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Jan Oblak

Slovenian goalkeeper who captains his national team

Did you know? He made his professional debut at the age of sixteen and was signed by a major Portuguese club only one year later.

Jan Oblak (born 7 January 1993) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and captains the Slovenia national team. Oblak signed for Portuguese club Benfica at the age of 17, and was part of the team that won the domestic treble in the 2013–14 season.

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Eden Hazard

Skilled Belgian footballer who played for Chelsea and Real Madrid

Did you know? He was the first non-French player to win the Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year award twice during his time at Lille.

Eden Michael Walter Lucien Hazard (French pronunciation:; born 7 January 1991) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a left winger or attacking midfielder. Over the span of his sixteen-year career, he played for Lille, Chelsea, and Real Madrid, and also captained the Belgium national team.

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Hardwell

Breda-born big-room house DJ and Revealed Recordings founder who topped DJ Mag's world DJ poll two years running

Did you know? He took a break from performing from 2018 to 2022.

Robbert van de Corput (Dutch pronunciation:; born 7 January 1988), known professionally as Hardwell, is a Dutch DJ and record producer. He was voted the world's number one DJ by DJ Mag in 2013 and again in 2014.

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Sirusho

Yerevan-born pop singer whose folk-inspired Eurovision 2008 entry Qélé, Qélé finished fourth, then Armenia's best result at the contest

Did you know? Her mother is the singer Susanna Petrosyan.

Siranush Hrachyayi Harutyunyan (Armenian: Սիրանուշ Հրաչյայի Հարությունյան; born 7 January 1987), known professionally as Sirusho (Armenian: Սիրուշո), is an Armenian singer and songwriter. She received her first award when she was nine years old for her song "Lusabats".

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Lewis Hamilton

British racing driver who holds a record-equalling seven Formula One world titles and the most race wins in history

Did you know? He was the first Black driver to compete in Formula One and was awarded a knighthood for services to motorsport in 2021.

Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (born 7 January 1985) is a British racing driver who competes in Formula One for Ferrari.

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Bipasha Basu

Indian actress known for her roles in horror and thrillers

Did you know? She originally intended to pursue a career in medicine before a chance encounter with a model scout in a hotel changed her path.

Bipasha Basu (Bengali pronunciation:; born 7 January 1979) is an Indian former actress. Primarily known for her work in Hindi films, she has received a Filmfare Award.

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Emilio Palma

Emilio Marcos de Palma Morella (born 7 January 1978) is an Argentine man who was the first person born on the continent Antarctica. The first person to be conceived in the continent was Juan Pablo Camacho.

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Karla Avelar

Karla Avelar is a Salvadoran transgender rights activist was born in 1978 in El Salvador. Karla Avelar is the executive director and founder of Comcavis Trans an NGO dedicated to combatting discrimination against trans women living with HIV in El Salvador.

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Sofi Oksanen

Finnish author of the internationally acclaimed novel Purge

Did you know? Her books have been translated into more than forty languages and she has received the Nordic Council Literature Prize for her writing.

Sofi-Elina Oksanen (born 7 January 1977) is a Finnish writer and playwright. Oksanen has published six novels, of which "Purge" has gained the widest recognition.

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Jeremy Renner

Jeremy Lee Renner (born January 7, 1971) is an American actor, author, singer, and producer. He began his career by appearing in independent films such as Dahmer (2002) and Neo Ned (2005), then supporting roles in bigger films, such as S.W.A.T. (2003) and 28 Weeks Later (2007).

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Andy Burnham

British Labour politician and Mayor of Greater Manchester

Did you know? He was a competitive junior cricketer and once had a trial for the Lancashire County Cricket Club.

Andrew Murray Burnham (born 7 January 1970) is a British politician who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party since July 2026.

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Irrfan Khan

Acclaimed Indian actor known for Life of Pi and Jurassic World

Did you know? He was nearly a professional cricketer before deciding to pursue acting and enrolling in India's National School of Drama.

Irrfan Khan (Hindustani pronunciation:; born Sahabzade Irfan Ali Khan; 7 January 1967 – 29 April 2020) was an Indian actor who worked in Indian cinema as well as British and American films.

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Nick Clegg

Former UK Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democrats

Did you know? After leaving British politics, he took a senior executive role at Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram.

Sir Nicholas William Peter Clegg (born 7 January 1967) is a British retired politician and media executive who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2015 and as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2007 to 2015. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Hallam from 2005 to 2017.

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Nicolas Cage

American actor of Raising Arizona and Face/Off, famed for his wild intensity, who won an Oscar for Leaving Las Vegas

Did you know? He changed his surname to avoid being accused of nepotism because his uncle is the famous film director Francis Ford Coppola.

Nicolas Cage (born Nicolas Kim Coppola; January 7, 1964) is an American actor and film producer. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for two BAFTA Awards.

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Alexander Dugin

Russian political philosopher known for his neo-Eurasianist ideology

Did you know? He is often described in the media as a significant intellectual influence on modern Russian foreign policy.

Aleksandr Gelyevich Dugin (Russian: Александр Гельевич Дугин; born 7 January 1962) is a Russian political philosopher who is the leading theorist of Russian neo-Eurasianism. Born into a military intelligence family, Dugin was an anti-communist dissident during the 1980s, and joined the far-right Pamyat organization.

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Ichirō Mizuki

Prolific Japanese singer of anime and superhero theme songs

Did you know? He recorded over a thousand songs during his career and was affectionately known to his fans as the Emperor of Anime Songs.

Toshio Hayakawa (早川 俊夫, Hayakawa Toshio; January 7, 1948 – December 6, 2022), better known by his stage name Ichirou Mizuki (水木 一郎, Mizuki Ichirō), was a Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, voice actor and actor best known for his work on theme songs for anime and tokusatsu.

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John E. Walker

Nobel Prize-winning chemist who studied energy production in cells

Did you know? Despite his scientific success, he originally left school at sixteen before returning to education to eventually lead a major Cambridge research unit.

Sir John Ernest Walker (born 7 January 1941) is a British chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1997. As of 2015 Walker is Emeritus Director and Professor at the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit in Cambridge, and a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.

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Tassos Papadopoulos

Former President of Cyprus who served from 2003 to 2008

Did you know? He was a young activist in the movement for Cypriot independence and participated in the London conference on the matter.

Efstathios "Tassos" Nikolaou Papadopoulos (Greek: Ευστάθιος (Τάσσος) Νικολάου Παπαδόπουλος; 7 January 1934 – 12 December 2008) was a Cypriot politician and barrister, who served as President of Cyprus from 2003 to 2008.

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Elena Ceaușescu

Wife of Romanian leader Nicolae Ceaușescu and Deputy Prime Minister

Did you know? Despite holding multiple high-level chemistry qualifications, it was widely suspected that she did not write her own academic papers.

Elena Ceaușescu (born Lenuța Petrescu; 20 January 1919 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian politician and doctor of chemistry who was the wife of Nicolae Ceaușescu, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania. She was also the Deputy Prime Minister of Romania.

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Paul Keres

Estonian chess grandmaster regarded as one of the greatest ever players

Did you know? He was famously nicknamed the Crown Prince of Chess because he finished as the runner-up in five consecutive world championship qualifying tournaments.

Paul Keres (7 January 1916 – 5 June 1975) was an Estonian chess grandmaster and chess writer. He was among the world's top players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s, and narrowly missed a chance at a World Chess Championship match on five occasions.

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Francis Poulenc

French composer and pianist who was a member of Les Six

Did you know? After a profound spiritual awakening, he began writing sacred choral music alongside his more light-hearted and satirical instrumental compositions.

Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (French:; 7 January 1899 – 30 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music.

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Zora Neale Hurston

Influential American author associated with the Harlem Renaissance

Did you know? She was working as a maid when her talent was rediscovered years after her death, leading to a major literary revival.

Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960) was an American writer, anthropologist, folklorist, and documentary filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-20th-century American South and published research on Hoodoo and Caribbean Vodou.

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Charles Péguy

French poet and essayist known for his religious and socialist works

Did you know? He died leading a charge during the first month of the First World War, just one day before the Battle of the Marne.

Charles Pierre Péguy (French:; 7 January 1873 – 5 September 1914) was a French poet, essayist, and editor. His two main philosophies were socialism and nationalism; by 1908 at the latest, after years of uneasy agnosticism, he had become a believing (but generally non-practicing) Catholic.

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Émile Borel

French mathematician and politician who pioneered probability and measure theory

Did you know? He is remembered for the infinite monkey theorem, which explains probability using a primate and a typewriter.

Félix Édouard Justin Émile Borel (French:; 7 January 1871 – 3 February 1956) was a French mathematician and politician. As a mathematician, he was known for his founding work in the areas of measure theory and probability.

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