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Hande Kader (1993 – August 2016) was a politically active Turkish transgender woman. Kader was familiar to millions of Turks as a figurehead for the LGBT community after being photographed at the forefront of the resistance against police forces suppressing the 2015 Gay Pride event in Istanbul.

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Suki Waterhouse

English model turned actress and indie-pop singer, known for Daisy Jones & the Six and her album I Can't Let Go

Did you know? She is the partner of actor Robert Pattinson.

Alice Suki Waterhouse (born 5 January 1992) is an English actress, singer, and model. Waterhouse began a career in modelling at the age of 16, and she went on to model for several major fashion labels such as Burberry, Tommy Hilfiger, Hugo Boss, Laura Mercier, and Ferragamo.

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Nikola Kalinić

Croatian striker who played for clubs including Blackburn Rovers and AC Milan

Did you know? During the 2018 World Cup, he was sent home early after he refused to enter a match as a late substitute.

Nikola Kalinić (Croatian pronunciation:; born 5 January 1988) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was also formerly sports director of Croatian Football League club Hajduk Split.

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Deepika Padukone

Indian film star and one of Bollywood's highest-paid actresses

Did you know? She played competitive badminton at a national level in her youth before deciding to transition into a career in modelling and acting.

Deepika Prakash Padukone (pronounced; born 5 January 1986) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Hindi films. Her accolades include three Filmfare Awards.

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Deadmau5

Canadian electronic producer behind Strobe and Ghosts 'n' Stuff who performs in a giant glowing mouse-head helmet

Did you know? His name came from a mouse that died inside his computer, which he found while replacing a part.

Joel Thomas Zimmerman (born January 5, 1981), known professionally as Deadmau5, is a Canadian electronic music producer and DJ. His musical style primarily includes progressive house and electro house, though he also produces and DJs other electronic music genres, including techno under the alias Testpilot.

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Bradley Cooper

American actor of The Hangover and Silver Linings Playbook who directed and starred in A Star Is Born and Maestro

Did you know? He is a fluent French speaker and has conducted several interviews in the language while promoting his films in Europe.

Bradley Charles Cooper (born January 5, 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and three Grammy Awards.

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Marilyn Manson

American shock-rock singer of Antichrist Superstar and The Beautiful People whose provocative image made him a 1990s lightning rod

Did you know? Before finding fame as a performer, he worked as a music journalist and interviewed several prominent rock stars.

Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969), known professionally as Marilyn Manson, is an American rock musician. He is the lead singer and the only original member remaining of the same-titled band he founded in 1989.

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Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Social Democrat and former foreign minister who has served as President of Germany since 2017

Did you know? In 2010, he took a brief leave of absence from politics to donate a kidney to his wife.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier (German:; born 5 January 1956) is a German politician who has served as President of Germany since 2017. He was previously Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2009 and again from 2013 to 2017, as well as Vice-Chancellor of Germany from 2007 to 2009.

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László Krasznahorkai

Hungarian novelist and screenwriter known for complex, long-sentence prose

Did you know? He won the International Booker Prize in 2015 and has collaborated extensively with the filmmaker Béla Tarr on several acclaimed movies.

László Krasznahorkai (born 5 January 1954) is a Hungarian writer, novelist and screenwriter. Krasznahorkai is known for his difficult and demanding novels, often labeled postmodern, which explore dystopian and melancholic themes.

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Uli Hoeneß

Former Bayern Munich player and long-time president of the club

Did you know? He was the only survivor of a light aircraft crash in 1982, having been asleep in the back of the plane when it came down.

Ulrich "Uli" Hoeneß (German pronunciation:; born 5 January 1952) is a German football executive and former professional player who played as a forward. He played for West Germany at one World Cup and two European Championships, winning one tournament of each competition.

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Peppino Impastato

Giuseppe "Peppino" Impastato (Italian pronunciation:; 5 January 1948 – 9 May 1978), was an Italian political activist who opposed the Mafia, which ordered his murder in 1978.

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Diane Keaton

Oscar-winning actress known for Annie Hall and The Godfather trilogy

Did you know? Her real surname is Hall, but she changed it to her mother's maiden name to avoid conflict with another performer.

Diane Keaton (née Hall; January 5, 1946 – October 11, 2025) was an American actress. Her career spanned more than five decades, during which she rose to prominence in the New Hollywood movement.

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Hayao Miyazaki

Japanese animator who co-founded Studio Ghibli and directed My Neighbor Totoro and the Oscar-winning Spirited Away

Did you know? He famously refused to attend an Oscars ceremony in protest against the military invasion of Iraq by the United States.

Hayao Miyazaki (宮崎 駿 or 宮﨑 駿, Miyazaki Hayao;; born January 5, 1941) is a Japanese animator, filmmaker, and manga artist. He co-founded Studio Ghibli and serves as its honorary chairman.

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Juan Carlos I of Spain

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014 who led the transition to democracy after Franco and faced down a 1981 coup attempt

Did you know? He is an enthusiastic amateur radio operator and has used the call sign EA0JC during his time on the throne.

Juan Carlos I (Spanish:; Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias; born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 1975 until his abdication in 2014.

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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Kenyan author and academic who advocates for African languages

Did you know? He wrote his first novel in the Gikuyu language on rolls of toilet paper while being held in a maximum-security prison.

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (Gikuyu:; born James Ngugi; 5 January 1938 – 28 May 2025) was a Kenyan author and academic, who has been described as East Africa's leading novelist and an important figure in modern African literature.

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Forugh Farrokhzad

Influential Iranian poet and filmmaker of the modernist era

Did you know? Her documentary The House is Black, about a leper colony, is considered a significant influence on the Iranian New Wave cinema movement.

Forugh Farrokhzad (Persian: فروغ فرخزاد; 29 December 1934 – 14 February 1967) was an influential Iranian poet and film director. She was a controversial modernist poet and an iconoclastic, feminist author.

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Umberto Eco

Italian semiotician and novelist whose medieval murder mystery The Name of the Rose became an international bestseller

Did you know? He owned an enormous personal library that contained over thirty thousand books and occupied two separate homes.

Umberto Eco (5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator.

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Raisa Gorbacheva

Philanthropist and wife of the final Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev

Did you know? She broke tradition by taking a visible public role, helping to humanise the image of the Soviet Union for Western audiences.

Raisa Maximovna Gorbacheva (née Titarenko; 5 January 1932 – 20 September 1999) was a Soviet and Russian activist and philanthropist who was the wife of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

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Robert Duvall

Oscar-winning actor known for roles in The Godfather and Apocalypse Now

Did you know? He shared an apartment with Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman in New York while they were all struggling young actors.

Robert Selden Duvall (January 5, 1931 – February 15, 2026) was an American actor and filmmaker, best known for his roles in films of the later 20th century.

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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

Pakistani statesman who served as President and Prime Minister

Did you know? He founded the Pakistan Peoples Party and was the father of Benazir Bhutto, the first female leader of a Muslim nation.

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto NPk HPk (5 January 1928 – 4 April 1979) was a Pakistani barrister, and statesman who served as the fourth president of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973, and as the ninth prime minister of Pakistan from 1973 until his overthrow in 1977.

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Walter Mondale

Former United States Vice President and 1984 presidential candidate

Did you know? He made history by selecting Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate, making her the first woman on a major party's presidential ticket.

Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (January 5, 1928 – April 19, 2021) was an American politician who was the 42nd vice president of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter.

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Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Swiss playwright and author of The Visit and The Physicists

Did you know? He was also a talented painter and many of his artworks are displayed in a museum dedicated to him in Neuchâtel.

Friedrich Dürrenmatt (German:; 5 January 1921 – 14 December 1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-garde dramas, philosophical crime novels, and macabre satire.

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Jane Wyman

Oscar-winning actress and star of Falcon Crest

Did you know? She was the first wife of Ronald Reagan, and their marriage ended over thirty years before he was elected president.

Jane Wyman, TOSD ( WY-mən; born Sarah Jane Mayfield; January 5, 1917 – September 10, 2007) was an American actress. A star of both movies and television, she received an Academy Award for Best Actress, four Golden Globe Awards and nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards.

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Paramahansa Yogananda

Hindu monk who introduced meditation and yoga to the Western world

Did you know? His book, Autobiography of a Yogi, was the only book that Steve Jobs had on his iPad and he reportedly reread it annually.

Paramahansa Yogananda (born Mukunda Lal Ghosh; January 5, 1893 – March 7, 1952) was an Indian and American Hindu monk, yogi, and guru who founded the Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF)/Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS), a religious meditation and Kriya Yoga organization, to disseminate his teachings.

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