August 12 is another day for celebrity birthdays of people around the world.
1. Tyson Luke Fury (born August 12, 1988)
He is a British professional boxer. He is a two-time world heavyweight champion and has held the WBC and The Ring magazine titles since defeating Deontay Wilder in 2020. previously held the unified WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO and The Ring titles after defeating Wladimir Klitschko in 2015. With his victory over Wilder, Fury became the third heavyweight after Floyd Patterson and Muhammad Ali to hold The Ring magazine title twice, and he is ranked as the world’s top active heavyweight.
2. Mario Balotelli Barwuah (born August 12, 1990)
He is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Süper Lig club Adana Demirspor. He played for European heavyweights Inter Milan, Liverpool, Ac Milan and Manchester City. He has played 36 times for the Italy national team and scored 14 times.
3. Taiwo Micheal Awoniyi (born August 12, 1997)
He is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Nottingham Forest and the Nigeria national team. Awoniyi represented Nigeria at the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2013 and won the tournament by scoring four goals during the competition.[23] He also represented Nigeria at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand after winning the 2015 Africa U-20 Championship in Senegal. He has played for Union Berlin, Frankfurt and currently works for Nottingham Forest.
4. Kiki Mordi
Nkiru “Kiki” Mordi is a Nigerian investigative journalist, filmmaker, author and entrepreneur. In 2016, she won the Outstanding Radio Program Host (South-South) award at the Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards.
5. Matthijs de Ligt (born August 12, 1999)
He is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Netherlands national team. He has played 38 times for the national team, scoring 2 goals.
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6. Stefanos Tsitsipas (born August 12, 1998)
With his win at the 2018 Stockholm Open, he became the first Greek to win an ATP World Tour title. He is the youngest player to be featured on ATP’s Top 10 list and has achieved a career-high global ranking of No. 5, making him the highest-ranked Greek tennis player of all time. Tsitsipas was the champion at the 2019 ATP Finals, becoming the youngest winner of the year-end championships in 18 years.
7. Peter Sampras (born August 12, 1971)
Former professional tennis player Pete Sampras has won 14 Grand Slam singles titles over the course of his career. He was voted world No. 1 in 1993 and held the record for 286 weeks. Nicknamed “Pistol Pete,” the player was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2007. Because of his achievements, Sampras is considered by many to be one of the greatest tennis players in the history of the sport.
8. LaKeith Lee Stanfield (born August 12, 1991)
He is an American actor best known for playing real-life personalities such as Snoop Dogg and Jimmie Lee Jackson in biographical films. He made his feature film debut in Short Term 12 (2013), for which he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. He received further recognition for his roles in the films Selma (2014), Straight Outta Compton (2015), Crown Heights (2017), Sorry to Bother You (2018) and Judas and the Black Messiah (2021). He is also known for his role as Cherokee Bill in The Harder They Fall.