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Jaden Smith

Actor and rapper who starred in the 2010 remake of The Karate Kid

Did you know? He is the co-founder of a sustainable water company that uses plant-based materials for its packaging.

Jaden Christopher Syre Smith (born July 8, 1998) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, and dancer. The son of Jada Pinkett-Smith and Will Smith, he made his film debut alongside his father in the 2006 film The Pursuit of Happyness, and appeared with his father once more in the film After Earth (2013).

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Maya Hawke

American actress and singer who plays Robin in Stranger Things

Did you know? She voiced the character Anxiety in Pixar's Inside Out 2.

Maya Ray Thurman-Hawke (born July 8, 1998) is an American actor and singer-songwriter. The daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, she began her career in modeling and made her screen debut as Jo March in the 2017 BBC adaptation of Little Women.

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Son Heung-min

South Korean footballer and captain of his national team

Did you know? He is the first Asian player to score over one hundred goals in the English Premier League.

Son Heung-min (Korean: 손흥민; pronounced; born 8 July 1992) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC and captains the South Korea national team.

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Virgil van Dijk

Liverpool and Netherlands captain regarded as a top modern defender

Did you know? As a teenager, he worked as a dishwasher in a restaurant while struggling to make it as a professional footballer.

Virgil van Dijk (Dutch pronunciation:; born 8 July 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for and captains both Premier League club Liverpool and the Netherlands national team.

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Kevin Trapp

German international goalkeeper who plays for Eintracht Frankfurt

Did you know? He is a talented linguist who is fluent in several languages, including French, which he mastered while playing for Paris Saint-Germain.

Kevin Christian Trapp (German pronunciation:; born 8 July 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Paris FC. Trapp began his professional career at 1. FC Kaiserslautern, where he took part in two Bundesliga seasons.

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Kaiane Aldorino

Kaiane Loise Aldorino Lopez, GMH (née Aldorino; born 8 July 1986) is a Gibraltarian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World 2009 and former mayor. From 2017 to 2019, she held the ceremonial position of Mayor of Gibraltar, after previously serving as Deputy Mayor since 2014.

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John Bain

John Peter Bain (8 July 1984 – 24 May 2018), also known as TotalBiscuit ( TOH-təl-BISS-kit, TB; sometimes The Cynical Brit or TotalHalibut), was a British video gaming commentator and game critic on YouTube.

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Sophia Bush

American actress known for One Tree Hill and Chicago P.D

Did you know? She is a dedicated activist and was a founding member of the Time's Up movement within the entertainment industry.

Sophia Anna Bush (born July 8, 1982) is an American actress. She starred as Brooke Davis in the teen drama series One Tree Hill (2003–2012), and as Erin Lindsay in the police procedural drama series Chicago P.D. (2014–2017).

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Robbie Keane

Record-breaking striker and former captain of the Republic of Ireland

Did you know? He is one of the few players to have scored at least one international goal in eighteen consecutive years.

Robert David Keane (born 8 July 1980) is an Irish professional football coach and former player, who was most recently the head coach of NB I club Ferencváros.

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Suren Gazaryan

Suren Gazaryan (born Suren Vladimirovich Gazaryan, Russian: Сурен Владимирович Газарян) (born 8 July 1974) is a Russian zoologist, dissident, public figure, and former member of The Environmental Watch on North Caucasus. He is a member of the Russian Opposition Coordination Council.

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Valerii Zaluzhnyi

Former Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and diplomat

Did you know? In 2023, he donated a $1 million inheritance from a Ukrainian-American developer to the Ukrainian military to support the war effort.

Valerii Fedorovych Zaluzhnyi (Ukrainian: Валерій Федорович Залужний; born 8 July 1973) is a Ukrainian four-star general and diplomat who is currently serving as Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom. He served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from 27 July 2021 until 8 February 2024.

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Gulnara Karimova

Gulnara Islamovna Karimova (Cyrillic Uzbek: Гулнора Исломовна Каримова; born 8 July 1972) is an Uzbek former businesswoman and the elder daughter of Islam Karimov, the president of Uzbekistan from 1991 to his death in 2016.

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Beck

American singer and songwriter known for his eclectic musical style

Did you know? His breakthrough hit Loser was recorded in a friend's kitchen and initially released by an independent label before becoming a global success.

Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970), known mononymously as Beck, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his experimental and lo-fi style, and became known for creating musical collages of wide-ranging genres.

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Kevin Bacon

Versatile American actor known for Footloose and Apollo 13

Did you know? He is the inspiration for a popular trivia game based on the idea that any actor can be linked to him.

Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American actor. Known for various roles, including leading man characters, Bacon has received numerous accolades such as a Golden Globe Award and two Actor Awards.

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Tzipi Livni

Israeli politician who served as Foreign Minister and Acting Prime Minister

Did you know? Before entering law and politics, she served as an officer in the military and worked for the Mossad intelligence agency.

Tziporah Malka "Tzipi" Livni (Hebrew: ציפי (ציפורה) מלכה לבני, pronounced; born 8 July 1958) is an Israeli politician, diplomat and lawyer.

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Anjelica Huston

Oscar-winning actress who played Morticia Addams in The Addams Family

Did you know? Her Academy Award victory made her family the first to win Oscars across three consecutive generations, following her father and grandfather.

Anjelica Huston ( HEW-stən; born July 8, 1951) is an American actress. Known for often portraying eccentric and distinctive characters, she has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for three British Academy Film Awards and six Primetime Emmy Awards.

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Micheline Calmy-Rey

Swiss politician who served twice as President of the Confederation

Did you know? She made a historic visit to the Demilitarized Zone in 2003, becoming the first foreign official to cross the border into North Korea.

Micheline Anne-Marie Calmy-Rey (French pronunciation:; born 8 July 1945) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2003 to 2011.

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Walter Scheel

Former President and Foreign Minister of West Germany

Did you know? He achieved a high position in the German music charts in the 1970s with a recording of a traditional folk song.

Walter Scheel (German:; 8 July 1919 – 24 August 2016) was a German statesman.

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Nelson Rockefeller

American businessman and politician who served as Vice President

Did you know? He was a prolific collector of modern art and served as the president and trustee of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979) was the 41st vice president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford. A member of the Republican Party and the wealthy Rockefeller family, he was the 49th governor of New York from 1959 to 1973.

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Philip Johnson

Influential American architect who designed the iconic Glass House

Did you know? He was the first person to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize, which is often described as the highest honour in his profession.

Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an American architect who designed modern and postmodern architecture.

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Tadeusz Reichstein

Nobel Prize-winning chemist who first isolated the hormone cortisone

Did you know? In addition to his work on hormones, he developed the first industrial method for the mass production of vitamin C.

Tadeusz Reichstein (20 July 1897 – 1 August 1996), also known as Tadeus Reichstein, was a Polish-Swiss chemist and a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (1950), which was awarded for his work on the isolation of cortisone.

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Igor Tamm

Nobel Prize-winning physicist who co-discovered Cherenkov radiation

Did you know? During the Russian Revolution, he reportedly avoided execution by correctly calculating a mathematical formula for a rebel leader who doubted his identity.

Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm (Russian: И́горь Евге́ньевич Тамм; 8 July 1895 – 12 April 1971) was a Soviet physicist who received the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Pavel Cherenkov and Ilya Frank, for their 1934 discovery and demonstration of Cherenkov radiation.

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Richard Aldington

British writer and poet associated with the Imagist movement

Did you know? His best-selling novel Death of a Hero was based on his traumatic experiences serving on the Western Front during the First World War.

Richard Aldington (born Edward Godfree Aldington; 8 July 1892 – 27 July 1962) was an English writer and poet. He was an early associate of the Imagist movement.

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Ernst Bloch

Influential German Marxist philosopher known for The Principle of Hope

Did you know? He fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s and lived in the United States for many years before eventually returning to East Germany.

Ernst Simon Bloch (German:; 8 July 1885 – 4 August 1977) was a German Marxist philosopher. Bloch was influenced by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Karl Marx, as well as by apocalyptic and religious thinkers such as Thomas Müntzer, Paracelsus, and Jacob Böhme.

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