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Rita Ora

British pop singer and actress with multiple number one hits

Did you know? Her family moved from Kosovo to London when she was an infant to escape the regional conflict.

Rita Sahatçiu Ora (Albanian:; née Sahatçiu; born 26 November 1990) is a British singer, songwriter, television personality, and actress. Born in Pristina, modern-day Kosovo, she rose to prominence when she featured on DJ Fresh's 2012 single "Hot Right Now", which topped the UK singles chart.

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Danny Welbeck

English international footballer who played for Manchester United and Arsenal

Did you know? He was eligible to play for Ghana through his parents but chose to represent England at the international level.

Daniel Nii Tackie Mensah Welbeck (born 26 November 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Chelsea. Welbeck made his way through the youth teams at Manchester United before making his senior debut in 2008 and scoring in the process.

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Shū Kurata

Japanese international midfielder who has played mostly for Gamba Osaka

Did you know? He has spent almost his entire professional career with the same club, only briefly leaving for short loan spells in his younger years.

Shu Kurata (倉田 秋, Kurata Shū; born November 26, 1988) is a Japanese international football player currently playing for Gamba Osaka in the J1 League. His regular playing position is an attacking midfielder or a winger.

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DJ Khaled

American record producer and radio personality

Did you know? He worked at a New Orleans record store called Odyssey Records where he met future stars Birdman and Lil Wayne.

Khaled Mohammed Khaled (born November 26, 1975), known professionally as DJ Khaled, is an American DJ, rapper, and record producer.

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Keiji Kaimoto

Japanese defender who played for Nagoya Grampus and the national team

Did you know? During his professional career, he played alongside his younger brother, Kojiro, at both Nagoya Grampus Eight and Albirex Niigata.

Keiji Kaimoto (海本 慶治, Kaimoto Keiji; born November 26, 1972) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

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Akira Narahashi

Japanese footballer who played as a defender for Kashima Antlers

Did you know? He represented his country at their first ever FIFA World Cup appearance during the tournament held in France in 1998.

Akira Narahashi (名良橋 晃, Narahashi Akira; born November 26, 1971) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He earned 38 caps for the Japan national team between 1994 and 2003, including three games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

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Satoshi Miyauchi

Japanese international footballer who later coached the national women's team

Did you know? He spent his entire playing career with the club Furukawa Electric, which was the predecessor to modern Japanese side JEF United Chiba.

Satoshi Miyauchi (宮内 聡, Miyauchi Satoshi; born November 26, 1959) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

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Velupillai Prabhakaran

Founder and leader of the Tamil Tigers

Did you know? He was rarely seen in public and directed his military operations from hidden bases deep within the jungle.

Velupillai Prabhakaran (26 November 1954 – 18 May 2009) was an Eelam Tamil nationalist, revolutionary and guerrilla leader. A major figure of Tamil nationalism, he founded and led the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

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Ilona Staller

Hungarian-Italian adult film star who served in the Italian parliament

Did you know? She was the first adult film star in the world to be elected to a national parliament.

Ilona Anna Staller (born 26 November 1951), known by her stage name Cicciolina, is a Hungarian-Italian former porn star, politician, and singer. Staller gained fame in the early 1970s through her radio show Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?

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Elizabeth Blackburn

Nobel Prize-winning biologist who researched telomeres and ageing

Did you know? She was the first Australian woman to receive a Nobel Prize and served as president of the Salk Institute.

Elizabeth Helen Blackburn (born 26 November 1948) is an Australian–American Nobel laureate who is the former president of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. In 1984, Blackburn co-discovered telomerase, the enzyme that replenishes the telomere, with Carol W. Greider.

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Marilynne Robinson

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of novels including Gilead and Housekeeping

Did you know? In 2015, she was interviewed by President Barack Obama for a special feature in the New York Review of Books.

Marilynne Summers Robinson (born November 26, 1943) is an American novelist and essayist. Across her writing career, Robinson has received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2005, National Humanities Medal in 2012, and the 2016 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction.

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Tina Turner

American-born singer known as the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll, star of Proud Mary and What's Love Got to Do with It

Did you know? She relinquished her American citizenship in the 2010s to become a citizen of Switzerland, where she lived for many years.

Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023) was a singer, songwriter, actress and author. Dubbed the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", she broke both racial and gender barriers in rock music with her vocal prowess and stage presence.

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Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Fifth Prime Minister of Malaysia who focused on agricultural development

Did you know? He was often affectionately referred to as Pak Lah, a name reflecting his approachable and grandfatherly public image.

Abdullah bin Ahmad Badawi (Jawi: عبد الله بن احمد بدوي, Malay pronunciation:; 26 November 1939 – 14 April 2025), also known as Pak Lah, was a Malaysian politician and civil servant who served as the fifth prime minister of Malaysia from 2003 to 2009.

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Adolfo Pérez Esquivel

Nobel Peace Prize winner and Argentine human rights activist

Did you know? He is a trained sculptor and architect whose monuments dedicated to peace can be found in several cities across the world.

Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (born 26 November 1931) is an Argentine activist, community organizer, painter, writer and sculptor.

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Charles M. Schulz

Cartoonist and creator of the influential comic strip Peanuts

Did you know? The character of Snoopy was inspired by a black and white dog he owned as a teenager named Spike.

Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz ( SHULZ; November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000) was an American cartoonist who created the comic strip Peanuts, featuring the characters Charlie Brown and Snoopy. Schulz was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and developed an interest in drawing while growing up in Saint Paul.

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Frederik Pohl

Science fiction author and editor known for The Space Merchants

Did you know? He began his career as a literary agent and represented famous authors such as Isaac Asimov.

Frederik George Pohl Jr. (November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was an American science-fiction writer, editor, and fan, with a career spanning nearly 75 years—from his first published work, the 1937 poem "Elegy to a Dead Satellite: Luna", to the 2011 novel All the Lives He Led.

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Eugène Ionesco

French-Romanian playwright and key figure of Theatre of the Absurd

Did you know? He was inspired to write his first play after trying to learn English using a book that featured nonsensical, repetitive dialogue.

Eugène Ionesco (French:; born Eugen Ionescu, Romanian:; 26 November 1909 – 28 March 1994) was a Romanian-French playwright who wrote mostly in French, and was one of the foremost figures of the French avant-garde theatre in the 20th century.

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Karl Ziegler

German chemist who revolutionised the production of plastics

Did you know? His Nobel Prize-winning work led to the creation of high-density polyethylene, a material now used in millions of everyday plastic items.

Karl Waldemar Ziegler (German:; 26 November 1898 – 12 August 1973) was a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963, with Giulio Natta, for work on polymers. The Nobel Committee recognized his "excellent work on organometallic compounds...led to new polymerization reactions and...

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Norbert Wiener

Mathematician and philosopher who founded the field of cybernetics

Did you know? He was a child prodigy who earned his doctorate from Harvard University when he was just eighteen years old.

Norbert Wiener (November 26, 1894 – March 18, 1964) was an American computer scientist, mathematician, and philosopher. He became a professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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Heinrich Brüning

Chancellor of Germany during the final years of the Weimar Republic

Did you know? Following his political career, he moved to the United States and became a professor of government at Harvard University.

Heinrich Aloysius Maria Elisabeth Brüning (pronounced; 26 November 1885 – 30 March 1970) was a German Centre Party politician and academic, who served as the chancellor of Germany during the Weimar Republic from 1930 to 1932.

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Maud of Wales

British princess who became the first Queen of modern Norway

Did you know? An accomplished sportswoman and expert horse rider, she never lost her English accent despite living in Norway for over thirty years.

Maud of Wales (Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria; 26 November 1869 – 20 November 1938) was Queen of Norway from 18 November 1905 until her death in 1938 as the wife of King Haakon VII.

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Aurel Stein

Archaeologist known for his explorations along the Silk Road

Did you know? During an expedition in China, he discovered the world's oldest dated printed book, a copy of the Diamond Sutra.

Sir Marc Aurel Stein (Hungarian: Stein Márk Aurél; 26 November 1862 – 26 October 1943) was a Hungarian-born British archaeologist, primarily known for his explorations and archaeological discoveries in Central Asia. He was also a professor at Indian universities.

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Ferdinand de Saussure

Swiss linguist whose Course in General Linguistics founded structuralism and the modern study of signs

Did you know? His most famous work was compiled by his colleagues and published after his death, using notes taken by his students during his lectures.

Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure (French:; 26 November 1857 – 22 February 1913) was a Swiss linguist, semiotician and philosopher. His ideas laid a foundation for many significant developments in both linguistics and semiotics in the 20th century.

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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)

Danish princess who became the Empress of Russia

Did you know? She was the sister of Queen Alexandra, who was the wife of the British King Edward VII.

Maria Feodorovna (Russian: Мария Фёдоровна; 26 November 1847 – 13 October 1928), known as Princess Dagmar of Denmark before her marriage, was Empress of Russia from 1881 to 1894 as the wife of Emperor Alexander III. She was the fourth child and second daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel.

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