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Urfi Javed

Uorfi Javed (born Urfi; 15 October 1997), better known as Urfi Javed, is an Indian model, media personality and television actress who primarily works in hindi television. Known for her unique fashion sense and social media presence, Javed has also been described as famous for being famous.

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Mesut Özil

German playmaker who won the 2014 World Cup, La Liga with Real Madrid and four FA Cups during his years at Arsenal

Did you know? He is a third-generation Turkish-German and famously retired from international football citing the unfair treatment he received due to his dual heritage.

Mesut Özil (German pronunciation:, Turkish:; born 15 October 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Known for his ball control, technical skills, creativity, passing skills, and vision, he is widely regarded as one of the best midfielders of his generation.

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David Trezeguet

French striker who won the World Cup and European Championship

Did you know? He is best remembered for scoring the golden goal that won the Euro 2000 final for France.

David Sergio Trezeguet (French:, Spanish:; born 15 October 1977) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker.

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Denys Shmyhal

Prime Minister of Ukraine during the 2022 Russian invasion

Did you know? He holds a doctorate in economics and previously worked in several senior regional government roles before entering national politics.

Denys Anatoliiovych Shmyhal (born 15 October 1975) is a Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur who served as the 18th prime minister of Ukraine from 2020 to 2025.

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Niko Kovač

Professional football manager and former captain of the Croatian national team

Did you know? Despite his long international career with Croatia, he was actually born and raised in West Berlin.

Niko Kovač (Croatian pronunciation:; born 15 October 1971) is a professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund.

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Andy Cole

Premier League striker known for his time at Manchester United

Did you know? He is one of the highest goalscorers in Premier League history despite never scoring a single goal from a penalty.

Andrew Alexander Cole (born 15 October 1971) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. His professional career lasted from 1988 to 2008, and is mostly remembered for his time with Manchester United, who paid a British record transfer fee to sign him from Newcastle United.

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Biljana Srbljanović

Biljana Srbljanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Биљана Србљановић, pronounced; born 15 October 1970) is a Serbian playwright and university professor. She has written eleven theater plays and screenplay for Otvorena vrata television series that aired on Radio Television of Serbia during the mid-1990s.

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Didier Deschamps

French football manager who won the World Cup

Did you know? He is one of only three men to win the FIFA World Cup as both a player and a manager.

Didier Claude Deschamps (French:; born 15 October 1968), popularly known as Dédé, is a French professional football manager and former player. He played as a defensive midfielder for several clubs in France, Italy, England and Spain, namely Marseille, Juventus, Chelsea and Valencia, as well as Nantes and Bordeaux.

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Sarah Ferguson

Former member of the British royal family and author

Did you know? Since her divorce from Prince Andrew, she has written several children’s books and produced a historical drama film about Queen Victoria.

Sarah Margaret Ferguson (born 15 October 1959), formerly Sarah, Duchess of York, and commonly known as Fergie, is a British author, spokesperson, and television personality.

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Vahid Halilhodžić

Bosnian football manager and former international striker

Did you know? He is the first manager in history to guide four different national teams to qualification for the World Cup finals.

Vahid Halilhodžić (Bosnian pronunciation:; born 15 October 1952) is a Bosnian former professional football manager and former player.

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Sali Berisha

First non-communist President of Albania and former Prime Minister

Did you know? Before entering politics, he was a distinguished heart surgeon and served as a professor of cardiology at the University of Tirana.

Sali Berisha (Albanian:; born 15 October 1944) is an Albanian politician and retired cardiologist who served as the President of Albania from 1992 to 1997 and as the 32nd prime minister of Albania from 2005 to 2013. Berisha has served as chairman of the Democratic Party of Albania since 2022.

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David Trimble

First Minister of Northern Ireland and Nobel Peace Prize winner

Did you know? He spent much of his early career as a law professor at Queen's University Belfast before entering full-time politics.

William David Trimble, Baron Trimble (15 October 1944 – 25 July 2022) was a Northern Irish statesman and politician who was the inaugural First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002 and leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) from 1995 to 2005.

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Penny Marshall

Director of hit films including Big and A League of Their Own

Did you know? She became the first female director to helm a movie that grossed over one hundred million dollars at the US box office.

Carole Penny Marshall (October 15, 1943 – December 17, 2018) was an American actress, film director, and producer.

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Fela Kuti

Nigerian musician and activist who pioneered the Afrobeat genre

Did you know? He once married 27 women in a single ceremony to mark the anniversary of a government raid on his compound.

Fela Aníkúlápó Kútì ( FEH-lə KOO-tee; Yoruba:; born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti; 15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997) was a Nigerian musician and political activist. He is regarded as the principal innovator of Afrobeat, a Nigerian music genre that combines West African music with American funk and jazz.

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Aerospace scientist who served as President of India

Did you know? Known as the Missile Man of India, he played a leading role in developing the nation's civilian space programme.

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam ( UB-duul kə-LAHM; 15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015) was an Indian aerospace engineer and science administrator who served as president of India from 2002 to 2007.

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Milorad Pavić

Serbian author best known for the novel Dictionary of the Khazars

Did you know? His most famous work is written as an encyclopaedia and is designed to be read in any sequence.

Milorad Pavić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милорад Павић, pronounced; 15 October 1929 – 30 November 2009) was a Serbian writer, university professor, translator, literary historian and academic.

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Michel Foucault

French philosopher of Discipline and Punish and The History of Sexuality who analysed how power and knowledge shape society

Did you know? He frequently visited the United States to lecture and became a popular figure at the University of California, Berkeley.

Paul-Michel Foucault, known as Michel Foucault, (UK: FOO-koh, US: foo-KOH; French:; 15 October 1926 – 25 June 1984) was a French philosopher, literary critic, and historian of ideas who analyzed the relationships between power, knowledge, and liberty, and how they are used as a form of social control through…

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Mario Puzo

Author and screenwriter best known for The Godfather

Did you know? Despite writing one of the most famous crime novels ever, he claimed he had never met a real gangster before publishing it.

Mario Francis Puzo (Italian:; October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author and screenwriter. He wrote crime novels about the Italian-American Mafia and Sicilian Mafia, most notably The Godfather (1969), which he later co-adapted into a film trilogy directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

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Mohammed Zahir Shah

Last King of Afghanistan who reigned from 1933 until 1973

Did you know? After nearly thirty years of exile in Italy, he returned to his homeland in 2002 and was given the title Father of the Nation.

Mohammad Zahir Shah (15 October 1914 – 23 July 2007) was the last king of Afghanistan, reigning from 8 November 1933 until he was deposed on 17 July 1973. Ruling for almost 40 years, Zahir Shah was the longest-serving ruler of Afghanistan since the foundation of the Durrani Empire in the 18th century.

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John Kenneth Galbraith

Canadian-American economist, public official, and influential author

Did you know? Standing at nearly seven feet tall, he served as the United States Ambassador to India under President John F. Kennedy.

John Kenneth Galbraith (October 15, 1908 – April 29, 2006), also known as J. K. Galbraith or Ken Galbraith, was a Canadian-American economist, diplomat, public official, and intellectual. His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through the 2000s.

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Moshe Sharett

First Foreign Minister and second Prime Minister of Israel

Did you know? He was a gifted linguist who was fluent in eight languages including Arabic and Turkish.

Moshe Sharett (Hebrew: משה שרת; born Moshe Chertok (משה שרתוק); 15 October 1894 – 7 July 1965) was an Israeli politician who was Prime Minister of Israel from 1954 to 1955 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1948 to 1956.

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P. G. Wodehouse

Humorous English author who created the characters Jeeves and Wooster

Did you know? He was a prolific lyricist for musical theatre, contributing to over thirty shows including collaborations with Jerome Kern and Cole Porter.

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse ( WUUD-howss; 15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) was an English writer and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century.

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Friedrich Nietzsche

German philosopher who declared that God is dead and wrote Thus Spoke Zarathustra, developing ideas of the Übermensch and will to power

Did you know? He became a full professor at a Swiss university when he was only twenty-four years old.

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher and writer who started his career as a classical philologist and turned to philosophy early in his academic career. In 1869, at age 24, he was appointed Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Basel.

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Asaph Hall

American astronomer who discovered the two moons of Mars

Did you know? He named the moons Phobos and Deimos after the characters in Greek mythology who accompany the god of war into battle.

Asaph Hall III (October 15, 1829 – November 22, 1907) was an American astronomer who is best known for having discovered the two moons of Mars, Deimos and Phobos, in 1877. He determined the orbits of satellites of other planets and of double stars, the rotation of Saturn, and the mass of Mars.

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