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Endrick

Brazilian teenage football prodigy who plays for Real Madrid

Did you know? He became the youngest player to score for Brazil at Wembley Stadium when he netted against England in 2024.

Endrick Felipe Moreira de Sousa Pessoa (born 21 July 2006), known mononymously as Endrick (Brazilian Portuguese:), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Brazil national team.

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Erling Haaland

Prolific Norwegian striker who broke numerous Premier League scoring records

Did you know? As a five-year-old, he set a world record for his age group in the standing long jump.

Erling Braut Haaland (born 21 July 2000) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester City and the Norway national team.

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Juno Temple

British actress known for the comedy series Ted Lasso

Did you know? She comes from a creative family as the daughter of film director Julien Temple and producer Amanda Temple.

Juno Temple (born 21 July 1989) is an English actress. She is known for her roles in the comedy series Ted Lasso (2020–present), the voice of Ivy in the animated Skydance/Netflix film Swapped (2026), and in the fifth season of the crime drama series Fargo (2023–2024).

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Yaa Gyasi

Yaa Gyasi (surname pronounced Jessie) (born 1989) is a Ghanaian-American novelist. Her work, most notably her 2016 debut novel Homegoing and her 2020 novel Transcendent Kingdom, features themes of lineage, generational trauma, and Black and African identities.

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Betty Gilpin

New York actress who earned three Emmy nominations for the wrestling comedy GLOW and led Mrs. Davis

Did you know? She is the daughter of actors Jack Gilpin and Ann McDonough.

Elizabeth Gilpin (born July 21, 1986) is an American actress. She portrayed Debbie "Liberty Belle" Eagan in the Netflix comedy series GLOW (2017–2019), for which she was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.

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joaquin-sanchez

Spanish winger who made record appearances in La Liga

Did you know? He made over fifty appearances for the Spanish national team and played in both the World Cup and the European Championships.

Joaquín Sánchez Rodríguez (Spanish pronunciation:; born 21 July 1981), known mononymously as Joaquín, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right winger. He was best known for his pace and acceleration, as well as excellent dribbling and crossing ability.

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Josh Hartnett

American actor known for roles in Pearl Harbor and Black Hawk Down

Did you know? He turned down the chance to play Superman and Batman early in his career to focus on smaller, independent film projects.

Joshua Daniel Hartnett (born July 21, 1978) is an American actor.

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Charlotte Gainsbourg

French-British actress and singer known for her provocative work

Did you know? She made her musical debut at the age of twelve by recording a provocative duet with her father.

Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg (French:; born 21 July 1971) is a French and British actress and singer. She is the daughter of English actress and singer Jane Birkin and French singer Serge Gainsbourg.

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Mokgweetsi Masisi

Politician who served as the fifth President of Botswana

Did you know? Before entering politics, he worked as a high school history teacher and for the United Nations Children's Fund.

Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi (born 21 July 1961) is a Motswana politician who served as the fifth president of Botswana from 2018 to 2024. He served as the eighth vice president of Botswana from 12 November 2014 to 1 April 2018.

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Stefan Löfven

Former Prime Minister of Sweden and trade union leader

Did you know? Before entering politics, he spent many years working as a professional welder in a factory.

Kjell Stefan Löfven (officially Löfvén; born 21 July 1957) is a Swedish politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 2014 to 2021 and as Leader of the Social Democratic Party from 2012 to 2021. He is currently serving as President of European Socialists since 2022.

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Jon Lovitz

American comedian and former Saturday Night Live cast member

Did you know? He provided the voice for the main character in the cult animated series The Critic.

Jonathan Michael Lovitz ( LUV-its; born July 21, 1957) is an American comedian and actor. He is best known for his tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1990, for which he was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards.

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Marcelo Bielsa

Influential football manager known for his high-pressing tactics

Did you know? He is famously nicknamed "El Loco" and once reportedly threatened a group of protesting fans outside his home while holding a hand grenade.

Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera (nicknamed El Loco Bielsa, meaning 'The Madman Bielsa'; born 21 July 1955) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who most recently managed the Uruguay national team. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential coaches of all time.

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Béla Tarr

Hungarian filmmaker known for his minimalist style and long takes

Did you know? He famously announced his retirement from directing after completing his film The Turin Horse, choosing instead to focus on film education.

Béla Tarr (21 July 1955 – 6 January 2026) was a Hungarian film director, screenwriter and producer. His films are distinguished by their stark black-and-white visuals, extended long takes, languid pacing, and an absence of traditional plotting.

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Robin Williams

American comedian and actor of Mrs Doubtfire, Dead Poets Society and Aladdin who won an Oscar for Good Will Hunting

Did you know? Before finding fame, he studied at the Juilliard School where he became lifelong friends with fellow actor Christopher Reeve.

Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created spontaneously and portrayed in drama and comedy films, he is regarded as one of the greatest comedians of all time.

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Cat Stevens

Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948), commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens or Yusuf/Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and musician. He has sold more than 100 million records and has more than two billion streams.

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Beppe Grillo

Italian comedian who co-founded the Five Star Movement political party

Did you know? He was effectively banned from Italian television for many years following a controversial joke he made about the country's Socialist Party in 1986.

Giuseppe Piero "Beppe" Grillo (Italian:; born 21 July 1948) is an Italian comedian, actor, blogger, and politician. He has been involved in politics since 2009 as the co-founder (together with Gianroberto Casaleggio) of the Italian Five Star Movement political party.

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John Evans Atta Mills

Former President of Ghana and respected legal scholar

Did you know? He was a keen hockey player who represented his country and served on various national sports boards.

John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills (21 July 1944 – 24 July 2012) was a Ghanaian politician and legal scholar who served as the 11th president of Ghana from 2009 until his death in 2012.

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Norman Jewison

Director of acclaimed films including Moonstruck and Fiddler on the Roof

Did you know? Despite directing the famous musical Fiddler on the Roof, he was actually raised in a Protestant household in Toronto.

Norman Frederick Jewison (July 21, 1926 – January 20, 2024) was a Canadian filmmaker. He is known for directing films which addressed topical social and political issues, often making controversial or complicated subjects accessible to mainstream audiences.

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Don Knotts

Comedic actor famous for his role on The Andy Griffith Show

Did you know? During the Second World War, he served in the army as a comedian and ventriloquist in a travelling variety show.

Jesse Donald Knotts (July 21, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American actor and comedian. He is widely known for his role as Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife on the 1960s sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, for which he earned five Emmy Awards.

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Rudolph A. Marcus

Nobel Prize-winning chemist known for his theory on electron transfer

Did you know? The mathematical formula he developed is used to explain how electrons jump between molecules during chemical reactions.

Rudolph Arthur Marcus (July 21, 1923 – July 16, 2026) was a Canadian-born American chemist who received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his contributions to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems".

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Marshall McLuhan

Media theorist who coined the phrase 'the medium is the message'

Did you know? He accurately predicted the rise of the internet and the concept of a 'global village' decades before the technology actually existed.

Herbert Marshall McLuhan (mə-KLOO-ən; July 21, 1911 – December 31, 1980) was a Canadian philosopher whose work is among the cornerstones of the study of media theory. Raised in Winnipeg, McLuhan studied at the University of Manitoba and the University of Cambridge.

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Ernest Hemingway

Nobel Prize-winning American novelist of The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms and The Old Man and the Sea, famed for his spare style

Did you know? He survived two separate plane crashes on consecutive days while travelling through Africa in the mid-fifties.

Ernest Miller Hemingway ( HEM-ing-way; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Known for an economical, understated style that influenced later 20th-century writers, he has been romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle and outspoken, blunt public image.

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Hans Fallada

German author of social novels like Alone in Berlin

Did you know? He created his pen name by combining the names of two different characters from Brothers Grimm fairy tales.

Hans Fallada (German:; born Rudolf Wilhelm Friedrich Ditzen; 21 July 1893 – 5 February 1947) was a German writer of the first half of the 20th century. Some of his better known novels include Little Man, What Now?

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Frances Cleveland

Youngest woman to serve as First Lady of the United States

Did you know? She was the only First Lady to be married in the White House and served two non-consecutive terms.

Frances Clara Cleveland Preston (née Folsom, christened Frank Clara; July 21, 1864 – October 29, 1947) was the first lady of the United States from 1886 to 1889 and again from 1893 until 1897, as the wife of President Grover Cleveland. She was the first to hold the position nonconsecutively.

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