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Alexia Putellas

Professional footballer and two-time winner of the women's Ballon d'Or

Did you know? She was the first woman to win the Ballon d'Or Féminin in two consecutive years.

Alèxia Putellas i Segura (Catalan pronunciation:; Spanish: Alexia Putellas Segura; born 4 February 1994), often known mononymously as Alexia, is a Spanish professional footballer from Catalonia who plays as a midfielder or forward for Women's Super League club London City Lionesses and the Spain women's national team.

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Zach King

Zachary Michael King (born February 4, 1990) is an American internet personality and filmmaker known for creating short videos featuring visual effects.

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Larissa Ramos

Larissa Ribeiro Ramos Tramontin (born February 4, 1989) is a Brazilian model and beauty queen who won Miss Earth 2009. She was previously crowned Miss Terra Brasil 2009, becoming the second Brazilian to win the title.

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Nkosi Johnson

Nkosi Johnson (born Xolani Nkosi; (1989-02-04)4 February 1989 – (2001-06-01)1 June 2001) was a South African child with HIV and AIDS who greatly influenced public perceptions of the pandemic and its effects before his death at the age of 12. He was ranked fifth amongst SABC3's Great South Africans.

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Oleh Protasov

Prolific Soviet and Ukrainian striker and European Silver Boot winner

Did you know? He scored nearly thirty goals in a single season for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, setting a long-standing Soviet top-flight record.

Oleh Valeriyovych Protasov (Ukrainian: Олег Валерійович Протасов; born 4 February 1964) is a Ukrainian and Soviet former footballer who played as a striker.

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Shigeru Ishiba

Japanese politician who served as the Prime Minister of Japan

Did you know? He is a passionate enthusiast of trains and military models and once dressed as a character from Dragon Ball for a museum opening.

Shigeru Ishiba (born 4 February 1957) is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2024 until his resignation in 2025. He has represented Tottori 1st in the House of Representatives since 1996.

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Jerome Powell

Jerome Hayden "Jay" Powell (born February 4, 1953) is an American central banker who served as a governor of the Federal Reserve. He was the 16th chair of the Federal Reserve from 2018 to 2026.

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Alice Cooper

Rock singer known for his theatrical and macabre stage shows

Did you know? Away from the stage, he is a dedicated golfer who credits the sport with helping him overcome addiction.

Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American singer and songwriter. With a career spanning six decades, he is known for his raspy singing voice and theatrical stage shows that feature numerous props and illusions.

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Ram Baran Yadav

First President of Nepal following the abolition of the monarchy

Did you know? Before entering politics, he worked as a medical doctor and served as a personal physician to the prominent statesman B.P. Koirala.

Dr. Ram Baran Yadav (born 4 February 1948) is a Nepalese politician and physician who served as the first president of Nepal from 23 July 2008 to 29 October 2015, following the declaration of republic in 2008.

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Dan Quayle

Vice President of the United States under George H. W. Bush

Did you know? He was famously mocked by the media after he told a schoolboy that the word potato should end with an e.

James Danforth Quayle (born February 4, 1947) is an American retired politician and Indiana National Guard veteran who served as the 44th vice president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 under President George H. W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party, Quayle represented Indiana in the U.S.

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Ken Thompson

Computer science pioneer who co-designed the Unix operating system

Did you know? He is also credited with inventing the B programming language and was one of the original developers of the Go language at Google.

Kenneth Lane Thompson (born February 4, 1943) is an American pioneer of computer science. Thompson worked at Bell Labs for most of his career where he designed and implemented the original Unix operating system.

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George A. Romero

Filmmaker regarded as the father of the modern zombie movie

Did you know? His debut feature, Night of the Living Dead, was made on a tiny budget but transformed the entire horror genre.

George Andrew Romero (February 4, 1940 – July 16, 2017) was an American and Canadian filmmaker, writer, editor, and actor. Regarded as an influential pioneer of the horror film genre, particularly zombie films, he has been described as an "icon" and the "father of the zombie film".

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Isabel Martínez de Perón

First female president of Argentina and wife of Juan Perón

Did you know? She was a professional nightclub dancer before meeting her husband while he was living in exile.

Isabel Martínez de Perón (Spanish pronunciation:, born María Estela Martínez Cartas; 4 February 1931) is an Argentine politician who served as the president of Argentina from 1974 to 1976. She was one of the first female republican heads of state in the world, and the first woman to serve as president of a country.

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Conrad Bain

Actor best known for the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes

Did you know? He had an identical twin brother named Bonar who once played his character's twin in an episode of the same sitcom.

Conrad Stafford Bain (February 4, 1923 – January 14, 2013) was a Canadian-American actor. His television credits include a leading role as Phillip Drummond in the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes (1978–1986), as Dr.

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Betty Friedan

Feminist author of the influential book The Feminine Mystique

Did you know? She co-founded the National Organization for Women and was a primary organiser of the Women's Strike for Equality in 1970.

Betty Friedan (February 4, 1921 – February 4, 2006) was an American feminist writer and activist. A leading figure in the women's movement in the United States, her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is often credited with sparking the second wave of American feminism in the 20th century.

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Yahya Khan

Military general and the third President of Pakistan

Did you know? He served in the British Indian Army during the Second World War and fought in campaigns across North Africa.

Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan (4 February 1917 – 10 August 1980) was a Pakistani four-star rank general who served as the third president of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971, under martial law. His presidency oversaw a civil war in East Pakistan, resulting in Bangladesh's secession.

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Rosa Parks

African American activist whose refusal to give up her bus seat in Montgomery in 1955 sparked a historic boycott

Did you know? Years before her famous arrest, she worked as a secretary for the local branch of the NAACP in Alabama.

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American civil rights activist. She is best known for her 1955 refusal to move from her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in defiance of Jim Crow racial segregation laws, which sparked the Montgomery bus boycott.

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer

German pastor and theologian who resisted the Nazi regime

Did you know? He spent time in London during the 1930s where he served as a minister for two different German-speaking churches.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, neo-orthodox theologian and anti-Nazi dissident who was a key founding member of the Confessing Church.

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Clyde Tombaugh

American astronomer who discovered the dwarf planet Pluto

Did you know? A small portion of his ashes was carried on the New Horizons space probe to the edges of the solar system.

Clyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906 – January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer and telescope maker, best known for discovering Pluto in 1930, marking the first detection of what would eventually be recognized as the Kuiper belt.

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Charles Lindbergh

Aviator who completed the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight

Did you know? To save weight for his historic flight, he chose not to carry a radio or a parachute.

Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, and author. On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris, a distance of 3,600 miles (5,800 km), flying alone for over 33 hours.

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Jacques Prévert

French poet and screenwriter known for the film Children of Paradise

Did you know? His words for the song Autumn Leaves helped turn it into one of the world's most recorded jazz standards.

Jacques Prévert (French:; 4 February 1900 – 11 April 1977) was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools.

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Ludwig Erhard

Second Chancellor of West Germany and architect of economic recovery

Did you know? He is widely credited as the man behind the 'Economic Miracle' that transformed Germany's finances after the Second World War.

Ludwig Wilhelm Erhard (German:; 4 February 1897 – 5 May 1977) was a German politician and economist who served as the second chancellor of West Germany from 1963 until 1966.

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Mikhail Tukhachevsky

Soviet military officer and theorist known as the Red Napoleon

Did you know? He was an accomplished violin player and spent much of his spare time building his own instruments.

Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky (Russian: Михаил Николаевич Тухачевский; 16 February 1893 – 12 June 1937), nicknamed the Red Napoleon, was a Soviet general who was prominent between 1918 and 1937 as a military officer and theoretician. He was later executed during the Moscow trials of 1936–1938.

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Radoje Domanović

Serbian writer and journalist famous for his sharp satirical stories

Did you know? He struggled with poverty and illness for much of his life and died from tuberculosis at the age of only thirty-five.

Radoje Domanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Радоје Домановић; February 16, 1873 – August 17, 1908) was a Serbian journalist, writer and teacher, most famous for his satirical short stories. His adult years were a constant fight against tuberculosis.

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