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Razan al-Najjar

Rouzan Ashraf Abdul Qadir al-Najjar (Arabic: روزان أشراف عبد القادر النجار Rouzān 'Ashrāf 'Abd al-Qādir an-Najjār; 13 September 1997 – 1 June 2018) was a Palestinian paramedic who was killed by the Israeli military while volunteering as a medic during the 2018 Gaza border protests.

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Playboi Carti

Atlanta rapper and Opium label founder whose experimental albums Whole Lotta Red and Music both topped the US chart

Did you know? He founded the record label Opium, which signed artists including Ken Carson and Destroy Lonely.

Jordan Terrell Carter (born September 13, 1995 or 1996), known professionally as Playboi Carti, is an American rapper. Known for his eccentric vocal style and fashion, he is considered one of the most influential figures in modern hip-hop and a pioneer of the rage microgenre.

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Niall Horan

Irish singer and member of the global boy band One Direction

Did you know? He is an avid golfer and established a golf management company to help support up-and-coming players in the sport.

Niall James Horan ( NY-əl HAW-rən; born 13 September 1993) is an Irish singer, songwriter, musician, and multi-instrumentalist. He rose to prominence as a member of the boy band One Direction, formed in 2010 on the singing competition The X Factor.

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Thomas Müller

German footballer and World Cup winner known for tactical intelligence

Did you know? He is famous for his unconventional playing style and describes his own role on the pitch as a Raumdeuter, or space interpreter.

Thomas Müller (German pronunciation:; born 13 September 1989) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Major League Soccer club Vancouver Whitecaps. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation.

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Fabio Cannavaro

World Cup-winning captain and Italian defensive footballer

Did you know? He remains the only specialist defender to have ever been named the FIFA World Player of the Year.

Fabio Cannavaro (Italian pronunciation:; born 13 September 1973) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of the Uzbekistan national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest defenders of all time.

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Goran Ivanišević

Croatian tennis player and former Wimbledon singles champion

Did you know? He is the only player in the history of the tournament to win the men's singles title as a wild card entry.

Goran Ivanišević (Croatian pronunciation:; born 13 September 1971) is a Croatian former professional tennis player and current coach. He was ranked world No.

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Dave Mustaine

Lead singer and guitarist of the heavy metal band Megadeth

Did you know? He was an original member of Metallica but was fired from the band shortly before they recorded their first album.

David Scott Mustaine (born September 13, 1961) is an American musician. He is the co-founder, frontman, primary songwriter and sole consistent member of the thrash metal band Megadeth and was the lead guitarist of Metallica from 1981 to 1983.

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Bongbong Marcos

President of the Philippines and son of Ferdinand Marcos

Did you know? He spent several years living in exile in Hawaii following his father's removal from power.

Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr. (born September 13, 1957), commonly referred to by the initials BBM or PBBM, is a Filipino politician who has served as the 17th president of the Philippines since 2022.

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Alain Ducasse

Alain Ducasse (French:; born 13 September 1956) is a French-born Monégasque chef. He operates a number of restaurants, including Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, which holds three stars (the top rating) in the Michelin Guide.

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Salva Kiir Mayardit

South Sudanese politician who became the nation's first President

Did you know? He is known for almost always wearing a black cowboy hat, which was a gift from former US President George W. Bush.

Salva Kiir Mayardit (born 13 September 1951) is a South Sudanese politician who has served as the President of South Sudan since its independence on 9 July 2011. Prior to independence, he was the President of the Government of Southern Sudan, as well as First Vice President of Sudan, from 2005 to 2011.

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Jacqueline Bisset

British actress known for roles in Bullitt and Day for Night

Did you know? She is the godmother of the Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie.

Winifred Jacqueline Fraser Bisset ( BISS-it; born 13 September 1944) is a British actress. She began her film career in 1965 and came to prominence in 1968 with roles in The Detective, Bullitt, and The Sweet Ride, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination as Most Promising Newcomer.

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Óscar Arias Sánchez

Former President of Costa Rica and Nobel Peace Prize winner

Did you know? He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the brutal civil wars across Central America during the 1980s.

Óscar Arias Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation:; born 13 September 1940) is a Costa Rican politician, activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who was the president of Costa Rica from 1986 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2010.

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Ahmet Necdet Sezer

Tenth President of Turkey and former constitutional judge

Did you know? He was known for his modest lifestyle, often seen queuing for his own groceries or waiting at red lights without a motorcade.

Ahmet Necdet Sezer (born 13 September 1941) is a Turkish statesman and judge who served as the president of Turkey from 2000 to 2007. Previously, he was president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey from January 1998 to May 2000.

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Richard Kiel

Actor known for playing the James Bond villain Jaws

Did you know? Because the metal teeth he wore were so uncomfortable, he could only keep them in his mouth for a few minutes at a time.

Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 – September 10, 2014) was an American actor. Standing 7 feet 1.5 inches (2.17 m) tall, he was notable for portraying Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979), and Mr.

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Maurice Jarre

French composer known for scores to films like Lawrence of Arabia

Did you know? He was the father of the electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre.

Maurice-Alexis Jarre (French:; 13 September 1924 – 28 March 2009) was a French composer and conductor, mainly of film scores. He was particularly known for his collaborations with film director David Lean, composing the scores to all of his films from 1962 to 1984.

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Roald Dahl

Beloved children's author of books like Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Did you know? During the Second World War, he served as a fighter pilot and also worked as an intelligence officer for the British government.

Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartime fighter ace. His books have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide.

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Claudette Colbert

Oscar-winning actress of the Hollywood Golden Age

Did you know? She had a strict preference for being filmed from her left side, often requiring entire film sets to be redesigned.

Claudette Colbert (koʊlˈbɛər kohl-BAIR, September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996), also known as Lily Claudette Chauchoin (ʃoʃwɛ̃ show-shwan), was a French-American stage and film actress. She began her career in earnest on Broadway during the late 1920s and progressed to films with the advent of talking pictures.

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Leopold Ružička

Nobel Prize-winning chemist who first synthesised male sex hormones

Did you know? Born in modern-day Croatia, he spent much of his career in Switzerland and was a passionate collector of 17th-century Dutch paintings.

Leopold Ružička (pronounced; born Lavoslav Stjepan Ružička; 13 September 1887 – 26 September 1976) was a Croatian-Swiss scientist and joint winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes" "including the first chemical synthesis of male sex hormones." He worked most of…

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Robert Robinson

Nobel Prize-winning chemist who researched plant pigments and alkaloids

Did you know? During the Second World War, he contributed to the development of penicillin by working on the determination of its chemical structure.

Sir Robert Robinson (13 September 1886 – 8 February 1975) was a British organic chemist and Nobel laureate recognised in 1947 for his research on plant dyestuffs (anthocyanins) and alkaloids. In 1947, he also received the Medal of Freedom with Silver Palm.

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Sherwood Anderson

American author known for the short story collection Winesburg, Ohio

Did you know? He famously abandoned his business and family one day to move to Chicago and pursue his dream of becoming a writer.

Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 – March 8, 1941) was an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works. Self-educated, he rose to become a successful copywriter and business owner in Cleveland and Elyria, Ohio.

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Arnold Schoenberg

Composer who developed the twelve-tone technique of musical composition

Did you know? He suffered from triskaidekaphobia, an intense fear of the number thirteen, and ironically died on Friday the thirteenth.

Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (13 September 1874 – 13 July 1951) was an Austrian and American modernist composer, music theorist, and teacher associated with developing variation, the emancipation of the dissonance, and twelve-tone composition.

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John J. Pershing

Senior United States Army officer who led the American Expeditionary Forces

Did you know? He is one of only two people ever promoted to the highest possible rank of General of the Armies in his lifetime.

John Joseph Pershing (13 September 1860 – 15 July 1948), nicknamed "Black Jack", was an American army general, educator, and founder of the Pershing Rifles. He served as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) during World War I from 1917 to 1920.

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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Austrian writer known for her psychological novels and stories

Did you know? She trained as a master watchmaker, a highly unusual pursuit for a noblewoman in the nineteenth century.

Baroness Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach née Countess Dubsky (Czech: Marie von Ebner-Eschenbachová, German: Marie Freifrau von Ebner-Eschenbach; 13 September 1830 – 12 March 1916) was an Austrian writer and a noblewoman.

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Clara Schumann

German composer and one of the most influential pianists of the Romantic era

Did you know? She balanced a high-profile performing career with raising eight children and editing the musical works of her husband, Robert Schumann.

Clara Josephine Schumann (German:; née Wieck; 13 September 1819 – 20 May 1896) was a German virtuoso pianist, composer, and piano teacher.

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