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Filipe Jacinto Nyusi
(1959- )
The current president of Mozambique, Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, was born on February 9, 1959, at Mueda, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. His...
Tomáš Zmeškal (1966- )
In the Czech Republic in 2011, the literary event of the year was the publication of a novel by Afro-Czech...
Nikole Hannah-Jones (1976- )
Nikole Sheri Hannah-Jones, most famous for her role in the 1619 Project, is an investigative journalist, who was born on...
Benny Cristo (aka Ben da Silva Cristóvão) (1987- )
Singer-composer, champion athlete, and actor Benny Cristo was born Ben da Silva Cristóvão in Plzeň, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic), on...
Dominik Feri (1996- )
Until his abrupt resignation from office, Dominik Feri, the youngest-ever and first African-descended legislator in the Czech Parliament, had been...
Pontus Carlsson (1982- )
Pontus Carlsson has been competing in chess matches since age 5 and he is currently a chess Grandmaster. His improbable...
Arabella Fields (1879-1933)
Arabella Fields was a singer and actress known as “The Black Nightingale” and had a storied career performing in Europe....
Dominga Cruz-Becerril (1909-1981)
Dominga de la Cruz-Becerril, socialist, lecturer, poet, and declamadora, was born April 22, 1909 in Bueno Aires, Ponce, Puerto Rico...
Festus Samuel Okotie-Eboh (1912-1966)
Chief Festus Samuel Okotie-Eboh, one of the Founding Fathers of the Republic of Nigeria, was born on July 18, 1912...
