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Juan Cuadrado

Versatile Colombian footballer who played for Juventus and Chelsea

Did you know? He was the top assist provider at the 2014 World Cup, helping his national team reach the quarter-finals for the first time.

Juan Guillermo Cuadrado Bello (born 26 May 1988) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays for Millonarios. He usually plays on the right side of the pitch, either as a winger, wing-back, or full-back.

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Luca Toni

Italian striker who won the World Cup and the European Golden Shoe

Did you know? He celebrated his many goals with a trademark gesture of rotating his hand next to his ear as if asking 'Did you see that?'.

Luca Toni (Italian pronunciation:; born 26 May 1977) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

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Lauryn Hill

American singer and rapper famous for her solo album The Miseducation

Did you know? As a teenager, she appeared as a recurring character in the American daytime soap opera As the World Turns before finding fame in music.

Lauryn Noelle Hill (born May 26, 1975) is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. She is considered one of the most influential musicians of her time.

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Matt Stone

Co-creator of the satirical animated series South Park

Did you know? He and his creative partner Trey Parker wrote the hit Broadway musical The Book of Mormon, which won several Tony Awards.

Matthew Richard Stone (born May 26, 1971) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, and songwriter. He studied film and mathematics at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he met his creative partner Trey Parker.

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Frederik X of Denmark

King of Denmark who succeeded his mother, Queen Margrethe II

Did you know? He completed elite military training with the Danish Navy frogman corps, where he earned the nickname Pingo after his wetsuit filled with water.

Frederik X (Frederik André Henrik Christian, pronounced; born 26 May 1968) is King of Denmark, reigning since 14 January 2024. Frederik is the elder son of Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik.

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Helena Bonham Carter

Actress known for period dramas and roles in the Harry Potter series

Did you know? She is the great-granddaughter of former British Prime Minister H. H. Asquith.

Helena Bonham Carter (born 26 May 1966) is a British actress. She is known for her character roles as eccentric women in blockbusters and independent films, particularly period dramas.

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Rebecca Masika Katsuva

Rebecca Masika Katsuva (26 May 1966 – 2 February 2016) was an activist and a survivor of sexual assault from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Sally Ride

Physicist and the first American woman to travel into space

Did you know? She was a nationally ranked tennis player in her youth and once considered a professional career in the sport.

Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Southern California, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983, became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space.

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David Kabua

David Kabua (26 May 1951 – 8 April 2026) was a Marshallese politician who served as President of the Marshall Islands from 2020 to 2024. He represented Wotho Atoll in the Legislature of the Marshall Islands since 2008 and served terms as Minister of Health and Internal Affairs.

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Jeremy Corbyn

Former Leader of the Labour Party and veteran socialist politician

Did you know? He has represented the same North London constituency, Islington North, for over forty years.

Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (born 26 May 1949) is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington North since 1983. He is the parliamentary leader of Your Party, which he co-founded with Zarah Sultana in July 2025.

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Stevie Nicks

Singer and songwriter renowned for her work with Fleetwood Mac

Did you know? She is the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice.

Stephanie Lynn "Stevie" Nicks (born May 26, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, known for her work with the band Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist.

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Miles Davis

Influential jazz trumpeter and composer

Did you know? He was a talented painter and his original artwork was featured on the covers of several of his later albums.

Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and painter. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music.

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Peggy Lee

Jazz and popular music singer known for the hit song Fever

Did you know? She provided the voices for several characters and co-wrote many of the songs for the Disney animated film Lady and the Tramp.

Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, and actress whose career spanned seven decades.

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Peter Cushing

English actor famous for playing Sherlock Holmes and Grand Moff Tarkin

Did you know? While filming Star Wars, he wore slippers during his scenes because the boots provided for his costume were too small and uncomfortable.

Peter Wilton Cushing (26 May 1913 – 11 August 1994) was an English actor. His acting career spanned over six decades and included appearances in more than 100 films, as well as many television, stage and radio roles.

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János Kádár

Long-serving leader of communist Hungary during the Cold War

Did you know? Despite being a devoted communist, he introduced economic reforms known as Goulash Communism which allowed more personal freedoms and consumer goods.

János József Kádár (né Csermanek; 26 May 1912 – 6 July 1989) was a Hungarian Communist leader and the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, a position he held for 32 years. Declining health led to his retirement in 1988, and he died in 1989 after being hospitalized for pneumonia.

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John Wayne

American actor known as the Duke, star of Stagecoach and The Searchers, who won an Oscar for True Grit

Did you know? His birth name was Marion Morrison, and he originally hoped to play professional American football before suffering an injury.

Marion Robert Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne, was an American actor. Nicknamed "Duke", he became a popular icon through his starring roles in films which were produced during Hollywood's Golden Age, especially in Western and war movies.

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Paul Lukas

Oscar-winning actor known for the film Watch on the Rhine

Did you know? Before moving to Hollywood, he served in the Austro-Hungarian air force during the First World War.

Paul Lukas (born Pál Lukács; 26 May 1894 – 15 August 1971) was a Hungarian actor.

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Isadora Duncan

American dancer who pioneered modern dance with free, barefoot movement and died when her scarf caught in a car wheel

Did you know? She was killed in a tragic accident when her long silk scarf became caught in the wheels of an open-top car.

Angela Isadora Duncan (May 26, 1877, or May 27, 1878 – September 14, 1927) was an American-born dancer and choreographer, who was a pioneer of modern contemporary dance and performed to great acclaim throughout Europe and the United States.

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Mary of Teck

Queen consort of King George V and Empress of India

Did you know? She was originally engaged to Prince Albert Victor, the elder brother of her future husband King George V.

Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 6 May 1910 until 20 January 1936 as the wife of King George V.

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Isaac Albéniz

Spanish composer and pianist known for his folk-inspired works

Did you know? A child prodigy, he gave his first public piano performance at the age of four and later studied at several prestigious European conservatories.

Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual (Spanish:; 29 May 1860 – 18 May 1909) was a Spanish virtuoso composer, conductor, and pianist. He is one of the foremost composers of the post-romantic era who also exerted a significant influence on his contemporaries and younger composers.

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Edmond de Goncourt

French writer who founded the prestigious Prix Goncourt literary prize

Did you know? He left his entire fortune to establish a literary society that continues to award France's most significant annual book award.

Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt (pronounced; 26 May 1822 – 16 July 1896) was a French writer, literary critic, art critic, book publisher and the founder of the Académie Goncourt.

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Abraham de Moivre

French mathematician who pioneered probability theory and trigonometry

Did you know? He is said to have successfully predicted the exact day of his own death by noticing he was sleeping fifteen minutes longer each night.

Abraham de Moivre (French pronunciation:; 26 May 1667 – 27 November 1754) was a French mathematician known for de Moivre's formula, a formula that links complex numbers and trigonometry, and for his work on the normal distribution and probability theory.

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John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

British general and statesman who won the Battle of Blenheim

Did you know? He is a direct ancestor of Sir Winston Churchill, who later wrote a four-volume biography of his life.

General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722 O.S.) was a British army officer and statesman.

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William Petty

English economist and scientist who co-founded the Royal Society

Did you know? He is often credited with inventing the field of modern statistics through his work on political arithmetic during the seventeenth century.

Sir William Petty (26 May 1623 – 16 December 1687) was an English economist, physician, scientist and philosopher. He first became prominent serving Oliver Cromwell and the Commonwealth in Ireland.

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