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Park Yeon-mi

North Korean defector and author of the bestselling memoir In Order to Live, now a high-profile activist

Did you know? She went on to study at Columbia University in New York.

Yeonmi Park (Korean: 박연미; born October 4, 1993) is an American conservative activist and author. Born in North Korea, she defected from the country and was described by The Washington Post as "one of the most famous North Korean defectors in the world".

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Rupi Kaur

Indian-born Canadian poet whose Milk and Honey made her the leading star of Instagram poetry

Did you know? She illustrates her own books with simple line drawings.

Rupi Kaur (Punjabi: ਰੂਪੀ ਕੌਰ; born 4 October 1992) is an Indian-Canadian poet, illustrator, photographer, and author. Born in Punjab, India, Kaur immigrated to Canada at a young age with her family.

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Khagendra Thapa Magar

Khagendra Thapa Magar (Nepali: खगेन्द्र थापामगर) (4 October 1992 – 17 January 2020) was a Nepali once known as the shortest man in the world, measuring 0.67 m (2 ft 2 in). Magar, who was a primordial dwarf, won the title of shortest man from Edward Niño Hernández.

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Dakota Johnson

American actress known for starring in the Fifty Shades film series

Did you know? She is the daughter of actors Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson, and her grandmother is the famous Hitchcock actress Tippi Hedren.

Dakota Mayi Johnson (born October 4, 1989) is an American actress. Her accolades include nominations for a British Academy Film Award and a Critics' Choice Award.

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Derrick Rose

Basketball player who became the youngest NBA Most Valuable Player

Did you know? He was so highly rated as a young prospect that he was selected first overall in the draft by his hometown team, the Chicago Bulls.

Derrick Martell Rose (born October 4, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player. He played one year of college basketball for the Memphis Tigers before being drafted first overall by his hometown Chicago Bulls in the 2008 NBA draft.

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Tomáš Rosický

Former Czech footballer who captained his national team and played for Arsenal

Did you know? He earned the nickname "The Little Mozart" due to his perceived ability to orchestrate the play on the football pitch.

Tomáš Rosický (Czech pronunciation:; born 4 October 1980) is a Czech former professional footballer who was the captain of the Czech Republic national team for a ten-year period. He played club football for Sparta Prague, Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal.

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Alicia Silverstone

American actress who starred in the comedy film Clueless

Did you know? She first gained major public attention after appearing in three music videos for the rock band Aerosmith during the 1990s.

Alicia Silverstone ( ə-LEE-see-ə; born October 4, 1976) is an American actress.

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Liev Schreiber

American actor known for Ray Donovan and various Shakespearean roles

Did you know? He has provided the narration for dozens of sports documentaries and television programmes, including many for HBO's 24/7 series.

Isaac Liev Schreiber ( LEE-ev SHRY-bər; born October 4, 1967) is an American actor. He has received several accolades including a Tony Award as well as nominations for nine Primetime Emmy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards.

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Manasi Pradhan

Manasi Pradhan (born 4 October 1962) is an Indian women's rights activist and author. She is the founder of Honour for Women National Campaign, a nationwide movement to end violence against women in India.

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Christoph Waltz

Oscar-winning actor known for Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained

Did you know? He is fluent in German, French and English, often providing his own voice dubbing for the international releases of his films.

Christoph Waltz (German:; born 4 October 1956) is an Austrian and German actor. Waltz gained international recognition for his portrayal of villainous and supporting roles in English-language films.

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Linda McMahon

Linda Marie McMahon ( mək-MAN; née Edwards; born October 4, 1948) is an American administrator, business executive and former professional wrestling executive who has served as the 13th United States secretary of education since 2025.

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Susan Sarandon

Oscar-winning actress known for Thelma & Louise and Dead Man Walking

Did you know? She is a dedicated table tennis fan and co-founded a chain of social ping-pong clubs.

Susan Abigail Sarandon ( sə-RAN-dən; née Tomalin; born October 4, 1946) is an American actor.

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Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir

Former Prime Minister of Iceland and first openly gay head of government

Did you know? Before entering the world of politics, she worked as a flight attendant for Loftleiðir and was a prominent member of the trade union movement.

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (Icelandic pronunciation:; born 4 October 1942) is an Icelandic politician, who served as prime minister of Iceland from 2009 to 2013. She was Iceland's first female prime minister and the first openly LGBTQ head of government in the world.

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Anne Rice

American novelist whose Vampire Chronicles, beginning with Interview with the Vampire, turned the vampire into a brooding romantic antihero

Did you know? She was born with the male name Howard and chose to change it to Anne on her first day of school.

Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien; October 4, 1941 – December 11, 2021) was an American author of Gothic fiction, erotic literature, and Bible fiction. She is best known for writing The Vampire Chronicles.

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Kurt Wüthrich

Nobel Prize-winning chemist who developed NMR methods for proteins

Did you know? His techniques allowed scientists to see the three-dimensional structures of biological molecules while they were in a solution.

Kurt Wüthrich (born 4 October 1938 in Aarberg, Canton of Bern) is a Swiss chemist/biophysicist and Nobel Chemistry laureate, known for developing nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods for studying biological macromolecules.

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Alvin Toffler

American futurist author known for the influential book Future Shock

Did you know? Before becoming a famous writer, he spent five years working on factory assembly lines to better understand industrial society.

Alvin Eugene Toffler (October 4, 1928 – June 27, 2016) was an American writer, futurist, and businessman known for his works discussing modern technologies, including the digital revolution and the communication revolution, with emphasis on their effects on cultures worldwide.

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Charlton Heston

Actor renowned for starring in Hollywood epics such as Ben-Hur

Did you know? He was a prominent civil rights supporter who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. long before becoming a gun rights advocate.

Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter; October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor and political activist. He gained stardom for his leading man roles in numerous Hollywood films including biblical epics, historical drama films, science-fiction films, and action films.

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Kenichi Fukui

Nobel Prize-winning chemist who studied the mechanics of reactions

Did you know? He was the first person from East Asia to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his theoretical work.

Kenichi Fukui (福井 謙一, Fukui Ken'ichi; October 4, 1918 – January 9, 1998) was a Japanese chemist. He became the first person of East Asian ancestry to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry when he won the 1981 prize with Roald Hoffmann, for their independent investigations into the mechanisms of chemical reactions.

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Ernst Kaltenbrunner

High-ranking SS official and major perpetrator of the Holocaust

Did you know? He was the highest-ranking member of the SS to be executed following the trials held at Nuremberg.

Ernst Kaltenbrunner (4 October 1903 – 16 October 1946) was an Austrian lawyer, high-ranking SS official during the Nazi era, major perpetrator of the Holocaust, and convicted war criminal.

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Buster Keaton

Silent film star known for his deadpan expression and physical stunts

Did you know? He earned his nickname from Harry Houdini after falling down a flight of stairs as a small child without getting hurt.

Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is best known for his silent films, in which he performed physical comedy and inventive stunts.

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Richard Sorge

German journalist and highly successful Soviet military intelligence officer

Did you know? Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, described him as the most formidable spy in history.

Richard Gustavovich Sorge (Russian: Рихард Густавович Зорге, romanized: Rikhard Gustavovich Zorge; 4 October 1895 – 7 November 1944) was a German journalist and Soviet military intelligence officer who was active before and during World War II and worked undercover as a German journalist in both Nazi Germany and the…

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Engelbert Dollfuss

Austrian Chancellor who established a nationalist dictatorship during the 1930s

Did you know? Standing at less than five feet tall, he was frequently nicknamed the "Millimetternich" by his political opponents.

Engelbert Dollfuss (alternatively Dollfuß; 4 October 1892 – 25 July 1934) was an Austrian politician and dictator who served as chancellor of Austria between 1932 and 1934.

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Rutherford B. Hayes

19th US President who won the disputed 1876 election and ended Reconstruction by withdrawing federal troops from the South

Did you know? He was the first president to have a telephone installed in the White House, although it was rarely used at the time.

Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was the 19th president of the United States, serving from 1877 to 1881. He served as Cincinnati's city solicitor from 1858 to 1861 and was known as a staunch abolitionist who defended refugee slaves in court proceedings.

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Jean-François Millet

French painter noted for his realistic depictions of peasant farmers

Did you know? His famous painting The Angelus was once the most expensive artwork in the world after selling for a record price in the late 1800s.

Jean-François Millet (French pronunciation:; 4 October 1814 – 20 January 1875) was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France. Millet is noted for his paintings of peasant farmers and can be categorized as part of the Realism art movement.

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