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Folarin Balogun

American striker who plays for Monaco and the national team

Did you know? Despite representing the United States, he was born in New York and moved to London when he was just two years old.

Folarin Jerry Balogun (born July 3, 2001) is a professional soccer player who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Monaco and the United States national team. Balogun began his career at the Arsenal Academy, and was promoted to the first team in 2020.

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Mike Maignan

French international goalkeeper currently playing for AC Milan

Did you know? Early in his youth career, he actually played as an outfielder before a coach persuaded him to move into goal.

Mike Peterson Maignan (born 3 July 1995) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Serie A club AC Milan, whom he captains, and the France national team. Regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the world, he is known for his positioning, reflexes, and physical presence.

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Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Professional tennis player and Olympic mixed doubles gold medallist

Did you know? She holds the record for the most Grand Slam appearances made before reaching her first major singles final.

Anastasia Sergeyevna "Nastia" Pavlyuchenkova (Анастаси́я «Настя» Серге́евна Павлюче́нкова; born 3 July 1991) is a Russian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No.

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Winston Reid

New Zealand footballer who played as a defender for West Ham

Did you know? He grew up in Denmark and played for their youth national teams before choosing to represent New Zealand at senior level.

Winston Wiremu Reid (born 3 July 1988) is a New Zealand former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Reid is a former graduate of local Danish club FC Midtjylland's youth academy, and he started his professional footballing career with the latter in 2005, at the age of 16.

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Sebastian Vettel

Four-time Formula One world champion from Germany

Did you know? He began his racing career in karting at the age of three before moving on to dominate the world of motor racing.

Sebastian Vettel (German pronunciation:; born 3 July 1987) is a German former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2007 to 2022.

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Ola Toivonen

Swedish footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and forward

Did you know? During a World Cup game against Germany, he scored with a skilful lob that went over the head of goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.

Nils Ola Toivonen (Swedish pronunciation:; born 3 July 1986) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and forward. After beginning his career in his home town team of Degerfors, he spent time in the top flight for Örgryte before he got signed by Malmö FF before the 2007 season.

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Olivia Munn

American actress known for roles in The Newsroom and X-Men

Did you know? Before finding fame in Hollywood, she worked as a sideline reporter for college football and women's basketball.

Lisa Olivia Munn (born July 3, 1980) is an American actress and host. After an internship at a news station in Tulsa, she moved to Los Angeles where she began her professional career as a television host for the gaming network G4, and on the series Attack of the Show!

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Mazen Hamada

Mazen al-Hamada (Arabic: مازن الحمادة, romanized: Māzin al-Ḥamāda; (1977-07-03)3 July 1977 - c. (2024-12-00)December 2024) was a Syrian activist from Deir ez-Zor.

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Patrick Wilson

American actor known for The Conjuring and Insidious films

Did you know? He is a trained singer who has received multiple Tony Award nominations for his performances in major Broadway musicals.

Patrick Joseph Wilson (born July 3, 1973) is an American actor. He began his career in 1995, starring in Broadway musicals.

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Julian Assange

Australian founder of WikiLeaks, which published secret US military and diplomatic files, freed in 2024 after years of legal battles

Did you know? He spent seven years living inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden and the United States.

Julian Paul Assange ( ə-SAHNZH; né Hawkins; born 3 July 1971) is an Australian editor, programmer, and publisher who founded WikiLeaks in 2006. He came to international attention in 2010 after WikiLeaks published a series of leaks from Chelsea Manning, a United States Army intelligence analyst: footage of a U.S.

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Connie Nielsen

Danish actress known for her role in the film Gladiator

Did you know? She is a skilled polyglot who is fluent in eight different languages, including Italian, French, German, and her native Danish.

Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen (born 3 July 1965) is a Danish actress. She has starred as Lucilla in the films Gladiator (2000) and Gladiator II (2024) and as Queen Hippolyta in the DC Extended Universe (2017–2021).

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Tom Cruise

Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (born July 3, 1962) is an American actor and film producer. His accolades include an Honorary Palme d'Or, an Academy Honorary Award, and three Golden Globe Awards, as well as nominations for four competitive Academy Awards.

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Min Aung Hlaing

Military leader of Myanmar who took power in 2021

Did you know? He spent over forty years in the military before leading the coup that removed the country's elected government.

Min Aung Hlaing (born 3 July 1956) is a Burmese politician and retired military officer who has been the 11th president of Myanmar since April 2026, having ruled the country continuously since seizing power in February 2021 through a military coup d'état against the elected government.

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Laura Branigan

American singer known for hit singles like Gloria and Self Control

Did you know? Before her solo career took off, she toured as a backing vocalist for the legendary Canadian songwriter Leonard Cohen.

Laura Ann Kruteck (née Branigan; July 3, 1952 – August 26, 2004) was an American singer. Her signature song, the platinum-certified 1982 cover of Umberto Tozzi's single "Gloria", stayed on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for 36 weeks, then a record for a female artist, peaking at No.

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Jean-Claude Duvalier

Haitian dictator who held power from 1971 until 1986

Did you know? He became the world's youngest president at the age of nineteen following the death of his father, Francois Papa Doc Duvalier.

Jean-Claude Duvalier (French:; 3 July 1951 – 4 October 2014), nicknamed "Baby Doc" (Haitian Creole: Bebe Dòk, French: Bébé Doc), was a Haitian dictator who held the presidency of Haiti from 1971 until he was overthrown by a popular uprising in February 1986.

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Gloria Allred

Gloria Rachel Allred (née Bloom; born July 3, 1941) is an American attorney known for taking high-profile and often controversial cases, particularly those involving feminist causes. She has been inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.

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Jerzy Buzek

Former Prime Minister of Poland and European Parliament president

Did you know? A chemical engineer by trade, he was a key advisor to the Solidarity movement during its struggle against communist rule in Poland.

Jerzy Karol Buzek (born 3 July 1940) is a Polish politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland from 1997 to 2001. Since being elected to the European Parliament in 2004, he served as President of the European Parliament between 2009 and 2012.

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Tom Stoppard

Acclaimed British playwright known for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Did you know? Born in Czechoslovakia, he fled the Nazi occupation as a child and lived in Singapore and India before arriving in England.

Sir Tom Stoppard (born Tomáš Sträussler; 3 July 1937 – 29 November 2025) was a British playwright and screenwriter. He wrote for film, radio, stage, and television, finding prominence with plays.

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Harrison Schmitt

Geologist and astronaut who walked on the Moon during Apollo 17

Did you know? He was the first professional scientist to travel to the Moon and is currently the last living person to have walked there.

Harrison Hagan "Jack" Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is an American geologist, former NASA astronaut, university professor, and former U.S. senator from New Mexico. He is the most recent living person—and only person without a background in military aviation—to have walked on the Moon.

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S. R. Nathan

Sixth President of Singapore who served for twelve years

Did you know? He ran away from home as a teenager and worked as a translator for the Japanese during their occupation of Singapore.

Sellapan Ramanathan (Tamil: செல்லப்பன் ராமநாதன், IPA:; 3 July 1924 – 22 August 2016), often known as S. R. Nathan, was a Singaporean civil servant, diplomat and politician who served as the sixth president of Singapore between 1999 and 2011.

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George Sanders

Oscar-winning actor known for playing sophisticated villains

Did you know? He provided the voice for the menacing tiger Shere Khan in the original Disney animated film The Jungle Book.

George Henry Sanders (3 July 1906 – 25 April 1972) was a Russian-born British actor and singer whose career spanned over 40 years. His heavy, upper-class English accent and smooth bass voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but villainous characters.

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Franz Kafka

Prague-born German-language writer whose unsettling works The Metamorphosis and The Trial inspired the word Kafkaesque

Did you know? He spent his professional career working in insurance and only wrote in his spare time during the evenings.

Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-language Jewish writer and novelist from Prague.

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Feminist writer and author of the short story The Yellow Wallpaper

Did you know? She was a great-niece of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the famous author of the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

Charlotte Anna Perkins Gilman (née Perkins; July 3, 1860 – August 17, 1935), also known by her first married name Charlotte Perkins Stetson, was an American humanist, novelist, writer, lecturer, early sociologist, and advocate for social reform.

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Leoš Janáček

Czech composer known for his unique operas and folk-inspired style

Did you know? He developed a fascination with the rhythms of human speech, which he often transcribed into musical notes to use in his operas.

Leoš Janáček (Czech:; 3 July 1854 – 12 August 1928) was a Czech composer, music theorist, folklorist, and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and other Slavic music, including Eastern European folk music, to create an original, modern musical style.

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