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Christian Pulisic

American professional footballer playing for AC Milan and the USA

Did you know? He became the most expensive North American player in history when he transferred to Chelsea for approximately fifty-eight million pounds.

Christian Mate Pulisic (born September 18, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger, attacking midfielder, or forward for Serie A club AC Milan and the United States national team.

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Zozibini Tunzi

Zozibini "Zozi" Bolowana (née Tunzi; born 18 September 1993) is a South African model, actress, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe 2019. Tunzi had previously been crowned Miss South Africa 2019.

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Joji

Osaka-born musician who went from YouTube comedian to chart-topping singer of moody lo-fi songs such as Glimpse of Us

Did you know? He retired his comedy characters to focus on music in 2017.

George Kusunoki Miller (ジョージ・楠木・ミラー, Jōji Kusunoki Mirā), known professionally as Joji, is a Japanese-Australian singer, songwriter, rapper, comedian, and internet personality. His music has been described as a mix between R&B, lo-fi, and trip-hop.

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Alexandra Petrova

Alexandra Valeryevna Petrova (Russian: Александра Валерьевна Петрова; 18 September 1980 – 16 September 2000) was a Russian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Russia 1996. She later competed in Miss Universe 1999, where she was unplaced.

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Junichi Inamoto

Japanese midfielder who played for Arsenal and Fulham

Did you know? He was the first Japanese player to score a goal in the English Premier League while playing for Fulham.

Junichi Inamoto (稲本 潤一, Inamoto Jun'ichi; born 18 September 1979) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is a retired international for the Japan national team.

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Ronaldo

Brazilian striker known as O Fenômeno who won two World Cups and two Ballons d'Or with explosive speed and finishing

Did you know? He won his first World Cup winner's medal at the age of seventeen without playing a single minute during the tournament.

Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (Brazilian Portuguese:; born 18 September 1976), mononymously known as Ronaldo, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the former owner and president of Segunda División club Real Valladolid.

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Sol Campbell

England international footballer who played for Tottenham and Arsenal

Did you know? He holds the record for the most consecutive international tournament appearances for England, spanning from 1996 to 2006.

Sulzeer Jeremiah "Sol" Campbell (born 18 September 1974) is an English professional football manager and former player. He spent 20 years playing in the Premier League and had an 11-year international career with the England national team.

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Xzibit

Alvin Nathaniel Joiner (born September 18, 1974), better known by his stage name Xzibit (pronounced "exhibit"), is an American rapper, actor, television presenter, radio personality, and record executive.

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Mark Shuttleworth

Entrepreneur who founded Canonical and was the first African in space

Did you know? He spent ten days on the International Space Station after paying approximately twenty million dollars for a seat on a Russian spacecraft.

Mark Richard Shuttleworth (born 18 September 1973) is a South African and British entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Canonical, the company behind the Linux operating system variant Ubuntu. In 2002, Shuttleworth became the first African to travel to space, doing so as a space tourist.

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James Marsden

American actor known for X-Men and Enchanted

Did you know? He started his career as a Versace model and later showcased his singing voice in the musical films Hairspray and Disenchanted.

James Paul Marsden (born September 18, 1973) is an American actor. His accolades include nominations for two Emmy Awards and one Golden Globe.

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Anna Netrebko

Russian-Austrian soprano who became one of the world's leading opera stars, celebrated in roles such as Violetta and Mimì

Did you know? She worked as a cleaner at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg before her singing talent was discovered.

Anna Yuryevna Netrebko (Russian: Анна Юрьевна Нетребко; born 18 September 1971) is a Russian operatic soprano who has performed at the Salzburg Festival, Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera and La Scala.

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Lance Armstrong

American cyclist who was stripped of seven Tour de France titles

Did you know? He originally competed as a professional triathlete and won national championships in that sport before focusing on road cycling.

Lance Edward Armstrong (né Gunderson; born September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road racing cyclist.

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Jada Pinkett Smith

Actress known for The Matrix films and Red Table Talk

Did you know? She is the lead singer and songwriter for the metal band Wicked Wisdom, which she formed in 2002.

Jada Koren Pinkett Smith (née Pinkett; born September 18, 1971) is an American actress, businesswoman, and talk show host. She is co-host of the Facebook Watch talk show Red Table Talk, for which she has won a Daytime Emmy Award.

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Masami Ihara

Former captain of the Japanese national football team

Did you know? He earned over one hundred caps for his country and was nicknamed The Asian Wall for his defensive reliability.

Masami Ihara (井原 正巳, Ihara Masami; born September 18, 1967) is a Japanese former footballer and manager. He was most recently the manager of J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol.

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James Gandolfini

Award-winning actor who played mob boss Tony Soprano

Did you know? Before finding fame as an actor, he worked in various jobs including a bouncer, a bartender and a manager of a nightclub.

James John Gandolfini (Italian:; September 18, 1961 – June 19, 2013) was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of Tony Soprano, the Italian-American mafia crime boss in HBO's television series The Sopranos (1999–2007).

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Steven Pinker

Canadian psychologist and author who studies language and human nature

Did you know? He has been named one of the world's most influential people by Time magazine for his work on evolutionary psychology.

Steven Arthur Pinker (born September 18, 1954) is a Canadian cognitive psychologist, psycholinguist, popular science author, and public intellectual. He is an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind.

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Peter Shilton

Goalkeeper who earned a record 125 caps for England

Did you know? He holds the world record for the most competitive appearances in men's professional football, playing over a thousand league games.

Peter Leslie Shilton (born 18 September 1949) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Shilton's 31-year career included spells at 11 clubs and he has the unique distinction of playing over 1,000 English league games, including in excess of 100 for five clubs.

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Wolfgang Schäuble

Long-serving German politician and former Minister of Finance

Did you know? He used a wheelchair for more than thirty years after surviving an assassination attempt during a campaign event.

Wolfgang Schäuble (German pronunciation:; 18 September 1942 – 26 December 2023) was a German politician whose political career spanned more than five decades. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), he was the longest-serving member of any democratic German parliament.

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Jorge Sampaio

Former President of Portugal and Socialist Party leader

Did you know? In 2006, he was appointed as the first UN Special Envoy for the Global Plan to Stop Tuberculosis.

Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio (European Portuguese:; 18 September 1939 – 10 September 2021) was a Portuguese lawyer and politician who was the president of Portugal from 1996 to 2006. Sampaio was a member of the Socialist Party, a party which he led between 1989 and 1992.

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Lev Gumilev

Soviet historian known for unorthodox theories on ethnic development

Did you know? Both of his parents were famous poets, and he spent many years in the Gulag during the Stalinist era.

Lev Nikolayevich Gumilev (also Gumilyov; Russian: Лев Николаевич Гумилёв; 1 October 1912 – 15 June 1992) was a Soviet and Russian historian, ethnologist, anthropologist, and translator. He had a reputation for his highly unorthodox theories of ethnogenesis and historiosophy.

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Edwin McMillan

Nobel Prize-winning physicist who discovered the first transuranium element

Did you know? During the Second World War, he contributed to the development of radar technology and the atomic bomb.

Edwin Mattison McMillan (September 18, 1907 – September 7, 1991) was an American physicist credited with being the first to produce a transuranium element, neptunium. For this, he shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Glenn Seaborg.

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Greta Garbo

Swedish film star of Queen Christina and Anna Karenina who retired at 36 and became famous for wanting to be left alone

Did you know? She famously retired from acting at the age of thirty-five and lived a private life in New York for decades.

Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish and American film actress. She was a leading star during Hollywood's silent and early golden eras.

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Vladimir Horowitz

Virtuoso Russian-American classical pianist known for his technical skill

Did you know? He often insisted on having his own personal piano shipped across the world so he could play it during his concert tours.

Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz (October 1, 1903 – November 5, 1989) was a Russian and American pianist. Considered one of the greatest pianists of all time, he was known for his virtuoso technique, timbre, and the public excitement engendered by his playing.

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Aleksandr Vasilevsky

Soviet commander who served as a Marshal during the Second World War

Did you know? He was responsible for planning almost all the major Red Army operations during the final years of the Second World War.

Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevsky (30 September 1895 – 5 December 1977) was a Soviet general who served as a top commander during World War II and achieved the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union.

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