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This is an effort to provide some information on Five selected famous personalities born on this day.
Courtesy of this information goes to onthisday.com, famousbirthdays.com and wikipedia.org and image source is mentioned under "Source" just below each image.
1. Liv Tyler
Liv Tyler is an American actress and former model who is famous for her role in the Lord of the Rings and it's triology.
She started her modeling career at the age of 14 and just within a year, she started acting in films.
Her movies include Heavy, That Thing You Do!, Stealing Beauty, Jersey Girl, Reign Over Me besides the Lord of the Rings.
She is a supporter of charities of United Nations Children Fund and has been a donor to Women's Cancer Research Fund.
She is a winner of Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast.
2. Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis is an American former track and field athlete who holds the record for winning gold medal in 4 consecutive Olympics in the same individual event.
He is a winner of 9 Olympic gold medals and a silver medal across 4 Olympic games in 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996.
He won 2 gold medals in 100 m run, 1 gold medal in 200 m run, 2 gold medals in 4 X 100 relay, 4 gold medals in long jump(in 4 consecutive Olympic games) and a silver in 200 m run.
He has been voted as the World Athlete of the Century by International Association of Athletics Federations and International Olympic Committee has named him as Sportsman of the Century.
3. Princess Diana
Princess Diana was a member of British Royal family and the wife of Charles, Prince of Wales.
She was the first English woman to become the wife of an heir apparent and was also the first royal bride to have an paying job before her engagement to a royal heir.
She known for her charity works as princess and she carried out more than 190 charity works in 1988.
She spent more time with HIV/AIDS victims and was also the first British royal person to contact HIV/AIDS patients.
She was into controversies related to her extra-marital relationships and was killed in a car accident in France when the car was chased by a paparazzi to take her and her partner's pictures.
4. Hariprasad Chaurasia
Hariprasad Chaurasia is an Indian classical flutist and plays an Indian bamboo flute known as bansuri.
Hariprasad has collaborated with Pandit Shivkumar Sharma who is a santoor player forming the combination of Shiv-Hari.
He is serving as the artistic director of World Music Department as Rotterdam, Netherlands.
He is a winner of Padma Vibhushan, second highest Indian civilian award.
5. Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo is an Australian racing driver who is part of Red Bull Racing team in Formula 1 racing.
He finished third in his debut year with Red Bull Racing in 2014 and then in 2016 and is at fourth place in this year's races.
He has 29 podium finishes and 7 wins in his F1 career.
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