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Arda Turan

Turkish footballer who played for Atletico Madrid and Barcelona

Did you know? He was the first Turkish national to win a Spanish league title with two different clubs.

Arda Turan (born 30 January 1987) is a Turkish professional football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk.

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Phil Lester

Philip Michael Lester (born 30 January 1987) is an English YouTuber and presenter. He is best known for his YouTube channels AmazingPhil and Dan and Phil (formerly DanAndPhilGAMES), which, as of March 2026, have 3.85 million and 3.1 million subscribers, respectively.

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Dimitar Berbatov

Bulgarian striker who played for Tottenham and Manchester United

Did you know? He taught himself to speak English by watching the Godfather films and other American gangster movies.

Dimitar Ivanov Berbatov (Bulgarian: Димитър Иванов Бербатов; born 30 January 1981) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Known for his technique and ball control, Berbatov is regarded as one of the greatest Bulgarian players of all time.

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Peter Crouch

Tall English striker known for his robot dance goal celebration

Did you know? He holds the Guinness World Record for the most headed goals scored in Premier League history.

Peter James Crouch (born 30 January 1981) is an English television personality and former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was capped 42 times by the England national team between 2005 and 2010, scoring 22 goals for his country during that time, appearing at two FIFA World Cups.

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Christian Bale

Versatile English actor known for playing Batman and intense physical transformations

Did you know? He made his professional acting debut at the age of ten in a stage play alongside Rowan Atkinson.

Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974) is an English actor. Known for his versatility and physical transformations for his roles, he has been a leading man in films of several genres.

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Olivia Colman

Oscar-winning actress known for The Favourite and The Crown

Did you know? Before finding success in acting, she briefly trained as a primary school teacher after attending Homerton College, Cambridge.

Sarah Caroline Sinclair (née Colman; born 30 January 1974), known professionally as Olivia Colman, is an English actress noted for her versatility across both comedic and dramatic roles predominantly in independent film.

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Felipe VI of Spain

King of Spain since his father Juan Carlos abdicated in 2014, a former Olympic sailor

Did you know? He competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics as part of the Spanish sailing team and served as the nation's flag bearer.

Felipe VI (Spanish pronunciation:; Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Grecia; born 30 January 1968) is King of Spain, reigning since 2014.

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Abdullah II of Jordan

King of Jordan since 1999, a former army officer educated at Sandhurst, who is a key Western ally in the Middle East

Did you know? He is a massive fan of Star Trek and once appeared as an uncredited extra in an episode of the television series.

Abdullah II (Abdullah bin Hussein; born 30 January 1962) is the king of Jordan, having acceded to the throne on 7 February 1999.

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Phil Collins

British singer-songwriter and drummer for the rock band Genesis

Did you know? As a child actor, he appeared in the crowd scenes of the Beatles' film A Hard Day's Night.

Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer, drummer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He is best known as the drummer and later lead vocalist of the rock band Genesis, and for his highly successful career as a solo artist.

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Peter Agre

American physician and Nobel laureate who discovered water channels in cells

Did you know? In addition to his scientific work, he once considered a political career and briefly ran for a seat in the US Senate.

Peter Courtland Agre (born January 30, 1949) is a Nobel Laureate American physician, molecular biologist, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute.

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Akira Yoshino

Nobel Prize-winning chemist who co-developed the lithium-ion battery

Did you know? He initially studied petrochemistry and worked for the same chemical company for his entire professional career before winning the Nobel Prize.

Akira Yoshino (吉野 彰, Yoshino Akira; born 30 January 1948) is a Japanese chemist. He is a fellow of Asahi Kasei Corporation and a professor at Meijo University in Nagoya.

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Dick Cheney

Richard Bruce Cheney (January 30, 1941 – November 3, 2025) was an American politician and businessman who served as the 46th vice president of the United States under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009.

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Islam Karimov

First president of independent Uzbekistan who ruled for 25 years

Did you know? He grew up in an orphanage before rising through the Soviet political system to lead his country.

Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov (30 January 1938 – 2 September 2016) was an Uzbek politician who served as the first president of Uzbekistan, from the country's independence in 1991 until his death in 2016. He was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan from 1989 to 1991, the last to hold the post.

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Boris Spassky

Russian chess grandmaster and former world champion

Did you know? He is best remembered for his 1972 title match against Bobby Fischer, which was dubbed the Match of the Century.

Boris Vasilyevich Spassky (Russian: Борис Васильевич Спасский; January 30, 1937 – February 27, 2025) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 to 1972.

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Vanessa Redgrave

Award-winning British actress known for her stage and screen career

Did you know? She belongs to a famous acting dynasty and is among the few performers to win an Oscar, Emmy, Tony, Olivier and Screen Actors Guild award.

Dame Vanessa Redgrave (born 30 January 1937) is a British actress and activist.

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Gene Hackman

Two-time Oscar-winning actor known for The French Connection

Did you know? Early in his career, he and classmate Dustin Hoffman were voted 'Least Likely to Succeed' by their fellow acting students.

Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 – c. February 18, 2025) was an American actor. Considered one of the greatest actors of his generation and a paragon of the New Hollywood movement, Hackman's mainstream acting career spanned over four decades.

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Isamu Akasaki

Nobel Prize-winning physicist who co-invented the blue light-emitting diode

Did you know? His discovery was initially considered impossible by many, but it eventually paved the way for modern smartphone screens and energy-efficient lighting.

Isamu Akasaki (赤崎 勇, Akasaki Isamu; January 30, 1929 – April 1, 2021) was a Japanese materials scientist specializing in the field of semiconductor technology. He is best known for co-inventing the bright gallium nitride (GaN) p–n junction blue LED in 1989 and subsequently the high-brightness GaN blue LED as well.

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Olof Palme

Former Prime Minister of Sweden and leader of the Social Democratic Party

Did you know? He was walking home from the cinema with his wife when he was fatally shot in central Stockholm.

Sven Olof Joachim Palme (Swedish:; 30 January 1927 – 28 February 1986) was a Swedish politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 1986. Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 until his assassination in 1986.

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Douglas Engelbart

Inventor and computer pioneer who created the computer mouse

Did you know? He conducted a famous 1968 demonstration that introduced many concepts of modern computing, including hypertext, networking, and the graphical user interface.

Douglas Carl Engelbart (January 30, 1925 – July 2, 2013) was an American engineer, inventor, and a pioneer in many aspects of computer science.

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Leonid Gaidai

Soviet film director known for his classic comedy movies

Did you know? He was a decorated war veteran who served as a scout on the front lines during the 1940s.

Leonid Iovich Gaidai (30 January 1923 – 19 November 1993) was a Soviet and Russian comedy film director, screenwriter, and actor who enjoyed immense popularity and broad public recognition in the former Soviet Union. His films broke theatre attendance records and were some of the top-selling DVDs in Russia.

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Amrita Sher-Gil

Pioneer of modern Indian painting

Did you know? Born in Budapest to a Hungarian mother and Indian father, she is often described as India's equivalent to Frida Kahlo.

Amrita Sher-Gil (30 January 1913 – 5 December 1941) was a Hungarian–Indian painter. She has been called "one of the greatest avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century" and a pioneer in modern Indian art.

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Emilio G. Segrè

Nobel Prize-winning physicist who discovered the antiproton

Did you know? He was a close colleague of Enrico Fermi and discovered the first artificially produced element, technetium.

Emilio Gino Segrè ( sə-GRAY; Italian:; 1 February 1905 – 22 April 1989) was an Italian-American nuclear physicist and radiochemist who discovered the elements technetium and astatine, and the antiproton, a subatomic antiparticle, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1959, along with Owen Chamberlain.

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Max Theiler

Virologist who developed the vaccine against yellow fever

Did you know? He was the first person born in Africa to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Max Theiler (30 January 1899 – 11 August 1972) was a South African-American virologist and physician. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1951 for developing a vaccine against yellow fever in 1937, becoming the first African-born Nobel laureate.

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Boris III of Bulgaria

Tsar of Bulgaria who ruled during the two world wars

Did you know? He was a keen train enthusiast and frequently took the controls of the Orient Express during its journey through Bulgaria.

Boris III (Boris Klemens Robert Maria Pius Ludwig Stanislaus Xaver; 30 January 1894 – 28 August 1943) was Tsar of Bulgaria from 1918 until his death in 1943. The eldest son of Ferdinand I, Boris assumed the throne upon the abdication of his father in the wake of Bulgaria's defeat in World War I.

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