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André Silva

Portuguese international footballer who plays as a striker

Did you know? He was the youngest player to score a hat-trick for Portugal until the record was later broken.

André Miguel Valente da Silva (European Portuguese:; born 6 November 1995) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Primeira Liga club Porto. An academy graduate of Porto, he impressed during his time with the reserve side before making his debut with the first team in 2015.

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André Schürrle

German footballer who won the 2014 World Cup

Did you know? He provided the cross for Mario Götze to score the winning goal in the World Cup final against Argentina.

André Horst Schürrle (German pronunciation:; born 6 November 1990) is a German former professional footballer who played as a winger or forward. He began his career at Mainz 05 in 2009, spending two years at the club before a £6.5 million transfer to Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

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Emma Stone

American actress who claimed two Best Actress Oscars for La La Land and Poor Things whilst forging collaborations with Yorgos Lanthimos

Emily Jean "Emma" Stone (born November 6, 1988) is an American actress and film producer. Her accolades include two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Volpi Cup, as well as a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award.

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Conchita Wurst

Austrian singer who won the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest

Did you know? The character is a stage persona created by Thomas Neuwirth, who had previously appeared on television in a boy band.

Thomas Neuwirth (born 6 November 1988) is an Austrian singer, actor, media personality and drag queen who is known for his stage persona Conchita Wurst, nicknamed "the queen of Austria". He came to international attention after winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 for Austria with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix".

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Ana Ivanovic

Serbian tennis player who won the 2008 French Open

Did you know? Due to a lack of facilities in Belgrade during the 1990s, she often practised her shots in an empty swimming pool.

Ana Ivanovic (Serbian: Ана Ивановић, romanized: Ana Ivanović; born 6 November 1987) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No.

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Lee Dong-wook

South Korean actor who played the melancholy Grim Reaper in Goblin and a nine-tailed fox in Tale of the Nine Tailed

Did you know? He has also worked as a television host, including a talk show of his own.

Lee Dong-wook (Korean: 이동욱; born 6 November 1981) is a South Korean actor and presenter.

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Rebecca Romijn

American actress known for playing Mystique in the X-Men films

Did you know? Her role as Mystique required her to undergo a transformation process involving body paint and prosthetics that took nearly nine hours to apply.

Rebecca Alie Romijn ( roh-MAYN, Dutch:; formerly Romijn-Stamos; born November 6, 1972) is an American actress and former model. She is known for her roles as Mystique in the X-Men film series (2000–2006; 2011; 2026) and as Una Chin-Riley on Star Trek: Discovery (2019) and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022–present).

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Thandiwe Newton

BAFTA-winning actress known for films such as Crash and Pursuit of Happyness

Did you know? She was the first Black woman to have a lead role in a Star Wars film, appearing in Solo: A Star Wars Story.

Melanie Thandiwe Newton ( TAN-dee-way; born 6 November 1972), formerly credited as Thandie Newton ( TAN-dee), is a British actress. She has received various awards, including a Primetime Emmy and a BAFTA, as well as nominations for two Golden Globes.

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Ethan Hawke

Oscar-nominated actor known for Training Day and the Before trilogy

Did you know? He is also an accomplished novelist and made his literary debut with the 1996 book The Hottest State.

Ethan Green Hawke (born November 6, 1970) is an American actor, author, and filmmaker whose career on both stage and screen has spanned four decades. Known for his versatility across a range of roles and collaborations with director Richard Linklater, he has worked in both independent films and blockbusters.

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Cam Clarke

Voice actor known for Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Did you know? He grew up in a show business family as the son of the glamourous film star Sheila MacRae.

Cam Clarke is an American voice actor, known for his work in animation, video games, and commercials.

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Paul M. Romer

American economist who shared the 2018 Nobel Memorial Prize

Did you know? He served as the Chief Economist of the World Bank before returning to his academic work at New York University.

Paul Michael Romer (born November 7, 1955) is an American economist and policy entrepreneur who is a Seidner University Professor in Finance at Boston College.

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Mango

Italian singer-songwriter known for his unique fusion of musical styles

Did you know? He suffered a fatal heart attack on stage while performing one of his most famous songs.

Giuseppe "Pino" Mango (6 November 1954 – 8 December 2014), better known mononymously as Mango, was an Italian singer-songwriter and musician. He was known for his style, which fuses pop, rock, folk, world music and for his extensive vocal range.

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Glenn Frey

Singer, songwriter and founding member of the Eagles

Did you know? He contributed acoustic guitar and backing vocals to the 1968 hit Ramblin' Gamblin' Man by his friend Bob Seger.

Glenn Lewis Frey (November 6, 1948 – January 18, 2016) was an American musician and songwriter. He was a founding member of the rock band Eagles, for whom he was the co-lead singer and frontman, roles he came to share with fellow member Don Henley, with whom he wrote most of Eagles' material.

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Sally Field

Double Oscar-winning actress known for Norma Rae and Forrest Gump

Did you know? She initially rose to fame on television playing a surfing teenager in Gidget and a flight-capable nun in The Flying Nun.

Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946) is an American actress. Known for her roles on screen and stage, she has received various accolades including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as nominations for two British Academy Film Awards and a Tony Award.

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Mike Nichols

Award-winning director of The Graduate and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Did you know? He is one of a select few people to have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award.

Mike Nichols (born Igor Mikhail Peschkowsky; November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014) was an American film and theatre director and comedian. He worked across a range of genres and had an aptitude for getting the best out of actors regardless of their experience.

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Teizo Takeuchi

Japanese international defender who competed in the 1936 Olympics

Did you know? He was a key member of the Japanese squad that achieved a victory over Sweden at the 1936 Berlin Games.

Teizo Takeuchi (竹内 悌三, Takeuchi Teizō; 6 November 1908 – 12 April 1946) was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

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José Raúl Capablanca

Cuban chess world champion regarded as one of the greatest players

Did you know? He went an entire eight-year period in competitive play without losing a single game of chess.

José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera (19 November 1888 – 8 March 1942) was a Cuban chess player who was the third world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. A chess prodigy, he was widely renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play.

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Robert Musil

Austrian writer best known for his novel The Man Without Qualities

Did you know? He originally trained as a military officer and an engineer before pursuing a career in philosophy and literature.

Robert Mathias Musil (Austrian German:; 6 November 1880 – 15 April 1942) was an Austrian philosophical writer of novels, short stories and plays.

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James Naismith

Canadian-American physical educator who invented the game of basketball

Did you know? He used two peach baskets and a football for the very first game he organised in a gym in Massachusetts.

James Naismith ( NAY-smith; November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939) was a Canadian-American physical educator, physician, Christian chaplain, and sports coach, best known as the inventor of the game of basketball.

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Ignacy Jan Paderewski

Polish pianist, composer and statesman who served as Prime Minister

Did you know? He was so popular as a musician in the United States that his fans' intense enthusiasm was nicknamed "Paddymania" by the press.

Ignacy Jan Paderewski (Polish:; 6 November 1860 – 29 June 1941) was a Polish pianist, composer, philanthropist, and statesman. As a politician and diplomat, Paderewski was vital to securing international recognition of the newly formed Second Polish Republic in 1919.

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Armand Fallières

Statesman who served as President of France from 1906 to 1913

Did you know? He was a vocal opponent of capital punishment and used his presidential powers to commute every death sentence he received.

Clément Armand Fallières (French:; 6 November 1841 – 22 June 1931) was a French statesman who was President of France from 1906 to 1913. Clément Armand Fallières was a symbol of republicanism in the French Third Republic.

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Cesare Lombroso

Italian physician who founded criminal anthropology with his now-discredited theory of the 'born criminal' set out in Criminal Man

Did you know? He believed that criminal tendencies were inherited and could be identified by looking for specific physical traits and facial features.

Cesare Lombroso ( lom-BROH-soh, US also lawm-; Italian:; born Ezechia Marco Lombroso; 6 November 1835 – 19 October 1909) was an Italian eugenicist, criminologist, phrenologist, physician, and founder of the Italian school of criminology.

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Adolphe Sax

Belgian instrument maker who invented the saxophone

Did you know? As a child, he survived several near-death experiences including falling from a height, accidentally drinking sulphuric acid, and nearly drowning in a river.

Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax (French:; 6 November 1814 – 7 February 1894) was a Belgian inventor and musician who invented the saxophone in the early 1840s, patenting it in 1846. He also invented the saxotromba, saxhorn and saxtuba, and redesigned the bass clarinet in a fashion still used in the 21st century.

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Charles II of Spain

Last Habsburg ruler of the Spanish Empire

Did you know? His death without an heir triggered a major European conflict known as the War of the Spanish Succession.

Charles II (6 November 1661 – 1 November 1700) was King of Spain from 1665 to 1700. The last monarch from the House of Habsburg, which had ruled Spain since 1516, his death without children resulted in the 1701 to 1714 War of the Spanish Succession.

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