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IShowSpeed

American YouTube personality and live streamer known for gaming content

Did you know? He is a massive fan of Cristiano Ronaldo and famously travelled across Europe in a quest to meet his idol in person.

Darren Jason Watkins Jr. (born January 21, 2005), better known as IShowSpeed or simply Speed, is an American influencer and online streamer.

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Ingrid Alexandra, Crown Princess of Norway

Second in line to the Norwegian throne

Did you know? When she eventually becomes queen, she will be the first female monarch to rule the country in over six hundred years.

Ingrid Alexandra, Crown Princess of Norway (Norwegian pronunciation:; born 21 January 2004), is the heir apparent to the Norwegian throne. She is the elder child of King Haakon VIII and the second child of Queen Mette-Marit.

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Marco Asensio

Spanish footballer who won multiple Champions League titles with Real Madrid

Did you know? He is named after Dutch football legend Marco van Basten because his mother was from the Netherlands.

Marco Asensio Willemsen (Spanish:; born 21 January 1996) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe.

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Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Professional footballer and all-time top goalscorer for Armenia

Did you know? He is a talented polyglot who can speak at least seven languages, including Armenian, English, French, and Portuguese.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Armenian: Հենրիխ Մխիթարյան; born 21 January 1989) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Inter Milan. He is the all time top goalscorer for the Armenia national team.

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Sushant Singh Rajput

Bollywood actor known for the biopic M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story

Did you know? He was a keen amateur astronomer who owned a high-end telescope and purchased a plot of land on the Moon.

Sushant Singh Rajput (21 January 1986 – 14 June 2020) was an Indian actor best known for his work in Hindi cinema. Rajput is the recipient of several accolades, including a Screen Award and three Filmfare Award nominations.

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Emma Bunton

British singer and member of the pop group Spice Girls

Did you know? She was the final member to join the band, replacing a previous singer before they achieved global fame.

Emma Lee Bunton (born 21 January 1976) is an English singer, actress and media personality. She rose to fame in the mid-1990s as a member of the pop group the Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Baby Spice, due to the fact that she was the youngest member and "wore pigtails and sucked a lollipop".

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Fuat Oktay

Fuat Oktay (born 21 January 1964) is a Turkish politician, civil servant and academic who served as the first vice president of Turkey from 2018 to 2023.

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Hakeem Olajuwon

Legendary basketball player who led the Houston Rockets to NBA titles

Did you know? Originally a football goalkeeper in Nigeria, he did not start playing basketball until he was a teenager.

Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon (born January 21, 1963), nicknamed "the Dream", is a Nigerian and American former professional basketball player who played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), primarily with the Houston Rockets.

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Geena Davis

Oscar-winning actress known for Thelma & Louise and The Accidental Tourist

Did you know? She is a highly skilled archer who narrowly missed out on qualifying for the US Olympic team for the Sydney Games.

Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis (born January 21, 1956) is an American actor. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.

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Paul Allen

Co-founder of Microsoft and owner of various sports teams

Did you know? He was an accomplished musician who owned a recording studio and played lead guitar in his own blues-rock band.

Paul Gardner Allen (January 21, 1953 – October 15, 2018) was an American businessman, computer programmer, and investor. He co-founded Microsoft Corporation with his childhood friend Bill Gates in 1975, which was followed by the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Trương Tấn Sang

Vietnamese politician who served as the eighth President of Vietnam

Did you know? He spent several years as a political prisoner on the island of Phu Quoc before the end of the Vietnam War.

Trương Tấn Sang (Vietnamese:; born 21 January 1949) is a Vietnamese politician, who served as the eighth President of Vietnam from 2011 to 2016. He was one of Vietnam's top leaders, alongside prime minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng and Party general secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng.

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Kenzo Yokoyama

Former Japanese footballer who managed his national team

Did you know? As a player, he was the goalkeeper for the Japan squad that won a bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Kenzo Yokoyama (横山 謙三, Yokoyama Kenzō; born January 21, 1943) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for, and then managed, the Japan national team.

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Plácido Domingo

Spanish opera singer and member of the Three Tenors

Did you know? He has performed over one hundred and fifty different operatic roles during a career spanning more than six decades.

José Plácido Domingo Embil (born 21 January 1941) is a Spanish opera singer, conductor, and arts administrator.

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Benny Hill

Comedian and actor known for his long-running slapstick television show

Did you know? Despite his worldwide fame, he never owned a car or his own house, preferring to live in a series of rented flats.

Alfred Hawthorne "Benny" Hill (21 January 1924 – 18 April 1992) was an English comedian, actor, writer and musician.

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Paul Scofield

Shakespearean actor who won an Oscar for A Man for All Seasons

Did you know? He was famously modest and reportedly declined a knighthood on three separate occasions.

David Paul Scofield (21 January 1922 – 19 March 2008) was an English actor. During a six-decade career, Scofield achieved the Triple Crown of Acting, winning an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award for his work.

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Telly Savalas

American actor famous for playing the TV detective Kojak

Did you know? He was Jennifer Aniston's godfather and was a close friend of her father, fellow actor John Aniston.

Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas ( sə-VA(H)L-əs; Greek: Αριστοτέλης Σαβάλας; January 21, 1922 – January 22, 1994) was an American actor. Noted for his bald head and deep, resonant voice, he is perhaps best known for portraying Lt.

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Konrad Emil Bloch

Nobel Prize-winning biochemist who studied cholesterol and fatty acids

Did you know? He fled Nazi Germany shortly after completing his doctorate and eventually settled in the United States.

Konrad Emil Bloch (German pronunciation:; 21 January 1912 – 15 October 2000) was a German-American biochemist. Bloch received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1964 (joint with Feodor Lynen) for discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism.

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Hideo Shinojima

Japanese international footballer who played during the 1930s

Did you know? He was a prominent striker for Tokyo Imperial University and represented his country at the Far Eastern Championship Games.

Hideo Shinojima (篠島 秀雄, Shinojima Hideo; January 21, 1910 – February 11, 1975) was a Japanese football player.

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Christian Dior

Iconic French fashion designer who founded a world-famous luxury brand

Did you know? He was extremely superstitious and reportedly consulted a clairvoyant before making any major business or personal decisions.

Christian Ernest Dior (French:; 21 January 1905 – 24 October 1957) was a French fashion designer and founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, Christian Dior SE. He was one of the Big Four of 1950s haute couture, the others being Jacques Fath, Pierre Balmain and Jean Dessès.

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Ahmad Shah Qajar

Last ruling member of the Qajar dynasty in Iran

Did you know? He was only eleven years old when he was proclaimed Shah after his father was forced to flee the country.

Ahmad Shah Qajar (Persian: احمد شاه قاجار‎; 21 January 1898 – 21 February 1930) was the shah of Iran (Persia) from 16 July 1909 to 15 December 1925, and the seventh and final ruling member of the Qajar dynasty.

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Pitirim Sorokin

Sociologist who founded the Department of Sociology at Harvard University

Did you know? He was a member of the Russian Provisional Government and was sentenced to death by the Bolsheviks before being exiled.

Pitirim Alexandrovich Sorokin (Russian: Питирим Александрович Сорокин; 4 February 1889 – 10 February 1968) was a Russian American sociologist and political activist, who contributed to the social cycle theory.

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Mikhail Frunze

Bolshevik revolutionary who led the Red Army during the civil war

Did you know? He died following a routine stomach operation, leading to persistent rumours that the surgery was used to eliminate him.

Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze (Russian: Михаил Васильевич Фрунзе; Romanian: Mihail Frunză; 2 February 1885 – 31 October 1925) was a Soviet revolutionary, politician, army officer and military theorist.

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Umberto Nobile

Italian aeronautical engineer and pioneer of Arctic exploration by airship

Did you know? He famously flew over the North Pole in 1926 aboard an airship that he had designed and built himself.

Umberto Nobile (Italian pronunciation:; 21 January 1885 – 30 July 1978) was an Italian aviator, aeronautical engineer and Arctic explorer. Nobile was a developer and promoter of semi-rigid airships in the years between the two World Wars.

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Grigori Rasputin

Siberian mystic who won the trust of Tsar Nicholas II's family by easing their son's haemophilia and was murdered in 1916

Did you know? He survived multiple assassination attempts on the same night, including poisoning and shooting, before finally being drowned in a river.

Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (21 January 1869 – 30 December 1916) was a Russian mystic and faith healer. He is best known for having befriended the imperial family of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, through whom he gained considerable influence in the final years of the Russian Empire.

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