From History: Today's Famous Birthdays - 12/Jun/2018

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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. Adriana Lima

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Adriana Lima is a Brazilian model and actress who is known for her modeling as Victoria's Secret Angel since 1999, thus becoming the longest running model and named as most valuable Victoria's Secret Angel in year 2017.

She has modeled/being model for brands like Maybelline, Kia Motors, Super Bowl, Armani, Ellie Saab, Blumarine.

Since 2014, she is the world's second highest paid model with over US$ 8 million and her 2016's earnings were 10.5 million.

She has been featuring in FHM magazine's list of Sexiest Women in the World ever since she started modeling in 1999.

2. George H. W. Bush

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George H. W. Bush is an American politician who served as 41^st President of the United States after serving as 43^rd Vice President.

He is the oldest living president and vice president besides being the longest lived president in history.

Bush has been known for his humanitarian activities along with Bill Clinton.

3. Javed Miandad

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Javed Miandad is a former Pakistani cricketer who was known for his unconventional style of batting as well as captaincy.

He was part of Pakistani test and ODI teams between 1975 and 1996 and is still remembered for his last ball 6 to win an ODI against India when 4 runs were required of last ball.

He has scored over 8800 test runs and 7300 ODI runs and is regarded as one of the finest batsmen in cricket history.

After his retirement from cricket, he has worked thrice as coach of Pakistan national cricket team.

He is one of the only 2 to appear in 6 world cup competitions.

4. Anne Frank

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Anne Frank was a German born diarist and is one of the most discussed Jewish victims of Holocaust.

She became famous with her book The Diary of a Young Girl which is one of the world's most known books and has been translated into more than 60 languages.

Her other publications which were posthumously published include Tales from the Secret Annex and Het Achterhuis.

5. Bert Sakmann

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Bert Sakmann is a German cell physiologist who is known for his inventions of function of single ion channels in cells and invention of patch clamp.

He worked as a professor at Heidelberg University and is currently leading an emeritus group at Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology.

He along with Erwin Neher were awarded with Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1991.

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