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Margot Robbie
Film & TV · Australia
Margot Elise Robbie (English: Margot Elise Robbie, July 2, 1990 -), an Australian Hollywood actress and producer. She started her career in TV series, including "Pan Am" (2011-2012), and later moved to the film industry, including "The Wolf of Wall Street" (2013), for which she was nominated for multiple awards. In 2014, Robbie was nominated for the Hollywood Youth Award for Breakthrough Actress; the following year, she was nominated for the British Academy Film Award for Rising Star. In 2016, she played the role of Harley Quinn in the superhero movie "Suicide Squad". Although the film received poor reviews, its box office revenue was the highest of that month. In 2017, Robbie's starring role as Tonya Harding in "My Name Is Tanya" earned her nominations for multiple Film Critics Association awards, and also earned her her first nomination for the leading actress in four major awards including the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and British Academy Film Award. In 2019, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" co-starring with Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt received wide acclaim and was nominated for and won many awards from major film critics associations. She was also nominated for the 77th Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in the Drama, Musical and Comedy categories and the 92nd Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for "The Big Deal".
Malala Yousafzai
Writers · Pakistan
Malala Yousafzai (Urdu: ملالہ یوسف زئی; Pashto: ملاله یوسفزۍ, pronounced: [məˈlaːlə jusəf ˈzəj]; English: Malala Yousafzai; born July 12, 1997), is a Pakistani activist known for her fight for women's rights and women's right to education. In 2014, at the age of 17, she won the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the youngest recipient of any Nobel Prize.
Margaret Mead
Writers · United States
Margaret Mead (English: Margaret Mead, December 16, 1901 - November 15, 1978), American anthropologist, was an important scholar in the formation of modern anthropology in the United States. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom immediately after his death in 1978.
Margaret Atwood
Writers · Canada
Margaret Atwood (English: Margaret Atwood, November 18, 1939 -), Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic and inventor. Since 1961, it has published 18 poetry collections, 18 novels, 11 non-fiction books, 9 short story collections, 8 children's books, 2 graphic novels and some independently published poetry collections and novels. Among them, the novel "The Handmaid's Tale" is the most well-known. His works have been recognized by many major awards, including: two Booker Prizes, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Governor General's Award of Canada, the Kafka Award, the Princess of Asturias Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Many works have been adapted into movies and TV series. Atwood's work covers a variety of themes, including gender and identity, religion and myth, the power of language, climate change and "power politics." Many of her poems were inspired by myths and fairy tales, stories that interested her from an early age. Atwood is the founder of the Griffin Poetry Prize and the Canadian Writers Trust. She is also a senior fellow at Massey College in Toronto. She is the inventor of the LongPen device and its associated technologies that enable remote robotic document writing.
Magdalena Eriksson
Athletes · Sweden
Magdalena Eriksson (Swedish: Magdalena Eriksson, September 8, 1993 -) is a Swedish female football player. She represented the Swedish national team in the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics football competitions, winning two silver medals.
Martha Nussbaum
Scholars · United States
Martha Craven Nussbaum, American philosopher, is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics in the Department of Philosophy and School of Law at the University of Chicago, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the British National Academy, and the Finnish National Academy. Nussbaum is famous for his research on political and moral philosophy, ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, feminist philosophy, etc., especially his far-reaching cooperation with Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen on ability orientation. She is the winner of the 2022 Balzan Prize, the 2021 Holbai Prize, the 2018 Berggruen Prize, the 2016 Kyoto Prize and the 2012 Prince of Asturias Prize, and has received honorary degrees from more than 60 colleges and universities.
Martha Helen Stewart (English: Martha Helen Stewart, August 3, 1941 -), formerly known as Kostyra, is an American wealthy businessman, famous columnist and television personality. Born in New Jersey to a Polish family. As the founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, which specializes in the home and hospitality industries, she has found success through a variety of business endeavors, including publishing, broadcasting, merchandising and e-commerce. She has written many best-selling books, is the publisher of Martha Living magazine, and hosted two syndicated television shows: Living with Martha, which aired from 1993 to 2004, and The Martha Stewart Show, which aired from 2005 to 2012. In 2002, Martha Stewart was investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for selling shares in the biotechnology company ImClone, and was suspected of involving insider trading. After trial, the criminal jury in 2004 found Martha Stewart guilty of four counts, including obstruction of justice, conspiracy to obstruct justice, and making false statements to federal investigators. She was sentenced to five months in a federal correctional facility, two years of supervised release (including five months of electronic monitoring), and ordered to pay a $30,000 fine. In the civil part, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a settlement with Martha Stewart in 2006, which mainly involved her stock trading practices. Under the settlement, Martha Stewart agreed to refrain from serving as a director, chief executive officer, chief financial officer (or other officer role in which she was responsible for preparing, auditing or disclosing financial results) of any public company for five years. She also agreed to pay a $195,000 penalty, which represents the loss she avoided by selling her ImClone stock, plus interest of $58,062, plus an additional treble penalty (three times the loss) of $137,019. After being released from prison, Martha mainly devoted herself to directing and hosting the TV show "Martha Life" and publishing the magazine of the same name.
Martha Chase
Scientists · United States
Martha Cowles Chase (English: Martha Cowles Chase, August 8, 1927 - August 27, 2003) was an American biologist. The Hirsch-Case experiment conducted with Alfred Hirsch proved that DNA was the genetic material, which was one of the most important discoveries in biology in the 20th century.
Martina Navratilova
Athletes · United States
Martina Navratilova (Czech: Martina Navrátilová, Czech pronunciation: [ˈmartɪna ˈnavraːcɪlovaː], English: Martina Navratilova, October 18, 1956 -) is a Czech-American former professional tennis player. She is ranked No. 1 in the world in singles, 18 Grand Slam winners, including a record-breaking nine Wimbledon back-offs, and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. In her legendary career, she won 1442 wins and 219 losses in singles and 747 wins and 143 losses in doubles. She won 167 WTA singles (including 18 singles Grand Slams) and 177 WTA doubles championships. Her total career prize money reached 21,626,089 US dollars, and her performance in grass-court events was particularly peak. The contest between her and Evert, another queen of her generation, is one of the most classic rivalry combinations in tennis history (80 games, Evert 37 wins and 43 losses).
Marcia Fucci
Political figures · United States
Marcia Louise Fudge (English: Marcia Louise Fudge; October 29, 1952 -), American politician, Democratic Party. From 2008 to 2021, he served as a federal representative for Ohio's 11th Congressional District and was also the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus of the 113th Congress. Serves as U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2021 to 2024. In 2020, U.S. President Joe Biden nominated Fauci to serve as U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. On March 10, 2021, the U.S. Senate officially approved Fauci’s nomination.
Minya
Musicians · Republic of Korea
Bang Min-ah (Korean: Bang Minah, Romanized: Bang Min-ah, May 13, 1993 -), once translated as Bang Min-e, Bang Min-ah, stage name Min-ah, Korean female artist. A member of Girl's Day, a female pop music group under DreamT Entertainment, she made her official debut with the single "Girl's Day Party #1" on July 9, 2010, and served as the lead singer, image, and high-pitched voice of the group; she made her solo debut on March 16, 2015, with the single "I'm a Woman Too." She revealed in "Happy Home" that she has a bulldozer license. Her sister is WANNA.B's Lina, who once appeared in "I Saw Your Voice 4".
Jean Harlows
Film & TV · U.K.
Jane Horrocks (English: Jane Horrocks, January 18, 1964 -), British actress. Won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Jennifer Lawrence
Film & TV · United States
Jennifer Shrader Lawrence (English: Jennifer Shrader Lawrence, August 15, 1990 -) is an American actress and producer. She has starred in many blockbuster action movies, as well as in many independent dramas. Her films have grossed more than $6 billion at the global box office, and she became the world's highest-paid actress in 2015 and 2016. Lawrence made guest appearances on many TV series in her early days, and later landed her first major role in the situation comedy "The Bill Enggworth Family Show." She starred in her first film "Garden Party" in 2008, and made her breakthrough with the independent film "Freeze to Death" in 2010, for which she was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress. She became famous for her roles as the mutant queen in the "X-Men" film series (2011 to 2019) and Katniss Everdeen in the "Hunger Games" film series (2012 to 2015). Her role as Katniss has become the highest-grossing action movie heroine in film history. Lawrence won the Oscar for Best Actress for the 2012 film "The Job", becoming the second youngest winner in the history of this award at the age of 22. Later, she was nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress for "The Love of the Sea" and "Sister Huan Becomes Self-Strengthening" respectively. After participating in the 2019 movie "Dark Phoenix", Lawrence took a brief break from acting and returned in 2021 with "Don't Look Up". Later, she starred in "Across the Water Bridge", "Training Your Virgin" and "Die, My Love", and served as a producer through the production company Excellent Cadaver she founded. Lawrence is actively involved in charity and public affairs. In 2015, she established the "Jennifer Lawrence Foundation" to support different charities. She also serves as a director of the anti-corruption organization RepresentUs. She is a feminist and has publicly fought for women's rights many times. She is married to gallery director Cooke Maloney and has two sons.
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Film & TV · United States
Jennifer Love Hewitt (English: Jennifer Love Hewitt, February 21, 1979 -) is an American actress, singer, producer and director. She is best known for her role as the heroine Lisa in the movie "Garfield". She began her career as a child actress and vocalist, appearing in national television commercials before joining the cast of the Disney Channel series Kids Incorporated (1989-1991), for which she won a Young Artist Award in 1994. From 1995 to 1999, she played Sarah Reeves Merrin in the Fox teen drama "Party of Five," a role that became her breakthrough career; in 1997, she was recognized for her role as Julie James in the horror film "I Know What You Did Last Summer." James, rose to teen stardom and became a scream queen, and later reprized the role in the sequels I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) and I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025). Hewitt's other notable film appearances include the 1998 teen comedy Can't Wait, in which she played Amanda Beckett; The Lost Lady (2001), Tuxedo (2002), and two live-action Garfield films (2004-2006). In the field of TV series, her representative works include: playing Melinda Gordon in the CBS supernatural drama "Telepathy" from 2005 to 2010; playing Riley Parks in the Lifetime channel drama "The Client" from 2012 to 2013; and playing Special Agent Kate Callahan in the CBS crime drama "Criminal Minds" from 2014 to 2015. Kate Callahan); since 2018, she has played Madd Buckley in the Fox/ABC emergency rescue drama "9-1-1"
Jennifer Jones
Film & TV · United States
Jennifer Jones (English: Jennifer Jones, March 2, 1919 - December 17, 2009), formerly known as Phylis Lee Isley, was an American actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress/Supporting Actress five times in her acting career, and won the Academy Award for Best Actress/Supporting Actress in the 1943 film "The Song of Bernadette" (The Song of Bernadette). She was awarded the Best Actress Award after competing for an Oscar for the first time; her masterpieces include "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing" (Love is a Many-Splendored Thing), co-starring with William Holden and shot at many famous attractions in Hong Kong.
Jennifer Arniston
Film & TV · United States
Jennifer Joanna Aniston (English: Jennifer Joanna Aniston, February 11, 1969 -), American actress, director, producer and philanthropist, has a name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Her most well-known role is the role of Rachel Green in the classic American 10-year-old sitcom "The Sixers". She won the 2002 Emmy Award and the 2003 Golden Globe Award for this role. To this day, many people in Europe and the United States still affectionately call her "Rachel Green". In recent years, Aniston has starred in many Hollywood films that have also received critical acclaim, such as the independent films "Love Is the Only One" (1996), "A Worry at Work" (1999) and "Good Girls" (2002), as well as the commercial films "The Devil" (2003) and "Meeting Polly" (2004). , "Strange Bedfellows" (2006) and "Marley and Me" (2008), "Love Is Now" (2011), "Horrible Bosses" (2011), "My Family" (2013), "The Queen" (2018) and "Murder Mystery" (2019).
Janet Napolitano
Political figures · United States
Janet Napolitano (English: Janet Napolitano, November 29, 1957 -) is an American politician and lawyer who has served as president of the University of California, Secretary of Homeland Security, Governor of Arizona, and President of the National Governors Association. She is also the third female governor of the state. Time Magazine once ranked her among the five most outstanding governors in the United States.
Janet Yellen
Political figures · United States
Janet Louise Yellen (English: Janet Louise Yellen, born August 13, 1946) is an American Jewish economist who served as the 78th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board. Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, and Professor at the Haas School of Business. Born in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Before serving as Vice Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Yellen served as President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and was nominated by President Bill Clinton to serve as the 18th U.S. President’s Council of Economic Advisers. On October 9, 2013, President Obama nominated Yellen to succeed Bernanke as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. She took office on February 3, 2014, becoming the first female chairperson of the Federal Reserve in its 100-year history. In December 2020, President Joe Biden announced the nomination of Yellen as the new Secretary of the Treasury before taking office, and she took office on January 25, 2021. She is the first female Secretary of the Treasury in U.S. history. .
Jenna Jameson
Film & TV · United States
Jenna Jameson (English: Jenna Jameson, April 9, 1974 -), Italian-American entrepreneur, former porn actress, known as "the most famous porn star in the world" and "Porn Queen". She worked as a stripper and art model in her early years, and began to appear in pornographic films in 1993. By 1996, she had won "Top Newcomer" awards from three major American pornographic film industry organizations. Since then, he has won more than 20 adult film awards and entered the hall of fame of the X-Rated Critics Organization (XRCO) and Adult Video News (AVN). Jameson founded the erotic entertainment company ClubJenna in 2000 with Jay Grdina, who later married and divorced. Initially, Club Jenna was just a simple website. The business later expanded to manage other similar movie star websites, and in 2001, it began making porn movies. Her first porn film: Briana Loves Jenna (co-starring Brianna Banks), was named the best-selling and best rental porn film of 2002 at the 2003 AVN Awards. By 2005, Club Jenna's revenue was $30 million, an estimated half of which was profit. The website for her ads and films (often associated with her photos) features a 48-foot-tall billboard in New York's Times Square. She hosted the reality show "Jenna's American Sex Star" on Playboy TV, which inspired porn stars to compete for contracts with Club Jenna. Beginning with a small role in Howard Stern's 1997 film "Private Parts," Jameson also broke into mainstream pop culture. She has continued to gain exposure in mainstream media (such as guest hosting on the E! Her 2004 autobiography: How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: Behind the Scenes
Ben Berry
Scientists · United States
Ben A. Barres (English: Ben A. Barres, September 13, 1954 - December 27, 2017) was a neurobiologist at Stanford University in the United States. His research focuses on the interactions between neurons and glial cells in the nervous system. Since 2008, he has served as chair of the Department of Neurobiology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He came out as a transgender man in 1997 and in 2013 became the first openly transgender scientist at the National Academy of Sciences.
banksy
Artists · U.K.
Banksy is an anonymous British graffiti artist. His street works are often satirical, accompanied by some subversive, cynical black humor and cautionary sentences; most of his graffiti are printed using unique stencil technology. His works are rich in political style and are like a kind of social commentary expressed in an artistic way. They have appeared on the streets, walls and bridges of different cities around the world, and have even become a fascinating local urban landscape.
Richard Gott
Scientists · United States
John Richard Gott III (English: John Richard Gott III, born February 8, 1947) is an American astrophysicist and professor at Princeton University. He is known for his views on time travel and doomsday arguments. Paul Davis's book "How to Build a Time Machine" is based on Gott's theory of cosmic strings to build a time machine.
Richard Strauss
Musicians · Germany
Richard Georg Strauss (German: Richard Georg Strauss, June 11, 1864 - September 8, 1949), German composer and conductor. Strauss was deeply influenced by the "New Germanic School" (Neudeutsche Schule) headed by Liszt and Wagner. He is considered the last inheritor of the German and Austrian musical traditions and a representative composer of late Romanticism. He is often referred to as Mahler. Strauss's early works have typical romantic characteristics; the symphonic poem "Don Juan" written in 1888 uses richer semitones, showing a different "carnival-like" style, and is regarded as a representative work of his late romantic style. After that, he continued to explore the possibility of chromaticism and harmony in his works. "Salome" and "Electra", which were premiered in 1905 and 1909 respectively, were the peak of this trend and laid a considerable foundation for modernist music. Starting with Der Rosenkavalier in 1911, Strauss's operas have returned to their original stability, both in terms of material selection and style. During the second half of Strauss's creative career, his work was often seen as old-fashioned and outdated. Strauss has extremely excellent contrapuntal writing skills and orchestration skills, and the texture of almost all his works is very complex. Strauss served as the director of the Imperial Conservatoire of Nazi Germany in 1933. He later resigned in 1935 due to disagreements between Jewish musicians and the Nazi authorities. After the war, he was under scrutiny and was not officially clarified by the government until 1948. In fact, he had been under surveillance by the Nazi government due to his creation of "Electra" which dealt with the topic of the Electra complex, his collaboration with the Jewish writer Zweig in "The Silent Woman", and his daughter-in-law being Jewish. He has no connection with the Viennese Strauss family, represented by Johann Strauss the Younger, and is sometimes referred to by his full name, Richard Strauss, to distinguish him. He was also godfather and teacher to score composer Max Steiner.
Richard Edward Tylor
Scientists · Canada
Richard Edward Taylor (English: Richard Edward Taylor, November 2, 1929 - February 22, 2018) was a Canadian-American physicist.