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Duan Liyang (September 21, 1993 -), a native of Jiangjin District, Chongqing City, was born in Handan City, Hebei Province. She is a child star in mainland China, a female music producer, singer, and actor.

Duan Chuanliang (April 1963-), Chinese private entrepreneur, chairman of China Water Affairs Group, a Hong Kong listed company (HKEx: 855). Duan Chuanliang was born in Luyi County, Henan Province in April 1963. He graduated from the North China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower in 1984 with a major in agriculture. After graduation, he worked for the Ministry of Water Resources of China for 10 years. Later, he started his own business in the 1990s and founded Yinlong Group, investing in the electronics industry, real estate industry, hotels, office buildings and water supply systems, and became a private entrepreneur. In 2003, Duan Chuanliang acquired Yida Xingye (the predecessor of China Water Group (0855.HK)), which was in financial problems, sold all its electronics business and non-core assets, reorganized debt, injected its water investment, and renamed the company China Silver Dragon Group. Subsequently, the company aggressively acquired water companies in Guangdong, Henan, Jiangxi and other places, and officially changed its name to China Water Group in 2005.

Duan Guangren (1962-), male, is a Chinese control theory expert, professor at Harbin Institute of Technology, Yangtze River Scholar Distinguished Professor of the Ministry of Education, and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Duan Yongping (March 10, 1961 -), Chinese-American entrepreneur and investor, founder and former president of BBK Electronics. Duan Yongping was born in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China. He had Chinese nationality from 1961 to 2001, and later immigrated to the United States and became a naturalized American. As the founder of BBK Electronics, Duan has indirectly become the founder of a series of influential smartphone companies in mainland China and around the world, including OPPO, vivo, OnePlus, realme and iQOO. For this reason, the leading brands are called BBK series by some media.

Ein Yuanliang (February 9, 1719 - April 27, 1767), who was a court painter of the second Shō dynasty of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and one of the "Five Great Painters" of the Ryukyu Kingdom, was a close relative of the famous Zamami Yunjomasa. Yin Yuanliang is the second son of Yongxiang and Zhenman, the lord of Zhongsongli of the Yin family. He began to learn painting when he was six or seven years old. His father angrily asked him to practice calligraphy instead, but he still loved painting. When he was 12 years old, he learned painting from the court painter Wu Shiqian (Yamaguchi Qinun Shangzongji). Cai Wen, the third division officer, gave him the title "Tingqi", and King Shangjing gave him his seal. In 1752, he went to the Qing Dynasty as a "big writer" as a tribute envoy. After returning, he painted the portrait of King Shangjing. He is good at painting flowers and birds and landscape paintings. His works include "Landscape Pictures", "Quail Pictures", "Magic Cat Pictures", "Pheasants in the Snow", etc.

Sir William Connolly, CBE (English: Sir William Connolly, born November 24, 1942) is a Scottish actor, singer and stand-up comedian. He first sang in the folk band The Humblebums and later began performing in stage plays. , he only debuted in 18 years. Connolly's more well-known film works include: "Bad Deal", "Pocahontas", "The Unfortunate Adventures of Raymond Snicket", "The Last Samurai", "Brave" and "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies", "Garfield 2", etc.

Samuel "Billy" Wilder (/ˈwaɪldər/; German: [ˈvɪldɐ]; June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was a Jewish-American director, producer, and screenwriter, and one of the most important and successful directors in American history. Billy Wilder won seven Oscars, including two for Best Director, three for Best Screenplay, and two for Best Picture. He was nominated for a total of 21 Academy Awards, including 8 Best Director Awards.

William Jefferson Clinton (English: William Jefferson Clinton; August 19, 1946 -), commonly known as Bill Clinton (English: Bill Clinton), is an American lawyer and politician, a Democratic Party. He has served as the governor of Arkansas for a long time (1979-1981, 1983-1992) and the 42nd President of the United States (1993-2001). His wife is former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. They married in 1975 and have a daughter, Chelsea Clinton. Clinton was born and raised in Arkansas. He graduated from Georgetown University in 1968 and then attended Yale Law School, where he met his future wife, Hillary Rodham. After law school, Clinton returned to Arkansas, where he was elected state attorney general and later served two non-consecutive terms as governor of Arkansas. As governor, he reformed the state's education system and served as president of the National Governors Association. In 1992, Clinton was elected president as the candidate of the "New Democratic Party", defeating then-Republican President George H.W. Bush and independent candidate Ross Perot. He became the first baby boomer president and the youngest to serve two terms. During the Clinton administration, the United States experienced its longest peacetime economic expansion in history. He signed NAFTA, the Brady Pistol Violence Prevention Act, failed to pass his national health care overhaul, and accepted a controversial compromise policy that would have allowed gay service members to serve openly. In the mid-1990s, following the Democratic defeat in the 1994 midterm elections, Clinton's ideology began to shift and domestic policies became more conservative. He supported and signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act and Republican-led financial deregulation measures, while still supporting liberal policies such as the state Children's Health Insurance Program. He appointed Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer to the U.S. Supreme Court. In terms of foreign policy, Clinton ordered U.S. military intervention in the Bosnian and Kosovo wars, culminating in the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement. He also called for NATO expansion in Eastern Europe, with many former Warsaw Pact members joining during his presidency. Clinton's Middle East foreign policy included signing the Iraq Liberation Act, which provided aid to groups opposing Saddam Hussein. He also participated in

William Felton Russell (English: William Felton Russell, February 12, 1934 - July 31, 2022), commonly known as Bill Russell, was a former American NBA professional basketball player, whose main position was center. He played for the Boston Celtics for 13 seasons from 1956 to 1969, leading the Celtics to an unprecedented eight consecutive championships in NBA history (1959-1966) and a total of 11 championships. He was the main leader in creating the Boston Green Dynasty. Russell is widely considered by many commentators to be one of the greatest players in NBA history, with a career shooting percentage of over 40%. He is 6 feet 10 (2.08 meters) tall and has an arm length of 7 feet 4 (2.24 meters). Russell's blocking and defensive abilities are the main reason why the Celtics established a dynasty. In addition, he also inspired his teammates to improve their defensive abilities; his rebounding ability is also remarkable. He has won the NBA rebounding title four times, has more than 1,000 rebounds for more than ten consecutive seasons, and remains second in all-time total rebounds and average rebounds per game. He is also one of only two NBA players who can grab more than 50 rebounds in a game (the other is the famous opponent Wilt Chamberlain). Although he was never the focal point of the Celtics' offense, Russell still scored 14,522 points in his career and provided a lot of effective passing. As the No. 1 center in Celtics history, Russell was selected to the NBA 25th Anniversary Team in 1971 and the NBA 35th Anniversary Team in 1980. The No. 6 jersey was retired by the Celtics on March 12, 1972; Russell was selected into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1974, and was selected into the NBA's 50 Greatest Stars in 1996. During the 2009 NBA All-Star Weekend, NBA Commissioner David Stern announced that the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award was officially renamed the "Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award" to commemorate Russell's 11th NBA championship. In 2011, Barack Obama awarded Russell the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his achievements in the courtroom and in the civil rights movement. On June 16, 2017, it was officially announced that Russell won the first NBA Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2021, he was selected as one of the 75 NBA stars.

William Blaine "Bill" Richardson III (English: William Blaine "Bill" Richardson III, November 15, 1947 - September 1, 2023), an American Democratic politician, served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, the United States Secretary of Energy, and the Governor of New Mexico. He once competed for the Democratic candidate nomination in the 2008 US presidential election, but announced his withdrawal on January 9, 2008. On December 2, 2008, he was nominated by then President Barack Obama to serve as Secretary of Commerce. On January 4, 2009, Richardson resigned from the nomination of President-elect Obama as Secretary of Commerce after being investigated by the New Mexico Department of Justice for accepting bribes. Richardson has been nominated four times for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts through diplomatic channels to successfully free numerous U.S. personnel and other wrongfully detained individuals around the world.

William Henry Gates III, KBE, often called Bill Gates, is a famous American capitalist, investor, software engineer, and philanthropist. He co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen and served as Microsoft's chairman, CEO and chief software architect. He also held more than 8% of the company's common stock and was the company's largest individual shareholder.

Bigan (gān) (?—?), surnamed Zi, was born in Moyi (now Weihui, Henan Province) of the Yin Shang Dynasty, and was a member of the royal family of the Yin Shang Dynasty. He was the prime minister of the Shang Dynasty, the son of King Wen Ding of the Shang Dynasty, and the uncle of King Zhou. He was one of the three loyal ministers. In the Analects of Confucius, he called Wang Ziweizi, Wangzi Jizi, and Wangzi Bigan the "Three Rens of Yin". They were regarded as the ancestors and gods of wealth of the Lin surname.

Björk Gwyzmensdóttir, whose stage name is Björk (translated as Jasper in Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Taiwan), is an Icelandic singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and music producer. Her music is eclectic and eclectic. The music styles involved include alternative rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical music and avant-garde music.

Björn Borg (Swedish: Björn Borg, Swedish pronunciation: [ˈbjœːɳ ˈbɔrj], June 6, 1956 -) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He is ranked No. 1 in the world in singles, winner of 11 Grand Slams, and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Current tennis player Leo Bori is his son. He won 66 ATP men's singles titles in just 8 years from 1974 to 1981. He announced his retirement in 1982 and became a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987. Bori won a total of 11 Grand Slams in his career, including six French Open men's singles championships (1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981) and five Wimbledon men's singles championships (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980). He was the first tennis player to win ten or more Grand Slam men's singles championships since the Open era. He was the player with the highest winning rate in men's singles since the Open era (654 wins and 140 losses, winning rate 82.37%). He was also the year-end ATP singles world number one in 1979 and 1980, and won three consecutive ITF world championships from 1978 to 1980, as well as five consecutive ATP Player of the Year awards from 1976 to 1980. Bory and McEnroe are recognized as one of the greatest rivals in the history of men's tennis. Due to Bory's cold image and McEnroe's violent personality, they formed a strong contrast of "ice and fire". Especially the 1980 Wimbledon men's singles final is one of the supreme classics in the history of tennis. Due to the dramatic ups and downs of the schedule, it was made into a movie Borg vs McEnroe in 2017.

Bjørnstjerne Martinus Bjørnson (Norwegian: Bjørnstjerne Martinus Bjørnson, Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈbjø̂ːɳstjæːɳə ˈbjø̂ːɳsɔn]; December 8, 1832 – April 26, 1910) was a Norwegian writer and winner of the 1903 Nobel Prize for Literature. Björnsson, Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lee and Alexander Kjeran are known as the "Four Great Writers" of Norway. Bjornsson is also the lyricist of the Norwegian national anthem. Björnsson's rural novels "Sunshine Mountain", "Arnni", "Happy Boy" and "The Fisher Girl" exude a strong rural flavor. In poetic and beautiful language, they show the hardship of farmers' life and the true love of young men and women, and praise the noble moral character of the Norwegian people. The main artistic achievements are historical dramas, and his representative works include "King of Swale", "King of Sichard", "Beyond Manpower", "Bankruptcy", "Newspaper Editor" and "The Power of Challenge". In terms of themes, there are some to restore national self-confidence and potential through heroic deeds in Norwegian history, and some to criticize current ills and call for reform. Bjornsson also sang with full poetry about the beautiful mountains and rivers of Norway's Thousand Islands.

Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell (/ˈaɪlɪʃ/ EYE-lish; December 18, 2001 -) is an American singer-songwriter. She came to public attention in 2015 with her debut single "Ocean Eyes", which was subsequently released by Darkroom Records, a subsidiary of Neoscope Records; the song was written and produced by her brother Phineas O'Connell, with whom she has continued to collaborate in music creation and live performances. Her debut mini-album Don't Smile at Me (2017) was a huge commercial success and entered the top 15 of many national and regional charts, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. Eilish's debut studio album "While We Sleep: Strange Things Happen" (2019) was a huge success, debuting at number one on the US Billboard 200 and UK Album Charts. The album was one of the best-selling albums in 2019, and its fifth single "Bad Guy" became a hit single. It was also her first number one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The following year, she co-wrote the theme song "No Time to Die" with her brother Phineas O'Connell for the movie "007: No Time to Die". The song topped the British singles chart and won the Oscar for Best Original Song at the 94th Academy Awards in 2022. Her subsequent singles "Everything I Wanted", "My Future", "I Think Therefore I Am" and "Your Power" reached the top ten in both the United States and the United Kingdom. Her second studio album "Weird Music" (2021) topped the album charts in 25 countries and regions. Eilish has received numerous awards, including ten Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, two Guinness World Records, three MTV Video Music Awards, three BRIT Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and two Academy Awards. She is the youngest winner in Grammy history, winning all four general categories at the same year's ceremony - Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Album of the Year. She was included in the list of "Time's Top 100 People of the Future" first announced in 2019 and the "Top 100 People" in 2021. According to the Recording Industry Association of America and Billboard

Billie Holiday (English: Billie Holiday, formerly known as Eleanora Harris, April 7, 1915 - July 17, 1959), an American jazz and swing singer, nicknamed "Lady Day". She is recognized as one of the most important jazz singers of the 20th century, along with Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn. Holiday was a groundbreaking jazz and pop singer. Film critic John Bush wrote that she "forever changed the art of American pop singing." Her vocal style was intensely inspired, pioneering a new way of manipulating words and rhythm, and also popularizing a more personal and intimate approach to singing. She created many albums along the way, and the response to each one was very warm, but even when she reached the peak of her life, she was still racially discriminated against, so she created "Strange Fruit" in 1939. This song was only performed on the day of the open cafe performance. She turned off all the lights and roared in the dark. This song also resonated with society. Holiday died of complications from cirrhosis of the liver in 1959. The 2021 American biographical drama film "The United States v. Billie Holiday" tells the story of Holiday's later life.

Bi Ke (July 21, 1931 - March 23, 2001), Chinese dubbing artist and dubbing director.

Pythagoras (Greek: Πυθαγόρας, 570 BC - 495 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, mathematician, and music theorist, and the founder of Pythagoreanism. Pythagoras believed that mathematics could explain everything in the world, and was obsessed with numbers to the point of worship; he also believed that all truths could be reflected and confirmed by proportions, squares, and right triangles: for example, he believed that the square number "100" meant "justice." Pythagoreanism refers to the esoteric and metaphysical ideological doctrines he and his followers held. They were all deeply influenced by mathematics, such as the numerology of life, rainbow numerology, and life blueprint numerology.

Mao Buyi (October 1, 1994 -), whose real name is Wang Weijia, is from Tailai, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang. He is a male singer and singer-songwriter in mainland China. Debuted by Tencent Video's "Tomorrow's Son". Representative songs include "Easing Sorrow", "People Like Me", "Midsummer", "Undyed", "Ordinary Day", "One Meat and One Vegetable", "Borrow", "Babble", etc.

Claudia Mo Man-ching (English: Claudia Mo Man-ching, January 18, 1957 -) is a Hong Kong democratic politician and former media worker. Her ancestral home is Ningbo, Zhejiang. She was born in Hong Kong. After the Form 5 examination, she went to Canada to study, and later returned to Hong Kong to work as a reporter. He is a former member of the Civic Party, a member of the Legislative Council of the Kowloon West Constituency of Hong Kong and the convener of the Democratic Party Conference. He was also a part-time lecturer in the Department of Politics and Administration of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 2012, Mo Mengjing represented the Civic Party in the 2012 Hong Kong Legislative Council election and was successfully elected in the direct election of the Kowloon West region. During her tenure, she and Fan Guowei advocated that the government take back the authority to approve one-way permits, believing that this would alleviate the welfare burden caused by the substantial increase in what it called "new immigrants with low education". In the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election, Mao was successfully re-elected in the same constituency with the fourth highest number of votes (32,323 votes). On November 14 of the same year, due to differences with the Civic Party on local issues, filibuster and other issues, she officially quit the Civic Party and served as a member of the Legislative Council as a local member of Hong Kong. Mao Mengjing's political position is considered to be self-determination: she supports Hong Kong nativism and opposes mainlandization phenomena such as the use of mainland Chinese terms. In 2013, Mao questioned the Hong Kong government's donation to the Ya'an earthquake in Sichuan, saying that the Chinese government had "bankruptcy of trust" and that the donation was "beneficial to those corrupt officials" and he did not want the Hong Kong government to "generate the Hong Kong people's tax dollars." In 2016, during the Legislative Council inquiry, Mao excitedly accused the primary school textbooks of "brainwashing education" and the content of "We are all Chinese" and the content was "scary to death." However, he also emphasizes the "pragmatic localism" line. Although he agrees that Hong Kong people should have the right to self-determination, he does not support Hong Kong independence and use force to deal with conflicts between China and Hong Kong. His political views are somewhat different from those of the localists. In early 2021, he was sentenced to 50 months in prison for violating Hong Kong's national security law for participating in the pro-democracy primaries for the 2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council election. On April 29, 2025, Mao Mengjing was released from prison after serving his sentence.

Maura Tracy Healey (English: Maura Tracy Healey; February 8, 1971 -), American Democratic politician and lawyer. He once served as the Attorney General of Massachusetts. He was elected in the 2022 U.S. election and took office as the Governor of Massachusetts the following year. Became the first openly gay governor of Massachusetts and the second female governor of Massachusetts.

Mao Jiangsen (January 15, 1934 - May 18, 2023), a native of Jiangshan, Zhejiang, was a Chinese virologist, researcher and president of the Zhejiang Academy of Medical Sciences. Graduated from the Department of Medicine, Shanghai First Medical College in 1956. In 1991, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (member of the academic department).

Mao Zedong (December 26, 1893 - September 9, 1976), courtesy name Runzhi, was born in Xiangtan, Hunan Province. He was a modern Chinese Marxist-Leninist theorist, revolutionist, politician, military strategist and poet. He became the supreme leader of the Communist Party of China in 1943 and the supreme leader of the People's Republic of China in 1949. He was one of the founders of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the People's Republic of China.