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Dayot Upamecano

Professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bayern Munich

Did you know? He suffered from a severe stutter as a child and used speech therapy to gain the confidence needed to lead on the pitch.

Dayotchanculle Oswald Upamecano (French:; born 27 October 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the France national team.

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Kurt Zouma

French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back

Did you know? His middle name is Happy, which his parents chose after watching a Jean-Claude Van Damme action film.

Kurt Happy Zouma (born 27 October 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Palm City FC in the UAE First Division League. Zouma began his career at Saint-Étienne, making his professional debut aged 16, and going on to win the Coupe de la Ligue with the club in 2013.

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Stephan El Shaarawy

Italian footballer who plays for Roma and the national team

Did you know? He earned his nickname, The Pharaoh, because his father is from Egypt.

Stephan Kareem El Shaarawy (Arabic: ستيفان كريم الشعراوي; born 27 October 1992) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Serie A club Genoa and the Italy national team. He is nicknamed Il Faraone (The Pharaoh), as his father is Egyptian.

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Danijel Subašić

Croatian goalkeeper who helped his country reach a World Cup final

Did you know? During every game, he wore a t-shirt under his jersey featuring a photograph of a former teammate who died after collapsing on the pitch.

Danijel Subašić (born 27 October 1984) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently works as the goalkeeping coach of the Croatia national team.

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Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ

Turkish actor and former Best Model of the World winner who became a superstar across the Arab world through Gümüş

Did you know? Before modelling and acting he played professional basketball in Turkey.

Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ (Turkish pronunciation:; born 27 October 1983) is a Turkish actor, model, and former basketball player.

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Volkan Demirel

Long-serving goalkeeper for Fenerbahçe and the Turkish national team

Did you know? He made over 500 appearances for Fenerbahçe and helped Turkey reach the semi-finals of the 2008 European Championship.

Volkan Demirel (Turkish:; born 27 October 1981) is a Turkish football coach, pundit and former international goalkeeper. He last managed Süper Lig club Gençlerbirliği.

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Jenni Väänänen

Jenni Väänänen (née Dahlman, from 2004 to 2014 Dahlman-Räikkönen; born 27 October 1981) is a Finnish model and winner of the 2001 Miss Scandinavia contest.

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Leyla Hussein

Leyla Hussein (Somali: Leyla Xuseen) is a Somali-born British psychotherapist and social activist. She is the founder of Dahlia project, one of the co-founders of the Daughters of Eve non-profit organisation and a Chief Executive of Hawa's Haven.

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Vanessa-Mae

British violinist famous for blending classical music with pop styles

Did you know? She competed as an alpine skier for Thailand at the 2014 Winter Olympics under her father's surname, Vanakorn.

Vanessa-Mae (Chinese: 陈美; pinyin: Chén Měi; born 27 October 1978), also called Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, is a Singaporean-born British violinist and skier with Thai heritage from her father.

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Marla Maples

American actress and television personality

Did you know? She once appeared on a Broadway stage, playing the role of Roxie Hart in the long-running musical Chicago.

Marla Ann Maples (born October 27, 1963) is an American actress, television host, singer and model. She was the second wife of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States.

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Roberto Benigni

Italian actor and director of the Oscar-winning Life Is Beautiful

Did you know? After winning his Academy Award, he famously climbed over the seats in the theatre to reach the stage in excitement.

Roberto Remigio Benigni ( bə-NEE-nyee, Italian:; born 27 October 1952) is an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film director.

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Francis Fukuyama

Political scientist known for his book The End of History

Did you know? Outside of his academic career, he is a skilled photographer and has a passion for high-end furniture making.

Francis Yoshihiro Fukuyama (born October 27, 1952) is an American political scientist, political economist, and international relations scholar.

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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Former metalworker and union leader who has served three terms as President of Brazil, leading the Workers' Party

Did you know? He worked as a shoe-shine boy and street vendor to support his family before becoming a professional metalworker.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (born Luiz Inácio da Silva; 27 October 1945), known mononymously as Lula, is a Brazilian politician, trade unionist and former metalworker who has served as president of Brazil since 2023 and from 2003 to 2011. He is a member of the Workers' Party.

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John Cleese

Comedian and actor who co-founded Monty Python and Fawlty Towers

Did you know? He declined a CBE in the 1990s and later turned down a life peerage because it required staying in London.

John Marwood Cleese ( KLEEZ; born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and television presenter. Emerging from the Cambridge Footlights in the 1960s, he first achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report (1966–1967).

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Sylvia Plath

American poet of Ariel and author of the novel The Bell Jar, who won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize

Did you know? She was a gifted scholar who won a Fulbright Scholarship to study at Newnham College, Cambridge, in the United Kingdom.

Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet and author. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and her works include The Colossus and Other Poems (1960), Ariel (1965), and The Bell Jar (1963), a semi-autobiographical novel published one month before her suicide.

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Nawal El Saadawi

Egyptian doctor, feminist and author of Woman at Point Zero

Did you know? She wrote her memoirs on a roll of toilet paper using a smuggled eyebrow pencil while imprisoned for her political views.

Nawal El Saadawi (Arabic: نوال السعداوي, ALA-LC: Nawāl as-Saʿdāwī; 27 October 1931 – 21 March 2021) was an Egyptian feminist writer, activist, physician, and psychiatrist.

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Roy Lichtenstein

Pop artist known for comic book style paintings and Ben-Day dots

Did you know? Before his art career took off, he worked in varied roles including as a window dresser and an industrial designer.

Roy Fox Lichtenstein ( LIK-tən-STYN; October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) was an American artist. A leading figure of the Pop Art movement, he is best known for his large-scale paintings inspired by comic books, advertisements, and mass-produced imagery.

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K. R. Narayanan

First person from the Dalit community to serve as President of India

Did you know? Before entering politics, he worked as a journalist and interviewed Mahatma Gandhi whilst working for The Hindu newspaper.

Kocheril Raman Narayanan (27 October 1920 – 9 November 2005) was an Indian diplomat, academician, and statesman who served as the president of India from 1997 to 2002 and vice president of India from 1992 to 1997.

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Teresa Wright

Academy Award-winning actress from the Golden Age of Hollywood

Did you know? She is the only performer to receive Oscar nominations for each of her first three film appearances.

Muriel Teresa Wright (October 27, 1918 – March 6, 2005) was an American actress. She won the 1942 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Carol Beldon in Mrs.

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Dylan Thomas

Welsh poet who wrote Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

Did you know? He recorded many of his works for the BBC, but his career was cut short when he died during a tour of America.

Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer, whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion", as well as the "play for voices" Under Milk Wood.

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Fritz Sauckel

Nazi politician responsible for the wartime forced labour system

Did you know? He was one of the high-ranking officials convicted of crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg trials.

Ernst Friedrich Christoph Sauckel (27 October 1894 – 16 October 1946) was a German Nazi politician and convicted war criminal.

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Theodore Roosevelt

26th US President, Rough Rider and conservationist who created national parks and won the Nobel Peace Prize

Did you know? He survived an assassination attempt during a speech and continued talking for over an hour with a bullet lodged in his chest.

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.

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Giovanni Giolitti

Italian statesman who served as Prime Minister five times

Did you know? He was a master of the political tactic known as trasformismo, which involved building flexible, centrist coalitions to maintain power.

Giovanni Giolitti (Italian pronunciation:; 27 October 1842 – 17 July 1928) was an Italian statesman who was the prime minister of Italy five times between 1892 and 1921. He is the longest-serving democratically elected prime minister in Italian history, and the second-longest serving overall after Benito Mussolini.

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Ilia Chavchavadze

Writer and politician who led the revival of Georgian nationalism

Did you know? Regarded as the Father of the Fatherland in Georgia, he was later canonised as a saint by the Georgian Orthodox Church.

Tavadi (Prince) Ilia Chavchavadze (Georgian: ილია ჭავჭავაძე; 8 November 1837 – 12 September 1907) was a Georgian journalist, publisher, writer and poet who spearheaded the revival of Georgian nationalism during the second half of the 19th century in the period of Tsarist rule.

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