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Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters

Demi-Leigh Tebow ( DE-mee-LEE TEE-boh; née Nel-Peters; born 28 June 1995) is a South African model, author, anti-trafficking advocate, and beauty pageant titleholder best known for winning the title of Miss Universe 2017.

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Kevin De Bruyne

Belgian midfielder regarded as one of the world's best playmakers

Did you know? He is an accomplished linguist who is able to speak Dutch, French, German, and English fluently.

Kevin De Bruyne (Dutch pronunciation:; born 28 June 1991) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Napoli and the Belgium national team.

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Markiplier

Mark Edward Fischbach ( FISH-bahk; born June 28, 1989), known professionally as Markiplier, is an American YouTuber, filmmaker, and actor. One of the most popular YouTubers on the platform, he is known for his "Let's Play" videos of indie horror games.

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Irakli Garibashvili

Two-time Prime Minister of Georgia and former business executive

Did you know? When he first took office in 2013, he became the youngest head of government in the world at the age of 31.

Irakli Garibashvili (Georgian: ირაკლი ღარიბაშვილი, also transliterated as Gharibashvili; born 28 June 1982) is a Georgian politician and former business executive who served as prime minister of Georgia from 20 November 2013 until his resignation on 30 December 2015, and then again between 2021 until his resignation…

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Samar Badawi

Samar bint Muhammad Badawi (Arabic: سمر بدوي; born 28 June 1981) is a Saudi Arabian human rights activist. She and her father filed court cases against each other in Saudi Arabia.

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Airat Ichmouratov

Russian-born Canadian composer, conductor and klezmer musician

Did you know? He moved to Canada with only his clarinet and a few suitcases after being invited to perform at a music festival.

Airat Rafailovich Ichmouratov (Russian: Айрат Рафаилович Ишмуратов, Tatar Cyrillic: Айрат Рафаил улы Ишмурат, born 28 June 1973) is a Russian-born Canadian composer, conductor and klezmer clarinetist of Volga Tatar descent.

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Elon Musk

Entrepreneur who leads SpaceX and Tesla, owns the social network X and is frequently ranked as the world's richest person

Did you know? He once appeared as a guest voice actor on the animated comedy series The Simpsons.

Elon Reeve Musk ( EE-lon; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman, industrialist, and former public official who is the chief executive officer (CEO) and largest shareholder of Tesla and SpaceX.

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Fabien Barthez

World Cup-winning French goalkeeper who played for Manchester United

Did you know? After retiring from football, he began a successful second career as a professional racing driver in various motorsport championships.

Fabien Alain Barthez (French pronunciation:; born 28 June 1971) is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. At club level, he played football in both France and England with Toulouse, Marseille, Monaco, Manchester United and Nantes.

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John Cusack

American actor known for roles in High Fidelity and Say Anything

Did you know? He has a black belt in the martial art Ukidokan and has trained in the discipline for over twenty years.

John Paul Cusack ( KEW-sak; born June 28, 1966) is an American actor and screenwriter. With a career spanning over four decades, he has appeared in over ninety films.

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Georgi Parvanov

Former President of Bulgaria and professional historian

Did you know? He was the first Bulgarian president to be re-elected for a second consecutive term since the country transitioned to a multi-party system.

Georgi Sedefchov Parvanov (Bulgarian: Георги Седефчов Първанов, IPA:) (born 28 June 1957) is a Bulgarian historian and politician who was the president of Bulgaria from 2002 to 2012. He was elected after defeating incumbent Petar Stoyanov in the second round of the November 2001 presidential election.

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Lučka Kajfež Bogataj

Lučka Kajfež Bogataj (born 28 June 1957) is a Slovenian climatologist, specialist in agricultural meteorology.

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Kathy Bates

Oscar-winning actress known for the horror film Misery

Did you know? Despite her successful film career, she did not achieve major stardom until her early forties when she was cast as Annie Wilkes.

Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an American actress and director. Her work spans over five decades, and her accolades include an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for a Tony Award and two BAFTA Awards.

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Klaus von Klitzing

Nobel Prize-winning physicist who discovered the integer quantum Hall effect

Did you know? The von Klitzing constant, an international standard for measuring electrical resistance, was named in his honour to recognise his discovery.

Klaus von Klitzing (German:; born 28 June 1943) is a German physicist, known for discovery of the integer quantum Hall effect, for which he was awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics. Von Klitzing was born into the old noble Von Klitzing family from the Mittelmark region.

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Muhammad Yunus

Bangladeshi economist who founded the Grameen Bank, pioneered microcredit and won the Nobel Peace Prize

Did you know? He started his microfinance work by lending a tiny amount of money to help a group of impoverished basket weavers.

Muhammad Yunus (Bengali: মুহাম্মদ ইউনূস; born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi economist and statesman. Yunus pioneered the modern concept of microcredit and microfinance, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006.

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Itamar Franco

President of Brazil during the early 1990s

Did you know? He was born at sea on a ship travelling between Rio de Janeiro and Salvador, which led to confusion regarding his birthplace.

Itamar Augusto Cautiero Franco (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation:; 28 June 1930 – 2 July 2011) was a Brazilian politician who served as the 33rd president of Brazil from 29 December 1992 to 1 January 1995.

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William C. Campbell

Nobel Prize-winning scientist who developed treatments for parasitic infections

Did you know? He is a keen painter who often creates artworks inspired by the microscopic parasites he spent his career studying.

William Cecil Campbell (born 28 June 1930) is an Irish and American microbiologist known for his work in discovering a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworms, for which he was jointly awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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F. Sherwood Rowland

Chemist who discovered the hole in the ozone layer

Did you know? His research into the impact of CFCs was initially met with fierce opposition from industry before eventually leading to global environmental treaties.

Frank Sherwood "Sherry" Rowland (June 28, 1927 – March 10, 2012) was an American Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His research was on atmospheric chemistry and chemical kinetics.

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Mel Brooks

Comedic director known for Blazing Saddles and The Producers

Did you know? During the Second World War, he served in the United States Army as a combat engineer clearing landmines.

Melvin James Brooks (né Kaminsky; born June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian, film director, songwriter and playwright. With a career spanning nine decades, he is known for a variety of successful farces and parodies.

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P. V. Narasimha Rao

Former Indian Prime Minister who introduced major economic reforms

Did you know? He was multilingual and could reportedly speak more than ten different languages fluently.

Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (28 June 1921 – 23 December 2004) was an Indian independence activist, lawyer, and politician from the Indian National Congress who served as the prime minister of India from 1991 to 1996.

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Maria Göppert Mayer

Nobel Prize-winning physicist who proposed the nuclear shell model

Did you know? She was only the second woman in history to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics, following Marie Curie.

Maria Goeppert Mayer (German:; née Göppert; June 28, 1906 – February 20, 1972) was a German–American theoretical physicist who shared the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics with J. Hans D. Jensen and Eugene Wigner.

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E. H. Carr

Historian known for his multi-volume history of Soviet Russia

Did you know? Before becoming a full-time academic, he spent nearly two decades working as a diplomat for the British Foreign Office.

Edward Hallett Carr (28 June 1892 – 3 November 1982) was a British English historian, diplomat, journalist and international relations theorist, and an opponent of empiricism within historiography.

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Pierre Laval

French politician who led the Vichy government during World War II

Did you know? After being sentenced to death for treason, he unsuccessfully attempted to take his own life before his execution.

Pierre Jean Marie Laval (French:; 28 June 1883 – 15 October 1945) was a French politician. He served as Prime Minister of France three times: 1931–1932 and 1935–1936 during the Third Republic, and 1942–1944 during Vichy France.

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Alexis Carrel

Nobel Prize-winning surgeon who pioneered techniques for suturing blood vessels

Did you know? He collaborated with the famous pilot Charles Lindbergh to design a perfusion pump for keeping organs alive during surgery.

Alexis Carrel (French:; 28 June 1873 – 5 November 1944) was a French surgeon and biologist who spent most of his scientific career in the United States. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1912 for pioneering vascular suturing techniques.

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Luigi Pirandello

Italian playwright of Six Characters in Search of an Author who questioned reality on stage and won the Nobel Prize in Literature

Did you know? He requested a very modest funeral with no ceremony or official mourning, wanting his remains to be returned to his native Sicily.

Luigi Pirandello ( PIRR-ən-DEL-oh; Italian:; 28 June 1867 – 10 December 1936) was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer most noted for his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his bold and ingenious revival of dramatic and scenic art".

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