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Kieran Trippier

England international footballer known for his set-piece delivery

Did you know? He became the first Englishman since Bobby Charlton to score in a World Cup semi-final with his free-kick against Croatia.

Kieran John Trippier ( KEER-awn TRIP-yər; born 19 September 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for EFL Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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Song Joong-ki

South Korean actor known for the drama Descendants of the Sun

Did you know? He was a competitive short-track speed skater in his youth and represented his home city at national level.

Song Joong-ki (Korean: 송중기; born September 19, 1985) is a South Korean actor who primarily works in television. He rose to fame in the historical coming-of-age drama Sungkyunkwan Scandal (2010) and the variety show Running Man (2010–2011).

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Chen Qiushi

Chen Qiushi (born 19 September 1985), also known as Steven Chen, is a Chinese lawyer, activist, and citizen journalist who covered the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests and the COVID-19 pandemic which included criticism of the government response.

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Jimmy Fallon

Comedian and actor who hosts the talk show The Tonight Show

Did you know? Before moving into late-night television, he spent six years as a cast member on the comedy show Saturday Night Live.

James Thomas Fallon (born September 19, 1974) is an American comedian, television host, actor, singer, writer, and producer, best known for his work in television. Fallon grew up with a love of comedy and music, moving to Los Angeles when he turned 21 to pursue stand-up comedy.

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Victoria Silvstedt

Swedish model, television host and former Playboy Playmate of the Year

Did you know? Before her modelling career took off, she was a competitive alpine skier and trained with the Swedish national team.

Karin Victoria Silvstedt (born 19 September 1974) is a Swedish actress, singer, Playboy Playmate, television host, and beauty pageant titleholder. She participated in Miss World 1993 before branching out into modelling, later becoming Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Year in 1997.

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Alexander Karelin

Highly successful Greco-Roman wrestler and three-time Olympic gold medallist

Did you know? Known as the Russian Bear, he remained undefeated in international competition for over a decade without conceding a single point.

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Karelin (Russian: Александр Александрович Карелин, IPA:; born 19 September 1967) is a Russian politician and retired athlete. Karelin competed in Greco-Roman wrestling, representing the Soviet Union and Russia between 1986 and 2000.

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Sunita Williams

American astronaut who set records for female spacewalks

Did you know? She was the first person to run a marathon in space, completing the distance on a treadmill while orbiting the Earth.

Sunita Lyn Williams (née Pandya; born September 19, 1965) is an American retired Navy captain and NASA astronaut. Williams served aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer for Expedition 14, Expedition 15, Expedition 32, and Expedition 71 and commander of Expedition 33 and Expedition 72.

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David Seaman

Former England goalkeeper who played over four hundred matches for Arsenal

Did you know? He earned seventy-five caps for his country and was awarded an MBE for his services to football before retiring in 2004.

David Andrew Seaman (born 19 September 1963) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. In a career lasting from 1981 to 2004, he is best known for his time playing for Arsenal.

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Oksana Zabuzhko

Leading Ukrainian novelist, poet and feminist philosopher

Did you know? Her novel Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex is often credited with helping to establish a new era of contemporary Ukrainian literature.

Oksana Stefanivna Zabuzhko (Ukrainian: Окса́на Стефа́нівна Забу́жко, born 19 September 1960) is a Ukrainian novelist, poet, and essayist. Her works have been translated into several languages.

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Twiggy

British model who became a face of the 1960s fashion scene

Did you know? She won two Golden Globe Awards for her first ever film role in the 1971 musical The Boy Friend.

Dame Lesley Lawson (née Hornby; born 19 September 1949), known professionally as Twiggy, is an English model, actress, and singer. Regarded as a British cultural icon, she rose to fame as a teenage model during London's Swinging Sixties and became one of the first international supermodels.

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Jeremy Irons

Oscar-winning English actor known for Reversal of Fortune

Did you know? He is one of a small group of performers to have won an Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony.

Jeremy John Irons (born 19 September 1948) is an English actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, being one of just 24 actors who have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting.

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Cass Elliot

American singer and member of the folk-rock group The Mamas & the Papas

Did you know? Contrary to a long-standing urban legend, she died of a heart attack rather than choking on a ham sandwich.

Ellen Naomi Cohen (September 19, 1941 – July 29, 1974), known professionally by the stage name Cass Elliot, was an American singer-songwriter, actress, comedian, and television personality.

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Brian Epstein

Music manager who discovered and managed the Beatles

Did you know? Before entering the music industry, he trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

Brian Samuel Epstein ( EP-styne; 19 September 1934 – 27 August 1967) was an English music entrepreneur who managed the Beatles from 1961 until his death in 1967. Epstein was born into a family of successful retailers in Liverpool, who put him in charge of their music shop, where he displayed a gift for talent-spotting.

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Adam West

Actor best known for playing Batman in the 1960s series

Did you know? He found a new generation of fans by voicing a fictionalised version of himself as a mayor in the animated show Family Guy.

William West Anderson (September 19, 1928 – June 9, 2017), known professionally as Adam West, was an American actor. He portrayed Batman in the 1960s ABC series of the same name and its 1966 theatrical feature film, reprising the role in various media until 2017.

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Masatoshi Koshiba

Nobel Prize-winning physicist who pioneered the study of cosmic neutrinos

Did you know? He helped design and build a massive subatomic particle detector located deep inside a Japanese zinc mine.

Masatoshi Koshiba (小柴 昌俊, Koshiba Masatoshi; 19 September 1926 – 12 November 2020) was a Japanese physicist and one of the founders of neutrino astronomy.

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Emil Zátopek

Czech distance runner who won three golds at the 1952 Olympics

Did you know? He won the marathon at the 1952 Olympics despite it being the first time he had ever competed in the event.

Emil Zátopek (Czech:; 19 September 1922 – 21 November 2000) was a Czech long-distance runner who won three gold medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He came first in the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres runs before he decided at the last minute to compete in the first marathon of his life, which he also won.

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Paulo Freire

Brazilian educator and philosopher known for his work on critical pedagogy

Did you know? He spent many years living in exile after being imprisoned following a military coup because of his radical approach to teaching illiterate adults.

Paulo Reglus Neves Freire (19 September 1921 – 2 May 1997) was a Brazilian educator and Marxist philosopher whose work has affected global thought on education.

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William Golding

English novelist whose Lord of the Flies, about schoolboys stranded on an island, became a classic; he won the Nobel Prize

Did you know? During the Second World War, he served in the Royal Navy and was involved in the pursuit of the German battleship Bismarck.

Sir William Gerald Golding (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet. Best known for his debut novel Lord of the Flies (1954), Golding published another 12 volumes of fiction in his lifetime.

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Mika Waltari

Finnish author of the international historical bestseller The Egyptian

Did you know? He was an incredibly prolific writer who produced his first major novel in just a few weeks while staying at a relative's house.

Mika Toimi Waltari (pronounced; 19 September 1908 – 26 August 1979) was a Finnish writer, best known for his best-selling novel The Egyptian (Finnish: Sinuhe egyptiläinen).

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Giuseppe Saragat

Former President of Italy and founder of the Social Democratic Party

Did you know? During the Second World War, he was captured by the Nazis but managed to escape from prison with the help of the resistance.

Giuseppe Saragat (Italian:; 19 September 1898 – 11 June 1988) was an Italian politician and statesman who served as President of Italy from 1964 to 1971.

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Henry III of France

The last French king from the House of Valois

Did you know? Before inheriting the French throne, he was elected as the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.

Henry III of France (French: Henri III, né Alexandre Édouard; 19 September 1551 – 2 August 1589) was King of France from 1574 until his assassination in 1589 and, as Henry of Valois (Polish: Henryk Walezy; Lithuanian: Henrikas Valua), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1573 to 1575.

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Michael Servetus

Spanish theologian and physician who described the pulmonary circulation of blood

Did you know? He was condemned as a heretic by both Catholics and Protestants and was eventually executed in Geneva on the orders of John Calvin.

Michael Servetus (Spanish: Miguel Servet; French: Michel Servet; also known as Michel Servetus, Miguel de Villanueva, Revés, or Michel de Villeneuve; 29 September 1509 or 1511 – 27 October 1553) was a Spanish theologian, physician, cartographer, and Renaissance humanist.

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Arthur, Prince of Wales

Eldest son of Henry VII and heir to the English throne

Did you know? His sudden death at age fifteen led to the marriage of his widow, Catherine of Aragon, to his younger brother Henry.

Arthur, Prince of Wales (19/20 September 1486 – 2 April 1502), was the eldest son of King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and an older brother to the future King Henry VIII. He was Duke of Cornwall from birth, and he was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester in 1489.

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Leo VI the Wise

Byzantine Emperor known for his extensive legal and scholarly works

Did you know? He caused a religious scandal by marrying four times, which was strictly forbidden by the Eastern Orthodox Church at the time.

Leo VI, also known as Leo the Wise (Greek: Λέων ὁ Σοφός, romanized: Léōn ō Sophós; 19 September 866 – 11 May 912), was Byzantine emperor from 886 to 912. The second ruler of the Macedonian dynasty (although his parentage is unclear), he was reportedly very well read, leading to his epithet.

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