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Sacha Noam Baron Cohen (English: Sacha Noam Baron Cohen, born October 13, 1971) is a British actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for a series of successful and controversial roles in his British Channel 4 TV series Ali G: The Show, including Ali G, Borat and Bruno, who have also been adapted for the big screen. Baron Cohen won many awards for his performance as Borat in "Borat", including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. These controversial characters originally only appeared in "Da Ali G Show", but starting with 2002's "Bad Guys" to "Uncle Gets" and "Bruno Gets Out", Baron Cohen is likely to adapt all the characters in the TV series into movies. After 2011, he starred in "Hugo's Adventures" (2011), "The Cutter" (2012) and "Les Misérables" (2012).

Sharif Neidgajavovich Sharifov (Russian: Шариф Наидгаджавович Шарифов, Azerbaijani: Şərif Şərifov, November 11, 1988 -) was born in Gunukh, Charoda District, Dagestan, former Soviet Union, and is an Azerbaijani wrestler. He is of Avar ancestry. He started wrestling in 2000. He won the 84kg men's freestyle wrestling championship at the 2012 London Olympics and the third place at the 86kg men's freestyle wrestling at the Rio Olympics in 2016.

Shah Rukh Khan (English: Shah Rukh Khan, pronounced: [ˈʃɑːɦɾʊx xɑːn], November 2, 1965 -) or SRK for short, is an Indian actor, producer, television personality and businessman. He mainly works in Bollywood and is called the "Baadshah of Bollywood" and "King Khan" by the media. He has won numerous awards for his many films, including the Indian National Film Award and the Indian Film Audience Award. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India and the Order of Arts and Letters and the Legion of Honor by the French government. Khan has a huge fan following in Asia and among the Indian diaspora around the world. Several media outlets rank him among the most successful movie stars in the world in terms of audience size and revenue. The themes of many of his films include Indian national identity and connection with diaspora communities, or gender, racial, social and religious differences and grievances. Khan began his career in the late 1980s by starring in various TV series, and made his Bollywood debut in 1992 with "Mad". He was first recognized for his villainous roles in the films The Love Scam and The Fear of Love (both 1993). Khan established his reputation by starring in a series of high-grossing romantic films, including "Across the Sea" (1995), "Wild at Heart" (1997), "Proof of Love" (1998), "True Love" "Love Lasts" (2000), "Sometimes Laughter and Sometimes Tears" (2001), "Our Love Has No Tomorrow" (2003), "Love Without Borders" (2004) and "Love on the Train Station" (2006). Other well-known works include "Bollywood" (2002), "Homeland" (2004), "Go India!" "(2007), "If Love in Bollywood" (2007), "Made in Heaven" (2008), "My Name is Khan" (2010) and "Chennai Express" (2013). After a brief setback and a hiatus from starring, Khan made a comeback in 2023 with the action thrillers "Bollywood" and "The Brave Man", both of which ranked among the best in the box office history of Indian movies; "The Brave Man" also won him the Indian National Film Award for Best Actor. Khan is co-chairman of production company Red Chillies Entertainment and its subsidiaries, as well as an Indian Premier League cricket team

Jeon Hae Rim (Korean: Jeon Hae-rim, June 28, 1978 -), whose stage name is Ha Ji Won (Korean: Ha Ji-won/river Ji Won, romanized: Ha Ji-Won), is a South Korean actress and singer. Ha Ji-won is known as the "chameleon". She can perfectly digest every role, whether it is an innocent girl, a money-worshiping girl, a fighting girl, a prostitute, a queen, an athlete or a doctor. She is one of the few award-winning actors who can freely change various images in movies and TV series. In addition, she is also known as the movie box office queen and the TV ratings queen.

Ha Jung-woo (Korean: Ha Jung-woo, born March 11, 1978), whose real name is Kim Sung-hun, is a South Korean actor.

Ha Ri-soo (Korean: Harisu, Romanized: Harisu, February 17, 1975 -), whose real name is Lee Kyung-eun (Korean: Kyeong-eun Lee, Romanized: Lee Kyung-eun), is a Korean transgender actress and singer who is active in South Korea, Japan, Mainland China and Taiwan as a model, singer and actor. Ha Lixiu was born in Seongnam City, near Seoul. From 1997 to 1998, he went to Japan and took a hairstylist course, as well as singing in local clubs. Surgery was performed in the meantime. In 1999, she was favored by an entertainment company and shot an advertisement for the Korean cosmetics company DoDo. This advertisement made Ha Rixiu famous. In 2001, the Incheon Police Department in South Korea approved changing her legal gender to female and changing her name to Lee Kyung-eun.

Kawashi Tomomi (Japanese: Kasai Tomomi, November 16, 1991 -) is a Japanese female artist and actress, and a former member of the female idol group AKB48. Born in Tokyo, belongs to Hori Production Co., Ltd. Debuted as a second-generation member of AKB48 in 2006. Graduated from AKB48 on May 3, 2013.

Kono Taro (Japanese: Kono Taro/ Taro, Romanized: Kōno Tarō, born January 10, 1963, is a politician from the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan. He has served as Minister of Digital Affairs, Minister in Charge of Administrative Reform, Minister in Charge of Vaccination Promotion, Minister in Charge of National Civil Service, Minister in Charge of the Cabinet Office (Okinawa and Northern Countermeasures, Regulatory Reform), Minister of Foreign Affairs (145th and 146th generation), Minister of Defense Minister of Health (20th generation), Chairman of the National Public Security Commission (90th generation), Minister with Special Responsibilities in the Cabinet Office (Regulatory Reform, Disaster Prevention, Consumers and Food Safety (3rd Abe’s 1st Cabinet Reform)), Director of Administrative Reform Promotion Headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party, Acting Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party, Deputy Minister of Justice (8th generation), Administrative Officer of the Minister of General Affairs and Affairs (In charge of personnel, administrative management, administrative evaluation, grants, statistics and other related functions of the old General Affairs Office (the first Koizumi Cabinet)), chairman of the House of Representatives Final Accounts Administrative Monitoring Committee, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee and other positions. He has been elected to the House of Representatives for eight consecutive terms since 1996. His father is Yohei Kono, a former president of the Liberal Democratic Party, deputy prime minister and foreign minister. His younger brother is Jiro Kono, the representative director and president of Nippon Terminal Co., Ltd. His grandfather is Ichiro Kono, a former deputy prime minister and minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympics. His great-uncle is Kenzo Kono, who was the former Speaker of the Senate.

Frank Jennings Tipler III (born February 1, 1947) is a mathematical physicist and cosmologist who currently works in the Departments of Mathematics and Physics at Tulane University.

Fabricio Raúl Jesús Oberto (Spanish: Fabricio Raúl Jesús Oberto, March 21, 1975 -), born in Cordoba Province, Argentina, is a professional basketball player who won the men's basketball gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics with the team.

Fabio Coloccini (Spanish: Fabricio Coloccini, pronounced: [faˈβɾisjo koloˈtʃini]; January 22, 1982 -) is an Argentine retired football player who played as a defender and last played for Atlético Aldohivi in ​​the Argentine Football League.

Fara Williams (January 25, 1984 -) is an English women's football player. She plays the role of offensive midfielder in the England women's national football team and currently plays for Everton Women's Football Club. Farah played in all of England's matches at UEFA Women's Euro 2005 and scored a leading penalty in the 2–1 defeat to Denmark. She also scored 5 goals in the 2007 Women's World Cup qualifiers. Helped the team qualify for the finals in China, including a 13-0 victory over the Hungarian women's football team. On May 23, 2007, Farah was selected as the 2007 Best International Player of the Year Award.

Fathi Hassan (May 10, 1957 -) is a famous African painter.

Franklin Edward Kameny (May 21, 1925 – October 11, 2011) was an American gay rights activist. In 1957, Kameny was discharged from the U.S. Army Map Service for being gay, which led to his struggle with U.S. authorities. Kameny has formally appealed his dismissal from the U.S. Civil Service Commission. Although unsuccessful, the lawsuit was notable because it was the first known civil rights lawsuit in a U.S. court based on sexual orientation.

Franz Klammer (German: Franz Klammer, born December 3, 1953), Austrian male alpine skier. He represented Austria in alpine skiing at the 1976 and 1984 Winter Olympics, winning a gold medal.

Polykarp Kusch (January 26, 1911 - March 20, 1993) was a German-American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1955. Kusch received his undergraduate degree in physics from Case Western Reserve University in 1931 and his master's and doctoral degrees from Illinois College in 1933. After graduation, he worked as a professor at Columbia University. Ph.D. students he supervised during his time at Columbia University included Gordon Gould, who later invented the laser. Kusch taught at the University of Texas at Dallas from 1972 until his retirement in 1982.

Pauline Camille Peyraud-Magnin (French: Pauline Camille Peyraud-Magnin; March 17, 1992 -) is a French female professional football player who serves as a goalkeeper. She currently plays for the National Women's Football League team Denver Summit and the French Women's National Football Team. She represented France in women's football at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann (German: Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann, September 17, 1826 - July 20, 1866), a German mathematician, the proposer of Riemannian geometry, the Riemann Hypothesis, and one of the founders of complex variable function theory. He made outstanding contributions in the fields of mathematical analysis, number theory, differential geometry, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians in history. Starting from the convergence of trigonometric series, Riemann proposed the Riemann integrability theory. His research on the distribution of prime numbers also laid the foundation for the discipline of analytic number theory. Riemann introduced concepts such as Riemann surfaces and Riemannian manifolds for the first time, opening up the development path of topology and differential geometry. The Riemannian geometry he established provided mathematical tools for general relativity.

Botena Kamel (Egyptian Arabic: بثينة كامل, April 18, 1962 -) is an Egyptian television host, political activist, and politician. In April 2011, she announced on Twitter that she would participate in Egypt's presidential election, becoming the first female presidential candidate in Egypt's history.

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius (Latin: Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius; Boëthius pronounced /boʊˈiːθi.əs/, also translated as Boethius, 480-524 or 525) was an early sixth-century philosopher. He was also the last philosopher of Greco-Roman philosophy and the first philosopher of scholasticism. Boethius was born in the Anysius family, an ancient and famous family in Rome. This family had appeared in the Roman emperors Petronius Maximus and Olibrius and many Roman consuls. His father, Flavius ​​Manlius Boethius, became consul in 487 after the German Odoacer deposed the last Roman emperor, Romulus Augustus. Boethius himself entered politics very early and became a member of the Senate when he was 25 years old. In 510, Boethius became consul during the period when the Ostrogothic Kingdom ruled Italy. In 522, his two sons also became consuls. Later, Theodoric the Great, the ruler of the Ostrogothic Kingdom, suspected that he had contacted the Eastern Roman Empire to rebel and imprisoned him in Pavia. He was eventually sentenced to death by the Senate. While in prison, Boethius wrote his philosophical masterpiece "The Consolation of Philosophy" about metaphysical and ethical issues such as fate and death. This book became the most influential philosophical work in the Middle Ages. Boethius is canonized as a saint in Catholicism, and his memorial day is October 23.

Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (English: Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas, Greek: Αριστοτέλης Σαβάλας, January 21, 1922 - January 22, 1994) was an American television and film actor, singer, comedian, and action film actor. He is famous for his bald head style and is also an American TV Emmy Award winner. His colorful acting career can be divided into four stages: the most well-known is the 1973 American TV series "Kojak" as the detective protagonist who likes to chew lollipops, and was nominated for the "Best Supporting Actor" at the 1962 Academy Awards; he also played the role of the villain leader Ernst Stavro in a Chinese tunic suit, chewing a fat cigar and hugging a cat in the 007 Episode 6 movie "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" Blofeld opposed 007; but in the famous 1966 war film "Tank Showdown", he played a humorous American soldier who opened a snack vendor shop on the front line of the battle with the German army. Like many Canadian and American comedians, Chavara started his career on the American comedy variety show "Saturday Night Live". Unfortunately, he later died of lung cancer due to excessive smoking.

Taylor Daniel Lautner (English: Taylor Daniel Lautner, /ˈlaʊtnər/, LOWT-ner, February 11, 1992 -), is an American actor and model. He began his silver career as a martial arts actor in Michigan and the Netherlands when he was young, and ranked first in his category in the American Karate Sports Association. He is best known for his role as Jacob Blake in the Twilight film adaptations of Stephenie Meyer's novel of the same name.

Ted Budd (English: Ted Budd, October 21, 1971 -) is a Republican politician from North Carolina, United States. He has served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina since 2023. As a member of the Republican Party, he served as the federal representative for North Carolina's 13th Congressional District from 2017 to 2023. Budd is the Republican candidate for North Carolina's U.S. Senate election in 2022, aiming to succeed retiring Republican Senator Richard Burr. He defeated Democratic candidate Cherry Beasley and was inaugurated on January 3, 2023. Budd will become North Carolina's senior senator when Thom Tillis leaves office in January 2027.

Edrick "Tiger" Woods, an American golfer, has been ranked No. 1 in the world for the first time in 1997. He has been in the position for more than 650 weeks, which is a record in the history of golf. Because his nickname "Tiger" means "Tiger" in English, he is often called Tiger in Chinese.