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Damiano David

Rome-born frontman of the rock band Måneskin, who won Sanremo and Eurovision in 2021 before launching a solo career

Did you know? Måneskin's version of Beggin' became a global streaming hit after their Eurovision win.

Damiano David (Italian pronunciation:,; born 8 January 1999) is an Italian singer and songwriter. He is the frontman of the rock band Måneskin, which won the Sanremo Music Festival 2021 and subsequently the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 representing Italy with the song "Zitti e buoni".

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Manuel Locatelli

Italian midfielder who won Euro 2020 and plays for Juventus

Did you know? He grew up in a family of AC Milan fans and famously scored a winning goal against them early in his career.

Manuel Locatelli (born 8 January 1998) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serie A club Juventus, which he captains, and the Italy national team.

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Jack Andraka

American inventor who won a top science fair prize for a pancreatic cancer test idea

Did you know? He was inspired to work on pancreatic cancer after a family friend died of the disease.

Jack Thomas Andraka (born January 8, 1997) is an American who achieved fame in 2012 for having won the Gordon E.

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Koke

Spanish midfielder and long-serving captain of Atlético Madrid

Did you know? He joined the youth academy of his childhood club at age eight and went on to set their all-time appearance record.

Jorge Resurrección Merodio (Spanish pronunciation:; born 8 January 1992), known as Koke, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for and captains La Liga club Atlético Madrid.

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Valkyrae

Rachell Hofstetter (born January 8, 1992), also known by her pseudonym Valkyrae, is an American online streamer, YouTuber, and podcaster. She is a co-owner of the gaming organization 100 Thieves and founder and CEO of the media company Hihi Studios.

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David Silva

Premier League winning Spanish footballer known for his creative midfield play

Did you know? A statue was erected outside Manchester City's stadium to honour his significant contribution to the club's success.

David Josué Jiménez Silva (born 8 January 1986) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mainly as a central or an attacking midfielder and occasionally as a winger or second striker.

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Kim Jong-un

Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011, the third of his family to rule, who has expanded the country's nuclear weapons programme

Did you know? He attended an international boarding school in Switzerland, where he reportedly used a false name to hide his background.

Kim Jong Un (born 8 January c. 1982–1984) is a North Korean politician and dictator who has been serving as the supreme leader of North Korea since 2011, following the death of his father, Kim Jong Il. He is the third ruler from the Kim family to lead the country, which was founded by his grandfather Kim Il Sung.

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Adrian Mutu

Romanian footballer who played as a forward for top European clubs

Did you know? He is the joint-highest goalscorer for the Romanian national team, sharing the record with the player Gheorghe Hagi.

Adrian Mutu (Romanian pronunciation:; born 8 January 1979) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player. During his playing career, he was deployed as a forward or an attacking midfielder.

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Brook Lee

Brook Antoinette Mahealani Lee (born January 8, 1971) is an American beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Hawaii USA 1997, Miss USA 1997 and Miss Universe 1997. Lee was the first native Hawaiian and the first Asian-American to win the title of Miss Universe.

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Gladys Kalema Zikusoka

Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka (born 8 January 1970) is a Ugandan veterinarian and founder of Conservation Through Public Health, an organisation dedicated to the coexistence of humans, endangered mountain gorillas, and other animals in Africa.

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R. Kelly

Disgraced American R&B singer and songwriter

Did you know? Despite his massive commercial success, he was convicted of multiple federal crimes and is currently serving a lengthy prison sentence.

Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967), known professionally as R. Kelly, is an American former singer, songwriter, and record producer who is credited with prolific commercial success in contemporary R&B, hip-hop, and pop music recordings.

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David Bowie

English musician who reinvented himself as Ziggy Stardust and more, recording Space Oddity, Heroes and Let's Dance

Did you know? His pupils were permanently different sizes after he was punched in the eye during a school fight over a girl.

David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. Regarded as among the most influential musicians of the 20th century, he was known for his frequent reinvention and visual presentation, and is often referred to as the "chameleon of rock".

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Stephen Hawking

Cambridge physicist who revealed that black holes emit radiation and wrote the bestseller A Brief History of Time despite motor neurone disease

Did you know? He was born on the three hundredth anniversary of the death of the astronomer Galileo Galilei.

Theoretical physicist known for his work on black holes and the bestselling book A Brief History of Time.

Junichiro Koizumi

Reformist Prime Minister of Japan who served from 2001 to 2006

Did you know? He is a massive fan of Elvis Presley and even released a charity album featuring his favourite songs by the American singer.

Junichiro Koizumi ( koy-ZOO-mee; 小泉 純一郎, Koizumi Jun'ichirō; born 8 January 1942) is a Japanese retired politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2001 to 2006. He retired from politics in 2009.

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Graham Chapman

Founding member of the comedy troupe Monty Python

Did you know? He was a qualified doctor who completed his medical training at Cambridge and St Bartholomew's Hospital before pursuing a career in show business.

Graham Chapman (8 January 1941 – 4 October 1989) was a British actor, comedian and writer. He was one of the six members of the surrealist comedy group Monty Python.

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Shirley Bassey

Welsh singer who recorded three James Bond film theme songs

Did you know? She was the first person from Wales to achieve a number one single on the UK charts with her song As I Love You.

Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey (born 8 January 1937) is a Welsh singer, known for her career longevity, powerful voice and recording the theme songs to three James Bond films – the only artist to perform more than one officially. Bassey is one of the most popular vocalists in Britain.

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Elvis Presley

The King of Rock and Roll, whose hits such as Heartbreak Hotel and Hound Dog and electrifying stage moves changed popular music

Did you know? He was a twin, but his brother was stillborn shortly before his own birth.

Singer and actor known as the 'King of Rock and Roll'.

Jacques Anquetil

French racing cyclist and the first five-time Tour de France winner

Did you know? He once famously won a major stage race and a five-hundred-mile classic within the same twenty-four-hour period.

Jacques Anquetil (pronounced; 8 January 1934 – 18 November 1987) was a French road racing cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964.

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José Ferrer

Oscar-winning actor known for his portrayal of Cyrano de Bergerac

Did you know? He was the first Hispanic actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1950 film.

José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón (January 8, 1912 – January 26, 1992) was a Puerto Rican actor and director of stage, film and television. He was one of the most celebrated and esteemed Hispanic American actors during his lifetime and after, with a career spanning nearly 60 years between 1935 and 1992.

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Georgy Malenkov

Soviet politician who briefly succeeded Joseph Stalin as leader

Did you know? After losing a power struggle with Nikita Khrushchev, he was sent to Kazakhstan to manage a hydroelectric plant.

Georgy Maximilianovich Malenkov (8 January 1902 – 14 January 1988) was a Soviet politician who succeeded Joseph Stalin as Premier and the overall leader of the Soviet Union in March 1953.

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Carl Rogers

Influential American psychologist who founded person-centred therapy

Did you know? Before focusing on psychology, he spent time studying at a theological seminary with the intention of becoming a Christian minister.

Carl Ransom Rogers (January 8, 1902 – February 4, 1987) was an American psychologist who was one of the founders of humanistic psychology and was known especially for his person-centered psychotherapy.

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Maximilian Kolbe

Polish priest who sacrificed his life for another at Auschwitz

Did you know? He founded a large religious publishing house and used radio broadcasts to spread his message before the war.

Maximilian Maria Kolbe, OFM Conv. (born Raymund Kolbe; Polish: Maksymilian Maria Kolbe; 8 January 1894 – 14 August 1941) was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, priest, missionary, and martyr.

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Walther Bothe

Nobel Prize-winning physicist who developed the coincidence method

Did you know? He spent time as a prisoner of war in Russia during the First World War, where he learned the language and studied mathematics.

Walther Wilhelm Georg Bothe (German:; 8 January 1891 – 8 February 1957) was a German experimental physicist who shared the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics with Max Born "for the coincidence method and his discoveries made therewith." Bothe served in the military during World War I from 1914, and he was a prisoner of war…

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Miguel Primo de Rivera, 2nd Marquis of Estella

Military officer who served as the dictator of Spain

Did you know? His son Jose Antonio went on to found the Falange, a nationalist political movement that became prominent in Spain.

Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja, 2nd Marquis of Estella, GE (8 January 1870 – 16 March 1930), was a Spanish dictator and military officer who ruled as prime minister of Spain from 1923 to 1930 during the last years of the Bourbon Restoration. He was born into a landowning family of Andalusian aristocrats.

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