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Rafael Leão

Portuguese professional footballer known for his speed and skill

Did you know? In 2020, he scored a goal after just six seconds, the fastest in Serie A history.

Rafael Alexandre da Conceição "Rafa" Leão (Portuguese pronunciation:; born 10 June 1999) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Süper Lig club Galatasaray and the Portugal national team. He is known for his dribbling and speed.

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Blanche

Belgian singer who was only seventeen when she finished fourth at Eurovision 2017 with her moody song City Lights

Did you know? She was only seventeen when she sang for Belgium at Eurovision.

Ellie Noa Blanche Delvaux (French pronunciation:; born 10 June 1999), better known mononymously as Blanche, is a Belgian singer and songwriter. She represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv, Ukraine with the song "City Lights", finishing in fourth place.

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Kate Upton

American model and actress famed for Sports Illustrated covers

Did you know? Before her modelling career began, she was a champion equestrian who won several titles at a national level.

Katherine Elizabeth Upton (born June 10, 1992) is an American model and actress. She first appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 2011, and was the cover model for the 2012, 2013, and 2017 issues.

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Alexandra Stan

Romanian dance-pop singer from Constanța whose saxophone-driven hit Mr. Saxobeat topped charts across Europe in 2011

Did you know? Mr. Saxobeat reached number one in several countries and the UK top three.

Alexandra Ioana Stan (born 10 June 1989) is a Romanian singer. Born in Constanța, she made her worldwide breakthrough with the 2010 single "Mr.

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Hajime Hosogai

Japanese international footballer who played for Bayer Leverkusen and Hertha BSC

Did you know? He earned over fifty caps for his country and was part of the squad that won the Asian Cup in 2011.

Hajime Hosogai (細貝 萌, Hosogai Hajime; born 10 June 1986) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for Thespa Gunma. He is a flexible player, able to play as a full-back or defensive midfielder.

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Vasilis Torosidis

Long-serving captain of the Greek national football team

Did you know? He scored the winning goal against Nigeria to give Greece their first ever victory in a World Cup finals tournament.

Vasilis Torosidis (Greek: Βασίλης Τοροσίδης, born 10 June 1985) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a right-back.

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Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland

Swedish princess and youngest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf

Did you know? She has worked extensively for the World Childhood Foundation and once lived and worked undercover in New York City.

Princess Madeleine of Sweden, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland (Madeleine Thérèse Amelie Josephine; born 10 June 1982) is the second daughter and youngest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. Upon her birth, she was third in line of succession to the Swedish throne; currently, she is ninth.

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Tara Lipinski

Olympic figure skating champion and American sports commentator

Did you know? She remains the youngest person to win an individual gold medal in the history of the Winter Olympic Games.

Tara Kristen Lipinski (born June 10, 1982) is an American sports commentator and former competitive figure skater. A former competitor in women's singles, she was the 1997 U.S. national champion and world champion, a two-time Champions Series Final champion (1997–1998), and the 1998 Olympic champion.

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Sundar Pichai

Chief executive officer of Google and its parent company Alphabet

Did you know? During his school days in India, he was a talented cricketer and served as the captain of his secondary school team.

Pichai Sundararajan (born June 10, 1972), better known as Sundar Pichai, is an Indian–American business executive who has been the CEO of Google since 2015 and the CEO of its parent company Alphabet Inc. since 2019.

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Tadashi Nakamura

Japanese international footballer and manager

Did you know? He spent the vast majority of his playing career with the club Tokyo Verdy before joining their coaching staff.

Tadashi Nakamura (中村 忠, Nakamura Tadashi; born June 10, 1971) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

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Elizabeth Hurley

British model and actress known for starring in Austin Powers

Did you know? She gained international media attention for wearing a Versace safety-pin dress while accompanying Hugh Grant to a film premiere.

Elizabeth Jane Hurley (born 10 June 1965), often known as Liz Hurley, is an English actress and model. Her best-known film roles are Vanessa Kensington in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) and as the Devil in Bedazzled (2000).

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Carlo Ancelotti

Successful football manager with multiple Champions League titles

Did you know? He is the only manager to have won league titles in all five of Europe's major footballing nations.

Carlo Ancelotti (Italian pronunciation:; born 10 June 1959) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of the Brazil national team. Nicknamed Carletto in Italy and Don Carlo in Spain, he is regarded as one of the greatest football managers of all time.

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Oinikhol Bobonazarova

Oinikhol Bobonazarova (Tajik: Ойниҳол Бобоназарова) is a Tajikistani activist. In 1993, she was arrested, and convicted of treason for supposedly plotting a coup.

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Violetta Villas

Polish singer and actress noted for her remarkable vocal range

Did you know? During her peak, she was a headlining cabaret star in Las Vegas and was often compared to major Hollywood icons.

Czesława Maria Gospodarek (née Cieślak; 10 June 1938 – 5 December 2011), known by her stage name Violetta Villas, was a Polish and international cabaret star, singer, actress, composer and songwriter. Her voice was characterized as coloratura soprano, which spanned over four octaves.

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João Gilberto

Brazilian musician and a founding father of bossa nova

Did you know? He was a dedicated perfectionist who once spent several months practising in a bathroom to achieve a specific acoustic sound.

João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira (ZHWOWN zhil-BAIR-toh; Brazilian Portuguese:; 10 June 1931 – 6 July 2019) was a Brazilian guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer who was a pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s.

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Edward O. Wilson

Biologist and author known as the world's leading authority on ants

Did you know? A childhood fishing accident left him blind in one eye, which encouraged him to focus on small insects he could see closely.

Edward Osborne Wilson (June 10, 1929 – December 26, 2021) was an American biologist, naturalist, ecologist, and entomologist who developed the field of sociobiology. Born in Alabama, Wilson found an early interest in nature and frequented the outdoors.

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Maurice Sendak

Author and illustrator of Where the Wild Things Are

Did you know? He designed sets and costumes for many stage productions, including operas based on his own books and Mozart’s The Magic Flute.

Maurice Bernard Sendak (June 10, 1928 – May 8, 2012) was an American author and illustrator of children's books. Born to Polish-Jewish parents, his childhood was impacted by the death of many of his family members during the Holocaust.

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Judy Garland

American singer and actress who played Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz and sang Over the Rainbow, later starring in A Star Is Born

Did you know? Her birth name was Frances Ethel Gumm, and she began her career performing on the vaudeville circuit with her sisters.

Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American actress, singer, and vaudevillian whose career spanned four decades. She is known for her artistic range and strong contralto voice, working in a variety of genres including musicals, comedies, and dramas.

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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Greek-born naval officer who married Elizabeth II, founded the Duke of Edinburgh's Award and was the longest-serving British consort

Did you know? Born into the Greek and Danish royal families, he was evacuated from Greece as a baby in a cot made from an orange crate.

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II and served as consort of the British monarch from her accession on 6 February 1952 until his death in 2021, making him the longest-serving royal…

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Saul Bellow

Canadian-born American novelist of The Adventures of Augie March, Herzog and Humboldt's Gift who won the Nobel Prize

Did you know? He is the only writer to win the National Book Award for Fiction on three separate occasions.

Saul Bellow (born Solomon Bellows; June 10, 1915 – April 5, 2005) was an American writer. For his literary work, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature, and the National Medal of Arts.

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Hideo Sakai

Early Japanese international football goalkeeper

Did you know? He was part of the national squad that competed in the Far Eastern Championship Games during the 1930s.

Hideo Sakai (堺井 秀雄, Sakai Hideo; June 10, 1909 – June 3, 1996) was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

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Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia

Daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and second child of the Romanovs

Did you know? During the First World War, she trained as a nurse and worked in military hospitals alongside her mother and older sister.

Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (Russian: Татьяна Николаевна; romanized: Tatiana Nikolaevna) (10 June 1897 – 17 July 1918) was the second child of Tsar Nicholas II, the last monarch of Russia, and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. She was born at Peterhof Palace, near Saint Petersburg.

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Hattie McDaniel

First African American to win an Academy Award

Did you know? Due to segregation laws at the time, she was not allowed to sit with her white co-stars during the Oscar ceremony.

Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893 – October 26, 1952) was an American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian. For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939), she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first African American to win an Oscar.

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André Derain

French painter who co-founded the Fauvism art movement

Did you know? He was also a talented sculptor and stage designer, creating sets for the famous Ballets Russes in Paris.

André Derain (French:; 17 June 1880 – 8 September 1954) was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder, with Henri Matisse, of Fauvism. His paintings of 1905–1906 are characterized by riotous colourism in the Fauve style.

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