the Wind, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director, and the fantasy film The Wizard of Oz (both 1939).

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Casimir Funk

Polish biochemist who pioneered the concept of vitamins

Did you know? He coined the term vitamine after discovering that certain vital substances containing amines were necessary for preventing diseases like scurvy and beriberi.

Casimir Funk (born Kazimierz Funk; August 5, 1884 – November 19, 1967) was a Polish biochemist who formulated the definitive concept of vitamins and was the first to isolate a vitamin (vitamin B1) from rice bran in 1911.

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Karl Jaspers

German psychiatrist and philosopher influential in existentialism

Did you know? Despite his wife being Jewish, he remained in Germany during the Nazi era, though he was banned from teaching.

Karl Theodor Jaspers (German:; 23 February 1883 – 26 February 1969) was a German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher who had a strong influence on modern theology, psychiatry, and philosophy.

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Edgar Rice Burroughs

American author who created the jungle hero Tarzan

Did you know? A crater on Mars was named in his honour because of his series of adventure novels set on the planet.

Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American writer, recognized for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres.

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W. E. B. Du Bois

American sociologist and civil rights activist who co-founded the NAACP

Did you know? He was the first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard University.

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois ( doo-BOYSS; February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American sociologist, writer, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community.

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Carl Menger

Founder of the Austrian School of economics

Did you know? His influential work challenged classical economic theories by arguing that the value of an item is determined by the person who uses it.

Carl Menger von Wolfensgrün ( MENG-ghər; German:; 28 February 1840 – 26 February 1921) was an Austrian economist who contributed to the marginal theory of value. Menger is considered the founder of the Austrian school of economics.

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Rosalía de Castro

Renowned poet and novelist who led the Galician literary revival

Did you know? She was the first non-royal woman to be featured on a Spanish banknote, appearing on the 500 peseta note.

María Rosalía Rita de Castro (Galician pronunciation:; 23 February 1837 – 15 July 1885) was a Galician poet and novelist, considered one of the most important figures of the 19th-century Spanish literature and modern lyricism.

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George Frideric Handel

German-born Baroque composer who settled in London and wrote Messiah, Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks

Did you know? He was born in the same year as Johann Sebastian Bach, though the two famous composers never actually met.

George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel ( HAN-dəl; baptised Georg Friedrich Händel, German:; 5 March 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti.

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