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Kamil Glik

Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back

Did you know? Although he represents Poland internationally, he also holds German citizenship due to his paternal grandfather's heritage.

Kamil Jacek Glik (Polish pronunciation:; born 3 February 1988) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ekstraklasa club Cracovia.

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Amal Clooney

High-profile barrister specialising in international human rights law

Did you know? She has represented high-profile figures in international courts, including the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange.

Amal Clooney (née Alamuddin; born (1978-02-03)3 February 1978) is a Lebanese and British international human rights lawyer.

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Joan Capdevila

Spanish defender who won the World Cup and European Championship

Did you know? He played every single minute for Spain during their victorious 2010 World Cup campaign.

Joan Capdevila Méndez (Catalan pronunciation:; born 3 February 1978) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left-back. Over 15 seasons in La Liga, he amassed totals of 410 matches and 36 goals, mainly for Deportivo and Villarreal.

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Isla Fisher

Australian actress known for Wedding Crashers and Confessions of a Shopaholic

Did you know? Before becoming a Hollywood star, she wrote two best-selling young adult novels titled Seduced by Fame and Bewitched.

Isla Lang Fisher (born 3 February 1976) is an Australian actress.

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Daddy Yankee

Puerto Rican rapper often called the King of Reggaeton

Did you know? He was forced to abandon a potential professional baseball career after being wounded in the leg during a street shooting incident.

Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez (Latin American Spanish:; born February 3, 1976), known professionally as Daddy Yankee (Spanish:), is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer and songwriter. Dubbed the "King of Reggaeton" and "Godfather of Reggaeton" he is often cited as an influence by other Hispanic urban performers.

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Erik ten Hag

Dutch football manager who led Manchester United and Ajax

Did you know? During his playing days as a defender, he won the Dutch Cup while captaining his hometown club, Twente.

Erik ten Hag (Dutch: ten HAKH; born 2 February 1970) is a Dutch professional football executive, former manager, and player. He is the technical director of Eredivisie club Twente.

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Salil Shetty

Salil Shetty (born 3 February 1961) is an Indian human rights activist who was the Secretary General of the human rights organization Amnesty International (2010–2018) till 31 July 2018. Previously, he was the director of the United Nations Millennium Campaign.

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Joachim Löw

Former manager of the Germany national football team

Did you know? He led Germany to victory at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and is the longest-serving manager in the team's history.

Joachim Löw (German pronunciation:; born 3 February 1960) is a German football coach and former player. He was the manager of the Germany national team from 2006 until 2021.

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Chan Santokhi

Former President of Suriname and chief of police

Did you know? In his youth, he won a scholarship to study at the police academy in the Netherlands.

Chandrikapersad "Chan" Santokhi (Dutch:; Sarnami: चंद्रिकापेर्साद संतोखी, pronounced; 3 February 1959 – 30 March 2026) was a Surinamese politician and police officer who served as the ninth president of Suriname from 2020 to 2025.

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Blaise Compaoré

Former president of Burkina Faso who ruled for twenty-seven years

Did you know? He came to power in a military coup that saw his former close friend and predecessor Thomas Sankara assassinated.

Blaise Compaoré (French:; born 3 February 1951) is a Burkinabé politician and former military officer who served as the second president of Burkina Faso from 1987 until his government was overthrown in 2014.

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Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo

Nobel Peace Prize-winning Catholic bishop from East Timor

Did you know? He shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Jose Ramos-Horta for their work towards a peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor.

Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, SDB, commonly known as Carlos Belo or Ximenes Belo (Portuguese:; born 3 February 1948) is an East Timorese prelate of the Catholic Church. He became a bishop in 1988 and served as the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Díli from 1988 to 2002.

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Henning Mankell

Swedish crime writer who created the detective Kurt Wallander

Did you know? He spent many years living in Mozambique, where he helped to run a professional theatre company.

Henning Georg Mankell (Swedish pronunciation:; 3 February 1948 – 5 October 2015) was a Swedish crime writer, children's author, and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most noted creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander. He also wrote a number of plays and screenplays for television.

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Paul Auster

American novelist best known for The New York Trilogy

Did you know? He spent several years living in France after university, where he worked as a translator and lived in a small maid's room.

Paul Benjamin Auster (February 3, 1947 – April 30, 2024) was an American writer, novelist, memoirist, poet, and filmmaker.

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Simone Weil

Influential French philosopher, mystic and social activist

Did you know? She once left her teaching post to work in an car factory to better understand the lives of the working class.

Simone Adolphine Weil (French:; 3 February 1909 – 24 August 1943) was a French philosopher, mystic, political activist and labourer. Despite her short life, her ideas concerning religion, spirituality and politics have remained widely influential in contemporary philosophy.

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Amintore Fanfani

Italian politician who served as Prime Minister on five occasions

Did you know? Outside of his political life, he was an accomplished artist who regularly exhibited his landscape paintings in Italian galleries.

Amintore Fanfani (Italian pronunciation:; 6 February 1908 – 20 November 1999) was an Italian politician and statesman who served as 32nd prime minister of Italy for five separate terms.

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Lao She

Modern Chinese writer celebrated for his novel Rickshaw Boy

Did you know? Before finding literary success, he worked in London as a lecturer teaching Chinese at the School of Oriental and African Studies.

Shu Qingchun (Chinese: 舒慶春; 3 February 1899 – 24 August 1966), known by his pen name Lao She, was a Chinese writer of Manchu ethnicity, known for his vivid portrayal of urban life and his colorful use of the Beijing dialect, such as in the novel Rickshaw Boy and the play Teahouse.

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Alvar Aalto

Finnish architect and designer of furniture and glassware

Did you know? He frequently designed every detail of his buildings, including the door handles, light fixtures and even the furniture.

Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (Finnish:; 3 February 1898 – 11 May 1976) was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware, as well as sculptures and paintings.

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Norman Rockwell

American illustrator famous for his Saturday Evening Post covers

Did you know? He was rejected by the US Navy during the First World War for being underweight, so he spent a night gorging on food to pass.

Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was an American painter and illustrator. His works have a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of the country's culture.

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Carl Theodor Dreyer

Danish director of the silent masterpiece The Passion of Joan of Arc

Did you know? He was known for his demanding directing style, often making actors endure physical discomfort to capture genuine emotion.

Carl Theodor Dreyer (Danish:; 3 February 1889 – 20 March 1968), commonly known as Carl Th. Dreyer, was a Danish film director and screenwriter.

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Risto Ryti

President of Finland during the Second World War

Did you know? He was the only person to receive a life sentence during the Finnish war-responsibility trials, though he was later pardoned.

Risto Heikki Ryti (Finnish pronunciation:; 3 February 1889 – 25 October 1956) was a Finnish politician who served as the president of Finland from 1940 to 1944. Ryti started his career as a politician in the field of economics and as a political background figure during the interwar period.

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Georg Trakl

Austrian Expressionist poet known for his intense and sombre verses

Did you know? He worked as a pharmacist, a profession that tragically allowed him easy access to the drugs that eventually led to his early death.

Georg Trakl (Austrian German:; 3 February 1887 – 3 November 1914) was an Austrian poet and the brother of the pianist Grete Trakl. He is considered one of the most important Austrian Expressionists.

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Gertrude Stein

American writer and art collector who hosted a famous Paris salon

Did you know? She is credited with coining the term Lost Generation to describe the group of American writers living in post-war Paris.

Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector. Born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (now part of Pittsburgh), and raised in Oakland, California, Stein moved to Paris in 1903, and made France her home for the remainder of her life.

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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Three-time British Prime Minister of the late Victorian era

Did you know? He was the last British Prime Minister to lead a government from the House of Lords for his entire tenure.

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury ( GASK-oyn SISS-əl; 3 February 1830 – 22 August 1903), known as Lord Salisbury, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three times for a total of over thirteen years.

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Elizabeth Blackwell

First woman to receive a medical degree in the United States

Did you know? Although she worked in America, she was born in Bristol and was the first woman on the UK medical register.

Elizabeth Blackwell (3 February 1821 – 31 May 1910) was an English-American physician, notable as the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, and the first woman on the Medical Register of the General Medical Council for the United Kingdom.

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