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Maria Olympia zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Μαρία Ολυμπία Ντε Γκρες, romanized: María-Olympía de Grèce; born 25 July 1996) is a fashion model, socialite and member of the former Greek royal family. She is the oldest child and only daughter of Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, and his wife, Marie-Chantal Miller.

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Paulinho

Brazilian midfielder who played for Tottenham Hotspur and Barcelona

Did you know? While playing in China, he helped Guangzhou Evergrande win several trophies, including two Asian Champions League titles.

José Paulo Bezerra Maciel Júnior (born 25 July 1988), known as Paulinho, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was known for his physicality, stamina, late attacking runs into the penalty area and ability to contribute both defensively and offensively.

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Hulk

Powerful Brazilian footballer known for his incredible physical strength

Did you know? He earned his nickname because of his physical resemblance to Lou Ferrigno, the actor who played the Incredible Hulk on television.

Givanildo Vieira de Sousa (born 25 July 1986), mononymously known as Hulk (Brazilian Portuguese:), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Fluminense.

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Nelson Piquet Jr.

Brazilian racing driver and the inaugural Formula E world champion

Did you know? He was a central figure in the "Crashgate" scandal, where he was ordered to deliberately crash his car during a race.

Nelson Ângelo Tamsma Piquet Souto Maior (born July 25, 1985), also known as Nelson Piquet Jr. or Nelsinho Piquet, is a Brazilian stock car racing driver and former Formula One and Formula E driver where he was champion in the 2014–15 season.

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Brad Renfro

American actor who made his film debut in The Client

Did you know? He was discovered by a casting director during a nationwide search and had no previous acting experience before starring alongside Susan Sarandon.

Brad Barron Renfro (July 25, 1982 – January 15, 2008) was an American actor. He made his film debut at age 11 with a starring role in The Client (1994).

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Yūichi Komano

Japanese defender who made over seventy international appearances

Did you know? He played for his country at two World Cups and spent over a decade with the club Jubilo Iwata.

Yuichi Komano (駒野 友一, Komano Yūichi; born 25 July 1981) is a former Japanese professional footballer who last played as a defender. He played for Japan national team until 2013.

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Louise Brown

Louise Joy Brown (born 25 July 1978) is an English woman noted as the first human born following conception by in vitro fertilisation (IVF). Her birth, following a procedure pioneered in Britain, has been lauded among "the most remarkable medical breakthroughs of the 20th century".

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Tera Patrick

Former adult film actress and media personality

Did you know? Before entering the adult film industry, she earned a degree in nursing and worked as a legal assistant.

Tera Patrick (born Linda Ann Hopkins, July 25, 1976) is an American former pornographic film actress who was the Penthouse Pet of the Month for February 2000 and is an inductee of the NightMoves, AVN and XRCO Hall of Fame.

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Yōichi Doi

Japanese professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper

Did you know? He was a member of the Japanese national squad during the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

Yoichi Doi (土肥 洋一, Doi Yōichi; born 25 July 1973) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for Japan national team.

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Hu Jia

Hu Jia (Chinese: 胡佳; pinyin: Hú Jiā; born July 25, 1973) is a Chinese civil rights activist and critic of the Chinese Communist Party. His work has focused on the Chinese democracy movement, Chinese environmentalist movement, and HIV/AIDS in the People's Republic of China.

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Masayuki Okano

Japanese footballer who scored the goal qualifying Japan for the World Cup

Did you know? He was nicknamed The Beast due to his distinctive long hair and explosive pace on the pitch.

Masayuki Okano (岡野 雅行, Okano Masayuki; born 25 July 1972) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or forward. He played for the Japan national team.

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Matt LeBlanc

American actor who played Joey Tribbiani in the sitcom Friends

Did you know? Before finding fame as an actor, he trained as a carpenter and also appeared in a popular commercial for Heinz ketchup.

Matthew Steven LeBlanc ( lə-BLAHNK; born July 25, 1967) is an American actor. He gained global recognition with his portrayal of Joey Tribbiani in the NBC sitcom Friends (1994–2004), and in its spin-off series Joey (2004–2006).

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Anne Applebaum

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian of Eastern Europe

Did you know? She is married to the Polish politician Radosław Sikorski, who has served as his country’s foreign minister.

Anne Elizabeth Applebaum (born July 25, 1964) is an American journalist, historian and foreign-policy commentator. She has written extensively about the history of Communism and the development of civil society in Central and Eastern Europe.

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Frances Arnold

Nobel Prize-winning chemical engineer who pioneered directed evolution of enzymes

Did you know? She once worked as a taxi driver in Pittsburgh to help fund her studies during the mid-1970s.

Frances Hamilton Arnold (born July 25, 1956) is an American chemical engineer and Nobel Laureate. She is the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

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Iman

Somali-American fashion model and actress

Did you know? She was a university student in Nairobi when she was discovered by a fashion photographer and can speak five languages.

Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid (Somali: Iimaan Maxamed Cabdulmajiid; Arabic: إيمان محمد عبد المجيد; born Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid, 25 July 1955), known mononymously as Iman, is a Somali-American model and actress.

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Adolfo Rodríguez Saá

Argentine politician who served as President for one week

Did you know? His brief presidency in 2001 occurred during one of the worst economic crises in his country's history.

Adolfo Rodríguez-Saá (Spanish pronunciation:; born 25 July 1947) is an Argentine Peronist politician. Born in a family that was highly influential in the history of the San Luis Province, he became the province's governor in 1983, after the end of the National Reorganization Process military dictatorship.

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Vasily Shukshin

Soviet filmmaker and writer who portrayed Russian rural life

Did you know? He died of a heart attack while filming on a boat for the movie They Fought for Their Country.

Vasily Makarovich Shukshin (Russian: Василий Макарович Шукшин; 25 July 1929 – 2 October 1974) was a Soviet and Russian writer, actor, screenwriter and film director from the Altai region who specialized in rural themes.

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John B. Goodenough

Scientist who played a central role in inventing lithium-ion batteries

Did you know? He is the oldest person ever to receive a Nobel Prize, winning the chemistry award at the age of 97.

John Bannister Goodenough ( GUUD-in-uf; July 25, 1922 – June 25, 2023) was an American materials scientist, a solid-state physicist, and a Nobel laureate in chemistry. From 1986 he was a professor of Materials Science, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Rosalind Franklin

English chemist whose X-ray image Photo 51 was key to discovering the double-helix structure of DNA

Did you know? Her work was vital to the discovery of the double helix, though she was not initially credited by the other researchers involved.

Rosalind Elsie Franklin (25 July 1920 – 16 April 1958) was an English chemist and X-ray crystallographer. Her work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), RNA (ribonucleic acid), viruses, coal, and graphite.

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Kim Yong-sik

Iconic footballer regarded as the father of South Korean football

Did you know? He is the only athlete to have played for the national teams of both Japan and South Korea.

Kim Yong-sik (Korean: 김용식; Hanja: 金容植; 25 July 1910 – 8 March 1985) was a South Korean football player and manager. He is esteemed as the godfather of the South Korean football.

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Elias Canetti

Bulgarian-born writer in German of the novel Auto-da-Fé and the study Crowds and Power, who won the Nobel Prize

Did you know? He was born in Bulgaria and spoke Ladino as his first language before becoming a master of the German language.

Elias Canetti (25 July 1905 – 14 August 1994;; German:) was a German-language writer, known as a modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and nonfiction writer. Born in Ruse, Bulgaria, to a Sephardic Jewish family, he later lived in England, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland.

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Eric Hoffer

American social philosopher known for the book The True Believer

Did you know? He spent much of his life working as a longshoreman on the San Francisco docks, writing his books in his spare time.

Eric Hoffer (July 25, 1902 – May 21, 1983) was an American philosopher and social critic. A moderate with an atypical working-class background, Hoffer wrote ten books over his career and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February 1983.

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Gavrilo Princip

Serbian nationalist who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Did you know? He was too young to face the death penalty under Austrian law, so he was sentenced to twenty years in prison instead.

Gavrilo Princip (Serbian Cyrillic: Гаврило Принцип, pronounced; 25 July 1894 – 28 April 1918) was a Bosnian Serb student who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914.

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Walter Brennan

Three-time Academy Award-winning American character actor

Did you know? He remains the only person to have won three Oscars in the Best Supporting Actor category.

Walter Andrew Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was an American actor and singer. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Come and Get It (1936), Kentucky (1938) and The Westerner (1940), making him the only person to win three awards in the supporting actor category.

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