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Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor

Granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II and daughter of the Duke of Edinburgh

Did you know? She inherited Prince Philip's love of carriage driving and has competed in the sport.

Lady Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor (born 8 November 2003) is a member of the British royal family. She is the elder child and only daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh.

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Jasmine Thompson

English singer who rose from YouTube covers to a UK number two with Felix Jaehn's Ain't Nobody

Did you know? Her cover of Ain't Nobody was used in a Sainsbury's advert.

Jasmine Ying Thompson (born 8 November 2000) is an English singer and songwriter. She began her career at the age of ten by filming herself singing and uploading the videos to YouTube.

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DanTDM

Daniel Robert Middleton (born 8 November 1991), better known as DanTDM (formerly TheDiamondMinecart), is an English YouTuber, video game commentator and author. He is primarily known for his Let's Play gaming videos, but has also ventured into vlogging.

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SZA

St. Louis-born R&B singer whose frank, funny albums Ctrl and SOS made her one of the defining voices of her generation

Did you know? She studied marine biology at university before turning to music.

Solána Imani Rowe (born November 8, 1989), known professionally as SZA ( SIZ-ə), is an American singer-songwriter. Known for her diaristic songwriting and genre explorations, she is regarded as a prominent figure in influencing contemporary R&B music and popularizing alternative R&B.

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Can Yaman

Istanbul-born actor and former lawyer who rose to fame in Erkenci Kuş and became a celebrity in Italy

Did you know? He has become a major star in Italy, where he moved for his acting career.

Can Yaman (Turkish pronunciation:; born 8 November 1989) is a Turkish-Albanian actor. He received a Golden Butterfly Award for Best Actor in a Romantic Comedy in 2018 for his role in Erkenci Kuş as well as Murex d'Or in 2019.

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Aaron Swartz

Computer programmer and activist who helped develop RSS and Reddit

Did you know? He was a primary organiser of the successful campaign to block legislation that threatened to restrict freedom on the internet.

Aaron Hillel Swartz (November 8, 1986 – January 11, 2013), also known as AaronSw, was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer, and Internet hacktivist.

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Blanka Vlašić

Croatian high jumper who won world titles in 2007 and 2009 and Olympic medals in 2008 and 2016

Did you know? She was named after Casablanca, where her father competed.

Blanka Vlašić (Croatian pronunciation:; born 8 November 1983) is a Croatian former track and field athlete who specialised in the high jump. She is a double world champion, an indoor world champion and twice Olympic medallist.

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Joe Cole

English midfielder who won three Premier League titles with Chelsea

Did you know? When he was a schoolboy player, Manchester United reportedly offered ten million pounds to sign him.

Joseph John Cole (born 8 November 1981) is an English professional football coach and former player who played as an attacking midfielder or winger.

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Luís Fabiano

Brazilian striker known for his goalscoring record with Sevilla

Did you know? He was the top scorer at the 2009 Confederations Cup, where his five goals helped Brazil win the tournament.

Luís Fabiano Clemente (born 8 November 1980), commonly known as Luís Fabiano, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker and represented the Brazil national team. Luís Fabiano began his career with Ponte Preta in Brazil in 1998, followed by a short spell with Rennes in France.

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Tara Reid

American actress known for the American Pie films

Did you know? She began her career as a child star appearing in over a hundred television commercials for various famous brands.

Tara Donna Reid (born November 8, 1975) is an American actress. Her film roles established her status as a sex symbol in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

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Masashi Kishimoto

Japanese manga artist and creator of the Naruto series

Did you know? His twin brother, Seishi, is also a professional manga artist who created the series 666 Satan.

Masashi Kishimoto (岸本 斉史, Kishimoto Masashi; born November 8, 1974) is a Japanese manga artist. His manga series, Naruto, which was in serialization from 1999 to 2014, has sold over 250 million copies worldwide in 46 countries as of May 2019.

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Gordon Ramsay

Multi-Michelin-starred British chef and high-profile television personality

Did you know? In his youth, he was a talented footballer and had a trial with the Scottish club Rangers before an injury ended his sporting ambitions.

Gordon James Ramsay (born 8 November 1966) is a British celebrity chef, restaurateur, television presenter and writer. His restaurant group, Gordon Ramsay Restaurants, was founded in 1997 and has been awarded 17 Michelin stars overall and currently holds eight.

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Kazuo Ishiguro

Japanese-born British novelist of The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go who won the Nobel Prize in Literature

Did you know? He originally moved from Japan to Surrey as a child and once worked as a grouse beater for the Queen Mother.

Sir Kazuo Ishiguro (Japanese: 石黒 一雄, Hepburn: Ishiguro Kazuo;; born 8 November 1954) is a Japanese-British novelist, screenwriter, musician, and short-story writer.

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Guus Hiddink

Successful Dutch football manager who coached several national teams

Did you know? He became a national hero in South Korea after leading their team to the semi-finals of the 2002 World Cup.

Guus Hiddink (Dutch pronunciation:; born 8 November 1946) is a Dutch former football manager and professional player. He enjoyed a long career playing as a midfielder in his native Netherlands.

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Virna Lisi

Italian actress who starred in European and Hollywood films

Did you know? She famously turned down the lead role in Barbarella, which was eventually played by Jane Fonda and became a cult classic.

Virna Lisa Pieralisi (Italian:; 8 November 1936 – 18 December 2014), known as just Virna Lisi, was an Italian actress. Her international film appearances included How to Murder Your Wife (1965), Not with My Wife, You Don't!

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Alain Delon

French actor of Purple Noon, Rocco and His Brothers and Le Samouraï, one of European cinema's great leading men

Did you know? Before finding fame on screen, he served as a paratrooper in the French Navy during the First Indochina War.

Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (French:; 8 November 1935 – 18 August 2024) was a French actor, film producer, screenwriter, singer, and businessman.

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Patti Page

Prolific American singer known for her hit song Tennessee Waltz

Did you know? She was one of the first artists to multi-track her own vocals on a record, a technique that eventually became a standard industry practice.

Clara Ann Fowler (November 8, 1927 – January 1, 2013), better known by her stage name Patti Page, was an American singer. Primarily known for pop and country music, she was the top-charting female vocalist and best-selling female artist of the 1950s, selling over 100 million records during a six-decade-long career.

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Jack Kilby

Electrical engineer who helped invent the integrated circuit

Did you know? His work on the microchip earned him a Nobel Prize and was fundamental to the development of the modern computer.

Jack St. Clair Kilby (November 8, 1923 – June 20, 2005) was an American electrical engineer who took part, along with Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor, in the realization of the first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments in 1958.

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Christiaan Barnard

South African surgeon who performed the first human heart transplant

Did you know? After retiring from surgery due to arthritis, he became a successful novelist and wrote several health books.

Christiaan Neethling Barnard (8 November 1922 – 2 September 2001) was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation.

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Mikhail Suslov

Soviet politician and chief ideologist of the Communist Party

Did you know? Despite being one of the most powerful men in the Soviet Union, he lived a modest life and reportedly never raised his salary.

Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov (Russian: Михаи́л Андре́евич Су́слов; 21 November 1902 – 25 January 1982) was a Soviet politician. In addition to serving as the Central Committee's longtime Secretary of Ideology, he held office as Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1965 until his death in 1982.

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Margaret Mitchell

Author of the best-selling historical novel Gone with the Wind

Did you know? She wrote much of her famous book while recovering from a serious ankle injury that left her unable to walk for months.

Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (November 8, 1900 – August 16, 1949) was an American novelist and journalist.

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Dorothy Day

American social activist and co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement

Did you know? In her youth, she lived a bohemian lifestyle and was once arrested for protesting in front of the White House for women's rights.

Dorothy May Day (November 8, 1897 – November 29, 1980) was an American journalist, social activist and anarchist who, after a bohemian youth, became a Catholic. She was perhaps the best-known political radical among American Catholics.

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Prajadhipok

Last absolute monarch of Siam and its first constitutional king

Did you know? He spent his final years living in England and is buried in a cemetery in Surrey.

Prajadhipok, also known as Rama VII (8 November 1893 – 30 May 1941) was the seventh monarch of the Chakri dynasty and the last king of Siam under the absolute monarchy.

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Hermann Rorschach

Swiss psychiatrist who created the psychological inkblot test

Did you know? As a student, his passion for drawing earned him the nickname "Klex," which translates to inkblot in German.

Hermann Rorschach (Swiss Standard German:; 8 November 1884 – 2 April 1922) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. His education in art helped to spur the development of a set of inkblots that were used experimentally to measure various unconscious parts of the subject's personality.

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