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Xiong Xinxin (English: Xiong Xinxin / Hung Yan-yan, February 25, 1962 -), a famous Chinese male action actor, martial arts instructor and director, active in the Hong Kong film industry.

Edgar Allan Poe (English: Edgar Allan Poe; January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, best known for his suspense novels and thrillers. Edgar Allan Poe is a representative figure of dark romantic literature and a pioneer of detective novels and science fiction. Bernard Shaw once said: America produced two great writers - Edgar Allan Poe and Mark Twain. Edgar Allan Poe was an Irish-American who was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His real name was Edgar Poe. His father ran away from home when he was a child, and his mother died when he was three years old. Poe was raised by John and Frances Allen in Richmond, Virginia. He attended schools run by Mrs. Dubber and Father Bransby, and returned to school in Richmond to learn fencing, horseback riding, swimming, Latin and French, etc. After briefly studying at the University of Virginia and serving in the military, Poe published his first collection of poems, Tamerlane (1827), at his own expense, and began his creative career. Poe later devoted his attention to prose, and in the following years he worked in literary magazines and periodicals, becoming a well-known literary critic in his unique style. Poe often traveled to Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and other cities due to work requirements. In 1835, at the age of 26, he married his 13-year-old cousin Virginia Clem in Baltimore. In January 1845, Edgar Allan Poe published the poem "The Raven" and became famous overnight. Two years later, his wife died of tuberculosis. Poe began planning to launch a publication in his own name, The Pennsylvanian (later renamed The Stylus Pen), but he did not complete it until his death. Poe died in Baltimore on October 7, 1849. His works also frequently appear in popular culture such as literature, music, film and television. Most of the residences where Edgar Allan Poe lived during his lifetime have been preserved as museums to this day.

Edward Lawrie Tatum (English: Edward Lawrie Tatum, December 14, 1909 – November 5, 1975), American geneticist. He and George Wells Biddle won the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery that genes are regulated by specific chemical processes. The other half of the award went to Joshua Lederberg.

Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO (English: Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, June 2, 1857 - February 23, 1934), British composer. His representative works include "Riddle Variations" and "Mighty March" and so on. In the early 20th century, especially when modernism was prevalent in the 1940s, Elgar was not highly regarded. Today, he is considered the greatest composer in British history. His efforts together with Leif Foshan Williams, Frederick Delius and others can be said to have significantly improved the vision and evaluation of the British music industry. In terms of creative style, Elgar is different from several contemporary composers who are deeply concerned about the nation (such as Vohan Williams, Bartók, Janacek, Nelson, Sibelius and Ives, etc.). He pays more attention to innovation and large-scale works. In this regard, he is closer to Mahler or Richard Strauss. He himself refused to admit that his music was related to national sentiments. However, it is an indisputable fact that his works can evoke such a spirit.

Edward Everett (English: Edward Everett, April 11, 1794 - January 15, 1865), an American politician, a native of Boston, served as governor of Massachusetts, president of Harvard University, and U.S. Secretary of State. Edward Everett's father was a clergyman and he was educated at Harvard University in his early years. He also served as the pastor of a street church in Boston and later went to teach at Harvard University. The position included two years of preparatory study in Europe, so Everett spent two years studying at the University of Göttingen and another two years traveling around Europe. After teaching classical Greek at Harvard, he entered politics. He served in the U.S. Congress for ten years before winning election as governor of Massachusetts.

Edward Osborne Wilson (English: Edward Osborne Wilson, June 10, 1929 - December 26, 2021), American entomologist, naturalist and biologist. He is particularly known for his research in ecology, evolutionary biology, and sociobiology. Known as "Darwin's natural heir", "Father of Sociobiology" and "Father of Biodiversity". The subject of his research is ants, specifically the way ants communicate through pheromones.

Edward Rutledge (English: Edward Rutledge, November 23, 1749 - January 23, 1800) was a statesman, slave owner, and South Carolina native in the early days of American independence. He was born in Charleston. His brother John Rutledge was a member of the convention that established the United States Constitution. He studied law at Oxford University and was admitted to the bar in England, later returning to South Carolina to practice law and marry Henrietta Middleton. He participated in the Continental Congress with his brother, and initially opposed the United States' independence from Britain. Later, when others agreed to independence, he also signed the Declaration of Independence, becoming the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence. After independence, he was elected to Congress. When the British invaded again, he participated in the army defense and was captured by the British and imprisoned until 1781. After his release from prison, he was elected to the state assembly, serving from 1782 to 1796. In 1798, he was elected as the 39th governor of South Carolina, but died before completing his first term.

Edward Christian Prescott (English: Edward Christian Prescott, December 26, 1940 - November 6, 2022) was an American economist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2004, jointly with Finn Kydland, for "contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the driving force behind time inconsistency in economic policy and business cycles." This research was primarily conducted while both Keidland and Prescott were affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University's Graduate School of Industrial Administration (now the Tepper School of Business). He was the 19th most widely cited economist in the world in 2013, according to IDEAS/RePEc rankings.

Edward Lear (English: Edward Lear, May 12, 1812 - January 29, 1888) was a famous British limerick poet, cartoonist, and landscape painter in the 19th century. He traveled around Europe throughout his life and is famous for his work "A Book of Nonsense".

Edward Glaeser (English: Edward Glaeser, born May 1, 1967) is an American economist.

Edvard Hagerup Grieg (Norwegian: Edvard Hagerup Grieg, June 15, 1843 - September 4, 1907) was a Norwegian composer and one of the important composers of the Romantic music period. He is often called one of the three masters of Nordic music, together with Denmark's Carl Nielsen and Finland's Sibelius. Edvard Grieg was born in Bergen. His ancestors were Scottish and he had nationalistic and patriotic ideological tendencies. He was discovered and funded by his uncle's brother, the Norwegian violinist and composer Ole Bull, to study abroad. Most of his works are based on customary life, Nordic folklore, literary works or natural scenery. They have a distinctive national style and are a figure in the Norwegian national music school. He deliberately avoids writing standard classical music genres, such as refusing to write operas. He only has one symphony that was banned by him for decades, and concertos. In fact, only one piano concerto was completed and made public during his lifetime, and the creation of another symphony and two concertos was suspended. He mostly wrote piano sketches or stage play scores, as well as independent orchestral overtures. However, it is different from the earlier generation of Danish composer Hans Christian Lumbae, who adopted a commercial style dominated by dance music, similar to what later generations considered light music, folk music and pop music. And still maintains the conventional advantages of classical music, such as depth and abstraction. His representative works include "Piano Concerto in A minor", "Peer Gynt Suite", "Holberg Suite", "Piano Lyrical Suite" and so on.

Edward Albee (English: Edward Albee, March 12, 1928 - September 16, 2016) was an American playwright. His most famous works include "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" ", "Zoo Story", "Graceful Balance", "Seascape Painting", etc. His works are rigorously designed, often grim examinations of the modern state. His early work was an Americanization of the theater of the absurd. A new generation of American playwrights, represented by Paula Vogel, admired Albee for reconstructing postwar American comedy in the early 1960s - focusing both on performance techniques and poignant lines. Albee continues to produce new dramas, such as The Goat: or, Who Is Sylvia? (2002).

Edward Hopper (English: Edward Hopper, July 22, 1882 - May 15, 1967) was an American painting master known for his depictions of lonely contemporary American life landscapes.

Edward Weston (English: Edward Weston, March 24, 1886 - January 1, 1958), American photographer, one of the founders of the f/64 Group.

Eduardo Saverin (Portuguese: Eduardo Saverin, born March 19, 1982) is a Singaporean entrepreneur. He co-founded Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg and others. As of March 31, 2021, he owned 1.88% of the shares (53,463,100 shares), a stake worth $16.6 billion.

Ariana Grande-Butera (English: Ariana Grande-Butera, /.ɑːriˈɑːnə ˈɡrɑːndeɪ bjʊˈtɛərə/; June 26, 1993 -), American female singer, songwriter and actress. With a vocal range that spans four octaves and reaches as high as a whistle, she is regarded as a profoundly influential figure in the world of pop music. Authoritative music publications such as "Rolling Stone" and "Billboard" rated her as one of the greatest artists in history. She was twice shortlisted for Time's "Top 100" list in 2016 and 2019. Grande began her acting career as a teenager, starring in the 2008 Broadway musical 13, and later rose to fame playing the character Kate Valentine in the Nickelodeon television series Victory (2010 to 2013) and its spin-off Sam and Kitty (2013 to 2014). After signing with Republic Records, she released her debut album "Beloved" (2013). This retro-style pop and R&B album topped the Billboard 200 album chart upon its release. Grande incorporated elements of electronic music into her two subsequent albums, "All of Me" (2014) and "Dangerous Woman" (2016). Both albums achieved global success and spawned hit singles such as "Big Trouble", "Release", "Bang Bang", "Last Time", "Like You" and "Swagger". Grande explored trap styles on her albums Sweetener (2018), which earned her her first Grammy Award, and Thank You, Next (2019), which spawned the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 singles "Thanks, Next" and "Seven Diamond Rings." With the lead single of the same name from the album Sexy (2020), as well as the collaborative singles "Stuck with U" and "Let the Rain Fall", she set a record for having the most number one singles on the US singles chart. After a hiatus, Grande returned to the music scene with the dance-influenced Eternal Sunshine (2024), which included the US number one single "Yeah, And Then What?" 〉 and 〈Can’t be friends (waiting for your love)〉. During this period, she returned to the screen, starring in the political satire "Don't Look Up" (2021); and then played the role of Glinda in the fantasy musical "Wicked", released in 2024.

Derek Yee Tung-sing (English: Derek Yee Tung-sing, born December 28, 1957), known as "Xiaobao", is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He was a martial arts student at Shaw Brothers Film Company in his early years, and later transformed into a screenwriter and director. He has won the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay twice, and has produced more than ten films. Since 2015, he has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hong Kong Film Awards Association.

Niu Dongwen (May 3, 1995 -), a former child actor, is famous for his role as the male protagonist "Ike" in the TV series "Happy Planet 2".

Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (German: Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen, November 30, 1817 - November 1, 1903) was a German classical scholar, jurist, historian, journalist, politician, archaeologist, writer, and winner of the 1902 Nobel Prize for Literature. Mommsen studied law and linguistics at the University of Kiel in his early years, and received a doctorate in philosophy in 1842. Later, he taught history at the university for a long time and conducted exquisite research on ancient history, especially Roman history. His works on Roman history remain important to contemporary research. He was also a prominent politician, serving as a member of the Prussian and German Reichstag. His research on Roman law and the law of obligations had a significant impact on the German Civil Code. He spent three years in France and Italy studying ancient Roman inscriptions. In 1848, he became a lecturer in law at the University of Leipzig and later became a professor of Roman law at the University of Zurich. In 1858 he was appointed professor of ancient history at the University of Berlin. In 1882, he was arrested for attacking Bismarck during a speech, but was later released. His main work is the five-volume "History of Rome", of which the fourth volume is unfinished. With rich materials and rigorous research, it has a great influence on the study of modern Roman history. He is also the author of "Collection of German Historical Ancient Documents", "Collection of Latin Inscriptions", "Roman State Law", etc.

Ted Turner (English: Ted Turner, November 19, 1938 - May 6, 2026), formerly known as Robert Edward Turner III (English: Robert Edward Turner III), was an American journalist and the founder of the world's first television news channel, Cable News Network. At the age of 24, he inherited the estate of his father who committed suicide, and in 1970 he purchased a television station in Atlanta and founded Turner Broadcasting Company. Ted Turner was Time's Person of the Year in 1991, and he was enthusiastic about charity and donated large sums of money to the United Nations. He married actress Jane Fonda in 1991 and divorced in 2001. Ted Turner is the 2006 recipient of the Delta Global Understanding Award.

Terence Graham Parry Jones (English: Terence Graham Parry Jones, February 1, 1942 - January 21, 2020) was a Welsh comedian, screenwriter, actor, director, author, popular historian, political commentator and television documentary presenter. He is a member of the famous British six-piece comedy group Monty Python. Diagnosed with dementia in 2015. Passed away at home on January 21, 2020, surrounded by his family, at the age of 77.

Dirk Bogarde (English: Dirk Bogarde, March 28, 1921 - May 8, 1999) was a famous British movie star and novelist who became popular around the 1950s.

Dick Wei (English: Dick Wei, April 15, 1953 -), formerly known as Tu Jilong, native of Taiwan, is a famous Hong Kong film actor and martial arts actor. He mainly stars in action movies and kung fu movies.

Dina (January 1, 1945 - March 31, 2010), formerly known as Liang Guoxin, was a Hong Kong actress and host. She was born in Xingning, Guangdong, and was originally from Xinhui, Guangdong. She was known as the "wonderful woman". Dina, Bai Yunqin, Yu Cheng and Lin Yanni have all gained the reputation of "talented women in Hong Kong".