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Lele Pons

Eleonora "Lele" Pons Maronese ( LEL-ay; born June 25, 1996) is a Venezuelan and American YouTuber, actress, and singer. She came to prominence on Vine before the platform was shut down in 2016 where she was the most followed woman and the third most followed Viner with 11.5 million followers.

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Xi Mingze

Xi Mingze (Chinese: 习明泽; pinyin: Xí Míngzé;; born 25 June 1992), nicknamed Xiao Muzi (Chinese: 小木子), is the daughter and only child of Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, and singer Peng Liyuan.

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Waleed Al-Husseini

Palestinian author and advocate for secularism and atheism

Did you know? After facing imprisonment in the West Bank for his blog posts, he sought political asylum and moved to France.

Waleed Al-Husseini or Walid Husayin (Arabic: وليد الحسيني; born June 25, 1989) is a Palestinian atheist, secularist essayist, writer, blogger, ex-Muslim and founder of the Council of Ex-Muslims of France. Born and raised in Qalqilya in the West Bank, he has been living in France since 2012.

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Sam Ryder

English singer who found fame on TikTok and gave Britain its best Eurovision result in decades with Space Man

Did you know? Space Man gave Britain its best Eurovision result since 1998.

Sam Ryder Robinson (born 25 June 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, producer, actor, composer and social media personality.

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Lauren Bush Lauren

Lauren Bush Lauren (born Lauren Pierce Bush, June 25, 1984) is an American businesswoman who is the CEO and co-founder of FEED Projects. She is also known for her previous career as a fashion model and designer.

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Rain

South Korean singer, dancer and actor who starred in Full House and broke into Hollywood with Speed Racer and Ninja Assassin

Did you know? In 2006 Time magazine named him one of the world's 100 most influential people.

Jung Ji-hoon (Korean: 정지훈; born June 25, 1982), known professionally as Rain and Bi (비;), is a South Korean singer, songwriter, dancer, actor, and record producer. Rain's musical career includes seven albums (six Korean, one Japanese), 28 singles and numerous concert tours around the world.

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Inma Cuesta

Spanish actress known for her roles in film and television

Did you know? She began her career in musical theatre after being cast in a stage production based on the music of the pop group Mecano.

Inmaculada Cuesta Martínez (born 25 June 1980) is a Spanish actress. She has starred in films such as The Sleeping Voice (2011), Three Many Weddings (2013), and The Bride (2015).

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Rabia Kazan

Rabia Kazan (born 25 June 1976) is a Turkish author and women's rights activist. She is the president of the Middle Eastern Women's Coalition (MEWC) and was formerly on the board of directors of the National Diversity Coalition for Trump (NDC TRUMP).

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Vladimir Kramnik

Russian chess grandmaster and former Classical World Chess Champion

Did you know? He famously ended Garry Kasparov's fifteen-year reign as world champion by defeating him in their 2000 title match in London.

Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (Russian: Влади́мир Бори́сович Кра́мник; born 25 June 1975) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the 14th undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007.

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Karisma Kapoor

dominating Hindi cinema in the 1990s through blockbuster comedies and romances, becoming the Kapoor dynasty's first career actress by birth

Karisma Kapoor (pronounced /kəˈrɪzmə kəˈpuːr, kəˈrɪʃmə/; born 25 June 1974) is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Hindi films. One of the leading and highest-paid actresses of the 1990s, she became the first female member of the Kapoor family by birth to pursue a career in acting.

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Curtis Yarvin

Curtis Guy Yarvin (born 1973), also known by the pen name Mencius Moldbug, is an American far-right political blogger and software developer.

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Jean Castex

Prime Minister of France during the COVID-19 pandemic

Did you know? He is a dedicated railway enthusiast and has published a book on the history of a local train line in the French Pyrenees.

Jean Castex (born 25 June 1965) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 3 July 2020 to 16 May 2022. He was a member of The Republicans (LR) until 2020.

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George Michael

British singer and songwriter who rose to fame with the duo Wham!

Did you know? He was a generous philanthropist who often donated large sums of money anonymously to individuals in need and various charities.

George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou; 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer-songwriter and record producer. Regarded as a pop culture icon, he is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time.

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Yann Martel

Canadian author of the bestselling novel Life of Pi

Did you know? Before his success as a writer, he worked various jobs including tree planting, dishwashing and serving as a security guard.

Yann Martel, (born June 25, 1963) is a Canadian author who wrote the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi, an international bestseller published in more than 50 territories.

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Anthony Bourdain

Chef and travel documentarian who wrote the book Kitchen Confidential

Did you know? Before finding fame as a writer, he spent decades working in professional kitchens and eventually became executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles.

Anthony Michael Bourdain ( bor-DAYN; June 25, 1956 – June 8, 2018) was an American celebrity chef, author, and travel documentarian. He starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international culture, cuisine, and the human condition.

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Sonia Sotomayor

First Hispanic justice to serve on the United States Supreme Court

Did you know? While serving as a federal judge, she famously issued the injunction that ended the year-long Major League Baseball strike in the mid-1990s.

Sonia Maria Sotomayor (Spanish:; born June 25, 1954) is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on May 26, 2009, and has served since August 8, 2009.

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Brigitte Bierlein

First female Chancellor of Austria and head of its Constitutional Court

Did you know? She was appointed to lead a non-partisan caretaker government following a political crisis in the country.

Brigitte Bierlein (Austrian German:; 25 June 1949 – 3 June 2024) was an Austrian jurist who served as President of the Constitutional Court from 2018 to 2019 and as Chancellor of Austria from 2019 to 2020. An independent, she was the first woman to hold either office.

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Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Former Emir of Kuwait who reigned from 2020 until 2023

Did you know? He spent nearly three decades serving as the country's interior minister before eventually being named as the crown prince.

Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Arabic: نَوَّاف الأَحمَد الْجَابِر الصَّباح, romanized: Nawwāf al-ʾAḥmad al-Jābir aṣ-Ṣabāḥ; 25 June 1937 – 16 December 2023) was Emir of Kuwait from 2020 until his death in 2023.

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B. J. Habibie

Third President of Indonesia and renowned aeronautical engineer

Did you know? He was nicknamed 'Mr Crack' after developing a method to calculate the progression of structural cracks in aircraft wings.

Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie (Indonesian:; 25 June 1936 – 11 September 2019) was an Indonesian statesman, engineer, scientist and inventor who served as the third president of Indonesia from 1998 to 1999.

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V. P. Singh

Seventh Prime Minister of India and champion of social reform

Did you know? He was an accomplished painter and poet, often spending his free time pursuing artistic hobbies.

Vishwanath Pratap Singh (25 June 1931 – 27 November 2008) was an Indian politician who served as the Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990 and the Raja Bahadur of Manda.

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Jean-Joseph Sanfourche

French painter and sculptor known for his unique Art Brut style

Did you know? He lived a very reclusive life and often painted on unusual surfaces, including stones he found in the Limousin region.

Jean-Joseph Sanfourche (25 June 1929 – 13 March 2010), (known as Sanfourche), was a French painter and sculptor associated with art brut. He was a friend of the artist Jean Dubuffet, and with Gaston Chaissac; he had a long correspondence with both artists.

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Alexei Abrikosov

Nobel Prize-winning physicist known for his work on superconductivity

Did you know? His father was a renowned physician who performed the autopsy on the Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin.

Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov (Russian: Алексе́й Алексе́евич Абрико́сов; June 25, 1928 – March 29, 2017) was a Russian-American theoretical physicist whose main contributions are in the field of condensed matter physics.

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Ingeborg Bachmann

Influential Austrian poet and author of the novel Malina

Did you know? She was a member of Group 47, a famous literary circle that helped rebuild German literature after the Second World War.

Ingeborg Bachmann (Austrian German:; 25 June 1926 – 17 October 1973) was an Austrian poet and author. She is regarded as one of the major voices of German-language literature in the 20th century.

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Sidney Lumet

Film director known for 12 Angry Men and Network

Did you know? He began his career as a child actor on Broadway, performing in numerous plays before transitioning to directing for television and film.

Sidney Arthur Lumet ( loo-MET; June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American film director.

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