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Hadise

Turkish-Belgian singer known for her pop music and television work

Did you know? She represented Turkey in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest and finished in fourth place with the song Dum Tek Tek.

Hadise Açıkgöz (born 21 October 1985) is a Belgian-born Turkish singer, songwriter, dancer and television personality. Born and raised in Belgium, her family is of Lezgin-Kumyk origin who settled in Sivas, Turkey.

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Rebecca Ferguson

Swedish actress known for the Mission: Impossible and Dune films

Did you know? She began her career in a Swedish soap opera before being personally selected by Tom Cruise for her breakout Hollywood role.

Rebecca Louisa Ferguson Sundström (Swedish:; born 19 October 1983) is a Swedish actress. Known for her roles on film and television, she is the recipient of several accolades, including a Saturn Award and two Critics' Choice Super Awards, in addition to nominations for a Golden Globe and a Critics' Choice Movie Award.

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Heikki Kovalainen

Finnish racing driver who won the 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix

Did you know? He is one of only a few drivers to have won a Formula One race while driving for the McLaren team.

Heikki Johannes Kovalainen (Finnish pronunciation:; born 19 October 1981) is a Finnish racing and rally driver, who competed in Formula One from 2007 to 2013. Kovalainen won the 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix with McLaren.

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Pedro Castillo

Former President of Peru and trade union leader

Did you know? He worked as a primary school teacher in the rural Andes for over two decades before entering politics.

José Pedro Castillo Terrones (Latin American Spanish:; born 19 October 1969) is a Peruvian politician, former elementary school teacher, and union leader who served as the president of Peru from 28 July 2021 until he was removed from office after attempting a self-coup on 7 December 2022.

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Trey Parker

Co-creator of the animated series South Park and Book of Mormon

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

Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, and songwriter. Born in Conifer, Colorado, Parker studied film and Japanese at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he met his creative partner Matt Stone.

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Hibatullah Akhundzada

Supreme leader of the Taliban and ruler of Afghanistan

Did you know? He is rarely seen in public and very few authenticated photographs of him are known to exist.

Hibatullah Akhundzada (born 20 October 1967) is an Afghan politician and cleric who is serving as the supreme leader of Afghanistan under the Taliban government. He has led the Taliban since 2016, and came to power with its victory over U.S.-backed forces in the 2001–2021 war.

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Jon Favreau

Director and actor known for Iron Man and The Mandalorian

Did you know? Before becoming a major director, he worked as a cleaner at an investment bank and performed in an improv comedy troupe.

Jonathan Kolia Favreau ( FAV-roh; born October 19, 1966) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received numerous accolades including an Emmy Award and two Saturn Awards.

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Evander Holyfield

World champion boxer in the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions

Did you know? He is the only boxer in history to win the undisputed world championship in two different weight classes.

Evander Holyfield (born October 19, 1962) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1984 and 2011.

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Takeshi Koshida

Former Japanese international defender and current football technical director

Did you know? During his playing days, he was part of the Nissan Motors team that dominated Japanese domestic football in the late 1980s.

Takeshi Koshida (越田 剛史, Koshida Takeshi; born October 19, 1960) is a Japanese football manager and former footballer. He is the technical director of Vietnam national football team and Vietnam women's national football team.

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Hiromi Hara

Striker who played for Mitsubishi Motors and the Japanese national team

Did you know? He earned the nickname "The Asian Nuclear Warhead" because of his dominance in the air and prolific scoring record for Japan.

Hiromi Hara (原 博実, Hara Hiromi; born October 19, 1958) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

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Wang Yi

Senior Chinese diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs

Did you know? He is known for his extensive experience in Asian affairs and previously served as China's ambassador to Japan.

Wang Yi (Chinese: 王毅; pinyin: Wáng Yì; born 19 October 1953) is a Chinese diplomat and politician who is the director of the Central Committee Foreign Affairs Commission Office of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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Victoria Tauli-Corpuz

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz is a Filipino development consultant and an international indigenous activist of Kankana-ey Igorot ethnicity. From 2014 to 2020, she served as the third United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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Philip Pullman

English author best known for the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials

Did you know? He worked as a middle school teacher in Oxford for many years before writing his most famous books.

Sir Philip Nicholas Outram Pullman (born 19 October 1946) is an English writer. He is best known for the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials.

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John Lithgow

Award-winning American actor known for 3rd Rock from the Sun

Did you know? He is an accomplished author of children's books and has also performed in numerous Broadway musicals.

John Arthur Lithgow ( LITH-goh; born October 19, 1945) is an American actor. He studied at Harvard University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before becoming known for his diverse work on stage and screen.

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Angus Deaton

Nobel Prize-winning economist known for his work on poverty

Did you know? He was knighted for his services to economics and international affairs in 2016.

Sir Angus Stewart Deaton (born 19 October 1945) is a British-American economist and academic. Deaton is a Senior Scholar and the Dwight D.

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Divine

Harris Glenn Milstead (October 19, 1945 – March 7, 1988), better known by the stage name Divine, was an American actor, singer and drag queen.

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Peter Tosh

Reggae singer and founding member of the Wailers

Did you know? An expert unicyclist, he was known to ride his one-wheeled cycle around backstage and even onto the stage during performances.

Peter Tosh (born Winston Hubert McIntosh; 19 October 1944 – 11 September 1987) was a Jamaican musician and reggae singer.

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Michael Gambon

Sir Michael John Gambon ( GAM-bon; 19 October 1940 – 27 September 2023) was an Irish-English actor. Gambon started his acting career with Laurence Olivier as one of the original members of the Royal National Theatre.

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John le Carré

British author of espionage thrillers including Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Did you know? He drew on his real-life experiences working for both MI5 and MI6 to write his realistic spy thrillers.

David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 1931 – 12 December 2020), known by his pen name John le Carré ( lə-KARR-ay), was an English author. Many of his espionage novels have been adapted for film or television.

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Gunnar Nordahl

Swedish footballer who was a prolific goalscorer for AC Milan

Did you know? He remains one of the highest scorers in the history of Italian football and won the league's top scorer title five times.

Nils Gunnar Nordahl (Swedish pronunciation:; 19 October 1921 – 15 September 1995) was a Swedish professional footballer.

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Jean Dausset

Nobel Prize-winning immunologist who discovered the HLA gene system

Did you know? He used the money from his Nobel Prize to establish a major research centre in Paris focused on human genomics.

Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel-Joachim Dausset (19 October 1916 – 6 June 2009) was a French immunologist born in Toulouse, France.

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Henri Troyat

Prolific French writer and biographer of great Russian historical figures

Did you know? He was born in Moscow but fled to France with his family during the Russian Revolution as a young child.

Henri Troyat (born Lev Aslanovich Tarasov; 1 November 1911 – 2 March 2007) was a Russian-French writer, biographer, historian, and novelist.

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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist who studied the evolution of stars

Did you know? He was only 19 years old when he calculated the maximum mass of a white dwarf star while travelling by ship to England.

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (19 October 1910 – 21 August 1995) was an Indian-American astrophysicist.

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Miguel Ángel Asturias

Nobel Prize-winning Guatemalan author and diplomat

Did you know? He spent much of his adult life living in exile from his home country because of his opposition to dictatorships.

Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales (Spanish:; 19 October 1899 – 9 June 1974) was a Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright and journalist. Winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1967, his work helped bring attention to the importance of indigenous cultures, especially those of his native Guatemala.

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