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James Charles

James Charles Dickinson (born May 23, 1999) is an American YouTuber and makeup artist. While working as a local makeup artist in his hometown of Bethlehem, New York, Charles started a YouTube channel, where he began uploading makeup tutorials.

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Steve Lacy

American guitarist and singer whose Bad Habit topped the Billboard Hot 100

Did you know? He produced early songs entirely on his phone.

Steve Thomas Lacy-Moya (born May 23, 1998) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer. He gained recognition as the guitarist of the alternative R&B band the Internet, which he joined in 2015.

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Joe Gomez

Liverpool defender and England international football player

Did you know? He became the youngest player to start for Charlton Athletic in more than 60 years when he made his debut at 17.

Joseph David Gomez (born 23 May 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Liverpool. Gomez began his career at Charlton Athletic, breaking into the first team at 17 and playing one full season before joining Liverpool in June 2015.

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Lena Meyer-Landrut

German singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2010

Did you know? She recorded her winning entry while still a student and performed it at the contest just after her nineteenth birthday.

Lena Johanna Therese Meyer-Landrut (German:; born 23 May 1991), also known by the mononym Lena, is a German singer. She rose to fame after representing Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, winning the event with the song "Satellite".

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Hideaki Kitajima

Japanese international footballer who played as a forward for Kashiwa Reysol

Did you know? He spent most of his professional playing career with the same club before transitioning into a career in management.

Hideaki Kitajima (北嶋 秀朗, Kitajima Hideaki; born May 23, 1978) is a former Japanese football player and last play for Japan national team. He's to set manager of JFL club, Criacao Shinjuku from 2024.

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Jewel

Jewel Kilcher (born May 23, 1974) is an American singer-songwriter. She has been nominated for four Grammy Awards and has sold over 30 million albums worldwide as of 2024.

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Rubens Barrichello

Brazilian racing driver who competed in over three hundred Formula One races

Did you know? He spent many seasons as the teammate of Michael Schumacher and won numerous races for the Ferrari team.

Rubens Gonçalves Barrichello (Brazilian Portuguese:; born 23 May 1972) is a Brazilian racing driver and broadcaster, who competes in the Stock Car Pro Series for Scuderia Bandeiras.

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Sunitha Krishnan

Sunitha Krishnan (born 1972) is an Indian social activist and chief functionary and co-founder of Prajwala, a non-governmental organization that rescues, rehabilitates and reintegrates sex-trafficked victims into society. She was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award the Padma Shri in 2016.

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Daniele Massaro

Italian forward who scored twice in AC Milan's 4–0 Champions League final win in 1994 and played at two World Cups

Did you know? Away from the football pitch, he was a skilled driver who competed in several professional rally championships.

Daniele Emilio Massaro (Italian pronunciation:; born 23 May 1961) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Throughout his career, Massaro played for several Italian clubs, including Monza, Fiorentina, AC Milan, and Roma, before ending his career in Japan with Shimizu S-Pulse.

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Anatoly Karpov

Russian chess grandmaster and former long-time World Chess Champion

Did you know? He is an avid philatelist with one of the world's most valuable collections of postage stamps.

Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Russian: Анатолий Евгеньевич Карпов, IPA:; born May 23, 1951) is a Russian and former Soviet chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, ⁣and politician.

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Antonis Samaras

Former Prime Minister of Greece during the country's debt crisis

Did you know? He shared a dormitory room at Amherst College with George Papandreou, who would later become his political rival for the premiership.

Antonis Samaras (Greek: Αντώνης Σαμαράς, pronounced; born 23 May 1951) is a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 2012 to 2015. A member of the New Democracy party, he was its president from 2009 until 2015.

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Alan García

Two-time President of Peru who served in the late twentieth century

Did you know? He was often nicknamed "the orator" for his powerful speaking style during a political career spanning decades.

Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez (Latin American Spanish:; 23 May 1949 – 17 April 2019) was a Peruvian politician who served as President of Peru for two non-consecutive terms, from 1985 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2011.

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Robert Moog

Inventor of the first commercial electronic music synthesizer

Did you know? He began his career by building and selling theremin kits from his home while still a student.

Robert Arthur Moog ( MOHG; May 23, 1934 – August 21, 2005) was an American electronics engineer and electronic music pioneer. He was the founder of the synthesizer manufacturer Moog Music and the inventor of the first commercial synthesizer, the Moog synthesizer, which debuted in 1964.

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Joan Collins

English actress famous for playing Alexis Carrington in the soap Dynasty

Did you know? She was awarded a damehood for her services to charity and has written several successful novels and lifestyle books.

Dame Joan Henrietta Collins (born 23 May 1933) is an English actress, author and columnist. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, a People's Choice Award, two Soap Opera Digest Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

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Rosemary Clooney

American jazz singer and star of the film White Christmas

Did you know? She was the aunt of Hollywood actor George Clooney and had a successful career spanning five decades.

Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American pop and jazz singer and actress.

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Joshua Lederberg

Nobel Prize-winning biologist who discovered that bacteria can exchange genes

Did you know? He was just twenty-one years old when he conducted the groundbreaking research that eventually won him the Nobel Prize.

Joshua Lederberg (May 23, 1925 – February 2, 2008) was an American molecular biologist known for his work in microbial genetics, artificial intelligence, and the United States space program.

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John Bardeen

American physicist who co-invented the transistor

Did you know? He is the only person to have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice.

John Bardeen (May 23, 1908 – January 30, 1991) was an American physicist.

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Hans Frank

Senior Nazi official and governor of occupied Poland during World War II

Did you know? He was known as the Butcher of Poland and was executed following the Nuremberg trials for his role in the Holocaust.

Hans Michael Frank (23 May 1900 – 16 October 1946) was a German Nazi politician, lawyer and convicted war criminal who served as the head of the General Government, an entity created by Germany on part of the German-occupied Polish lands during the Second World War.

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Pär Lagerkvist

Nobel Prize-winning Swedish author of the novel Barabbas

Did you know? He was elected to the Swedish Academy in 1940, the same body that later awarded him the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Pär Fabian Lagerkvist (23 May 1891 – 11 July 1974) was a Swedish author who received the 1951 Nobel Prize in Literature. Lagerkvist wrote poetry, plays, novels, short stories, and essays of considerable expressive power and influence from his early 20s to his late 70s.

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Douglas Fairbanks

Silent film star known for swashbuckling roles such as Zorro

Did you know? He was a founding member of United Artists and the first president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Douglas Elton Fairbanks Sr. (born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman; May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor and filmmaker best known for being the first actor to play the masked vigilante Zorro and other swashbuckling roles in silent films.

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Alexander Grin

Russian novelist known for romantic and fantasy fiction

Did you know? He spent his youth as a sailor and wanderer, using those maritime experiences to create the fictional coastal settings for his stories.

Aleksandr Stepanovich Grinevsky (Russian: Александр Степанович Грине́вский; 23 August 1880 – 8 July 1932), better known by his pen name Alexander Green or Grin (Russian: Александр Грин, romanized: Aleksandr Grin, IPA: ), was a Russian writer, notable for his romantic novels and short stories, mostly set in an unnamed…

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Otto Lilienthal

German aviation pioneer known for his successful glider flights

Did you know? His numerous experiments and data on wing shapes were used by the Wright brothers during their development of the first powered aeroplane.

Karl Wilhelm Otto Lilienthal (German pronunciation:; 23 May 1848 – 10 August 1896) was a German pioneer of aviation who became known as the "flying man". He was the first person to make well-documented, repeated, successful flights with gliders, therefore making the idea of heavier-than-air aircraft a reality.

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ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

Religious leader who headed the Bahá’í Faith in the early 1900s

Did you know? He spent four decades as a prisoner of the Ottoman Empire before being released during a revolution in 1908.

ʻAbdu'l-Bahá (Persian: عبد البهاء, IPA:;, 23 May 1844 – 28 November 1921), born ʻAbbás (Persian: عباس, IPA:), was the eldest son of Baháʼu'lláh, founder of the Bahá’í Faith, who designated him to be his successor and head of the Baháʼí Faith from 1892 until 1921.

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Maria Konopnicka

Polish poet and writer who advocated for women's rights

Did you know? She wrote the lyrics to a famous patriotic song that was once a strong contender to become the national anthem of Poland.

Maria Konopnicka (Polish pronunciation:; née Wasiłowska; 23 May 1842 – 8 October 1910) was a Polish poet, novelist, children's writer, translator, journalist, critic and activist for women's rights and for Polish independence. She used pseudonyms, including Jan Sawa.

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