Elpidio Rivera Quirino was the sixth president of the Philippines, serving from 1948 to 1953. As the second vice president from 1946 to 1948, he assumed the presidency upon the death of Manuel Roxas in 1948.
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Actor
1977 · United States
Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal Sarsgaard is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades including a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, and two British Academy Film Awards.
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1922–2010 · Portugal
José de Sousa Saramago was a Portuguese writer. He was the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony [with which he] continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality."
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Actor
1967 · United States
Lilakoi Moon is an American actress.
Actor
1996 · Japan
Japanese actor
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Athlete
1974 · United Kingdom
Paul Scholes is an English former football pundit, coach, and player.
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Athlete
1997 · Spain
Bruno Guimarães Rodriguez Moura is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Arsenal and the Brazil national team.
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