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Gemma Chan

British actress who starred in Humans and the Marvel Universe

Did you know? She earned a law degree from Oxford University and turned down a job at a top firm to attend drama school instead.

Gemma Chan (born 29 November 1982) is a British actress and model. A graduate of Worcester College, Oxford, Chan began acting during the late 2000s, making her film debut in 2009.

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Chun Jung-myung

South Korean actor known for the drama Cinderella's Sister

Did you know? He earned the nickname "The Devil Teacher" while serving his mandatory military duty due to his strictness as a training instructor.

Chun Jung-myung (Korean: 천정명, born November 29, 1980) is a South Korean actor. Chun made his break into the entertainment industry in the KBS teen drama School 2 (1999).

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The Game

West Coast rapper and actor who rose to fame with G-Unit

Did you know? He chose his stage name as a tribute to his grandmother, who gave him the nickname as he was always game for anything.

Jayceon Terrell Taylor (born November 29, 1979), better known by his stage name The Game or simply Game, is an American rapper and actor. Born in Compton, California, he initially released a series of mixtapes under the wing of fellow West Coast rapper JT the Bigga Figga.

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Chadwick Boseman

Actor best known for playing Black Panther in the Marvel films

Did you know? He portrayed several real-life figures, including Jackie Robinson and James Brown, before achieving worldwide fame as a superhero.

Chadwick Aaron Boseman (November 29, 1976 – August 28, 2020) was an American actor and playwright.

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Anna Faris

Comedic actress who starred in the Scary Movie film series

Did you know? Beyond her acting career, she hosts a popular podcast called Unqualified where she interviews celebrities and offers relationship advice.

Anna Kay Faris ( AH-nə FARR-is; born November 29, 1976) is an American actress, comedian, producer, writer, podcaster, and author. She rose to prominence for her comedic roles, particularly the lead part of Cindy Campbell in the Scary Movie films (2000–present).

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Ryan Giggs

Manchester United footballer who won thirteen Premier League titles

Did you know? As a teenager, he captained England Schoolboys before choosing to represent Wales at the senior international level.

Ryan Joseph Giggs (né Wilson; born 29 November 1973) is a Welsh football coach, co-owner of Salford City, and former player who played as a left midfielder or winger.

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Don Cheadle

Versatile actor known for Hotel Rwanda and the Marvel films

Did you know? He is an accomplished jazz musician who played the saxophone for years and later portrayed Miles Davis on screen.

Donald Frank Cheadle Jr. (CHEE-dəl; born November 29, 1964) is an American actor.

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John Mahama

Ghanaian politician who served as President of the Republic of Ghana

Did you know? He is a published author whose memoir explores the history of Ghana through the lens of his own childhood and family life.

John Dramani Mahama (born 29 November 1958) is a Ghanaian politician who has been the president of the Republic of Ghana since January 2025. A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), he previously served as president from 2012 to 2017.

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Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

President of Somalia and prominent political leader

Did you know? He was the first Somali leader to win a second term as president after serving a previous stint in office.

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (Somali: Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud; Arabic: حسن شيخ محمود, romanized: Ḥasan Shaykh Muḥamūd; born 29 November 1955) is a Somali politician who is serving as president of Somalia since 2022, his presidency being disputed since 2026. He previously held the office from 2012 to 2017.

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Garry Shandling

Comedian and actor who created and starred in The Larry Sanders Show

Did you know? Before finding fame as a performer, he wrote scripts for popular 1970s sitcoms including Sanford and Son and Welcome Back, Kotter.

Garry Emmanuel Shandling (November 29, 1949 – March 24, 2016) was an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer. Shandling began his career writing for sitcoms, such as Sanford and Son and Welcome Back, Kotter.

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Jacques Chirac

French president who opposed the Iraq invasion, acknowledged Vichy collaboration in deporting Jews, and ended military conscription

Jacques René Chirac (UK:, US:; French:; 29 November 1932 – 26 September 2019) was President of France from 1995 to 2007. He was previously Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and 1986 to 1988, as well as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.

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Beji Caid Essebsi

First democratically elected President of Tunisia

Did you know? He was the world's oldest sitting president for a time, taking office when he was already in his late eighties.

Beji Caid Essebsi (or es-Sebsi; Arabic: الباجي قائد السبسي, romanized: al-Bājī Qā’id as-Sibsī,; 29 November 1926 – 25 July 2019) was a Tunisian politician who served as the fourth president of Tunisia from 2014 until his death in 2019.

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Vasily Grossman

Soviet journalist and author of the epic novel Life and Fate

Did you know? During the Second World War, he spent three years as a front-line correspondent for the Red Army newspaper, reporting from the Battle of Stalingrad.

Vasily Semyonovich Grossman (Russian: Васи́лий Семёнович Гро́ссман; 12 December 1905 – 14 September 1964) was a Soviet writer and journalist.

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Emma Morano

Italian supercentenarian who was once the world's oldest living person

Did you know? She was believed to be the last living person born in the 1800s and credited her long life to eating raw eggs.

Emma Martina Luigia Morano (29 November 1899 – 15 April 2017) was an Italian supercentenarian. She was the world's oldest living person from 13 May 2016 until her death on 15 April 2017, aged 117 years and 137 days.

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C. S. Lewis

Northern Irish scholar and writer of The Chronicles of Narnia and Christian works such as Mere Christianity

Did you know? He was a member of the Inklings, an informal literary group at Oxford University that also included J.R.R. Tolkien.

Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British author, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Magdalen College, Oxford (1925–1954), and Magdalene College, Cambridge (1954–1963).

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António Egas Moniz

Portuguese neurologist who won the Nobel Prize for medicine

Did you know? He was once shot several times in his office by a patient, an event that left him partially paralysed for the rest of his life.

António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz (29 November 1874 – 13 December 1955), known as simply Egas Moniz, was a Portuguese neurologist and the developer of cerebral angiography.

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Georgi Plekhanov

Revolutionary thinker often called the father of Russian Marxism

Did you know? Despite his revolutionary roots, he strongly opposed the Bolshevik seizure of power during the Russian Revolution in 1917.

Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov (Russian: Георгий Валентинович Плеханов; 11 December 1856 – 30 May 1918) was a Russian Marxist theorist, philosopher, and revolutionary.

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Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg

German Chancellor who led the country during World War I

Did you know? He was a career diplomat who initially tried to improve relations with Britain before the outbreak of the Great War.

Theobald Theodor Friedrich Alfred von Bethmann Hollweg (29 November 1856 – 1 January 1921) was a German politician who was imperial chancellor of the German Empire from 1909 to 1917. He oversaw the German entry into World War I and played a key role during its first three years.

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Empress Dowager Cixi

Powerful regent who effectively ruled China for nearly fifty years

Did you know? She first arrived at the imperial court as a low-ranking concubine before rising to become the most powerful woman in China.

Empress Dowager Cixi (Mandarin pronunciation:; 29 November 1835 – 15 November 1908) was a Manchu noblewoman of the Yehe Nara clan who periodically controlled the government of the late Qing dynasty as empress dowager and regent from 1861 until her death in 1908.

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Louisa May Alcott

American novelist of Little Women, based on her own family, who also served as a Civil War nurse

Did you know? She served as a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War and wrote about her experiences in a series of sketches.

Louisa May Alcott ( AWL-kət; November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known for writing the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Good Wives (1869), Little Men (1871), and Jo's Boys (1886).

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Jean-Martin Charcot

Influential French neurologist often called the founder of modern neurology

Did you know? His lectures in Paris were so famous that they were attended by the likes of Sigmund Freud and various members of the public.

Jean-Martin Charcot (French:; 29 November 1825 – 16 August 1893) was a French neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology. He worked on groundbreaking work about hypnosis and hysteria, in particular with his hysteria patient Louise Augustine Gleizes.

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Christian Doppler

Physicist who discovered how relative motion affects wave frequency

Did you know? His namesake principle explains why the pitch of a siren sounds higher as an ambulance approaches and lower as it passes.

Christian Andreas Doppler (German:; 29 November 1803 – 17 March 1853) was an Austrian mathematician and physicist. He formulated the principle – now known as the Doppler effect – that the observed frequency of a wave depends on the relative speed of the source and the observer.

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Wilhelm Hauff

German writer of fairy tales and historical novels

Did you know? He died at the age of twenty-four, yet he left behind a significant collection of stories that remain popular today.

Wilhelm Hauff (29 November 1802 – 18 November 1827) was a German poet and novelist known for his stories and novels.

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Gaetano Donizetti

Italian composer known for operas like Lucia di Lammermoor

Did you know? He was incredibly prolific, once completing the entire score for a three-act opera in less than ten days.

Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer of the early Romantic era, best known for his over 70 operas.

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