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Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy

Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy (born 2002) is a Vietnamese beauty pageant titleholder, who won Miss Vietnam 2022 and Miss International 2024. She was the first Vietnamese woman to win Miss International.

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Lucas Vázquez

Spanish footballer who has won multiple trophies with Real Madrid

Did you know? He has spent almost his entire career with the club, winning several Champions League titles after progressing through their youth academy.

Lucas Vázquez Iglesias (born 1 July 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right-back or winger for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen. Starting his career at Real Madrid, Vázquez made his first-team debut in 2015 after a season on loan at Espanyol.

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Daniel Ricciardo

Australian Formula One driver who won eight grands prix, including Monaco in 2018, and became famous for his 'shoey' celebrations

Did you know? He is famous for his "shoey" celebration, which involves drinking champagne out of his own sweaty racing boot on the podium.

Daniel Joseph Ricciardo ( rik-AR-doh, Italian:; born 1 July 1989) is an Australian former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2011 to 2024. Nicknamed "the Honey Badger", Ricciardo won eight Formula One Grands Prix across 14 seasons.

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Agnez Mo

Indonesian singer, songwriter and actress who became a child star and later pursued an international R&B career

Did you know? She began her career as a child singer and has since won more awards than any other artist in Indonesian music history.

Agnes Monica Muljoto (born 1 July 1986), known professionally as Agnez Mo (previously Agnes Monica), is an Indonesian singer, songwriter, and actress. Born in Jakarta, she started her career as a child singer in the 1990s.

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Léa Seydoux

French actress who shared the Palme d'Or for Blue Is the Warmest Colour and played Madeleine Swann opposite Daniel Craig's Bond

Did you know? She was the first actor to share the Palme d'Or with a director.

Léa Hélène Seydoux-Fornier de Clausonne (born 1 July 1985) is a French actress who has appeared in both French cinema and Hollywood productions. She has been nominated for five César Awards, two Lumière Awards, a Palme d'Or and a BAFTA Award.

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Liv Tyler

American actress known for playing Arwen in The Lord of the Rings

Did you know? She only discovered that the Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler was her biological father at the age of nine.

Liv Rundgren Tyler (born Liv Rundgren; July 1, 1977) is an American actress. She began her career as a model before making her film debut in Silent Fall (1994).

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Ruud van Nistelrooy

Prolific Dutch striker who played for Manchester United and Real Madrid

Did you know? He was the top scorer in three different European domestic leagues during his playing career.

Rutgerus Johannes Martinus van Nistelrooij (Dutch pronunciation:; born 1 July 1976), commonly known by his anglicised name of Ruud van Nistelrooy, is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. He is currently working as an assistant coach of the Netherlands national football team.

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Patrick Kluivert

Former Dutch striker who played for Ajax and Barcelona

Did you know? He scored the winning goal in the 1995 Champions League final when he was only eighteen years old.

Patrick Stephan Kluivert (Dutch pronunciation:; born 1 July 1976) is a Dutch football coach and former player. As a player, he played as a striker for Ajax, Barcelona and the Netherlands national team.

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Pamela Anderson

Canadian-American actress and model known for starring in Baywatch

Did you know? She was discovered by the public after being shown on the big screen during a Canadian football game while wearing a branded t-shirt.

Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian-American actress, model and media personality. She came to prominence after being selected as the February 1990 Playboy Playmate of the Month following her appearance on the cover of the magazine's October 1989 issue.

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Diana, Princess of Wales

Princess of Wales and mother of Prince William and Prince Harry, admired worldwide for her campaigning against landmines and on HIV

Did you know? Before her marriage, she worked as a dance instructor and as a nursery school assistant.

Member of the British royal family known for her humanitarian work and global popularity.

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Carl Lewis

American track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals

Did you know? He was drafted by both the Chicago Bulls and the Dallas Cowboys, despite never playing competitive basketball or American football in college.

Frederick Carlton Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is an American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold.

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Li Keqiang

Long-serving Premier of China and senior Communist Party official

Did you know? He held a doctorate in economics and was once widely considered a potential candidate for the top position of General Secretary.

Li Keqiang (Chinese: 李克强; pinyin: Lǐ Kèqiáng; 3 July 1955 – 27 October 2023) was a Chinese politician and economist who served as premier of China from 2013 to 2023 and was the second-ranking member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s Politburo Standing Committee from 2012 to 2022.

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Augusto De Luca

Italian photographer known for his architectural shots and celebrity portraits

Did you know? In addition to his photography, he is a qualified lawyer and has worked as a professional musician.

Augusto De Luca (Naples, 1 July 1955) is an Italian photographer specialized in portraits. His first solo show was at Centro Teatro Spazio Libero, a theater founded in 1972 by puppeteer Renato Barbieri at Parco Margherita in Naples.

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Jadranka Kosor

First female Prime Minister of Croatia

Did you know? She began her professional career as a journalist and gained popularity covering the Croatian War of Independence for national radio.

Jadranka Kosor (Croatian pronunciation:; born 1 July 1953) is a Croatian politician and former journalist who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 2009 to 2011, having taken office following the sudden resignation of her predecessor Ivo Sanader.

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Thomas Boni Yayi

Beninese politician and banker who served as President of Benin

Did you know? During his presidency, he survived an alleged poisoning plot that supposedly involved his personal doctor and a prominent businessman.

Thomas Boni Yayi (born 1 July 1951) is a Beninese banker and politician who was the president of Benin from 2006 to 2016. He took office after winning the March 2006 presidential election and was re-elected to a second term in March 2011.

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Dan Aykroyd

Canadian actor and screenwriter known for Ghostbusters

Did you know? He has a lifelong obsession with the paranormal and ufology, which served as the primary inspiration for writing his most famous film.

Daniel Edward Aykroyd ( AK-royd; born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian and American actor, comedian, screenwriter, musician and producer.

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Debbie Harry

Lead singer of the influential New Wave band Blondie

Did you know? Before finding musical fame, she worked several jobs including a secretary for the BBC and a Playboy Bunny.

Deborah Ann Harry (born Angela Trimble; July 1, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter and actress, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Blondie. Labelled the "Queen of New Wave" by American Songwriter, four of her songs with the band reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 between 1979 and 1981.

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Sydney Pollack

Oscar-winning director of films such as Out of Africa and Tootsie

Did you know? He was a trained pilot and often flew himself to various film locations around the world.

Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer, and actor.

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Robert Fogel

Nobel Prize-winning economist and historian

Did you know? He was a pioneer in the field of cliometrics, which uses economic theory and statistical methods to study the past.

Robert William Fogel (July 1, 1926 – June 11, 2013) was an American economic historian and winner (with Douglass North) of the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. As of his death, he was the Charles R.

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Olivia de Havilland

Double Oscar-winning actress known for Gone with the Wind

Did you know? She successfully sued her studio to end restrictive contracts, resulting in a landmark legal ruling that changed Hollywood employment law.

Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland (July 1, 1916 – July 26, 2020) was a British, American, and French actress. She appeared in 49 feature films throughout her career, with the major works of her cinematic career spanning from 1935 to 1988.

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William Wyler

Acclaimed director of Ben-Hur and Roman Holiday

Did you know? He holds the record for receiving twelve Academy Award nominations for Best Director, winning three times during his long career.

William Wyler (born Willi Wyler (German:); July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a German-born American film director and producer. Known for his work in numerous genres over five decades, he received numerous accolades, including the most nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director (12).

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Charles Laughton

Oscar-winning British actor and director of The Night of the Hunter

Did you know? He was the first person to play the detective Hercule Poirot on the London stage in a production called Alibi.

Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was an English actor and director. Over his career he received an Academy Award and a Grammy Award as well as nominations for two BAFTAs and a Golden Globe.

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Ignaz Semmelweis

Physician who pioneered antiseptic procedures in hospitals

Did you know? He was initially ridiculed by the medical community for suggesting that doctors should wash their hands before treating patients.

Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (German:; Hungarian: Semmelweis Ignác Fülöp; 1 July 1818 – 13 August 1865) was a Hungarian medical doctor and scientist of German descent who was an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures, known as the "saviour of mothers".

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George Sand

French novelist who wrote under a male pen name, wore men's clothes and had a long relationship with Chopin

Did you know? Born Aurore Dupin, she had a long and famous romantic relationship with the Polish composer Frédéric Chopin.

Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil (French:; 1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), best known by her pen name George Sand (French:), was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist.

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