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Pedri

Spanish midfielder known for his vision and playmaking for Barcelona

Did you know? During the 2020-21 football season, he made seventy-three appearances, more than any other professional player in Europe.

Pedro González López (born 25 November 2002), more commonly known as Pedri, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Barcelona and the Spain national team. Known for his passing, distribution, ball-control and vision, he is regarded as one of the best midfielders in the world.

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Katie Cassidy

American actress known for her role in the series Arrow

Did you know? She is the daughter of David Cassidy, the singer and actor who rose to fame in The Partridge Family.

Katherine Evelyn Anita Cassidy (born November 25, 1986) is an American actress.

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Gaspard Ulliel

French actor known for playing the young Hannibal Lecter

Did you know? He received a scar on his face as a child after being bitten by a dog while attempting to ride it.

Gaspard Thomas Ulliel (French pronunciation:; 25 November 1984 – 19 January 2022) was a French actor and model.

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Antonio Puerta

Spanish footballer who spent his entire career at Sevilla

Did you know? He scored the crucial goal against Schalke that sent Sevilla to their first European final in over half a century.

Antonio José Puerta Pérez (Spanish pronunciation:; 26 November 1984 – 28 August 2007) was a Spanish professional footballer who played solely for Sevilla.

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Xabi Alonso

Spanish football manager and former midfielder for Liverpool and Real Madrid

Did you know? While playing for Liverpool, he famously scored two goals from inside his own half of the pitch in the same year.

Xabier Alonso Olano (Basque:, Spanish:; born 25 November 1981) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Premier League club Chelsea. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of his generation, he was known for his passing range and long-distance shooting.

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Jenna Bush Hager

American TV host and author, daughter of George W. Bush, who co-hosts NBC's Today and runs Read with Jenna

Did you know? She has a twin sister, Barbara Pierce Bush.

Jenna Welch Bush Hager (née Bush; born November 25, 1981) is an American news personality, author, and journalist. She is the co-host of Today with Jenna & Sheinelle, the fourth hour of NBC's morning news program, Today.

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Barbara Bush

Barbara Pierce Bush (born November 25, 1981) is an American activist and author. She co-founded and is the chair of the board of the nonprofit organization Global Health Corps.

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Joel Kinnaman

Swedish-American actor known for starring in the series The Killing

Did you know? He spent a year as an exchange student in Texas during high school, which helped him develop a natural American accent.

Charles Joel Nordström Kinnaman (Swedish pronunciation:; born 25 November 1979) is a Swedish-American actor. He first gained recognition for his roles in the 2010 Swedish film Easy Money and the Johan Falk crime series.

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Christina Applegate

American actress known for Married... with Children and Dead to Me

Did you know? Her first television appearance was in a commercial for baby bottles when she was only a few months old.

Christina Applegate (born November 25, 1971) is a retired American actress. She gained recognition in the late 1980s for playing Kelly Bundy in the Fox sitcom Married...

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John F. Kennedy Jr.

American lawyer, publisher and son of the 35th US President

Did you know? He famously failed the New York bar exam twice before passing on his third attempt.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. (November 25, 1960 – July 16, 1999), also referred to as JFK Jr., was an American businessman, attorney, magazine publisher, and journalist.

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Poul Anderson

Prolific American author of science fiction and fantasy novels

Did you know? He was a founding member of the Society for Creative Anachronism, a group dedicated to recreating pre-seventeenth-century European culture.

Poul William Anderson ( POH-əl; November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American fantasy and science fiction author who was active from the 1940s until his death in 2001. Anderson also wrote historical novels.

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Mauno Koivisto

Long-serving President of Finland who navigated the end of the Cold War

Did you know? Before his political career, he worked as a carpenter and a docker while studying for his doctorate.

Mauno Henrik Koivisto (25 November 1923 – 12 May 2017) was a Finnish politician who served as the president of Finland from 1982 to 1994. He also served as the country's prime minister twice, from 1968 to 1970 and again from 1979 to 1982.

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Augusto Pinochet

Chilean general who seized power in the 1973 coup and ruled as dictator until 1990, with widespread human-rights abuses

Did you know? He rose to power after leading a violent coup that overthrew the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende.

Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (25 November 1915 – 10 December 2006) was a Chilean army officer and military dictator who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. He led the Chilean Army in the overthrow of President Salvador Allende in 1973 and established a military junta.

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Joe DiMaggio

American baseball star who played for the New York Yankees

Did you know? He holds one of the most famous records in sports history for hitting safely in fifty-six consecutive games.

Joseph Paul DiMaggio (born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio, Italian:; November 25, 1914 – March 8, 1999), nicknamed "Joltin' Joe", "the Yankee Clipper" and "Joe D.", was an American professional baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees.

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Ba Jin

Renowned Chinese author and translator of anarchist literature

Did you know? His pen name was created by combining the first and last syllables of the surnames of two famous Russian anarchists.

Li Yaotang (Chinese: 李堯棠; pinyin: Lǐ Yáotáng; 25 November 1904 – 17 October 2005), better known by his pen name Ba Jin (Chinese: 巴金; pinyin: Bā Jīn) or his courtesy name Li Feigan (Chinese: 李芾甘; pinyin: Lǐ Fèigān), was a Chinese anarchist, translator, and writer.

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Rudolf Höss

Commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II

Did you know? After the war, he hid under a false identity as a farm labourer before being captured by British intelligence.

Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höss (also Höß, Hoeß, or Hoess; German:; 25 November 1901 – 16 April 1947) was a German SS officer, the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, and a war criminal.

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Ludvík Svoboda

Czechoslovak general who served as President of his country

Did you know? He became a national symbol when he refused to comply with Soviet demands during the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.

Ludvík Svoboda (Czech pronunciation:; 25 November 1895 – 20 September 1979) was a Czech general and politician. He fought in both World Wars, for which he was regarded as a national hero, and he later served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1968 to 1975.

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John XXIII

Italian pope known as Good Pope John, who called the Second Vatican Council and was later declared a saint

Did you know? During the Second World War, he saved thousands of Jewish refugees from the Holocaust by issuing transit visas and temporary identity papers.

Pope John XXIII (born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli; 25 November 1881 – 3 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 28 October 1958 until his death on 3 June 1963.

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Maurice Denis

French painter and theorist associated with the Nabis art movement

Did you know? He is credited with defining modern art by stating that a painting is essentially a flat surface covered with colours.

Maurice Denis (French:; 25 November 1870 – 13 November 1943) was a French painter, decorative artist, and writer. An important figure in the changing world of late 19th-century European art, Denis is associated with Les Nabis, Symbolism, and later Neo-classicism.

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José Maria de Eça de Queirós

Influential Portuguese novelist of the realist literary movement

Did you know? He spent over a decade living in Britain while serving as a diplomat in Newcastle and later Bristol.

José Maria de Eça de Queiroz or Queirós (European Portuguese:; 25 November 1845 – 16 August 1900) is generally considered to have been the greatest Portuguese writer in the realist style. Zola considered him to be far greater than Flaubert.

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Carl Benz

German engineer who built the Benz Patent-Motorwagen of 1885, widely regarded as the first practical petrol-powered car

Did you know? His wife, Bertha, completed the first long-distance car journey to prove the vehicle was a viable method of transport.

Carl (or Karl) Friedrich Benz (German:; born Karl Friedrich Michael Vaillant; 25 November 1844 – 4 April 1929) was a German engine designer and automotive engineer. His Benz Patent-Motorwagen from 1885 is considered the first practical, modern automobile and the first car to be put into series production.

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Andrew Carnegie

Scottish-born steel magnate who became one of the richest Americans and gave away most of his fortune to libraries and education

Did you know? He funded the establishment of over 2,500 public libraries worldwide, believing that the wealthy had a moral obligation to give back to society.

Andrew Carnegie (November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late-19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history.

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Robert Mayer

German physician and physicist who pioneered the study of thermodynamics

Did you know? He was one of the first scientists to propose the law of conservation of energy.

Julius Robert von Mayer (25 November 1814 – 20 March 1878) was a German physician, chemist, and physicist and one of the founders of thermodynamics.

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Catherine of Braganza

Portuguese princess who became the Queen consort of King Charles II

Did you know? She is widely credited with popularising the custom of tea drinking in the English royal court.

Catherine of Braganza (25 November 1638 – 31 December 1705) was Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from 21 May 1662 to 6 February 1685, through her marriage to Charles II of England. After his death, Catherine returned to Portugal and served as regent for her brother Peter II in 1701, and again in 1704–1705.

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