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Tyson Fury Tyson Fury Athletes · U.K.

Tyson Fury (English: Tyson Fury; August 12, 1988 -), British professional boxer and heavyweight world boxing champion. Fury entered professional boxing in 2008. Since then, he has won several championship titles in the British, Commonwealth, Irish, and WBO continental competitions. In 2015, Fury won the World Boxing Association (WBA), International Boxing Federation (IBF), World Boxing Organization (WBO), International Boxing Organization (IBO) and "The Ring" titles in one fell swoop after defeating boxing champion Vladimir Klitschko. As a result, he won the Fighter of the Year and Upset of the Year awards from "Boxing Ring" magazine that year. However, at the end of that year, he was stripped of his gold belt by the IBF because he did not agree to fight against the Ukrainian boxer Vyacheslav Glazkov designated by the IBF. In 2016, he finally gave up his WBA, WBO and IBO gold belts due to failed drug tests and other reasons. In 2018, Fury returned to the ring. On December 1, 2018, Fury fought to a draw with WBC world champion Deontay Wilder. As of 2021, Fury became the WBC and "The Ring" heavyweight world champion after defeating Wilder in February 2020. Fury is widely regarded as the best heavyweight boxer in the world. He lost to Usyk in the boxing championship unification match on May 19, 2024. At the end of the unification match for the WBA, WBO, IBF, and WBC championships, Usyk became the owner of four belts.

Tate Reves Tate Reves Political figures · United States

Jonathan Tate Reeves (English: Jonathon Tate Reeves, June 5, 1974-) is an American politician whose political party is the Republican Party. Starting in 2020, he serves as the 65th governor of Mississippi.

Teddy Fleck Teddy Fleck Athletes · Australia

Edwin Harold "Teddy" Flack (English: Edwin Harold "Teddy" Flack, November 5, 1873 - January 10, 1935) was an Australian male track and field and tennis player. He was the only athlete on the Australian delegation to the 1896 Summer Olympics, winning gold medals in the men's 800m and 1500m events.

Teddy Robin Teddy Robin Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Teddy Robin (English: Teddy Robin, March 20, 1945-), formerly known as Kwan Wai-pang, is a Hong Kong male singer, songwriter, filmmaker, and actor. In the mid-1960s, Teddy, who loved music, formed a band with his friends and participated in the famous disc jockey Uncle Ray's radio show. After that, he was admired by Diamond Records. He became the lead singer and guitarist of Hong Kong's first all-Chinese rock band Teddy Robin and the Playboys, which became popular among Hong Kong music fans at that time. Later she acted in her first movie "The Price of Love". Also studying filmmaking. Teddy Robin engaged in film production in the late 1970s. In 1979, Teddy Robin supervised the production of his first film "Point to the Soldiers", which received very good reputation and box office. He successively served as an important official of Zhucheng Film Company and New Art City Film Company; and then became one of the bosses of Good Friends Film Company, Youhe Film Company, and Taiyingxuan Film Company. But he still doesn't forget music and often participates in records and film soundtracks. He has produced more than 20 films, directed five and one-third of films, and occasionally participated in performances and film scores. He has won numerous awards in the music and film circles, including major awards: the CASH Music Achievement Award of the Hong Kong Composers and Lyricists Society in 2011, the 30th Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Original Film Score, Best Supporting Actor, the 17th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor, and the 2012 Australian International Chinese Film Festival for Best Actor. In addition to his passion for acting, Teddy Robin is also involved in many industry promotions. He is one of the founders of the Hong Kong Film Directors Guild and the permanent honorary director of the Hong Kong Performing Artists Guild.

Zelim Kozoev Zelim Kozoev Athletes · Russia

Zelim Kozoev (Russian: Зелим Коцоев, August 9, 1998 -) is a male judo athlete from Ukraine and Azerbaijan. He is the bronze medalist in the men's 100kg category at the 2022 World Judo Championships, the bronze medalist in the men's 100kg category at the 2023 World Judo Championships, and the gold medal winner in the men's 100kg category at the 2024 World Judo Championships.

Xavier Dolan Xavier Dolan Film & TV · Canada

Xavier Dolan (English: Xavier Dolan, born March 20, 1989) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and voiceover. At the age of 19, he won three awards at the Cannes Film Festival with his directorial debut "Kill My Mom". After that, his five directorial works were favored by major international film festivals such as Cannes and Venice.

Jessie Mae Lee Jessie Mae Lee Film & TV · U.K.

Jessica Mei Li (English: Jessica Mei Li, August 27, 1995 -) is a British actress. She is best known for her work on the Netflix series "The Sun Calls."

Loic Nego Loic Nego Athletes · France

Loïc Négo (French: Loïc Négo; January 15, 1991 -) is a professional football player with dual nationality of France and Hungary. He serves as a right back and plays for the French Ligue 1 club Le Havre and the Hungarian national football team.

H Hong Jibi Entrepreneurs · Unknown nationality

Hong Jibi (February 1941-), male, from Xiamen, Fujian. Graduated from Tsinghua University. He once served as the chairman and general manager of Panzhihua New Steel and Vanadium Co., Ltd. Retired in 2006. In 2004, he won the title of "Entrepreneur with Outstanding Contribution of Sichuan Province".

H Hong Guofan Scientists · People's Republic of China

Hong Guofan (December 24, 1939 -), male, native of Ningbo, Zhejiang, Chinese molecular biologist, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and academician of the Third World Academy of Sciences. He is currently the director of the National Gene Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Hong Changxiu Hong Changxiu Film & TV · Republic of Korea

Hong Sang-soo (Korean: Hong Sang-soo/Hong Sang-soo, Romanized: Hong Sang-soo, October 25, 1960 -), South Korean film director. Hong Sang-soo was born in the independent filmmaking movement in South Korea. He is currently the most experimental independent film director in South Korea. He is also the first generation of Korean directors who studied abroad and is good at integrating the experimental film spirit learned abroad into Korean films.

Hong Deyuan Hong Deyuan Scientists · People's Republic of China

Hong Deyuan (January 14, 1937 -), male, native of Jixi, Anhui, is a Chinese botanist, researcher at the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

H Hong Tao Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Hong Tao (April 24, 1965 -), whose real name is He Hong, is a native of Zhuzhou, Hunan, a media person in mainland China, a senior variety show director, and currently a member of the Art Committee of Hunan Radio, Film and Television Group (Hunan Radio and Television). He has long served as the director, chief producer and program supervisor of the "I Am a Singer" and "Singer" series.

Hong Shihan Hong Shihan Film & TV · Republic of China

Angel Hong (English: Angel Hong, January 7, 1988 -), whose stage name is Hong Shi, is a Taiwanese female artist. She is a member of the girl group Wednesday. In the past, she was a member of Popu Lady and I Love Black Club. The fan's name is Little Lion. He once appeared in the variety show "I Love Darkness" and became famous. Currently, he is involved in the catering industry and operates the salty crispy chicken izakaya "Yuanhuo Zhachu". Her husband is actor Li Yunqing.

Sammo Hung Sammo Hung Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Sammo Hung Kam-po (English: Sammo Hung Kam-po, January 7, 1952 -), formerly known by his stage name Zhu Yuanlong and Yuanlong, is a Hong Kong actor, action director, film director and producer. He was the "big brother" and "miscellaneous boy" in the Hong Kong film industry in the 1980s.

Mao Asada Mao Asada Athletes · Japan

Mao Asada (September 25, 1990 -), a famous Japanese figure skater, was born in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture. Mao Asada is the first Asian female single skater to win three gold medals at the World Figure Skating Championships and the title of "World Champion" three times (2008, 2010, 2014). She gained attention at the 2005 World Youth Skating Championships when she became the youngest figure skater in history to complete the triple axel. In addition, he has won three Four Continents Figure Skating Championships and three International Skating Union Figure Skating Grand Prix Finals. She was also the silver medalist in women's single figure skating at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. She successfully completed three perfect Axar triple axels in the event, which was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records. She is the first single skater in history to win gold medals in a total of 7 events in the Grand Prix series (France, Japan, Canada, Russia, China, the United States) and the finals. She broke her personal best score of 78.66 points at the 2014 World Figure Skating Championships and set a new world record. On April 10, 2017, he announced his retirement on his blog.

Helen Allingham Helen Allingham Artists · united kingdom of great britain and ireland

Helen Allingham (maiden name Paterson, September 26, 1848 - September 28, 1926) was a British Victorian watercolor painter and illustrator.

Helen Keller Helen Keller Writers · United States

Helen Adams Keller (English: Helen Adams Keller, June 27, 1880 - June 1, 1968) was a writer, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, United States. She lost her vision and hearing during an illness when she was 19 months old. Then, she mainly communicated using Home sign/Kitchen sign, which refers to the spontaneous gestural communication system of hearing-impaired children. At age 7, she met teacher and lifelong companion Anne Sullivan, who taught her how to use language, including reading and writing. Sullivan's first lesson was to spell words on Keller's hands, showing her the names of objects around her. She also learned how to communicate and understand what others were saying using the Tadoma method. After being educated in junior colleges and mainstream schools, she attended Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute and became the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. From 1924 to 1968, she worked for the American Foundation for the Blind; during this time she traveled throughout the United States and to 35 countries around the world, providing assistance to people with vision loss. She was a prolific author, authoring 14 books and hundreds of speeches and essays on topics ranging from animals to key figures. She campaigned for people with disabilities, women's suffrage, labor rights and world peace issues. She joined the Socialist Party of America in 1909. She was a supporter of the NAACP and a founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union. In 1933, when her book How I Became a Socialist was burned by the Hitler Youth, she wrote an open letter to the Student Body of Germany denouncing censorship and prejudice in Nazi Germany. Her story with Sullivan was made famous throughout the world in her autobiography, My Life, and in the film and stage play The Miracle Worker, based on the work.

Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie Athletes · Ethiopia

Haili Gebreselahi, also translated as Kibilasha or Kibislas by some Hong Kong media, is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He was the world record holder for marathon, 10km marathon, 20,000m race, half marathon and 1-hour timed race.

Heinrich Burr Heinrich Burr Writers · Germany

Heinrich Theodor Böll (German: Heinrich Theodor Böll, December 21, 1917 - July 16, 1985), born in Cologne, Germany, was one of the most important German writers and translators after World War II. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972.

Heinrich Rudolf Hertz Heinrich Rudolf Hertz Scientists · Hamburger

Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (German: Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, February 22, 1857 - January 1, 1894), a German physicist, first experimentally confirmed the existence of electromagnetic waves in 1887 and published a paper in 1888. He made great contributions to electromagnetism, so the SI unit of frequency, the Hertz, is named after him.

H Haizi Writers · People's Republic of China

Haizi (March 24, 1964 - March 26, 1989), whose real name is Zha Haisheng, is a contemporary Chinese poet. Together with Xi Chuan and Luo Yihe, they are known as the "Three Musketeers of Peking University".

Hailee Steinfeld Hailee Steinfeld Film & TV · United States

Hailee Steinfeld (English: Hailee Steinfeld, December 11, 1996 -), American actress and singer. She achieved her career breakthrough with her performance in the western film "True Grit" (2010), for which she won many awards, including nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. Later, he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for the youth coming-of-age film "The Edge" (2016). Other well-known works include the movies "Manhattan Love Study" (2013), "Ender's Game" (2013), the "Song of Music" series of movies (2015 to 2017), "Bumblebee" (2 2018), "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" (2018), "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" (2023), and the TV series "Dickinson's Verse" (2019-2021). Steinfeld has played Kate Bishop/Hawkeye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since the Disney+ miniseries "Hawkeye" (2021). Steinfeld gained recognition from the music industry after singing "Light of Hope" in "Song of Hope" (2015). Later, he signed a contract with Lianzhong Records and released his first single "Love Myself", and released his first EP "Haiz" in 2015. Other critically acclaimed singles include "Starved", "Most Girls" and "Let Me Go". In 2020, she released her second EP "The Half-Written Story".

Toshiki Kaifu Toshiki Kaifu Political figures · Japan

Toshiki Kaifu (Japanese: Toshiki Kaifu/Kaifu Toshiki, Romanized: Kaifu Toshiki, January 2, 1931 - January 9, 2022), a Japanese politician, was born in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture. He was the 76th and 77th Prime Minister of the Cabinet, and the first Prime Minister born in the Showa era. A member of the Kawamoto faction, a weak faction of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party. In his youth, he was known as the "Three Young Heroes of the Liberal Democratic Party" along with Noboru Takeshita and Sosuke Uno.