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Harry Kane

England's all-time leading male goalscorer and professional footballer

Did you know? He began his career at the Tottenham Hotspur academy after being released by their rivals Arsenal as a child.

Harry Edward Kane (born 28 July 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and captains the England national team. He is regarded as one of the best players in the world, one of the best strikers of his generation, and one of England's greatest ever players.

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Cher Lloyd

English singer who rose to fame on the talent show The X Factor

Did you know? Her debut single, Swagger Jagger, reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in 2011.

Cher Lloyd (born 28 July 1993) is an English singer. She participated on the seventh series of the television talent show The X Factor in 2010, where she finished in fourth place.

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Pedro

Spanish forward who won major trophies with Barcelona and Chelsea

Did you know? He is the first footballer to score in six different club competitions within a single calendar year, achieving the feat in 2009.

Pedro Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma (born 28 July 1987), known as Pedro, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger. Pedro scored 99 goals in 321 appearances across all competitions for Barcelona from 2008 to 2015.

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Mathieu Debuchy

French international defender who played for Arsenal and Newcastle United

Did you know? He won the French league title and cup double with Lille before moving to the English Premier League.

Mathieu Debuchy (French pronunciation:; born 28 July 1985) is a French former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Debuchy started his senior career at Lille, where he won a Ligue 1 and Coupe de France double in the 2010–11 season.

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Juan Guaidó

Venezuelan politician and former leader of the National Assembly

Did you know? He survived a tragic landslide as a teenager that destroyed his family home and killed thousands of people in his home state.

Juan Gerardo Antonio Guaidó Márquez (born 28 July 1983) is a Venezuelan politician and opposition figure. He belonged to the social-democratic party Popular Will, and was a federal deputy to the National Assembly representing the state of Vargas.

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Vladimir Stojković

Serbian goalkeeper who has played in multiple FIFA World Cups

Did you know? He caused a major stir in Serbian football by moving to Partizan after previously playing for their fierce rivals Red Star Belgrade.

Vladimir Stojković (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Стојковић, pronounced; born 28 July 1983) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serbian SuperLiga club Čukarički.

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Michael Carrick

Former Manchester United midfielder and current manager of Middlesbrough

Did you know? During his playing career, he won every major domestic trophy and the Champions League while at Old Trafford.

Michael Carrick (born 28 July 1981) is an English professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of Premier League club Manchester United. He is best known for his 12-year playing career with Manchester United, which he also captained in his final season there.

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Alexis Tsipras

Former Prime Minister of Greece during the country's debt crisis

Did you know? He became the youngest person to lead Greece in over a century when he first took office in early 2015.

Alexis Tsipras (Greek: Αλέξης Τσίπρας; born 28 July 1974) is a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 2015 to 2019. He is the founder and leader of the Greek Left Alliance political party.

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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Militant leader who founded and led the Islamic State group

Did you know? He reportedly earned a doctorate in Islamic studies and played as a talented footballer for a local mosque team.

Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri (28 July 1971 – 27 October 2019), commonly known by his nom de guerre Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was an Iraqi militant leader and former teacher who was the founder and first leader of the Islamic State (IS), who proclaimed himself caliph in 2014 and stayed in power until his suicide in…

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Pedro Troglio

Argentine midfielder who played in the 1990 World Cup final

Did you know? After retiring, he became a successful manager, leading the Honduran side Olimpia to an unprecedented four consecutive league titles.

Pedro Antonio Troglio (born 28 July 1965) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Banfield.

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Terry Fox

Canadian athlete who ran across Canada for cancer research

Did you know? He completed the equivalent of a full marathon every single day for over four months before his health forced him to stop.

Terrance Stanley Fox (July 28, 1958 – June 28, 1981) was a Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and cancer research activist. In 1980, having had one leg amputated due to cancer, he embarked on a cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research.

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Anneline Kriel

Anneline Kriel (born 28 July 1955) is a South African actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss South Africa 1974 and was later crowned Miss World 1974. She is the second of three South African women to hold the Miss World title after Penelope Coelen in 1958 and before Rolene Strauss in 2014.

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Hugo Chávez

Venezuelan army officer who led a socialist Bolivarian Revolution as president from 1999 until his death in 2013

Did you know? Before entering politics, he spent two years in prison following a failed coup attempt in the early nineties.

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician, revolutionary, and military officer who was the president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013.

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Rama X of Thailand

Sovereign of Thailand and head of the Chakri dynasty

Did you know? He is a qualified pilot who frequently flies his own Boeing 737 aircraft during international trips.

Vajiralongkorn (born 28 July 1952), also known by his regnal name Rama X, is King of Thailand, reigning since 2016. He is the tenth monarch of the Chakri dynasty, succeeding his father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX).

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Santiago Calatrava

Spanish architect and engineer known for his sculptural public buildings

Did you know? Many of his designs are inspired by the human body or natural forms, such as his Turning Torso tower in Sweden.

Santiago Calatrava Valls (born 28 July 1951) is a Spanish-Swiss architect, structural engineer, sculptor and painter, particularly known for his bridges supported by single leaning pylons, and his railway stations, stadiums, and museums, whose sculptural forms often resemble living organisms.

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Richard Wright

Founding member and keyboardist of the rock band Pink Floyd

Did you know? During the recording of the album The Wall, he was forced out of the band by Roger Waters but later returned for their final projects.

Richard William Wright (28 July 1943 – 15 September 2008) was an English keyboardist, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd. He appeared on almost every Pink Floyd album and performed on all of their tours.

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

American First Lady and wife of President John F. Kennedy

Did you know? After her time in the White House, she enjoyed a long and successful career as a book editor in New York City.

Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis (née Bouvier; July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was the first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States.

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Baruch Samuel Blumberg

Nobel Prize-winning doctor who discovered the hepatitis B virus

Did you know? He travelled to remote parts of the world to collect blood samples, which eventually led to the development of the hepatitis B vaccine.

Baruch Samuel Blumberg (July 28, 1925 – April 5, 2011), known as Barry Blumberg, was an American physician, geneticist, and co-recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (with Daniel Carleton Gajdusek), for his work on the hepatitis B virus while an investigator at the NIH and at the Fox Chase Cancer…

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Charles Hard Townes

Nobel Prize-winning physicist who developed the maser and the laser

Did you know? He was a deeply religious man who wrote extensively about the convergence of science and faith during his long career.

Charles Hard Townes (July 28, 1915 – January 27, 2015) was an American physicist. Townes worked on the theory and application of the maser, for which he obtained the fundamental patent, and other work in quantum electronics associated with both maser and laser devices.

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Pavel Cherenkov

Nobel Prize-winning physicist who discovered Cherenkov radiation

Did you know? His discovery explains why water surrounding a nuclear reactor core glows with a distinctive blue light.

Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov (Russian: Па́вел Алексе́евич Черенко́в; 28 July 1904 – 6 January 1990) was a Soviet physicist who shared the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ilya Frank and Igor Tamm "for the discovery and interpretation of the Cherenkov effect".

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Karl Popper

Austrian-British philosopher who argued that science advances by falsification and defended liberal democracy in The Open Society

Did you know? Before finding fame in academia, he spent several years working as a cabinet maker and even considered becoming a musician.

Sir Karl Raimund Popper (28 July 1902 – 17 September 1994) was an Austrian–British philosopher, academic and social commentator.

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Marcel Duchamp

Artist who challenged traditional ideas with his readymade sculptures

Did you know? He was an expert chess player and competed in several national championships after retiring from the art world.

Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French-American artist, chess player, and inventor who played a key role in the development of the avant-garde in the United States and in New York City, where he spent the last 25 years of his life.

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Beatrix Potter

Author and illustrator of The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Did you know? She was a pioneering natural scientist who produced hundreds of detailed botanical illustrations and made important contributions to the study of fungi.

Helen Beatrix Heelis (née Potter; 28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943), usually known as Beatrix Potter ( BEE-ə-triks), was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist.

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Edward Drinker Cope

Palaeontologist and comparative anatomy central to the Bone Wars

Did you know? His intense rivalry with Othniel Charles Marsh led to the discovery and naming of over one thousand dinosaur species.

Edward Drinker Cope (July 28, 1840 – April 12, 1897) was an American zoologist, paleontologist, comparative anatomist, herpetologist, and ichthyologist. Born to a wealthy Quaker family, he distinguished himself as a child prodigy interested in science, publishing his first scientific paper at the age of 19.

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