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Emma Kok

Dutch singer who went viral performing Voilà with André Rieu's orchestra

Did you know? She lives with a rare condition that causes her chronic stomach pain.

Emma Kok (born 12 March 2008) is a Dutch singer. She rose to prominence in 2021 after winning the tenth season of The Voice Kids.

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Janja Garnbret

Janja Garnbret (born 12 March 1999) is a Slovenian professional rock climber who specializes in sport climbing and competition climbing. She has won multiple competition lead climbing and competition bouldering events, two Olympic gold medals, and is widely regarded as the greatest competition climber of all time.

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Nadeen Ashraf

Nadeen Ashraf (Arabic: نادين اشرف; born 12 March 1998) is an Egyptian feminist activist. Her use of social media instigated the #MeToo movement within Egypt.

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Christina Grimmie

American singer who gained fame on YouTube and The Voice

Did you know? A dedicated video game fan, her popular online username was inspired by her love for the Zelda series.

Christina Victoria Grimmie (March 12, 1994 – June 10, 2016) was an American singer, songwriter, and internet personality. In 2009, she began posting covers of popular songs on YouTube.

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Mona Seif

Mona Seif (Arabic: منى سيف, IPA:; born 12 March 1986) is an Egyptian human rights activist known for her participation in dissident movements during and after the 2011 Egyptian revolution, for her creative use of social media in campaigns, and for her work to end military trials for civilian protesters.

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Stromae

Belgian musician known for the global hit single Alors on danse

Did you know? His stage name is an anagram of the word Maestro in Verlan, which is a type of French slang that reverses syllables.

Paul Van Haver (Dutch:; born 12 March 1985), better known by his stage name Stromae (French:), is a Belgian singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his blend of hip-hop and electronic music styles.

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Shreya Ghoshal

Prolific Indian playback singer known for her work in Bollywood films

Did you know? She was discovered as a teenager after winning a popular television singing contest, which launched her career in the movie industry.

Shreya Ghoshal (Bengali pronunciation:; born 12 March 1984) is an Indian singer. Noted for her wide vocal range and versatility, she is one of the most prolific and influential singers of India.

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Hisato Sato

Japanese striker and former J.League Most Valuable Player

Did you know? He once scored a goal after just eight seconds of a match, setting a record for the fastest goal in J.League history.

Hisato Sato (佐藤 寿人, Satō Hisato; born March 12, 1982) is a Japanese former football player. He played as a forward for the Japan national team.

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Aaron Eckhart

American actor known for playing Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight

Did you know? Before finding fame, he met director Neil LaBute while at university and later starred in several of his controversial stage plays.

Aaron Edward Eckhart (born March 12, 1968) is an American actor. Born in Cupertino, California, Eckhart moved to the United Kingdom at an early age.

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Milorad Dodik

Bosnian Serb politician and former president of Republika Srpska

Did you know? He began his political career as a reformist and was once described by Western diplomats as a breath of fresh air in the region.

Milorad Dodik (Serbian Cyrillic: Милорад Додик, pronounced; born 12 March 1959) is a Bosnian Serb politician who served as president of Republika Srpska from 2022 until his removal from office in 2025.

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Jost Gippert

German scholar known for his research on ancient Indo-European manuscripts

Did you know? He played a leading role in digitally preserving the Caucasian Albanian palimpsests, which were discovered in a remote monastery on Mount Sinai.

Jost Gippert (German pronunciation:; born 12 March 1956 in Winz-Niederwenigern, later merged to Hattingen) is a German linguist, Caucasiologist, author, and the Senior Professor at the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures at the University of Hamburg.

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Steve Harris

Founder and bassist of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden

Did you know? A talented footballer in his youth, he was scouted by West Ham United and considered a professional career before choosing music.

Stephen Percy Harris (born 12 March 1956) is an English musician and songwriter, best known as the bassist for heavy metal band Iron Maiden, which he founded in 1975.

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Mitt Romney

American politician and 2012 Republican presidential nominee

Did you know? He is credited with saving the 2002 Winter Olympics from financial crisis while serving as the event's president.

Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American businessman and retired politician who served as a United States senator from Utah from 2019 to 2025 and as the 70th governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's nominee in the 2012 presidential election.

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Liza Minnelli

Oscar-winning actress and singer famous for the film Cabaret

Did you know? She is one of the few performers to have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award during her career.

Liza May Minnelli ( LY-zə; born March 12, 1946) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. Known for her commanding stage presence and powerful alto singing voice, Minnelli has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, an Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Tony Awards.

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Bruce Buck

Bruce Michael Buck (born March 12, 1946) is an American lawyer and founding managing partner of the London office of law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. He was also the chairman of Premier League football club Chelsea from 2004 until 2022.

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Ratko Mladić

Bosnian Serb commander convicted of war crimes and genocide

Did you know? After years in hiding, he was eventually captured in a village in northern Serbia during a police raid.

Ratko Mladić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ратко Младић, pronounced; 12 March 1942 – 27 August 2026) was a Bosnian Serb military officer who led the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) during the Yugoslav Wars with the rank of colonel general.

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Edward Albee

Award-winning playwright of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Did you know? He was adopted as a baby by a wealthy family who owned a chain of successful vaudeville theatres.

Edward Franklin Albee III ( AWL-bee; March 12, 1928 – September 16, 2016) was an American playwright known for works such as The Zoo Story (1958), The Sandbox (1959), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962), A Delicate Balance (1966), and Three Tall Women (1994).

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Raúl Alfonsín

Argentine president who led the country's transition back to democracy

Did you know? He was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation for his work in restoring civil rights to his country.

Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín (Spanish pronunciation:; 12 March 1927 – 31 March 2009) was an Argentine lawyer and statesman who served as president of Argentina from 10 December 1983 to 8 July 1989. He was the first democratically elected president after the National Reorganization Process.

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Leo Esaki

Nobel Prize-winning physicist who invented the tunnel diode

Did you know? He moved to the United States in 1960 to work for IBM, where he conducted much of his pioneering research into semiconductors.

Leo Esaki (江崎 玲於奈, Esaki Reona; born March 12, 1925) is a Japanese physicist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ivar Giaever and Brian Josephson for his work on tunneling in semiconductors, which led to his invention of the tunnel diode that exploits this phenomenon.

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Harry Harrison

Science fiction author of the Stainless Steel Rat series

Did you know? He was a fluent speaker of Esperanto and frequently used the language in his novels as a future universal tongue.

Harry Max Harrison (born Henry Maxwell Dempsey; March 12, 1925 – August 15, 2012) was an American science fiction author, known mostly for his character The Stainless Steel Rat and for his novel Make Room! Make Room!

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Jack Kerouac

Influential novelist and leading figure of the Beat Generation

Did you know? He wrote his famous novel On the Road on a 120-foot scroll of paper to avoid interrupting his flow.

Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Of French-Canadian parentage, Kerouac was raised in a French-speaking home in Lowell, Massachusetts.

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Idris I of Libya

First and only King of Libya who reigned from 1951

Did you know? He was out of the country for medical treatment when he was overthrown by a group of army officers led by Muammar Gaddafi.

Idris (Arabic: إدريس, romanized: Idrīs, Muhammad Idris bin Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Sanusi; 13 March 1890 – 25 May 1983) was King of Libya from 24 December 1951 until his ousting in the 1969 Libyan revolution.

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Vaslav Nijinsky

Influential ballet dancer and choreographer of the early twentieth century

Did you know? He was celebrated for his gravity-defying leaps and created the groundbreaking, controversial choreography for Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.

Vaslav or Vatslav Fomich Nijinsky (12 March 1889/1890 – 8 April 1950) was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer of Polish ancestry. He is regarded as the greatest male dancer of the early 20th century.

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Wilhelm Frick

Nazi politician who served as Minister of the Interior

Did you know? He was one of the primary authors of the Nuremberg Laws, which stripped Jewish citizens of their rights in Germany.

Wilhelm Frick (12 March 1877 – 16 October 1946) was a German politician of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) and convicted war criminal. He served as Minister of the Interior in Adolf Hitler's cabinet from 1933 to 1943 and as the last governor of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.

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