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Ruel

Australian singer-songwriter who won the ARIA Breakthrough Artist award at sixteen and released his debut album 4th Wall in 2023

Did you know? He was born in London and moved to Sydney when he was a toddler.

Ruel Vincent van Dijk (born 29 October 2002), known mononymously as Ruel, is an Australian singer and songwriter from Sydney, best known for his singles "Don't Tell Me", "Younger", "As Long as You Care" and "Painkiller".

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Tove Lo

Swedish singer-songwriter famous for the worldwide hit Habits (Stay High) and for writing songs for other pop stars

Did you know? She formed her first band at school with friends in Stockholm.

Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsson (born 29 October 1987), known professionally as Tove Lo ( TOH-və LOH; Swedish:), is a Swedish singer-songwriter. She is known for her raw, grunge-influenced take on pop music.

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Ahmed al-Sharaa

Syrian politician and president of the country since 2025

Did you know? He survived several years in a high-security prison in Iraq before returning to Syria to lead the opposition.

Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa (born 29 October 1982), also known by his former nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Julani, is a Syrian politician and former rebel commander who has served as the president of Syria since 2025.

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Ben Foster

Boston-born character actor famous for intense, volatile roles in 3:10 to Yuma, Hell or High Water and Leave No Trace

Did you know? He played the cyclist Lance Armstrong in the film The Program.

Benjamin A. Foster (born October 29, 1980) is an American actor.

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Alexandre Lopes

Alexandre Paes Lopes (born 29 October 1974) is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a defender. He is the current head coach of Tuna Luso.

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Robert Pires

French footballer who played as a winger for Arsenal

Did you know? He was an essential member of the team that completed an entire Premier League season without a defeat.

Robert Emmanuel Pires (born 29 October 1973) is a French former professional footballer. He is widely regarded as one of Arsenal's greatest ever players and considered by some to be one of the best wingers in the history of the sport.

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Masakiyo Maezono

Japanese footballer who captained the national team at the Olympics

Did you know? After retiring from sport, he became a popular television personality and has worked as a football commentator.

Masakiyo Maezono (前園 真聖, Maezono Masakiyo; born 29 October 1973) is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

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Valdete Idrizi

Valdete Idrizi (born 27 June 1973) is the executive director of the CiviKos platform (in 2017). She was the executive director of the NGO Community-Building Mitrovica, which she founded, and which works for peace and builds community in the Mitrovica region in northern Kosovo.

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Winona Ryder

Award-winning actress known for Beetlejuice and Stranger Things

Did you know? She took her stage name from a soul singer after her father saw an album by Mitch Ryder in their home.

Winona Laura Horowitz ( wi-NOH-nə; born October 29, 1971), known professionally as Winona Ryder, is an American actress. Having come to attention playing "quirky" characters in the late 1980s, she achieved success with her more dramatic performances in the 1990s.

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Edwin van der Sar

Record-breaking Dutch goalkeeper who played for Manchester United and Ajax

Did you know? He is the oldest player to win the Premier League, achieving the feat at the age of forty.

Edwin van der Sar (Dutch pronunciation:; born 29 October 1970) is a Dutch football executive and former player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, he was most recently the chief executive of Eredivisie club Ajax.

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Yahya Sinwar

Palestinian political leader and former head of Hamas in Gaza

Did you know? He spent over two decades in prison, where he became fluent in Hebrew and translated several books into Arabic.

Yahya Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar (Arabic: يحيى إبراهيم حسن السنوار, romanized: Yaḥyá Ibrāhīm Ḥasan as-Sinwār; 29 October 1962 – 16 October 2024) was a Palestinian politician and militant.

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Dmitri Muratov

Nobel Prize-winning Russian journalist and newspaper editor

Did you know? He auctioned off his Nobel Peace Prize medal for over one hundred million dollars to benefit refugees affected by the conflict in Ukraine.

Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov (Russian: Дмитрий Андреевич Муратов; born 29 October 1961) is a Russian journalist, television presenter and the former editor-in-chief of the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta.

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John Magufuli

Tanzanian politician who served as the fifth President of Tanzania

Did you know? Before entering politics, he worked as a secondary school chemistry and mathematics teacher and later earned a PhD in chemistry.

John Pombe Joseph Magufuli (29 October 1959 – 17 March 2021) was a Tanzanian politician who served as the country's fifth president, serving from 2015 until his death in 2021.

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Dan Castellaneta

American actor who has voiced Homer Simpson since 1987, along with Krusty the Clown, Grampa Simpson and Groundskeeper Willie

Did you know? He based Homer's famous 'D'oh!' catchphrase on a grunt used by a character in Laurel and Hardy films.

Daniel Louis Castellaneta ( KAST-ə-lə-NET-ə; born October 29, 1957) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for voicing Homer Simpson on the animated series The Simpsons, as well as other characters on the show such as Grampa Simpson, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, Mayor Quimby, Sideshow Mel, Mr.

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Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah

First female president in the history of Namibia

Did you know? She spent many years in exile during the Namibian War of Independence, receiving military and political training abroad.

Ndemupelila Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (née Nandi; born 29 October 1952), nicknamed NNN, is a Namibian politician who is the fifth and current president of Namibia since 21 March 2025. She is the country's first female president.

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Abdullah Gül

Co-founder of Turkey's AKP who served as prime minister and foreign minister and was President of Turkey from 2007 to 2014

Did you know? He spent time living in the United Kingdom during the late 1970s while undertaking postgraduate studies at the University of Exeter.

Abdullah Gül (born 29 October 1950) is a Turkish politician who served as the president of Turkey from 2007 to 2014. He previously served for four months as Prime Minister from 2002 to 2003, and concurrently served as both Deputy Prime Minister and as Foreign Minister between 2003 and 2007.

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Richard Dreyfuss

Oscar-winning actor known for Jaws and The Goodbye Girl

Did you know? He once held the record for being the youngest person ever to win the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Richard Stephen Dreyfuss ( DRY-fəs; né Dreyfus; born October 29, 1947) is an American actor. He emerged from the New Hollywood wave of American cinema, finding fame with a succession of leading man parts in the 1970s.

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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Harvard-trained economist who became President of Liberia, Africa's first elected female head of state, and a Nobel Peace laureate

Did you know? She was a joint recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for her non-violent struggle for the safety of women.

Ellen Eugenia Johnson Sirleaf (née Johnson; born 29 October 1938) is a Liberian politician who served as the 24th president of Liberia from 2006 to 2018. Sirleaf was the first elected female head of state in Africa.

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Isao Takahata

Co-founder of Studio Ghibli and director of Grave of the Fireflies

Did you know? Unlike most animation directors, he never actually learned how to draw before starting his career in the industry.

Isao Takahata (高畑 勲, Takahata Isao; October 29, 1935 – April 5, 2018) was a Japanese director, screenwriter and producer. A co-founder of Studio Ghibli, he earned international critical acclaim for his work as a director of Japanese animated feature films.

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Evgeny Primakov

Former Prime Minister of Russia and diplomat

Did you know? He famously ordered his plane to turn back while flying to America after learning that NATO had started bombing Yugoslavia.

Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov (Russian pronunciation:; 29 October 1929 – 26 June 2015) was a Russian politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Russia from 1998 to 1999.

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Necmettin Erbakan

Former Prime Minister of Turkey and leader of the Islamist movement

Did you know? Before entering politics, he was a professor of mechanical engineering and worked on tank designs for the German military.

Necmettin Erbakan (29 October 1926 – 27 February 2011) was a Turkish politician and political theorist who served as the 23rd prime minister of Turkey from 1996 to 1997.

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Baruj Benacerraf

Nobel Prize-winning immunologist who discovered immune system genes

Did you know? He shared his Nobel Prize for work explaining why some people are genetically more resistant to certain diseases than others.

Baruj Benacerraf Lasry (October 29, 1920 – August 2, 2011) was a Venezuelan immunologist, who shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the "discovery of the major histocompatibility complex genes which encode cell surface protein molecules important for the immune system's distinction between self and…

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A. J. Ayer

British philosopher who popularised logical positivism in the UK

Did you know? During the Second World War, he served as a member of the intelligence service MI6 and was stationed in Paris and New York.

Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer ( AIR; 29 October 1910 – 27 June 1989) was an English philosopher who became professionally established through his exposition of major theses of logical positivism in Language, Truth, and Logic (1936).

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Joseph Goebbels

Nazi propaganda minister who controlled German media and culture, spread antisemitic hatred and killed himself in Hitler's bunker

Did you know? Before joining the Nazi Party, he earned a doctorate in literature and philosophy from Heidelberg University.

Paul Joseph Goebbels (29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German politician and philologist who was the Gauleiter (district leader) of Berlin, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and then Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.

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