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Trent Alexander-Arnold

England and Liverpool footballer known for his creative passing and crossing

Did you know? He is an avid chess player and once competed in a match against the world champion Magnus Carlsen.

Trent John Alexander-Arnold (born 7 October 1998), sometimes known mononymously as Trent, is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back or midfielder for La Liga club Real Madrid and the England national team.

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Lewis Capaldi

Glasgow singer-songwriter whose ballad Someone You Loved topped the US chart and became one of the most-streamed songs ever

Did you know? He is known for his self-deprecating humour on social media.

Lewis Marc Capaldi (born 7 October 1996) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. In March 2019, his single "Someone You Loved" (2018) topped the UK Singles Chart where it remained for seven weeks and in November 2019, it reached No.

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Lopamudra Raut

Lopamudra Raut (born 7 October 1995) is an Indian actress and beauty pageant titleholder who represented India at Miss United Continents 2016, where she finished as second runner-up. In 2016, Raut participated in Bigg Boss 10, and emerged as the second runner-up.

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Lay

Chinese singer and dancer from EXO who became a solo star and talent show mentor in China

Did you know? He chose the name Lay after a character in the drama Meteor Garden.

Zhang Yixing (born Zhang Jiashuai; (1991-10-07)October 7, 1991), known professionally as Lay Zhang or simply Lay, is a Chinese singer and actor.

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Diego Costa

Professional footballer known for his physical style of play

Did you know? Despite being born in Brazil, he chose to represent Spain at international level and played for them in two World Cups.

Diego da Silva Costa (Spanish:, Brazilian Portuguese:; born 7 October 1988) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Brazil, he played for the Spain national team.

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Jermain Defoe

Prolific English striker who played for Tottenham and England

Did you know? He was awarded an OBE for his charity work and his widely publicised friendship with a young mascot who had terminal cancer.

Jermain Colin Defoe OBE (born 7 October 1982) is an English football coach and former professional player. He was most recently the manager of National League club Woking.

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Gilberto Silva

Brazilian defensive midfielder who played for Arsenal and Brazil

Did you know? He was an integral part of the famous Arsenal squad that finished the 2003-04 Premier League season without a single defeat.

Gilberto Aparecido da Silva (Brazilian Portuguese:; born 7 October 1976) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, most notably for Brazilian side Atlético Mineiro and for English Premier League club Arsenal, as well as for the Brazil national team.

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Charlotte Perrelli

Swedish singer and television host who won the Eurovision Song Contest

Did you know? She is one of the few artists to have won the Swedish Melodifestivalen competition on two separate occasions.

Anna Jenny Charlotte Perrelli (Swedish:; née Nilsson; born 7 October 1974), known until 2003 by her maiden name, is a Swedish singer and television host. Under her maiden name, she won the Melodifestivalen 1999 and subsequently the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven".

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Hideto Suzuki

Japanese international footballer and Olympic bronze medallist

Did you know? He remained loyal to a single club for his entire professional playing career, making over three hundred appearances for Jubilo Iwata.

Hideto Suzuki (鈴木 秀人, Suzuki Hideto; born 7 October 1974) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

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Dida

Brazilian goalkeeper who won the World Cup and Champions League

Did you know? He was the first Brazilian goalkeeper to be nominated for the Ballon d'Or during his successful time with AC Milan.

Nélson de Jesus Silva (born 7 October 1973), better known simply as Dida (Brazilian Portuguese:), is a Brazilian former football goalkeeper and goalkeeping coach. He started his senior club career in Brazil in the early 1990s with Vitória before moving to Cruzeiro and Corinthians.

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Sami Hyypiä

Finnish defender who won the Champions League with Liverpool

Did you know? He made over three hundred appearances in the Premier League and famously never received a red card during his time at Anfield.

Sami Tuomas Hyypiä (Finnish pronunciation:; born 7 October 1973) is a Finnish professional football manager and a former player who played as a centre-back. Hyypiä began his playing career with Ykkönen side Kumu and soon moved to Veikkausliiga outfit MyPa.

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Yoshihiro Natsuka

Japanese football manager and former defender for the national team

Did you know? He represented his country at the 1995 King Fahd Cup, which was the tournament that later became the FIFA Confederations Cup.

Yoshihiro Natsuka (名塚 善寛, Natsuka Yoshihiro) is a Japanese football manager and former player. Natsuka was born in Funabashi on October 7, 1969.

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Thom Yorke

Singer and main songwriter for the alternative rock band Radiohead

Did you know? He was born with his left eye fused shut and underwent five operations by the time he was six years old.

Thomas Edward Yorke (born 7 October 1968) is an English musician who is the singer and main songwriter of the rock band Radiohead. He plays guitar, bass, keyboards and other instruments, and is noted for his wide vocal range.

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María Corina Machado

Venezuelan opposition leader and former member of the National Assembly

Did you know? She originally trained as an industrial engineer and specialised in finance before entering the political arena.

María Corina Machado Parisca (born 7 October 1967) is a Venezuelan politician, engineer, activist, and prominent leader of the opposition to the administrations of Hugo Chávez, Nicolás Maduro, and Delcy Rodríguez.

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Toni Braxton

American R&B singer known for the hit Un-Break My Heart

Did you know? A songwriter discovered her while she was singing to herself while pumping petrol at a service station.

Toni Michele Braxton (born October 7, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and television personality. Braxton has won seven Grammy Awards, nine Billboard Music Awards, seven American Music Awards, and numerous other accolades.

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Simon Cowell

Television producer and talent judge on shows like The X Factor

Did you know? One of his first jobs in the music industry was working in the mailroom at EMI Music Publishing.

Simon Phillip Cowell (born 7 October 1959) is an English television personality, record executive, businessman, and producer.

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Yo-Yo Ma

Acclaimed American cellist who has won over twenty Grammy Awards

Did you know? He once accidentally left his rare 18th-century cello, valued at millions of dollars, in the boot of a New York taxi.

Yo-Yo Ma (born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born to Chinese parents in Paris, he was regarded as a child prodigy, and began to study the cello with his father at age four.

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Vladimir Putin

Former KGB officer who has dominated Russian politics since 2000 as president and prime minister, and launched the 2022 invasion of Ukraine

Did you know? He holds a black belt in judo and has co-authored a book about the history and technique of the martial art.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, having previously served from 2000 to 2008. Putin also served as Prime Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012.

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Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete

Former President of Tanzania who served two terms

Did you know? He served as the country's longest-running foreign minister for a decade before being elected to the presidency.

Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (born 7 October 1950) is a Tanzanian politician who was the fourth president of Tanzania, in office from 2005 to 2015. Prior to his election as president, he was the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 2005 under his predecessor, Benjamin Mkapa.

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Catharine MacKinnon

Catharine Alice MacKinnon (born October 7, 1946) is an American feminist legal scholar, activist, and author. She is the Elizabeth A. Long Professor Emerita of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, where she has been tenured since 1990, and the James Barr Ames Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.

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Harry Kroto

Nobel Prize-winning chemist who co-discovered the buckyball molecule

Did you know? He was a talented graphic designer who created several book covers and logos throughout his academic career.

Sir Harold Walter Kroto (born Harold Walter Krotoschiner; 7 October 1939 – 30 April 2016) was an English chemist. He shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley for their discovery of fullerenes.

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Ulrike Meinhof

Co-founder of the West German militant group the Red Army Faction

Did you know? Before turning to radical militancy, she was a highly respected journalist and the editor of a prominent left-wing monthly magazine.

Ulrike Marie Meinhof (German pronunciation:; 7 October 1934 – 9 May 1976) was a German left-wing militant, journalist, author and founding member of the Red Army Faction (RAF) in West Germany, commonly referred to in the press as the "Baader-Meinhof gang". She is the reputed author of The Urban Guerilla Concept (1971).

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Desmond Tutu

South African Anglican archbishop who campaigned against apartheid, won the Nobel Peace Prize and chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Did you know? He is credited with popularising the term Rainbow Nation to describe the multicultural diversity of post-apartheid South Africa.

Desmond Mpilo Tutu (7 October 1931 – 26 December 2021) was a South African Anglican bishop and theologian, known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist.

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R. D. Laing

Scottish psychiatrist who challenged traditional views on mental illness

Did you know? He established Kingsley Hall, an experimental community where patients and staff lived together as equals without using conventional medical treatments.

Ronald David Laing (7 October 1927 – 23 August 1989) was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illness, particularly psychosis and schizophrenia. Politically, Laing was regarded as a thinker of the New Left.

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