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Leelah Alcorn

Leelah Alcorn (November 15, 1997 – December 28, 2014) was an American transgender girl whose suicide attracted international attention.

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Vanessa Nakate

Vanessa Nakate (born 15 November 1996) is a Ugandan climate justice activist. She gained international recognition for her climate activism in Uganda, where she began a solitary climate strike in January 2019.

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Paulo Dybala

Argentine professional footballer known for his creative playing style

Did you know? He was eligible to play for Poland and Italy through his heritage but chose to represent the Argentine national team instead.

Paulo Exequiel Dybala (born 15 November 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Serie A club Roma and the Argentina national team. He is nicknamed "La Joya" ("The Jewel").

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Shailene Woodley

Actress known for The Fault in Our Stars and the Divergent series

Did you know? She is a dedicated environmental activist who was once arrested for protesting against the construction of an oil pipeline.

Shailene Diann Woodley (born November 15, 1991) is an American actress. Known for her work on screen and stage, her accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and a Trophée Chopard, in addition to nominations for two Actor Awards, a British Academy Film Award, and two Golden Globes.

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Sofia Rudieva

Sofia Andreyevna Rudieva (Russian: София Андреевна Рудьева; born 15 November 1990) is a Russian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Russia 2009 and then represented Russia at Miss Universe 2009.

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B.o.B

North Carolina-born rapper and producer who topped charts in 2010 with Nothin' on You and Airplanes

Did you know? He attracted headlines in 2016 by promoting the belief that the Earth is flat.

Bobby Ray Simmons Jr. (born November 15, 1988), known professionally as B.o.B, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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Sania Mirza

Indian tennis player who was world number one in doubles

Did you know? She was the first Indian woman to win a WTA title and to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam singles tournament.

Sania Mirza (born 15 November 1986) is an Indian former professional tennis player. A former doubles world No.

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MatPat

Matthew Robert Patrick (born November 15, 1986), known professionally as MatPat, is an American internet personality and former YouTuber.

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Jeffree Star

Jeffree Star (born Jeffrey Lynn Steininger Jr., November 15, 1985) is an American makeup artist, media personality and singer-songwriter. He is the founder and owner of Jeffree Star Cosmetics.

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John Heitinga

Former Dutch footballer and current coach

Did you know? He won the Dutch Footballer of the Year award in 2008 while playing as a defender for Ajax.

Johnny Gijsbert Alan Heitinga (born 15 November 1983) is a Dutch football coach and former player, most recently an assistant coach at Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur.

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Ingrida Šimonytė

Prime Minister of Lithuania and former Minister of Finance

Did you know? She is a keen fan of heavy metal music and has often shared her love for bands like Metallica and Iron Maiden on social media.

Ingrida Šimonytė (Lithuanian:; born 15 November 1974) is a Lithuanian politician, public servant, and economist who served as the 17th prime minister of Lithuania from 2020 to 2024.

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Sérgio Conceição

Sérgio Paulo Marceneiro da Conceição ( SERR-zhee-oh kon-say-SOWN; European Portuguese pronunciation:; born 15 November 1974) is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who played as a right winger. Throughout his career, he played for ten teams in five countries.

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François Ozon

Acclaimed French film director known for 8 Women and Swimming Pool

Did you know? He is noted for his prolific output, often writing and directing a new feature film almost every single year.

François Ozon (French:; born 15 November 1967) is a French filmmaker, considered one of the most important contemporary French filmmakers, closely associated with the cinema du corps ("cinema of the body").

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Aleksander Kwaśniewski

Former President of Poland who served two terms

Did you know? Before entering politics, he worked as a journalist and was the editor-in-chief of a student newspaper.

Aleksander Kwaśniewski (born 15 November 1954) is a Polish politician and journalist who served as the 3rd president of Poland from 1995 to 2005.

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Anni-Frid Lyngstad

Lead singer of the internationally successful Swedish pop group ABBA

Did you know? She was born in Norway as a result of a relationship between her mother and a German soldier during the Second World War.

Anni-Frid Synni Lyngstad (born 15 November 1945), also known simply as Frida, is a Norwegian-born Swedish singer who is best known as one of the founding members and lead singers of the pop band ABBA.

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Mahmoud Abbas

President of the State of Palestine and the Palestinian National Authority

Did you know? He was a key figure in the secret negotiations that led to the signing of the Oslo Accords.

Mahmoud Abbas (Arabic: مَحْمُود عَبَّاس, romanized: Maḥmūd ʿAbbās; born 15 November 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen (Arabic: أَبُو مَازِن, ʾAbū Māzin), is a Palestinian politician who has been serving as the second president of Palestine and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) since 2005.

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Mwai Kibaki

Former President of Kenya who served for over a decade

Did you know? Before entering politics, he was an academic who became the first African to earn a first-class degree from the London School of Economics.

Emilio Stanley Mwai Kibaki (15 November 1931 – 21 April 2022) was a Kenyan politician who served as the third President of Kenya from December 2002 until April 2013. He served in various leadership positions in Kenya's government including being the longest serving Member of Parliament (MP) in Kenya from 1963 to 2013.

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J. G. Ballard

British author of Empire of the Sun and experimental science fiction

Did you know? His childhood experiences living in a Japanese internment camp in China during the Second World War heavily influenced his most famous literary work.

James Graham Ballard (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009) was an English novelist and short-story writer, satirist and essayist known for psychologically provocative works of fiction that explore the relations between human psychology, technology, sex and mass media.

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Ed Asner

Actor who played newsman Lou Grant on two different shows

Did you know? He provided the voice for the elderly widower Carl Fredricksen in the award-winning Pixar animated film Up.

Eddie Asner (November 15, 1929 – August 29, 2021) was an American actor. He is most notable for portraying Lou Grant on the sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977) and drama Lou Grant (1977–1982), making him one of the few television actors to portray the same character in both a comedy and a drama.

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Konstantin Simonov

Soviet poet and war correspondent known for the poem Wait for Me

Did you know? He changed his first name because he struggled to pronounce the letters 'r' and 'l' in his original name, Kirill.

Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov, born Kirill Mikhailovich Simonov (Russian: Константи́н Миха́йлович Си́монов, 28 November 1915 – 28 August 1979), was a Soviet author, war poet, playwright and wartime correspondent, arguably most famous for his 1941 poem "Wait for Me".

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Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

German army officer who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler

Did you know? He lost his left eye, his right hand and two fingers on his left hand during a military mission in Tunisia.

Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (German:; 15 November 1907 – 21 July 1944) was a German army officer who is best known for his failed attempt on 20 July 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the Wolf's Lair, part of Operation Valkyrie.

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Erwin Rommel

German field marshal nicknamed the Desert Fox for his North African campaign, forced to take poison after the plot against Hitler

Did you know? After being implicated in a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, he was forced to take his own life to ensure the safety of his family.

Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel (pronounced; 15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944), known as The Desert Fox (German: Der Wüstenfuchs, pronounced ), was a German Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) during World War II.

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Manuel II of Portugal

The final King of Portugal who reigned until the 1910 revolution

Did you know? After being deposed, he lived the remainder of his life in exile in South West London, becoming a respected bibliophile and scholar.

Dom Manuel II (15 November 1889 – 2 July 1932), sometimes known as the Unfortunate (o Desaventurado) or the Patriot (o Patriota), was the last king of Portugal, reigning from 1908 until 1910. Manuel was born in the Palace of Belém, Lisbon, during the reign of his father, Carlos I. He was his third and youngest child.

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Georgia O'Keeffe

Georgia Totto O'Keeffe (November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986) was an American modernist painter and draftswoman whose career spanned seven decades and whose work remained largely independent of major art movements.

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