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Kenyu Sugimoto

Japanese international footballer who plays as a striker

Did you know? He was part of the Japanese squad that competed in the men's football tournament at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Kenyu Sugimoto (杉本 健勇, Sugimoto Kenyū; born 18 November 1992) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a striker for J2 League club RB Omiya Ardija.

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Tommy Cash

Tallinn-born rapper and performance artist whose absurd Eurovision 2025 entry Espresso Macchiato finished third and became a streaming hit

Did you know? Espresso Macchiato, a parody of Italian clichés, drew complaints from some Italian viewers but became a streaming hit.

Tomas Tammemets (born 18 November 1991), known professionally as Tommy Cash (stylised as TOMM¥ €A$H), is an Estonian rapper, singer, dancer, and visual artist. He usually performs in English with a distinct non-native accent, and is known for sexually explicit lyrical themes and provocative music videos.

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Allyson Felix

Highly decorated American track and field sprinter and Olympic champion

Did you know? She is the most decorated woman in Olympic track and field history, surpassing the medal count of Carl Lewis.

Allyson Michelle Felix (born November 18, 1985) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters. Over 200 metres, she is the 2012 Olympic champion, a three-time world champion (2005–2009), and a two-time Olympic silver medalist (2004 and 2008).

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Nayanthara

Prolific star of South Indian cinema and award-winning producer

Did you know? She officially converted from Christianity to Hinduism in 2011, choosing to make her stage name her legal identity.

Nayanthara (born Diana Mariam Kurian; 18 November 1984) is an Indian actress and producer known for her work in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. One of the highest-paid actresses in India, she was the only South Indian actress to be featured in Forbes India "Celebrity 100" list in 2018.

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Michael Dawson

English footballer and former captain for Tottenham Hotspur

Did you know? He earned four caps for England and was part of the squad that travelled to the 2010 World Cup.

Michael Richard Dawson (born 18 November 1983) is an English former professional football player and sports pundit. As a player, he was a centre back.

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Alaa Abd El-Fatah

Alaa Ahmed Seif al Islam Abd El-Fattah (Arabic: علاء أحمد سيف الإسلام عبد الفتاح, IPA:), known professionally as Alaa Abd El-Fattah (Arabic: علاء عبد الفتاح; born 1981), is an Egyptian-British software developer, blogger, political activist and former political prisoner who was imprisoned by the Egyptian government…

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Chloë Sevigny

American actress known for her roles in independent cinema

Did you know? She was once labelled the coolest girl in the world by a prominent fashion magazine before her film career took off.

Chloë Stevens Sevigny ( SEV-ən-ee; born November 18, 1974) is an American actress and director. Known for her work in independent films with controversial or experimental themes, her accolades include a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.

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Mike Epps

American stand-up comedian and actor known for the Friday film franchise

Did you know? He started his professional career on the Def Comedy Jam tour in the early 1990s before moving into film.

Michael Elliot Epps (born November 18, 1970) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He played Day-Day Jones in Next Friday and its sequel, Friday After Next, and also appeared in The Hangover and The Hangover Part III as "Black Doug".

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Owen Wilson

American actor known for comedies and Wes Anderson films

Did you know? He received an Academy Award nomination for co-writing the screenplay for The Royal Tenenbaums with his friend Wes Anderson.

Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968) is an American actor and screenwriter. His accolades include nominations for an Academy Award, two Actor Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and an Independent Spirit Award.

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Peter Schmeichel

Legendary Manchester United goalkeeper who won the European Treble in 1999

Did you know? Before turning professional, he worked in a textile factory, as a cleaner, and for the World Wildlife Fund.

Peter Bolesław Schmeichel (born 18 November 1963) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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Kirk Hammett

Lead guitarist for the heavy metal band Metallica

Did you know? He was taught how to play the guitar by the virtuoso Joe Satriani before finding fame in the thrash metal scene.

Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962) is an American musician. Hammett has been the lead guitarist of heavy metal band Metallica since 1983; prior to joining Metallica, he co-formed thrash metal band Exodus in 1979.

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Kim Wilde

British pop singer famous for the hit single Kids in America

Did you know? Beyond her music career, she became a qualified landscape gardener and won a gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show.

Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith, 18 November 1960) is an English pop singer. She first gained success in 1981 with her debut single "Kids in America", which peaked at no.

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Alan Moore

Influential comic book writer of Watchmen and V for Vendetta

Did you know? He has famously refused to be credited on film adaptations of his work, often donating his royalties to the illustrators instead.

Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comics including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, The Ballad of Halo Jones, Swamp Thing, Batman: The Killing Joke, Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? and From Hell.

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Mahinda Rajapaksa

Former President of Sri Lanka who ended the country's civil war

Did you know? Before entering politics, he worked as an actor and appeared in several Sinhalese films.

Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa (born 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the sixth president of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015. He thrice served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2004 to 2005, 2018, and 2019 to 2022.

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Qaboos bin Said Al Said

Long-serving Sultan who transformed and modernised Oman

Did you know? He was an enthusiast of classical music and established the only professional pipe organ and symphony orchestra in the region.

Qaboos bin Said Al Said (Arabic: قابوس بن سعيد آل سعيد, romanized: Qābūs ibn Saʿīd Āl Saʿīd, IPA:; 18 November 1940 – 10 January 2020) was Sultan of Oman from 23 July 1970 until his death in 2020.

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Margaret Atwood

Canadian novelist and poet of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments who has won the Booker Prize twice

Did you know? She invented the LongPen, a device that allows authors to sign books remotely by mimicking their handwriting with a robotic arm.

Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and inventor.

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John O'Keefe

Neuroscientist who discovered how the brain maps its environment

Did you know? He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2014 for his research into the brain's internal positioning system.

John Michael O'Keefe (born November 18, 1939) is an American-British neuroscientist, psychologist and a professor at University College London. O'Keefe discovered place cells in the hippocampus, and that they show a specific kind of temporal coding in the form of theta phase precession.

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Eldar Ryazanov

Prominent Soviet film director known for his popular satirical comedies

Did you know? His 1976 film The Irony of Fate became a cultural phenomenon and is traditionally broadcast on television every New Year's Eve in Russia.

Eldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov (Russian: Эльдар Александрович Рязанов; 18 November 1927 – 30 November 2015) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, poet, actor and pedagogue whose popular comedies, satirizing the daily life of the Soviet Union and Russia, are celebrated throughout the former Soviet Union…

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Alan Shepard

First American in space and commander of Apollo 14

Did you know? He is famously the only person to have played golf on the Moon, hitting two balls with a makeshift six-iron.

Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut.

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Klaus Mann

German writer and anti-fascist known for his novel Mephisto

Did you know? He was the son of the Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann and worked as a war correspondent during the Second World War.

Klaus Heinrich Thomas Mann (18 November 1906 – 21 May 1949) was a German writer and anti-fascist activist. He was the son of Thomas Mann, a nephew of Heinrich Mann and brother of Erika Mann (with whom he maintained a lifelong close relationship) and Golo Mann.

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George Wald

Nobel Prize-winning scientist who discovered how eyes process light

Did you know? He became a high-profile peace activist in later life, frequently speaking out against the Vietnam War and the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

George Wald (November 18, 1906 – April 12, 1997) was an American scientist and activist who studied pigments in the retina. He won a share of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Haldan Keffer Hartline and Ragnar Granit.

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Patrick Blackett

Nobel Prize-winning physicist known for his work on cosmic rays

Did you know? He served as a naval officer during the First World War and was present at the Battle of Jutland.

Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett of Chelsea (18 November 1897 – 13 July 1974), was a British experimental physicist and life peer who received the 1948 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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Frances Marion

Pioneering Hollywood screenwriter who won two Academy Awards

Did you know? She was the first woman to win an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay and was once the highest-paid writer in the film industry.

Frances Marion (born Marion Benson Owens; November 18, 1888 – May 12, 1973) was an American screenwriter, director, journalist and author often cited as one of the most renowned female screenwriters of the 20th century alongside June Mathis and Anita Loos. During the course of her career, she wrote over 325 scripts.

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Jacques Maritain

French Catholic philosopher who helped draft human rights declarations

Did you know? After he and his wife converted to Catholicism, they eventually took a joint vow of chastity to focus on their faith.

Jacques Maritain (French:; 18 November 1882 – 28 April 1973) was a French Catholic philosopher and theologian. An author of more than 60 books, he helped to revive Thomas Aquinas for modern times, and was influential in the development and drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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