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JoJo Siwa

Joelle Joanie Siwa ( SEE-wah; born May 19, 2003), known professionally as JoJo Siwa, is an American singer, dancer, actress, and media personality. From 2015 to 2016, she appeared as a dancer on two seasons of the reality television show Dance Moms alongside her mother, Jessalynn Siwa.

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Yahya Hassan

Danish poet of Palestinian descent whose fierce debut collection became a national bestseller and sparked fierce debate

Did you know? He wrote his poems entirely in capital letters.

Yahya Hassan (19 May 1995 – 29 April 2020) was a Danish poet and political activist of Palestinian descent, whose poems and public statements criticizing both Islam and Danish policies on migration and participation in armed conflicts made him a much-debated and controversial figure.

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Sam Smith

Grammy-winning British singer known for soulful pop hits and ballads

Did you know? They are related to fellow singer Lily Allen and actor Alfie Allen, who are the musician's third cousins once removed.

Samuel Frederick Smith (born 19 May 1992) is an English singer and songwriter. In 2012, they rose to prominence when they featured on electronic music duo Disclosure's breakthrough single "Latch", which peaked at No.

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Stacey Milbern

Stacey Park Milbern (May 19, 1987 – May 19, 2020) was a South Korean and American activist for disability justice, advocating for fair treatment of those with disability in the United States.

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Andrea Pirlo

Italian midfield footballer celebrated for his vision and passing

Did you know? Away from the pitch, he is a dedicated wine enthusiast and owns a family vineyard in northern Italy.

Andrea Pirlo (Italian pronunciation:; born 19 May 1979) is an Italian football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of UAE Pro League club Dubai United.

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Diego Forlán

Uruguayan striker who won the Golden Ball at the 2010 World Cup

Did you know? Before choosing football, he was a talented junior tennis player and competed in several tournaments in South America.

Diego Martín Forlán Corazo (born 19 May 1979) is a Uruguayan professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of the Uruguay national team and the Uruguay under-20 national team.

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Natalia Oreiro

Uruguayan singer and actress popular for her roles in telenovelas

Did you know? She is so popular in Russia that she was granted honorary citizenship and has recorded several songs in the Russian language.

Natalia Marisa Oreiro Iglesias (Spanish pronunciation:; born 19 May 1977) is a Uruguayan actress, singer, songwriter, model, television presenter and fashion designer. She began her career in telenovelas but since 2008 she has switched to work primarily in films.

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Manuel Almunia

Spanish goalkeeper who played for Arsenal and Watford

Did you know? After his playing career ended, he moved to the United Arab Emirates to work as a professional goalkeeping coach.

Manuel Almunia Rivero (born 19 May 1977) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He competed mainly in the Spanish lower leagues in his early years, only appearing in 26 La Liga games over two seasons with Recreativo and Albacete after starting out at Osasuna.

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Kevin Garnett

NBA champion and MVP known for his intensity and defensive skill

Did you know? He was the first player in two decades to be drafted into the NBA directly from high school.

Kevin Maurice Garnett ( gar-NET; born May 19, 1976), commonly known by his initials KG, is an American former professional basketball player who played 21 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Cecil Bolocco

Cecilia Carolina Bolocco Fonck (born May 19, 1965) is a Chilean actress, TV host and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universo Chile 1987 and Miss Universe 1987.

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Gitanas Nausėda

President of Lithuania and former economist

Did you know? He is a dedicated bibliophile who owns a substantial collection of rare historical books and antique maps.

Gitanas Nausėda (Lithuanian:; born 19 May 1964) is a Lithuanian politician, economist, banker, and diplomat who is serving as the ninth and incumbent president of Lithuania since 2019. Born in Klaipėda, Nausėda graduated from Vilnius University with an economics degree in 1987.

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James Gosling

Computer scientist who created the Java programming language

Did you know? He originally named his famous programming language Oak after a tree that grew outside his office window.

James Arthur Gosling (born 19 May 1955) is a Canadian computer scientist, best known as the founder and lead designer behind the Java programming language.

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Ashraf Ghani

Former President of Afghanistan who held office until 2021

Did you know? Before entering politics, he was a distinguished academic and worked as a lead anthropologist at the World Bank.

Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai (born 19 May 1949) is an Afghan former politician and economist who served as the 8th and last president of Afghanistan from 2014 until his government was overthrown by the Taliban in 2021. Ghani was born in Logar, then part of the Kingdom of Afghanistan.

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Grace Jones

Jamaican singer, model and actress known for her striking visual style

Did you know? She once slapped a British talk show host on live television after he turned his back on her during an interview.

Grace Beverly Jones (born 19 May 1948) is a Jamaican singer, songwriter, model and actress. She began her modelling career in New York, signing with Wilhelmina Models.

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Pete Townshend

Lead guitarist and principal songwriter for the rock band The Who

Did you know? He became famous for his signature windmill arm motion while playing guitar and for smashing his instruments on stage.

Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born 19 May 1945) is an English musician and songwriter. He is the co-founder, guitarist, keyboardist, second lead vocalist, and principal songwriter of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s.

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Peter Mayhew

Peter William Mayhew (19 May 1944 – 30 April 2019) was a British-American actor. He was best known for portraying Chewbacca in the Star Wars film series.

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Nora Ephron

Screenwriter and director known for When Harry Met Sally

Did you know? She began her career as a journalist and once worked as an intern at the White House during the Kennedy administration.

Nora Ephron ( EF-rən; May 19, 1941 – June 26, 2012) was an American writer, playwright, journalist, and filmmaker.

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Malcolm X

African American Muslim minister and Nation of Islam spokesman whose fiery speeches and Autobiography made him a civil rights icon

Did you know? He famously replaced his surname with a single letter to represent the lost name of his enslaved African ancestors.

Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an African American revolutionary, civil rights activist, and Muslim minister who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965.

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Pol Pot

Leader of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge whose regime of 1975 to 1979 killed an estimated 1.5 to 2 million people

Did you know? As a young man, he spent several years in Paris on a government scholarship studying radio electronics.

Pol Pot (born Saloth Sâr; 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998) was a Cambodian politician, revolutionary, and dictator who ruled Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 until his overthrow in 1979 during the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.

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Max Perutz

Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist who mapped the structure of haemoglobin

Did you know? During the Second World War, he was involved in a secret British project to build an aircraft carrier out of ice.

Max Ferdinand Perutz (19 May 1914 – 6 February 2002) was an Austrian-born British molecular biologist, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with John Kendrew, for their studies of the structures of haemoglobin and myoglobin.

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Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

Indian politician who served as the sixth President of India

Did you know? He remains the only person to have been elected to the presidency of India without facing any opposition from other candidates.

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (19 May 1913 – 1 June 1996) was an Indian politician who served as the president of India from 1977 to 1982.

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Nicholas Winton

Humanitarian who rescued hundreds of children from the Holocaust

Did you know? His heroic efforts remained unknown for fifty years until his wife found a scrapbook in their attic containing the children's names.

Sir Nicholas George Winton (né Wertheim; 19 May 1909 – 1 July 2015) was a British stockbroker and humanitarian who helped to rescue refugee children, mostly Jewish, whose families had fled persecution by Nazi Germany.

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Konstantin Paustovsky

Soviet writer known for his Nobel Prize-nominated novels and stories

Did you know? The actress Marlene Dietrich once famously knelt before him on stage in Moscow to express her deep admiration for his writing.

Konstantin Georgiyevich Paustovsky (Russian: Константи́н Гео́ргиевич Паусто́вский, pronounced; 31 May 1892 – 14 July 1968) was a Soviet writer nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1965, 1966, 1967, and 1968.

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Ho Chi Minh

Vietnamese communist revolutionary who led the fight for independence from France and became North Vietnam's first president

Did you know? In his youth, he lived in London for several years and reportedly worked in the kitchens of the Carlton Hotel.

Hồ Chí Minh (born Nguyễn Sinh Cung; 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), colloquially known as Uncle Ho (Bác Hồ) among other aliases and sobriquets, was a Vietnamese communist revolutionary and statesman who founded the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945 (known as North Vietnam after 1954).

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