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Sead Kolašinac

Defensive footballer who played for Arsenal and the Bosnian national team

Did you know? He gained international attention for fending off armed carjackers while protecting his teammate Mesut Özil in London.

Sead Kolašinac (pronounced; born 20 June 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Atalanta. Born in Germany, he plays for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

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Kalidou Koulibaly

Professional footballer who captains the Senegal national team

Did you know? He has been given the nickname K2 by fans in reference to the world's second-highest mountain peak.

Kalidou Koulibaly (born 20 June 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Saudi Pro League club Al-Hilal. Born in France, he plays for and captains the Senegal national team.

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Javier Pastore

Argentine footballer known for his creative play at Paris Saint-Germain

Did you know? He was the first major signing made by Paris Saint-Germain after the club's acquisition by new owners from Qatar.

Javier Matías Pastore (Spanish pronunciation:; born 20 June 1989) is an Argentine football agent and former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and was renowned for his vision, passing, and dribbling ability.

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Masashi Motoyama

Japanese footballer who won the Asian Cup in 2004

Did you know? He spent almost two decades playing for the same club, Kashima Antlers, winning numerous domestic league titles.

Masashi Motoyama (本山 雅志, Motoyama Masashi; born June 20, 1979) is a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

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Frank Lampard

Chelsea's all-time record goalscorer and former England footballer

Did you know? During his playing career, he reportedly achieved one of the highest scores ever recorded in an IQ test administered by the club.

Frank James Lampard (born 20 June 1978) is an English football manager and former midfielder who is the head coach of Premier League club Coventry City.

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Alexander Schallenberg

Austrian politician who served as the Chancellor of Austria

Did you know? Born into a noble family, he spent much of his childhood living in various countries due to his father’s career as a diplomat.

Alexander Georg Nicolas Schallenberg (Austrian German:; born 20 June 1969) is an Austrian diplomat, jurist, and politician who served as the minister of foreign affairs from 2019 until 2025, briefly interrupted by a period from October until December 2021, when he served as 27th chancellor of Austria, a role he served…

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Mateusz Morawiecki

Economist and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Poland

Did you know? Before his political career, he was a high-ranking bank executive and helped negotiate the terms for Poland to join the European Union.

Mateusz Jakub Morawiecki (born 20 June 1968) is a Polish economist and politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland from 2017 to 2023.

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Robert Rodriguez

American filmmaker known for El Mariachi and the Spy Kids series

Did you know? He raised money for his first film by checking himself into a medical research facility as a paid human lab rat.

Robert Anthony Rodriguez ( ro-DREE-ghez; born June 20, 1968) is an American filmmaker, composer, actor, chef and visual effects supervisor. He shoots, edits, produces, and scores many of his films in Mexico and in his home state of Texas.

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Nicole Kidman

Australian-American actress of Moulin Rouge! and Big Little Lies who won an Oscar for playing Virginia Woolf in The Hours

Did you know? Although widely considered an Australian icon, she was actually born in Hawaii while her parents were there on student visas.

Nicole Mary Kidman (born 20 June 1967) is an Australian and American actress and producer. Known for her work in blockbusters and independent films across many genres, she has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses since the late 1990s.

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Droupadi Murmu

First person from a tribal community to become President of India

Did you know? Before entering politics, she worked as a primary school teacher and later as a clerk in a state government department.

Droupadi Murmu (born Durgi Tudu; 20 June 1958) is an Indian politician who has served as the president of India since 2022. She won the 2022 presidential election from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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Ilan Ramon

Combat pilot and the first Israeli astronaut to enter space

Did you know? During his shuttle mission, he carried a drawing of a moon landscape created by a young boy who was held in a concentration camp.

Ilan Ramon (Hebrew: אילן רמון; pronounced; June 20, 1954 – February 1, 2003) was an Israeli fighter pilot and later the first Israeli astronaut.

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John Goodman

Versatile American actor known for Roseanne and The Big Lebowski

Did you know? Before finding success in Hollywood, he worked as a bouncer and performed in children's theatre to make ends meet.

John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is an American actor. He rose to prominence in television before becoming an acclaimed and popular film actor, with Vanity Fair calling him "among our very finest actors".

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Nouri al-Maliki

Former Prime Minister of Iraq who served for eight years

Did you know? He lived in exile for over twenty years during the rule of Saddam Hussein before returning in 2003.

Nouri Kamil Muhammad-Hasan al-Maliki (Arabic: نوري كامل محمد حسن المالكي; born 20 June 1950), also known as Jawad al-Maliki (جواد المالكي) or simply Nouri al Maliki, is an Iraqi politician and leader of the Islamic Dawa Party since 2007.

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Lionel Richie

Multi-platinum singer and songwriter known for hits like Hello

Did you know? He was a member of the successful soul and funk band the Commodores before launching his solo career.

Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and television personality.

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Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Former President of Sri Lanka and retired military officer

Did you know? He is the first person with a purely military background to be elected as the country's head of state.

Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa (Sinhala: නන්දසේන ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ; Tamil: நந்தசேன கோட்டாபய ராஜபக்ஷ; born 20 June 1949) is a Sri Lankan former politician and retired military officer who served as the eighth president of Sri Lanka from 18 November 2019 until his resignation on 14 July 2022.

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Carlos Santana

Grammy-winning Mexican-American guitarist and leader of the band Santana

Did you know? He learned to play the violin from his father at a young age before switching to the guitar as a teenager.

Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán (Spanish:; born July 20, 1947) is a Mexican and American guitarist, best known as a founding member of the rock band Santana.

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Xanana Gusmão

Resistance leader and first President of East Timor

Did you know? While imprisoned by Indonesian authorities, he spent his time painting and writing poetry, which helped raise international awareness for his cause.

José Alexandre "Xanana" Gusmão (Portuguese pronunciation:; born 20 June 1946) is an East Timorese politician. He has served as the tenth prime minister of Timor-Leste since 2023, previously serving as the sixth prime minister from 2007 to 2015.

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Brian Wilson

Creative leader of the Beach Boys and influential songwriter

Did you know? He is deaf in his right ear, a condition that significantly influenced the way he produced and mixed his music.

Brian Douglas Wilson (June 20, 1942 – June 11, 2025) was an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys.

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Eugen Drewermann

Eugen Drewermann (born 20 June 1940) is a German church critic, theologian, peace activist and former Catholic priest. His work has been translated into more than a dozen languages.

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Olympia Dukakis

Oscar-winning actress known for Moonstruck and Steel Magnolias

Did you know? She was a first cousin of Michael Dukakis, who was the Democratic nominee for the United States presidency in the late eighties.

Olympia Dukakis (June 20, 1931 – May 1, 2021) was an American actress. She performed in more than 130 stage productions, in some 60 films, and in approximately 50 television series.

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Jean-Marie Le Pen

Founder and long-term leader of the French National Front party

Did you know? He survived an assassination attempt in 1976 when a bomb destroyed his apartment building in Paris.

Jean Louis Marie "Jean-Marie" Le Pen (French:; Breton:; 20 June 1928 – 7 January 2025) was a French politician who founded the far-right National Front (now National Rally) party. He served as the party's president from 1972 to 2011 and as its honorary president from 2011 to 2015.

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Martin Landau

Oscar-winning actor known for Mission: Impossible and Ed Wood

Did you know? Before becoming a successful actor, he worked as a cartoonist and illustrator for the New York Daily News.

Martin James Landau (June 20, 1928 – July 15, 2017) was an American actor. His career began in the late 1950s, with early film appearances including a supporting role in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959).

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Errol Flynn

Hollywood actor known for swashbuckling roles such as Robin Hood

Did you know? Before finding fame on screen, he worked as a gold prospector and a plantation manager in Papua New Guinea.

Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (20 June 1909 – 14 October 1959) was an Australian and American actor who achieved worldwide fame during the Golden Age of Hollywood.

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Frederick Hopkins

Nobel Prize-winning biochemist who discovered vitamins

Did you know? He was a cousin of the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins and is credited with isolating the amino acid tryptophan.

Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins (20 June 1861 – 16 May 1947) was an English biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1929, with Christiaan Eijkman, for the discovery of vitamins. He also discovered the amino acid tryptophan, in 1901.

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