From History: Today's Famous Birthdays - 08/May/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. Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish singer, songwriter, actor and record producer who is regarded as the King of Latin Pop.
He is one of the biggest stars in Latin America and Hispanic market and sold over 170 million records worldwide and that makes him one of the best selling Spanish artists.
He holds the record for most number-one hits and also longest running number-one hit.
He has released 10 studio albums and has acted in many films including music videos and has participated in numerous music concerts.
He has won 8 American Music Awards, 10 Latin American Music Awards, 5 Billboard Music Awards, 43 Billboard Latin Music Awards, 1 Grammy Award and 5 Latin Grammy Awards.
2. Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman was an American statesman and 33rd President of United States of America.
He is regarded as one of the founders of United Nations and he was a supporter of a separate Israel.
He is also the only world leader to have used nuclear weapons in war.
3. Galen Rupp
Galen Rupp is an American long distance runner who holds many American records at high school, collegiate and senior levels.
He was part of 2012 London Olympics and 2016 Rio Olympics winning a silver in London in Men's 10,000 meters and a bronze in Rio in men's marathon.
He became the second American runner to win an Olympics marathon trials on his first attempt when he got selected for Rio Olympics marathon team.
4. Michael Bevan
Michael Bevan is a former Australian cricketer who played ODI and test formats for Australia.
He holds the record of batsman with highest average for the retired cricketers with an average of 53.58.
He was known to be a finisher for Australian team while batting with tailenders and ensure victory for Australia in most of the matches he played.
He was part of 1999 and 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup winning Australian team.
5. Devi Shetty
Devi Shetty is an Indian cardiac surgeon and chairman and founder of Narayana Health.
He has performed over 15,000 heart operations.
His operations are known to be affordable ones and because of that, he has been honoured by Indian government with India's third and fourth highest civilian awards Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri respectively.
He is also a winner of Ernst & Young Award – Entrepreneur of the Year in 2003 and Karnataka Ratna Award in 2001.
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That sure is a lot of heart operations. Wow
This is so great. For people who really need an operation at least there is someone who will do it for an affordable price. We all need help at times in life and to be able to aford to get help makes the situation better.
Yeah, Dr. Devi Shetty is a much popular man as for as heart surgeons are concerned in India.
It seems like he has collaborated with some funding from Indian government along with some foreign investments as well and that enables him to provide the service at affordable cost.
I felt instead of writing about an actor, I should write about this guy and I am happy you liked the information about him.
Thanks for the message :)
It is good to see people like this. If this is the main stream mode of healing then it needs to be affordable. Health care shouldn't cost as much as it does.
My brother in law was just in for kidney surgery and they used a robot to do it. Can you imagine. His surgery was very complex and they felt the robot would be able to do it better than their hands. Just a side note.
It is good to hear about some of the other famous people. Thanks so much! have an awesome day.
Well, frankly speaking, health care has become a business for many. But, people like Devisetty are showing that there is something more than money. He is well recognized even outside India.
Nice to know about the robot and yes, even I have heard about surgeries by robots.
Thank you, I am not able to spend much on posts and missed on couple of days in this week. Hoping to be regular again.
No worries my friend. We all have times like that. Take care and have a great day.
Interesting, I did not know that the birthday of enrique iglesias is today
It's like exploring new people every day to me. I am gaining some knowledge while bringing this blog to you all :).
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