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Rebecca Kabugho

Rebecca Kabugho (born 3 September 1994) is a Congolese activist who was detained by the government. She was said to be one of the youngest prisoners of conscience and she was given an International Women of Courage Award in 2017.

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Yannick Carrasco

Versatile Belgian footballer who plays for the national team

Did you know? He became the first Belgian to score in a Champions League final when he netted for Atlético Madrid in 2016.

Yannick Ferreira Carrasco (born 4 September 1993) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Saudi Pro League club Al-Shabab. A versatile player, he can be deployed as a left midfielder, left wing-back, left winger or left-back.

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Stefanía Fernández

Stefanía Fernández Krupij (Spanish pronunciation:; born 4 September 1990) is a Venezuelan journalist, model and beauty queen who won the Miss Venezuela 2008 and Miss Universe 2009 titles.

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Raúl Albiol

Spanish footballer who won the World Cup and European Championship

Did you know? He had his spleen removed following a serious car crash in his youth, which almost ended his professional football career before it began.

Raúl Albiol Tortajada (born 4 September 1985) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender. He spent most of his career with Valencia, Real Madrid and Villarreal, winning five major titles between the first two teams and the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League with the third.

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Beyoncé

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( bee-ON-say; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. Known for her vocal ability, artistic reinventions, and live performances, she is widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant figures of the 21st century.

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Yoani Sánchez

Yoani María Sánchez Cordero (born September 4, 1975) is a Cuban blogger who has achieved international fame and multiple international awards for her critical portrayal of life in Cuba under its current government.

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Argel Fuchs

Brazilian defender who won the Primeira Liga with Benfica and became a peripatetic manager of over 25 clubs in 17 years

Argélico "Argel" Fuchs (born Argélico Fucks; 4 September 1974) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a central defender. He is the current head coach of São José-RS. His professional career spanned 15 years, during which he was mainly associated with Benfica and Internacional.

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Giorgi Marghvilashvili

Fourth President of Georgia who served from 2013 to 2018

Did you know? He is an avid knitter who often made jumpers and socks for his friends and family to help him relax.

Giorgi Margvelashvili (Georgian: გიორგი მარგველაშვილი; born 4 September 1969) is a Georgian academic and politician who was the fourth president of Georgia, in office from 17 November 2013 to 16 December 2018.

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Louis Aliot

French politician and a senior figure in the National Rally party

Did you know? In 2020, he became the first politician from his party to be elected mayor of a large French city.

Louis Aliot (French pronunciation:; born 4 September 1969) is a French politician and the vice president of the National Rally (previously named National Front) since 2011.

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Shinya Yamanaka

Scientist who won a Nobel Prize for stem cell research

Did you know? He started his medical career as an orthopaedic surgeon before switching his focus to laboratory research.

Shinya Yamanaka (山中 伸弥, Yamanaka Shin'ya; born September 4, 1962) is a Japanese stem cell researcher and a Nobel Prize laureate.

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Satoshi Tezuka

Japanese international footballer and manager

Did you know? He spent his entire professional playing career with one club, making over 150 appearances for Fujita Industries.

Satoshi Tezuka (手塚 聡, Tezuka Satoshi; born September 4, 1958) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

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Fatih Terim

Turkish football manager who led Galatasaray to the UEFA Cup

Did you know? He is often called "The Emperor" due to his authoritative coaching style and his immense success in Turkish football.

Fatih Terim (born 4 September 1953) is a Turkish professional football manager and former player. During his football career, he played for Ceyhanspor, Adana Demirspor and Galatasaray.

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Clive Granger

Nobel Prize-winning economist who specialised in time series analysis

Did you know? He spent much of his professional career teaching in California and was eventually knighted for his services to the field of economics.

Sir Clive William John Granger (4 September 1934 – 27 May 2009) was a British econometrician known for his contributions to nonlinear time series analysis. He taught in Britain, at the University of Nottingham and in the United States, at the University of California, San Diego.

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John McCarthy

Computer scientist who coined the term artificial intelligence

Did you know? He developed the Lisp programming language, which became the primary tool for research into machine intelligence for many decades.

John McCarthy (September 4, 1927 – October 24, 2011) was an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist. He was one of the founders of the discipline of artificial intelligence, and part of just a small group of artificial intelligence researchers in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Ivan Illich

Social critic and priest who authored the book Deschooling Society

Did you know? He famously argued that many modern institutions, including schools and hospitals, often end up hindering the very goals they are designed to achieve.

Ivan Dominic Illich ( iv-AHN IL-itch; German:; 4 September 1926 – 2 December 2002) was an Austrian Catholic priest, theologian, philosopher, and social critic.

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Kenzō Tange

Pritzker Prize-winning architect who designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial

Did you know? He was responsible for the master plan of Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, following a devastating earthquake in the 1960s.

Kenzō Tange (丹下 健三, Tange Kenzō; 4 September 1913 – 22 March 2005) was a Japanese architect. Born in Sakai and raised in China and southern Japan, Tange was inspired from an early age by the work of Le Corbusier and designed his first buildings under Imperial Japan.

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Stanford Moore

American biochemist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Did you know? He donated his entire share of the Nobel Prize money to the American Society of Biological Chemists to support young researchers.

Stanford Moore (September 4, 1913 – August 23, 1982) was an American biochemist. He shared a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1972, with Christian B.

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Richard Wright

Author known for influential works including Native Son and Black Boy

Did you know? His grandmother was born into slavery and his grandfather served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Richard Nathaniel Wright (September 4, 1908 – November 28, 1960) was an American author of novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction. Much of his literature concerns racial themes, especially related to the plight of African Americans during the late 19th to mid 20th centuries suffering discrimination and violence.

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Max Delbrück

Nobel Prize-winning scientist who helped establish molecular biology

Did you know? He originally studied astrophysics but switched to biology after a conversation about the nature of genes with the physicist Niels Bohr.

Max Ludwig Henning Delbrück (German:; September 4, 1906 – March 9, 1981) was a German–American biophysicist who participated in launching the molecular biology research program in the late 1930s.

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Antonin Artaud

Avant-garde French playwright who developed the Theatre of Cruelty

Did you know? He suffered from severe physical and mental health issues throughout his life following a childhood bout of meningitis.

Antoine Maria Joseph Paul Artaud (French:; 4 September 1896 – 4 March 1948), better known as Antonin Artaud (French pronunciation:), was a French artist who worked across a variety of media. He is best known for his writings, as well as his work in the theatre and cinema.

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Darius Milhaud

Prolific French composer and member of the group Les Six

Did you know? He taught several famous students during his career, including American jazz legend Dave Brubeck and songwriter Burt Bacharach.

Darius Milhaud (French:; Provençal:; 4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974) was a French composer, conductor, and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—The Group of Six—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century.

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Fritz Todt

German engineer who oversaw the construction of the autobahns

Did you know? He died in a plane crash shortly after a meeting with Adolf Hitler at the Wolf's Lair headquarters.

Fritz Todt (4 September 1891 – 8 February 1942) was a German construction engineer and senior political figure of the Nazi Party.

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Kārlis Ulmanis

Prime Minister and later dictatorial President of pre-war Latvia

Did you know? He studied agriculture in the United States and worked as a dairy manager in Nebraska before returning to his homeland.

Kārlis Augusts Vilhelms Ulmanis (Latvian:; 4 September 1877 – 20 September 1942) was a Latvian politician and dictator.

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Anton Bruckner

Austrian composer known for his complex symphonies and organ music

Did you know? He was an obsessive reviser of his work and often produced multiple versions of the same symphony.

Joseph Anton Bruckner (German:; 4 September 1824 – 11 October 1896) was an Austrian composer and organist best known for his symphonies and sacred music, which includes Masses, Te Deum and motets.

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