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Bruno Guimarães

Brazilian international midfielder who plays in the Premier League

Did you know? He wears the number 39 on his shirt as a tribute to the taxi number his father drove in Rio de Janeiro.

Bruno Guimarães Rodriguez Moura (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation:; born 16 November 1997) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Arsenal and the Brazil national team.

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Mackenyu

Actor known for playing Roronoa Zoro in One Piece

Did you know? He is the son of the legendary Japanese martial artist and actor Sonny Chiba.

Mackenyu Maeda (前田 真剣佑, Maeda Makken'yū; born November 16, 1996), known professionally as Mackenyu Arata (Japanese: 新田 真剣佑, Hepburn: Arata Makken'yū) or simply Mackenyu (真剣佑, Makken'yū), is a Japanese-American actor.

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André-Frank Zambo Anguissa

Cameroonian international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Napoli

Did you know? He became a key part of the Napoli squad that won their first Italian league title in over three decades.

André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (born 16 November 1995), commonly known as Frank Anguissa, is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Serie A club Napoli and the Cameroon national team.

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Nélson Semedo

Portuguese defender who played for Barcelona and Wolverhampton Wanderers

Did you know? Before turning professional, he spent his youth playing for a local club in Lisbon called Sintrense and initially trained as a midfielder.

Nélson Cabral Semedo (born 16 November 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back or right wing-back for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and the Portugal national team. Semedo began his career at Sintrense before joining Benfica in 2012.

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Marcelo Brozović

Croatian international footballer who played for Inter Milan

Did you know? He became famous for a signature goal celebration involving a hand on his chin, which eventually inspired his own lifestyle brand logo.

Marcelo Brozović (Croatian pronunciation:; born 16 November 1992) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Qatari club Al Sadd.

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Aliaa Magda Elmahdy

Aliaa Magda Elmahdy (Egyptian Arabic: علياء ماجدة المهدي, IPA:; born 16 November 1991) is an Egyptian internet activist and feminist advocate.

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Sanna Marin

Former Prime Minister of Finland who led the country into NATO

Did you know? When she took office, she became the world’s youngest serving female head of government at that time.

Sanna Mirella Marin (born 16 November 1985) is a Finnish politician who served as prime minister of Finland from 2019 to 2023 and as the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) from 2020 to 2023. She was a Member of Parliament from 2015 to 2023.

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Maggie Gyllenhaal

Academy Award-nominated actress and director of The Lost Daughter

Did you know? She only discovered her first name was actually Margalit when she applied for a passport as an adult.

Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal Sarsgaard (born November 16, 1977), known professionally as Maggie Gyllenhaal, is an American actress and filmmaker. Part of the Gyllenhaal family, she is the daughter of filmmakers Stephen Gyllenhaal and Naomi Achs, and the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal.

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Paul Scholes

Decorated Manchester United midfielder who won eleven Premier League titles

Did you know? He suffered from asthma throughout his career and frequently had to use an inhaler before matches to manage the condition.

Paul Scholes (born 16 November 1974) is an English former professional footballer, pundit, and coach.

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Diana Krall

Multi-Grammy winning Canadian jazz pianist and singer

Did you know? She is married to the British rock musician Elvis Costello, with whom she has twin sons.

Diana Jean Krall (born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide, including over six million in the U.S.

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Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi

Italian-French actress and award-winning film director

Did you know? She is the elder sister of singer and former French First Lady Carla Bruni.

Valeria Carla Federica Bruni Tedeschi, also written Bruni-Tedeschi (Italian pronunciation:; born 16 November 1964), is an Italian and French actress and filmmaker. Her 2013 film, A Castle in Italy, was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

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Sooronbay Jeenbekov

Former President of Kyrgyzstan who resigned after political protests

Did you know? Before starting his career in politics, he worked as a secondary school teacher of Russian language and literature.

Sooronbay Sharip uulu Jeenbekov (born 16 November 1958) is a Kyrgyz politician who served as the fifth president of Kyrgyzstan from 2017 until his resignation in 2020, following a week of protests. Prior to that he served as the 18th prime minister of Kyrgyzstan from April 2016 to August 2017.

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Guillermo Lasso

Banker and conservative politician who served as President of Ecuador from 2021 to 2023 before calling early elections

Did you know? He began his career as a floor boy at the local stock exchange and eventually rose to lead a major national bank.

Guillermo Alberto Santiago Lasso Mendoza (Latin American Spanish:; born 16 November 1955) is an Ecuadorian businessman, banker and politician who served as the 47th president of Ecuador from 2021 to 2023. Lasso served as Superminister of Economy during the Jamil Mahuad presidency briefly in 1999.

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Shigeru Miyamoto

Video game designer behind the Super Mario and Legend of Zelda series

Did you know? He is a keen amateur gardener whose interest in the outdoors inspired the creation of the Pikmin series.

Shigeru Miyamoto (Japanese: 宮本 茂, Hepburn: Miyamoto Shigeru; born November 16, 1952) is a Japanese video game designer, producer, game director and filmmaker at Nintendo, where he has served as one of its representative directors as an executive since 2002.

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Robert Nozick

Influential American philosopher known for his work on political theory

Did you know? His most celebrated book was written as a libertarian response to the theories of justice proposed by his colleague John Rawls.

Robert Nozick (November 16, 1938 – January 23, 2002) was an American philosopher. He held the Joseph Pellegrino University Professorship at Harvard University, and was president of the American Philosophical Association.

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Chinua Achebe

Nigerian author widely considered the father of modern African literature

Did you know? He declined a national honour from the Nigerian government on two separate occasions as a form of political protest.

Chinua Achebe (born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe; 16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as a central figure of modern African literature.

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Salvatore Riina

Powerful Sicilian Mafia boss known for his ruthless leadership

Did you know? He spent more than twenty years as a fugitive while remaining the head of the criminal organisation before his eventual capture.

Salvatore "Totò" Riina (16 November 1930 – 17 November 2017) was an Italian mobster and boss of the Sicilian Mafia.

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José Saramago

Portuguese novelist of Blindness and The Gospel According to Jesus Christ who won the Nobel Prize in Literature

Did you know? He did not achieve international fame or publish his most celebrated works until he was well into his sixties.

José de Sousa Saramago (European Portuguese:; 16 November 1922 – 18 June 2010) was a Portuguese writer.

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Burgess Meredith

American actor famous for his role as Mickey in the Rocky films

Did you know? He was blacklisted in Hollywood during the 1950s, which led him to focus on stage work and directing for several years.

Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997) was an American actor and filmmaker whose career encompassed radio, theater, film, and television. Active for more than six decades, Meredith has been called "a virtuosic actor" and "one of the most accomplished actors of the century".

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Nnamdi Azikiwe

First President of Nigeria and advocate for African independence

Did you know? He was an accomplished athlete in his youth, competing in boxing, swimming and football while studying in America.

Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe PC (16 November 1904 – 11 May 1996), commonly referred to as Zik of Africa, was a Nigerian politician, statesman, and revolutionary leader who served as the first native governor-general of Nigeria from 1960 to 1963 and the first president of Nigeria during the First Nigerian Republic…

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Oswald Mosley

Leader of the British Union of Fascists in the 1930s

Did you know? He was a highly talented fencer who won the British national foil championship in the early 1930s.

Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (16 November 1896 – 3 December 1980), was a British far-right politician who rose to fame during the 1920s and 1930s when, disillusioned with mainstream politics, he turned to fascism.

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Paul Hindemith

Influential German composer and violist

Did you know? He created the concept of "utility music", which was intended to be performed by amateur musicians for social purposes.

Paul Hindemith ( POWL HIN-də-mit; German:; 16 November 1895 – 28 December 1963) was a German and American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist, and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe.

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Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi

Austrian-Japanese politician who founded the Paneuropean Union movement

Did you know? He suggested Ludwig van Beethoven's Ode to Joy as the anthem for Europe, which was later officially adopted.

Richard Nikolaus Eijiro, Count of Coudenhove-Kalergi (German: Richard Nikolaus Eijiro Graf von Coudenhove-Kalergi; Japanese: リヒャルト・ニコラウス・栄次郎・クーデンホーフ＝カレルギー伯爵, romanized: Rihyaruto Nikorausu Eijirō Kūdenhōfu-Karerugī Hakushaku; 16 November 1894 – 27 July 1972), was a politician, philosopher, and count of…

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Elpidio Quirino

Sixth President of the Philippines who served from 1948 to 1953

Did you know? He suffered immense personal tragedy during the Battle of Manila when several members of his immediate family were killed by occupying forces.

Elpidio Rivera Quirino (Tagalog:; November 16, 1890 – February 29, 1956) was the sixth president of the Philippines, serving from 1948 to 1953. As the second vice president from 1946 to 1948, he assumed the presidency upon the death of Manuel Roxas in 1948.

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