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Autumn Peltier

Autumn Peltier (born September 27, 2004) is an Anishinaabe Indigenous rights advocate from the Wikwemkong First Nation on Manitoulin Island. She was named Chief Water Commissioner for the Anishinabek Nation in 2019.

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Jenna Ortega

American actress known for her role in the series Wednesday

Did you know? She performed her own choreography for the viral dance scene in Wednesday, despite having tested positive for COVID-19 at the time.

Jenna Marie Ortega (born September 27, 2002) is an American actress. Known for her work in horror, Ortega has been called "Gen Z's scream queen" by media publications.

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Granit Xhaka

Swiss international footballer who played for Arsenal and Bayer Leverkusen

Did you know? He is the most capped player in the history of the Swiss national football team, having made over one hundred international appearances.

Granit Xhaka (Albanian:, born 27 September 1992) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for and captains both Premier League club Sunderland and the Switzerland national team. Xhaka began his career with Basel and won the Swiss Super League twice.

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Simona Halep

Romanian tennis player who was ranked world number one

Did you know? She famously underwent surgery to reduce her bust size early in her career to improve her performance.

Simona Halep (Romanian pronunciation:; born 27 September 1991) is a Romanian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No.

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Mitski

Japanese-American songwriter whose intense indie rock albums and hit My Love Mine All Mine earned a devoted following

Did you know? She studied composition at the Conservatory of Music at SUNY Purchase.

Mitski Miyawaki (born Mitsuki Laycock; September 27, 1990), known professionally as Mitski, is an American musician and singer-songwriter. She self-released her first two albums, Lush (2012), and Retired from Sad, New Career in Business (2013), while studying composition at Purchase College's Conservatory of Music.

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Avril Lavigne

Canadian singer-songwriter who led a pop-punk wave in the 2000s with Complicated, Sk8er Boi and Girlfriend

Did you know? She taught herself how to play the guitar and began performing at country fairs before being discovered as a teenager.

Avril Ramona Lavigne (born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She is credited with boosting the popularity of pop-punk music, in particular for female-driven, punk-influenced pop music in the early 2000s.

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Lil Wayne

New Orleans rapper behind the Tha Carter albums and the Young Money label that launched Drake and Nicki Minaj

Did you know? He helped launch the careers of Drake and Nicki Minaj through his label Young Money.

Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. (born September 27, 1982), known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record executive.

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Shinji Ono

Japanese midfielder who played for Feyenoord and Western Sydney Wanderers

Did you know? He was the first Japanese footballer to win a major European trophy when his team won the UEFA Cup in the early 2000s.

Shinji Ono (小野 伸二, Ono Shinji; born 27 September 1979) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He started his senior career with J1 League side Urawa Reds before moving Dutch side Feyenoord in 2001 where he won the UEFA Cup in 2002.

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Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer and songwriter who rose to fame at Eurovision

Did you know? She came up with her stage name by spelling her real first name, Karolina, backwards after discovering another singer already used it.

Karolina Myroslavivna Kuiek (born 27 September 1978), better known as Ani Lorak, is a Ukrainian-born Russian singer.

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Francesco Totti

Italian forward who played his entire 25-year career for Roma and won the 2006 World Cup with Italy

Did you know? He is the youngest player to ever be named the captain of a Serie A club, taking the armband at age twenty-two.

Francesco Totti (born 27 September 1976) is an Italian former professional footballer who played for Roma and the Italy national team. He was a technically gifted and creative number 10, regarded as one of the greatest in the role, who played as an offensive playmaker (trequartista) and as a forward.

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Gwyneth Paltrow

American actress who won an Oscar for Shakespeare in Love, played Pepper Potts in Iron Man and founded the lifestyle brand Goop

Did you know? The director Steven Spielberg is her godfather, as he was a close friend of her father, Bruce Paltrow.

Gwyneth Kate Paltrow ( PAL-troh; born September 27, 1972) is an American actress and businesswoman.

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Mari Kiviniemi

Finnish politician who served as the Prime Minister of Finland

Did you know? Following her time in domestic politics, she moved to Paris to serve as a deputy secretary-general for the OECD.

Mari Johanna Kiviniemi (born 27 September 1968) is a Finnish politician, who served as the 41st and second female Prime Minister of Finland from 2010 to 2011.

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Meat Loaf

Rock singer and actor known for the Bat Out of Hell trilogy

Did you know? His stage name was inspired by a childhood nickname given to him by his father due to his size.

Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022), known professionally as Meat Loaf, was an American singer and actor. He was known for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows.

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Dick Advocaat

Dutch coach who managed the Netherlands, won the UEFA Cup with Zenit and in 2025 took Curaçao to its first World Cup

Did you know? He has managed several different national teams including the Netherlands, South Korea, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates.

Dirk Nicolaas "Dick" Advocaat (Dutch pronunciation:; born 27 September 1947) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player who is the manager of the Curaçao national team. A successful player and manager, he is nicknamed "The Little General", a reference to his mentor Rinus Michels.

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Nikos Anastasiades

Former President of Cyprus who served two terms

Did you know? He had a long career as a lawyer and was a founding member of a youth branch for his political party.

Nicos Anastasiades (Greek: Νίκος Αναστασιάδης; born 27 September 1946) is a Cypriot politician and businessperson, who served as the seventh president of Cyprus from 2013 to 2023.

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Wilford Brimley

Character actor known for Cocoon and Quaker Oats commercials

Did you know? Before acting, he worked as a blacksmith and a bodyguard for businessman Howard Hughes.

Anthony Wilford Brimley (September 27, 1934 – August 1, 2020) was an American actor. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and working odd jobs in the 1950s, Brimley started working as an extra and stuntman in Western films in the late 1960s.

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Oliver E. Williamson

Nobel Prize-winning economist who studied the boundaries of firms

Did you know? He was a student of Ronald Coase and won his Nobel Prize for work that explored why some transactions happen inside companies.

Oliver Eaton Williamson (September 27, 1932 – May 21, 2020) was an American economist, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, which he shared with Elinor Ostrom.

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Robert Edwards

British Nobel Prize winner who pioneered in-vitro fertilisation treatment

Did you know? His research led to the birth of Louise Brown, the world's first 'test-tube baby', in Oldham in 1978.

Sir Robert Geoffrey Edwards (27 September 1925 – 10 April 2013) was a British physiologist and pioneer in reproductive medicine, and in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) in particular.

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Martin Ryle

Nobel Prize-winning radio astronomer who pioneered aperture synthesis

Did you know? During the Second World War, he worked on radar technology and designed systems to jam German radio communications.

Sir Martin Ryle (27 September 1918 – 14 October 1984) was an English radio astronomer who developed revolutionary radio telescope systems (see e.g. aperture synthesis) and used them for accurate location and imaging of weak radio sources.

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Nicholas Roerich

Russian painter and philosopher who designed the Roerich Pact

Did you know? He was a prolific stage and costume designer, notably for the original production of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.

Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh (Russian: Николай Константинович Рерих), better known as Nicholas Roerich (October 9, 1874 – December 13, 1947), was a Russian painter, writer, archaeologist, theosophist, philosopher, and public figure.

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Grazia Deledda

Sardinian novelist of Canne al vento and the first Italian woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1926

Did you know? She only completed primary school education before being tutored at home by a relative due to local traditions.

Grazia Maria Cosima Damiana Deledda (Italian:; Sardinian: Gràssia or Gràtzia Deledda; 27 September 1871 – 15 August 1936) was an Italian writer who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926 "for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island and with depth…

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Henri-Frédéric Amiel

Swiss philosopher and poet known for his extensive personal diary

Did you know? His massive private journal, which spans thousands of pages, was only discovered and published to acclaim after his death.

Henri Frédéric Amiel (French:; 27 September 1821 – 11 May 1881) was a Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic.

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Agustín I of Mexico

Revolutionary leader who became the first Emperor of independent Mexico

Did you know? He is credited with designing the original version of the national flag, which featured the symbolic eagle and cactus.

Agustín Cosme Damián de Iturbide y Arámburu (Spanish pronunciation:; 27 September 1783 – 19 July 1824), commonly known as Agustín de Iturbide and later by his regnal name Agustín I, was a Mexican army officer and politician who served as the first Emperor of Mexico from 1822 until his abdication in 1823.

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Samuel Adams

Founding Father of the United States and political philosopher

Did you know? Although a major figure in the American Revolution, he was famously unsuccessful in his early career as a maltster and businessman.

Samuel Adams (September 27, 1722 – October 2, 1803) was an American statesman, political philosopher, and a Founding Father of the United States.

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