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Hilary Duff

American actress and singer who starred in Lizzie McGuire

Did you know? She is an accomplished author who wrote a series of best-selling young adult novels starting with the book Elixir.

Hilary Erhard Duff (born September 28, 1987) is an American actress, singer-songwriter, businesswoman, and author.

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Mathieu Valbuena

French international footballer known for his time at Marseille

Did you know? Despite his successful professional career, he was once released by Bordeaux as a teenager because coaches thought he was too small.

Mathieu Valbuena (born 28 September 1984) is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Maltese Challenge League club St. Lucia.

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Ana Brnabić

Serbian politician who served as the country's first female Prime Minister

Did you know? She is the first openly gay person to hold the office of Prime Minister in the history of Serbia.

Ana Brnabić (born 28 September 1975) is a Serbian politician serving as acting President of Serbia since 28 September 2026 and president of the National Assembly of Serbia since 2024. A member of the Serbian Progressive Party, she previously served as Prime Minister of Serbia from 2017 to 2024.

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Dita Von Teese

American vedette and model who popularised modern burlesque

Did you know? A classically trained ballet dancer, she often performs her routines while wearing custom-made pointe shoes designed for her stage shows.

Heather Renée Sweet (born September 28, 1972), known professionally as Dita Von Teese, is an American vedette, burlesque dancer, model, actress, and businesswoman. She is credited with re-popularizing burlesque performance, earning the moniker "Queen of Burlesque".

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Naomi Watts

British-born actress known for Mulholland Drive and King Kong

Did you know? Despite her fame in Hollywood, she initially struggled and worked as a fashion editor for a magazine in Australia.

Naomi Ellen Watts (born 28 September 1968) is a British actress.

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Mika Häkkinen

Two-time Formula One world champion known as the Flying Finn

Did you know? Michael Schumacher once stated that the Finn was the only rival he truly respected and feared on the racing track.

Mika Pauli Häkkinen (Finnish pronunciation:; born 28 September 1968) is a Finnish former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1991 to 2001.

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Mira Sorvino

Academy Award-winning actress known for the film Mighty Aphrodite

Did you know? She is a graduate of Harvard University and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese after studying in Beijing.

Mira Katherine Sorvino (born (1967-09-28)September 28, 1967) is an American actress. She rose to stardom with her performance as a sex worker in the comedy film Mighty Aphrodite (1995), which won her both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.

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James Peace

British composer and pianist known for his contemporary classical works

Did you know? He is particularly noted for his tangos and has won several international awards for his musical compositions and performances.

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Luis Arce

President of Bolivia and former minister of economy

Did you know? He is credited as the architect of the country's economic growth during the early twenty-first century.

Luis Alberto Arce Catacora (born 28 September 1963), often referred to as Lucho, is a Bolivian former politician, banker, and economist who served as the 67th president of Bolivia from 2020 to 2025.

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Sylvia Kristel

Dutch actress best known for her role in the Emmanuelle films

Did you know? She was a highly intelligent student with an IQ of over 160 and spoke several languages fluently before her acting career began.

Sylvia Maria Kristel (28 September 1952 – 17 October 2012) was a Dutch actress and model who appeared in over 50 films. She was the eponymous character in five of the seven Emmanuelle films, including originating the role with Emmanuelle (1974).

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Sheikh Hasina

Bangladeshi politician and daughter of the country's founder who served as prime minister for over 20 years until ousted in 2024

Did you know? She spent over twenty years in office across two separate stints, becoming the world's longest-serving female leader.

Sheikh Hasina Wazed (born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who twice served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2001 and again from 2009 until her resignation in 2024. She is Bangladesh's longest-serving prime minister and the longest-serving female head of government in history.

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Miloš Zeman

Former President and Prime Minister of the Czech Republic

Did you know? He was the first Czech president to be directly elected by the public rather than being chosen by members of parliament.

Miloš Zeman (Czech:; born 28 September 1944) is a Czech politician who served as the third president of the Czech Republic from 2013 to 2023. He also previously served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic from 1998 to 2002.

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Fatema Mernissi

Moroccan writer and a leading figure in Islamic feminism

Did you know? She grew up in a traditional domestic harem in Fez, an experience she later wrote about in her famous memoir.

Fatema Mernissi (Arabic: فاطمة المرنيسي, romanized: Fāṭima Marnīsī; 27 September 1940 – 30 November 2015) was a Moroccan feminist writer and sociologist.

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Brigitte Bardot

French actress who became an international sex symbol in And God Created Woman, then quit films to campaign for animal rights

Did you know? She retired from the film industry while still in her thirties to focus on her work as a high-profile activist for animal welfare.

Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot (French:; 28 September 1934 – 28 December 2025), often referred to by her initials B.B., was a French actress, singer, model, and animal rights activist.

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Víctor Jara

Chilean singer-songwriter and political activist

Did you know? His music became a symbol of resistance across Latin America following the 1973 military coup in Chile.

Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez (Spanish pronunciation:; 28 September 1932 – 16 September 1973) was a Chilean teacher, theater director, poet, singer-songwriter, and political activist.

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Lata Mangeshkar

Prolific Indian playback singer and cultural icon

Did you know? She is said to have recorded songs in more than thirty languages, once holding a world record for the highest number of recordings.

Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar (Marathi pronunciation:; born Hemalata Deenanath Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 6 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent.

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Marcello Mastroianni

Acclaimed Italian actor known for starring in La Dolce Vita

Did you know? He is one of only three actors to have twice won the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival.

Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (26 September 1924 – 19 December 1996) was an Italian actor. He is generally regarded as one of Italy's most iconic male performers of the 20th century.

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Peter Finch

Oscar-winning actor known for the film Network

Did you know? He was the first person to receive a posthumous Academy Award for acting.

Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 1916 – 14 January 1977) was an English and Australian actor. Born in London, he emigrated to Australia at the age of ten and was raised in Sydney, where he worked in vaudeville and radio before becoming a star of Australian films.

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Jack LaLanne

Fitness expert who hosted the longest-running exercise show on television

Did you know? To celebrate his seventieth birthday, he swam a mile while towing seventy boats carrying seventy people.

Francois Henri "Jack" LaLanne (September 26, 1914 – January 23, 2011) was an American fitness and nutrition guru and motivational speaker. He described himself as being a "sugarholic" and a "junk food junkie" until he was 15 years old.

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Pietro Badoglio

Italian general and Prime Minister during World War II

Did you know? He was the first viceroy of Italian East Africa and led the negotiations for Italy's armistice with the Allied forces in 1943.

Pietro Badoglio, 1st Duke of Addis Ababa, 1st Marquess of Sabotino (US: bə-DOH-lyoh, Italian:; 28 September 1871 – 1 November 1956), was an Italian general during both world wars and the first viceroy of Italian East Africa. With the fall of the Fascist regime, he became Prime Minister of Italy.

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Carlos I of Portugal

King of Portugal who was assassinated in Lisbon

Did you know? He was a dedicated oceanographer who founded the Vasco da Gama Aquarium and published several scientific papers on marine life.

Dom Carlos I (Anglicized: Charles I, Carlos Fernando Luís Maria Víctor Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga Xavier Francisco de Assis José Simão; 28 September 1863 – 1 February 1908), known as "the Diplomat" (o Diplomata), "the Oceanographer" (o Oceanógrafo) among many other names, was King of Portugal from 1889 until his…

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Henri Moissan

French chemist who first successfully isolated the element fluorine

Did you know? He claimed to have created synthetic diamonds using an electric furnace, though later scientists were unable to replicate his results.

Ferdinand Frédéric Henri Moissan (French pronunciation:; 28 September 1852 – 20 February 1907) was a French chemist and pharmacist who won the 1906 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in isolating fluorine from its compounds.

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Georges Clemenceau

French Prime Minister who led his country during World War One

Did you know? Nicknamed "The Tiger", he was a trained doctor and spent several years living and teaching in the United States.

Georges Benjamin Clemenceau (28 September 1841 – 24 November 1929) was a French statesman who was prime minister of France from 1906 to 1909 and again from 1917 until 1920. A physician turned journalist, he played a central role in the politics of the Third Republic, particularly amid the end of the First World War.

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Prosper Mérimée

French writer and historian who wrote the novella Carmen

Did you know? He worked as an inspector of historical monuments and helped save many famous French landmarks from destruction.

Prosper Mérimée (French:; 28 September 1803 – 23 September 1870) was a French writer in the movement of Romanticism, one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story. He was also a noted archaeologist and historian, an important figure in the history of architectural preservation.

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