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Leonor, Princess of Asturias

Heir presumptive to the Spanish throne

Did you know? In 2023, she began a three-year stint of military training to prepare for her future role as head of Spain's armed forces.

Leonor, Princess of Asturias (Leonor de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Ortiz; born 31 October 2005) is the heir presumptive to the Spanish throne. She is the elder daughter of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia.

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Ansu Fati

Record-breaking professional footballer for Spain and Barcelona

Did you know? He became the youngest player to ever score for the Spanish national team when he found the net against Ukraine aged seventeen.

Anssumane "Ansu" Fati Vieira (born 31 October 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a left winger or forward for Ligue 1 club Monaco. Born in Guinea-Bissau, he played for the Spain national team.

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Willow Smith

American singer and actress known for her hit single Whip My Hair

Did you know? She was only nine years old when she became the youngest artist ever to sign with Jay-Z's record label.

Willow Camille Reign Smith (born October 31, 2000), known mononymously as Willow, is an American musician and actress. After early beginnings as a child actress, she signed with Jay-Z's Roc Nation in 2010, becoming the label's youngest artist.

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Marcus Rashford

Manchester United and England footballer known for his social activism

Did you know? He received an MBE for his successful campaign to provide free school meals to vulnerable children during the national holidays.

Marcus Rashford (born 31 October 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team. A product of the Manchester United youth system, Rashford joined the club at the age of seven.

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Kengo Nakamura

Japanese footballer and long-serving Kawasaki Frontale midfielder

Did you know? He spent his entire eighteen-year professional career with the same club, becoming a local sporting legend.

Kengo Nakamura (中村 憲剛, Nakamura Kengo; born 31 October 1980) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Marco van Basten

Accomplished Dutch striker and three-time Ballon d'Or winner

Did you know? Despite his incredible career, a recurring ankle injury forced him to retire from professional football at the age of only twenty-eight.

Marcel "Marco" van Basten (Dutch pronunciation:; born 31 October 1964) is a Dutch former football manager and player who played as a striker for Ajax and AC Milan, as well as the Netherlands national team.

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Dunga

Former Brazilian footballer who captained his country to World Cup victory

Did you know? His nickname was given to him by his uncle after the Portuguese name for the character Dopey from Snow White.

Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri (born 31 October 1963), commonly known as Dunga (Portuguese pronunciation:), is a Brazilian football manager and former professional player.

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Rob Schneider

American comic actor and former Saturday Night Live cast member

Did you know? He is the father of the successful singer-songwriter Elle King, who is known for her hit single Ex's & Oh's.

Robert Michael Schneider ( SHNY-dər; born October 31, 1963) is an American actor and comedian. He rose to prominence as a cast member on NBC's Saturday Night Live (1990–1994), where he earned three Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

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Peter Jackson

New Zealand filmmaker who directed The Lord of the Rings trilogy

Did you know? He is a passionate historian and collector of First World War memorabilia, including a significant fleet of vintage fighter planes.

Sir Peter Robert Jackson (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand filmmaker, entrepreneur and visual effects pioneer.

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Reza Pahlavi

Former Crown Prince and eldest son of the last Shah of Iran

Did you know? He is a qualified jet fighter pilot and once served in the Imperial Iranian Air Force before the revolution.

Reza Pahlavi (born 31 October 1960) is an Iranian political activist and the former Crown Prince of Iran. He is the eldest son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Pahlavi Shah of Iran, and his wife, Empress Farah.

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Jadav Payeng

Jadav "Molai" Payeng (born 31 October 1959) is a forest conservationist from Majuli, in the Indian state of Assam. He is popularly known as the Forest Man of India.

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Zaha Hadid

Pritzker Prize-winning architect known for her futuristic curved designs

Did you know? She was the first woman to be awarded the Royal Gold Medal for architecture in her own right.

Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid (Arabic: زهاء حديد, romanized: Zahā' Ḥadīd; 31 October 1950 – 31 March 2016) was an Iraqi and British architect, artist, and designer. She is recognised as a key figure in the architecture of the late-20th and early-21st centuries.

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Herman Van Rompuy

Herman Achille, Count Van Rompuy (Dutch:; born 31 October 1947) is a Belgian politician who served as Prime Minister of Belgium from 2008 to 2009, and later as the first permanent president of the European Council from 2009 to 2014.

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David Ogden Stiers

Actor known for the television series M*A*S*H

Did you know? He was a talented musician who guest-conducted more than seventy different orchestras across North America during his lifetime.

David Allen Ogden Stiers ( STY-ərz; October 31, 1942 – March 3, 2018) was an American actor and conductor. He appeared in numerous productions on Broadway, and originated the role of Feldman in The Magic Show, in 1974.

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Michael Collins

Astronaut who orbited the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission

Did you know? He was the only person on the mission who did not walk on the lunar surface, remaining alone in the command module.

Michael Collins (October 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021) was an American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969 while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, made the first crewed landing on the surface. He was also a test pilot and major general in the U.S.

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Bud Spencer

Italian actor famous for spaghetti Westerns and action comedies

Did you know? Before finding fame on screen, he was an elite swimmer who became the first Italian to break the one-minute barrier in freestyle.

Bud Spencer (born Carlo Pedersoli; 31 October 1929 – 27 June 2016) was an Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player. He was known for action-comedy and spaghetti Western roles with his long-time film partner and friend Terence Hill.

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John Pople

Nobel-winning chemist who developed computer models for molecular structures

Did you know? He moved to the United States to work because British universities lacked the computing power he needed.

Sir John Anthony Pople (31 October 1925 – 15 March 2004) was a British theoretical chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Walter Kohn in 1998 for his development of computational methods in quantum chemistry.

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Lee Grant

Academy Award-winning actress who was blacklisted during the Cold War

Did you know? She was unable to find work in film or television for over a decade after refusing to testify against her husband.

Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal; October 31, during the mid-1920s) is an American actress, documentarian, and director. In a career spanning over eight decades, she won an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Directors Guild of America Award, in addition to nominations for five Golden Globe Awards.

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Norodom Sihanouk

King of Cambodia who led his country through various regimes

Did you know? Aside from politics, he was a prolific filmmaker who wrote, directed and starred in numerous feature films.

Norodom Sihanouk (31 October 1922 – 15 October 2012) was King, Chief of State and Prime Minister of Cambodia. He is known as Samdech Euv (meaning "King Father") or by his nickname The Pink Prince.

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Fritz Walter

Captain of West Germany's 1954 World Cup winning team

Did you know? He spent his entire career at his hometown club, famously turning down huge offers to play for teams abroad.

Friedrich "Fritz" Walter (German:; 31 October 1920 – 17 June 2002) was a German footballer who spent his entire senior career at 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

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Chiang Kai-shek

Nationalist leader who ruled the Republic of China, fought Japan and the Communists, and retreated to Taiwan in 1949

Did you know? After his forces were defeated on the mainland, he moved his government to Taiwan and remained its president until his death.

Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975) was a Chinese military commander, revolutionary, and statesman who was President of the Republic of China from 1948 to 1975 and the head of the Nationalist government from 1925 to 1948.

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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

First Deputy Prime Minister of India who unified the country

Did you know? He is commemorated by the Statue of Unity in Gujarat, which is currently the tallest statue in the world.

Vallabhbhai Patel (31 October 1875 – 15 December 1950), commonly known as Sardar Patel, was a Gandhian Indian independence activist, lawyer and statesman who served as the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of India from 1947 to 1950.

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Adolf von Baeyer

German chemist who first synthesised indigo dye

Did you know? He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on organic dyes, including the first successful synthesis of plant-based indigo.

Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer (German:; 31 October 1835, Berlin – 20 August 1917, Starnberg) was a German chemist who synthesized indigo and developed a nomenclature for cyclic compounds (that was subsequently extended and adopted as part of the IUPAC organic nomenclature).

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Karl Weierstraß

German mathematician widely regarded as the father of modern mathematical analysis

Did you know? Before becoming a famous professor, he spent several years working as a secondary school teacher in small towns.

Karl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass (German: Weierstraß; 31 October 1815 – 19 February 1897) was a German mathematician often cited as the "father of modern analysis".

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