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Theo Walcott

Former professional footballer for Arsenal and the England national team

Did you know? He has written several successful children's books about a young boy who dreams of becoming a professional footballer.

Theo James Walcott (born 16 March 1989) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger and a striker. He represented England at the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2012 and won 47 caps, scoring eight goals.

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Gabriel Attal

French politician who became the country's youngest Prime Minister

Did you know? He was the first openly gay person to serve as the Prime Minister of France.

Gabriel Nissim Attal (French:; born 16 March 1989) is a French politician who has served as the General Secretary of Renaissance since December 2024 and president of the Renaissance group in the National Assembly since September 2024. He previously served as the prime minister of France from January to September 2024.

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Alexandra Daddario

Actress known for the Percy Jackson films and The White Lotus

Did you know? She made her television debut at the age of sixteen playing a victimised teenager on the long-running soap opera All My Children.

Alexandra Anna Daddario (born March 16, 1986) is an American actress. She had her breakthrough portraying Annabeth Chase in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) and its sequel (2013).

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Péter Magyar

Hungarian politician and leader of the opposition Tisza Party

Did you know? He gained national attention after releasing a secret recording to protest against alleged high-level corruption within the Hungarian government.

Péter Magyar (born 16 March 1981) is a Hungarian politician who has served as prime minister of Hungary since May 2026. He has been the president of the Tisza Party since 2024 and was a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2024 to 2026.

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Alexander McQueen

British fashion designer famous for his unconventional and theatrical style

Did you know? During his early training on Savile Row, he reportedly tailored suits for Mikhail Gorbachev and the Prince of Wales.

Lee Alexander McQueen (17 March 1969 – 11 February 2010) was a British fashion designer. Known for his unconventional designs, he was one of the most influential fashion designers in the world from the 1990s until his death by suicide in 2010.

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David MacMillan

Nobel Prize-winning Scottish chemist who pioneered asymmetric organocatalysis

Did you know? He was knighted for his services to chemistry and holds a prestigious professorship at Princeton University in America.

Sir David William Cross MacMillan (born 16 March 1968) is a Scottish chemist and the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University, where he was also the chair of the Department of Chemistry from 2010 to 2015.

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Mark Carney

Former Governor of the Bank of England and Bank of Canada

Did you know? He was the first non-Briton to lead the Bank of England since it was established more than three hundred years ago.

Mark Joseph Carney (born March 16, 1965) is a Canadian politician and economist who is the 24th prime minister of Canada and leader of the Liberal Party, serving since 2025. Carney has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Nepean since his election in April 2025.

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Aleta Baun

Aleta Baun is an Indonesian environmental activist. She has been described as the Indonesian Avatar.

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Jens Stoltenberg

Secretary General of NATO and former Prime Minister of Norway

Did you know? As a teenager, he participated in anti-Vietnam War protests and once threw stones at the United States embassy in Oslo.

Jens Stoltenberg (born 16 March 1959) is a Norwegian politician who has served as the minister of finance since 2025, a position he previously held from 1996 to 1997.

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Richard Stallman

Richard Matthew Stallman ( STAWL-mən; born March 16, 1953), also known by his initials rms, is an American free software activist and programmer. He campaigns for software to be distributed in such a manner that its users have the freedom to use, study, distribute, and modify that software.

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Isabelle Huppert

Award-winning French actress known for intense and complex roles

Did you know? She holds the record for the most nominations for a César Award, the highest national film honour in France.

Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert (French:; born 16 March 1953) is a French actress who has appeared in more than 120 feature films, mostly in starring roles. Regarded as one of the most respected actresses in French cinema, she has appeared in films directed by Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard and Michael Haneke.

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Andrew S. Tanenbaum

Computer scientist who created the MINIX operating system

Did you know? His MINIX system served as the initial inspiration for Linus Torvalds when he began developing the Linux kernel.

Andrew Stuart Tanenbaum (born March 16, 1944), sometimes referred to by the handle AST, is an American-born Dutch computer scientist and retired professor emeritus of computer science at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

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Bernardo Bertolucci

Oscar-winning director of The Last Emperor and Last Tango in Paris

Did you know? His epic film about the final ruler of China was the first Western production permitted to film inside the Forbidden City.

Bernardo Bertolucci ( BUR-tə-LOO-chee; Italian:; 16 March 1941 – 26 November 2018) was an Italian film director and screenwriter with a career that spanned 50 years. Considered one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema, Bertolucci's work achieved international acclaim.

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Vladimir Komarov

Soviet cosmonaut and first person to die during a space mission

Did you know? He was the first human to travel into outer space on more than one occasion.

Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov (Russian: Владимир Михайлович Комаров, IPA:; 16 March 1927 – 24 April 1967) was a Soviet test pilot, aerospace engineer, and cosmonaut. In October 1964, he commanded Voskhod 1, the first spaceflight to carry more than one crew member.

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Jerry Lewis

American comedian and director known for slapstick comedy

Did you know? He was a pioneer in filmmaking who invented the video assist system, allowing directors to see footage immediately after filming.

Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian. Across his seven-decade career, Lewis was regarded as one of the greatest comedians of the 20th century.

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Frederick Reines

Nobel Prize-winning physicist who first detected the elusive neutrino particle

Did you know? In his youth, he was a talented singer and even considered a professional career in opera before focusing on physics.

Frederick Reines ( RY-nəs; March 16, 1918 – August 26, 1998) was an American physicist. He was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics for his co-detection of the neutrino with Clyde Cowan in the neutrino experiment.

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Pat Nixon

Former First Lady of the United States and wife of Richard Nixon

Did you know? She was the first First Lady to wear trousers in public and the first to visit a combat zone during a war.

Thelma Catherine "Pat" Nixon (née Ryan; March 16, 1912 – June 22, 1993) was First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974 as the wife of Richard Nixon, the 37th U.S. president. From 1953 to 1961, she had been the second lady of the United States when her husband was Dwight D. Eisenhower's vice president.

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Josef Mengele

Notorious Nazi physician known for human experiments at Auschwitz

Did you know? He managed to evade capture after the war by fleeing to South America, where he lived under several aliases until his death.

Josef Mengele (German:; 16 March 1911 – 7 February 1979), often dubbed the "Angel of Death" (German: Todesengel), was a German military officer and physician during World War II at the Soviet front and then at Auschwitz during the Holocaust.

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César Vallejo

Influential Peruvian poet and writer

Did you know? Despite his enormous literary influence today, he died in poverty in Paris and much of his work was published posthumously.

César Abraham Vallejo Mendoza (Spanish:; March 16, 1892 – April 15, 1938) was a Peruvian poet, writer, playwright, and journalist. Although he published only two books of poetry during his lifetime, he is considered one of the great poetic innovators of the 20th century in any language.

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Sully Prudhomme

French poet and essayist who won the first ever Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1901

Did you know? He used his prize money to establish a fund for the publication of poetry volumes by fellow writers.

René François Armand "Sully" Prudhomme (French:; 16 March 1839 – 6 September 1907) was a French poet and essayist. He was the first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1901.

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Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky

Russian composer known for the piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition

Did you know? He was a largely self-taught musician who spent much of his professional life working as a civil servant for the government.

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Russian: Модест Петрович Мусоргский, romanized: Modest Petrovich Musorgsky; IPA:; 21 March 1839 – 28 March 1881) was a Russian composer, one of the group known as "The Five." He was an innovator of Russian music in the Romantic period and strove to achieve a uniquely Russian musical…

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Georg Simon Ohm

German physicist who discovered the law of electrical resistance

Did you know? His scientific work was initially rejected by critics, and he spent many years working as a schoolteacher before being recognised.

Georg Simon Ohm (German:; 16 March 1789 – 6 July 1854) was a German mathematician and physicist. As a school teacher, Ohm began his research with the new electrochemical cell, invented by Italian scientist Alessandro Volta.

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Matthew Flinders

Navigator who led the first circumnavigation of Australia

Did you know? He is credited with popularising the name Australia for the continent, which was previously known as New Holland.

Captain Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was a British Royal Navy officer, navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland.

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James Madison

Father of the US Constitution and author of the Bill of Rights, who became the fourth President of the United States

Did you know? Standing at five feet four inches tall, he is the shortest person ever to have served as President of the United States.

James Madison (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836) was a Founding Father and the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Before his presidency, Madison was a statesman and diplomat.

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