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Winnie Harlow

Canadian model with vitiligo who rose from America's Next Top Model to become a global fashion star

Did you know? She was discovered after posting photos of herself on Instagram.

Chantelle Whitney Brown-Young (born July 27, 1994), known professionally as Winnie Harlow, is a Canadian fashion model, actress and public spokesperson on the skin condition vitiligo. She gained prominence in 2014 as a contestant on the 21st cycle of the U.S. television series America's Next Top Model.

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Kriti Sanon

Indian actress and recipient of a National Film Award

Did you know? Before entering the film industry, she successfully completed a degree in electronics and telecommunication engineering.

Kriti Sanon ( KRIT-ee SAN-on; born 27 July 1990) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films. She is a recipient of several accolades including a National Film Award and two Filmfare Awards.

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Marek Hamšík

Slovakian midfielder who is the record appearance maker for Napoli

Did you know? Instantly recognisable for his mohawk hairstyle, he eventually broke Diego Maradona’s long-standing scoring record for his Italian club.

Marek Hamšík (Slovak pronunciation:; born 27 July 1987) is a Slovak football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently the team manager and assistant coach for the Slovakia national team.

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Goran Pandev

Record-breaking Macedonian footballer who played for Inter Milan

Did you know? He founded his own football club in his home country to help develop young sporting talent for the national team.

Goran Pandev (Macedonian: Горан Пандев, pronounced; born 27 July 1983) is a Macedonian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is regarded as one of the best Macedonian footballers of all time.

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Lorik Cana

Former professional footballer and captain of the Albanian national team

Did you know? He was eligible to play for several different countries but chose to represent Albania to honour his family heritage.

Lorik Agim Cana (Albanian pronunciation:; born 27 July 1983) is an Albanian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or midfielder.

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Choi Yeo-jin

Choi Yeo-jin (Korean: 최여진; born July 27, 1983) is a South Korean-Canadian model-turned-actress.

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Ruhollah Zam

Ruhollah Zam (Persian: روح‌الله زم, also Romanized as "Rouhollah Zam"; 27 July 1978 – 12 December 2020) was an Iranian activist and journalist. He founded the Telegram channel Amadnews in 2015, and played a high-profile role in the 2017–2018 Iranian protests, to which he devoted special coverage at the time.

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Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Irish actor known for starring in The Tudors and Match Point

Did you know? He was expelled from school at the age of 16 and was later discovered by a film scout in a local pool hall.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers (born Jonathan Michael Francis O'Keeffe; 27 July 1977) is an Irish actor.

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Demis Hassabis

British AI researcher and co-founder of Google DeepMind

Did you know? A former child prodigy in chess, he reached master level at age thirteen and was once the world’s second-highest-ranked junior player.

Sir Demis Hassabis (born 27 July 1976) is a British artificial intelligence (AI) researcher and entrepreneur. He is the chairman and co-founder of Google DeepMind and the chief scientist of Alphabet, as well as the chief executive officer and co-founder of Isomorphic Labs.

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Froyla Tzalam

Dame Froyla Tzalam (born July 27, 1971) is a Belizean Mopan Maya anthropologist and community leader, who has served as the third governor-general of Belize since 27 May 2021. She is the first indigenous person of Maya descent to serve as governor-general of any country in the history of the Commonwealth of Nations.

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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Danish actor best known for playing Jaime Lannister in Game of Thrones

Did you know? He serves as a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, working to raise awareness about gender equality and the impacts of climate change.

Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau (born on 27 July 1970) is a Danish actor. His breakthrough role was in Denmark with the film Nightwatch in 1994.

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Triple H

American professional wrestler and executive in WWE

Did you know? Before finding fame in the ring, he won the Teen Mr. New Hampshire bodybuilding title when he was just nineteen years old.

Paul Michael Levesque (born July 27, 1969), also known by the ring name Triple H, is an American business executive, professional wrestling promoter, and retired wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he serves as its chief content officer, its head of creative, and an executive producer.

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Rahul Bose

Indian actor and director who also played international rugby

Did you know? Aside from his successful film career, he represented the Indian national rugby union team for over a decade.

Rahul Bose (born 27 July 1967) is an Indian actor, sports administrator and former rugby player who works in Hindi films. Bose serves as the president of Rugby India since 2021.

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José Luis Chilavert

Paraguayan goalkeeper renowned for scoring goals from free kicks

Did you know? He is the only goalkeeper in history to score a hat-trick during a professional football match.

José Luis Félix Chilavert González (Spanish pronunciation:; born 27 July 1965) is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Sportivo Luqueño, Guaraní, San Lorenzo de Almagro, Real Zaragoza, Vélez Sarsfield, RC Strasbourg, Peñarol and the Paraguay national team.

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Donnie Yen

Hong Kong martial artist and star of the Ip Man films

Did you know? He is a classically trained pianist and has performed the instrument publicly at various charity events and on television.

Donnie Yen Chi-tan is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and action director. His accolades include three Golden Horse Awards and five Hong Kong Film Awards.

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Pina Bausch

German choreographer and pioneer of the expressive Tanztheater style

Did you know? Her influence extended to cinema, notably appearing in the Pedro Almodóvar film Talk to Her and a documentary by Wim Wenders.

Philippine "Pina" Bausch (27 July 1940 – 30 June 2009) was a German dancer and choreographer who was a significant contributor to a neo-expressionist dance tradition now known as Tanztheater.

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Bourvil

Beloved French actor and singer famous for his comedy film roles

Did you know? He took his stage name from his home village in Normandy to distinguish himself from other performers at the start of his career.

André Robert Raimbourg (French pronunciation:; 27 July 1917 – 23 September 1970), better known as André Bourvil (French pronunciation:), and mononymously as Bourvil, was a French actor and singer best known for his roles in comedy films, most notably in his collaboration with Louis de Funès in the films Le Corniaud…

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Ngô Đình Diệm

Former leader of South Vietnam during the start of the Vietnam War

Did you know? During the early 1950s, he lived in exile in the United States, spending much of his time staying at Catholic seminaries.

Ngô Đình Diệm ( dyem, YEE-əm or zeem; Vietnamese:; 3 January 1901 – 2 November 1963) was a South Vietnamese politician.

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Hans Fischer

German chemist awarded the Nobel Prize for his research into blood

Did you know? He successfully determined the structure of haemin, the substance that gives blood its red colour, and later synthesised it in a laboratory.

Hans Fischer (German pronunciation:; 27 July 1881 – 31 March 1945) was a German organic chemist and the recipient of the 1930 Nobel Prize for Chemistry "for his researches into the constitution of haemin and chlorophyll and especially for his synthesis of haemin."

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Hilaire Belloc

Prolific writer of poetry and essays known for Cautionary Tales

Did you know? He served as a Member of Parliament for Salford and once famously walked across the Alps to reach Rome.

Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (27 July 1870 – 16 July 1953) was a French-English writer and political activist. Belloc was considered one of the most versatile authors of the 20th century, producing essays on history, politics and economics as well as poetry, travelogues and satire.

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Giosuè Carducci

Italian poet and professor of Odi barbare who became the first Italian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1906

Did you know? He was a fierce republican and anticlericalist who once wrote a controversial hymn dedicated to Satan.

Giosuè Alessandro Giuseppe Carducci (27 July 1835 – 16 February 1907) was an Italian poet, writer, literary critic and teacher. He was noticeably influential, and was regarded as the official national poet of modern Italy.

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Alexandre Dumas fils

French writer of La Dame aux Camélias, the story that inspired Verdi's opera La Traviata

Did you know? He was the illegitimate son of the author of The Three Musketeers and shared the exact same name as his father.

Alexandre Dumas fils (French:; 27 July 1824 – 27 November 1895) was a French author and playwright, best known for the romantic novel La Dame aux Camélias (The Lady of the Camellias, usually titled Camille in English-language versions), published in 1848, which was adapted into Giuseppe Verdi's 1853 opera La traviata…

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George Biddell Airy

Former Astronomer Royal who established the Prime Meridian at Greenwich

Did you know? He was a highly efficient administrator who famously insisted that every single piece of paper in his office was dated and filed.

Sir George Biddell Airy (27 July 1801 – 2 January 1892) was an English mathematician and astronomer, as well as the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics from 1826 to 1828 and the seventh Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881.

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Charlotte Corday

French revolutionary figure who assassinated the radical leader Jean-Paul Marat

Did you know? She was executed by guillotine just four days after the killing, famously claiming she had killed one man to save a hundred thousand.

Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont (27 July 1768 – 17 July 1793), known as Charlotte Corday (French:), was a figure of the French Revolution who assassinated revolutionary and Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat on 13 July 1793.

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