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Krystyna Pyszková

Krystyna Pyszková (Polish: Krystyna Pyszko; born 19 January 1999) is a Czech model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss World 2023. She also won Miss Czech Republic 2022 and is the second Czech woman to win Miss World.

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Matthias Ginter

German professional footballer and World Cup-winning defender

Did you know? When he made his debut for Freiburg, he became the youngest player in the club's history to score in the Bundesliga.

Matthias Lukas Ginter (German pronunciation:; born 19 January 1994) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg.

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Logan Lerman

Actor who played the title role in the Percy Jackson films

Did you know? He applied to study creative writing at New York University but deferred his place to continue his acting career.

Logan Wade Lerman (born January 19, 1992) is an American actor. He appeared in commercials in the mid-1990s, before starring in the series Jack & Bobby (2004–2005) and the movies The Butterfly Effect (2004) and Hoot (2006).

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Mac Miller

Pittsburgh rapper who went from party anthems to the acclaimed Swimming and Circles before his death at 26

Did you know? Blue Slide Park was the first independently distributed debut album to top the US chart since 1995.

Malcolm James McCormick (January 19, 1992 – September 7, 2018), known by the stage name Mac Miller, was an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career in Pittsburgh's local hip-hop scene in 2007, at the age of 15.

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Claudio Marchisio

Italian midfielder who spent most of his career at Juventus

Did you know? He earned the nickname "The Little Prince" from fans due to his elegant playing style and sharp dress sense.

Claudio Marchisio (Italian pronunciation:; born 19 January 1986) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Damien Chazelle

Oscar-winning director of films such as La La Land and Whiplash

Did you know? He became the youngest person ever to win the Academy Award for Best Director at the age of thirty-two.

Damien Sayre Chazelle (born January 19, 1985) is a French-American filmmaker. He directed the psychological drama Whiplash (2014), the musical romance La La Land (2016), the biographical drama First Man (2018), and the epic tragedy Babylon (2022).

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Pete Buttigieg

US Secretary of Transportation and former presidential candidate

Did you know? He is a talented polyglot who taught himself to read Norwegian while at university to study the author Erlend Loe.

Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg ( BOO-tij-əj; born January 19, 1982) is an American politician and former naval officer who served as the 19th United States secretary of transportation from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 32nd mayor of South Bend, Indiana, from 2012 to 2020.

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Jenson Button

British Formula One driver and 2009 World Champion

Did you know? He failed his first driving test because he tried to overtake between two parked cars.

Jenson Alexander Lyons Button (born 19 January 1980) is a British former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2000 to 2017. Button won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 2009 with Brawn, and won 15 Grands Prix across 18 seasons.

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Stefan Edberg

Former world number one tennis player from Sweden

Did you know? He is the only player to have ever achieved a junior Grand Slam, winning all four major titles in a single year.

Stefan Edberg (Swedish:; born 19 January 1966) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No.

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Shimon Sakaguchi

Acclaimed Japanese immunologist who discovered regulatory T cells

Did you know? His groundbreaking work on the immune system has won him several prestigious awards and led to new ways of treating autoimmune diseases.

Shimon Sakaguchi (坂口 志文, Sakaguchi Shimon; born 19 January 1951) is a Japanese immunologist. He is a distinguished professor at Osaka University and a professor emeritus at Kyoto University.

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Dolly Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean (née Parton; January 19, 1946 – August 25, 2026) was an American singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist, and businesswoman. Dubbed the "Queen of Country", Parton was one of the most successful performers in the history of country music.

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Julian Barnes

Booker Prize-winning English novelist and short story writer

Did you know? Before his literary career began, he spent several years working as a lexicographer for the Oxford English Dictionary.

Julian Patrick Barnes (born 19 January 1946) is an English essayist, novelist and short story writer. After completing his education, Barnes spent three years as a lexicographer for the Oxford English Dictionary supplement.

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Janis Joplin

Iconic rock and soul singer known for her raspy, powerful voice

Did you know? Her famously colourful, hand-painted Porsche sold for nearly two million dollars at an auction decades after her death.

Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer and songwriter. One of the most iconic and successful rock performers of her era, she was noted for her powerful mezzo-soprano vocals and her stage presence.

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Ziaur Rahman

Former President of Bangladesh and founder of the Nationalist Party

Did you know? He was a highly decorated soldier who made the formal radio broadcast declaring the nation's independence.

Ziaur Rahman (19 January 1936 – 30 May 1981) was a Bangladeshi military leader and politician who served as the sixth president of Bangladesh from 1977 until his assassination in 1981.

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Tippi Hedren

American actress who starred in the Alfred Hitchcock film The Birds

Did you know? She is a dedicated animal rights activist and established a sanctuary to care for lions, tigers, and other big cats.

Nathalie Kay "Tippi" Hedren (born January 19, 1930) is an American former actress. Initially a fashion model, appearing on the front covers of Life and Glamour magazines (among others), she became an actress after being discovered by director Alfred Hitchcock while appearing on a television commercial in 1961.

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Patricia Highsmith

American novelist who created the psychological thriller character Tom Ripley

Did you know? She had a lifelong fascination with snails and was known to carry them in her handbag as companions to social events.

Patricia Highsmith (born Mary Patricia Plangman; January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995) was an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley.

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Javier Pérez de Cuéllar

Fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations from Peru

Did you know? He was the first person from Latin America to lead the United Nations and later served as the Prime Minister of Peru.

Javier Felipe Ricardo Pérez de Cuéllar Guerra (Spanish:; 19 January 1920 – 4 March 2020) was a Peruvian diplomat and politician who served as the fifth secretary-general of the United Nations from 1982 to 1991. He later served as prime minister of Peru from 2000 to 2001.

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Gustav Meyrink

Austrian author of the supernatural novel The Golem

Did you know? Before turning to literature, he spent many years running a private bank in Prague with a business partner.

Gustav Meyrink (19 January 1868 – 4 December 1932) was the pseudonym of Gustav Meyer, an Austrian author, novelist, dramatist, translator, and banker, most famous for his novel The Golem. He has been described as the "most respected German language writer in the field of supernatural fiction".

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Werner Sombart

German economist and sociologist who studied the origins of capitalism

Did you know? He was a major rival of fellow sociologist Max Weber and the two often disagreed on the origins of capitalism.

Werner Sombart (German:; 19 January 1863 – 18 May 1941) was a German economist, historian and sociologist. Head of the "Youngest Historical School," he was one of the leading Continental European social scientists during the first quarter of the 20th century.

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Paul Cézanne

French Post-Impressionist painter of Mont Sainte-Victoire and still lifes with apples, whose work paved the way for Cubism

Did you know? He was childhood friends with the novelist Émile Zola, though their long relationship eventually ended over a fictionalised portrayal of an artist.

Paul Cézanne ( say-ZAN, UK also siz-AN, US also say-ZAHN; French:; Occitan: Pau Cesana; 19 January 1839 – 22 October 1906) was a French Post-Impressionist painter whose work introduced new modes of representation, influenced avant-garde artistic movements of the early 20th century and formed the bridge between late…

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Edgar Allan Poe

American writer of macabre tales and poems, including The Raven and The Tell-Tale Heart, and a pioneer of detective fiction

Did you know? He married his thirteen-year-old cousin when he was twenty-seven years old.

Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre.

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Robert E. Lee

Confederate general who led the Army of Northern Virginia

Did you know? During his four years at West Point military academy, he did not receive a single demerit point.

Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general whose early actions in the American Civil War led to his appointment as the overall commander of the Confederate States Army near the end of the war.

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Auguste Comte

French philosopher who founded positivism and coined the word sociology for the scientific study of society

Did you know? He created a secular 'Religion of Humanity' that replaced traditional saints with historical figures from the worlds of art and science.

Isidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Comte (French:; 19 January 1798 – 5 September 1857) was a French philosopher and writer who formulated the doctrine of positivism. He is often regarded as the first philosopher of science in the modern sense of the term.

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Johann Elert Bode

German astronomer who gave the planet Uranus its name

Did you know? He popularised a mathematical rule that predicts the relative distances of planets from the Sun, now known as Bode's Law.

Johann Elert Bode (German:; 19 January 1747 – 23 November 1826) was a German astronomer known for his reformulation and popularisation of the Titius–Bode law. Bode determined the orbit of Uranus and suggested the planet's name.

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