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Kobe Bean Bryan is a former American professional basketball player who played the shooting guard position. Kobe Bryant entered the NBA directly from high school in 1996 and played for the Los Angeles Lakers for 20 years. He is considered one of the greatest basketball players in history. Kobe won 5 NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers, and was selected to 18 NBA All-Star Games, 15 NBA All-NBA Teams, 12 NBA All-Defensive Teams, and was voted the 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player and 2 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player. Kobe won the NBA scoring title twice and ranked fourth in the league in career regular season scoring and fourth in career playoff scoring.

Chloë Grace Moretz (English: Chloë Grace Moretz, February 10, 1997-) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Hit Girl in the 2010 action film "The Last Stand" and for her role as the heroine Isabelle in the Academy Award-winning film "Hugo". Prior to this, she had appeared in supporting roles in films such as "500 Days of Summer" and "The King of Adventures", and played the role of the vampire girl Abby in "The Bloody Fairy Tale".

Kurt Donald Cobain (English: Kurt Donald Cobain, February 20, 1967 - April 5, 1994) was an American musician, famous for being the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of the grunge rock band Nirvana. With the lead single "Like a Teenage Breath" from their second album "Nevermind", the band successfully entered the mainstream market and promoted an extended genre of alternative rock: grunge rock. Other Seattle grunge rock bands such as Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden also attracted a wider audience, and alternative rock became the dominant music genre on American radio and music channels in the early to mid-1990s. Transcendence has become the "flagship band" of "Generation Uncomfortable with the harassment, Cobain instead focused on the band's music, believing that the band's artistic philosophy and message had been misunderstood by the public, and identified the band's true fans with the band's third studio album, The Matrix (1993). In the last year of his life, Cobain struggled with a heroin addiction, chronic health problems, and depression, and struggled to cope with maintaining his reputation and public image. On April 5, 1994, Cobain was found dead in his home in Seattle. Officials ruled that the cause of death was suicide. Kurt Cobain's death has become a hotly debated topic. Since their self-titled debut album, Transcendence has sold 25 million albums in the United States alone and more than 50 million worldwide.

Komitas (Armenian: տոմիտաս; September 26, 1869 – October 22, 1935), whose real name was Soghomon Soghomonyan, was an Armenian Apostolic Church priest, musician, composer, arranger, singer and choir director. He is also widely regarded as the founder of the Armenian National Music School. Komitas is recognized as one of the pioneers of ethnomusicology.

Kofi Atta Annan (English: Kofi Atta Annan; April 8, 1938 - August 18, 2018) was born in Kumasi, Ghana. He served as the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Due to his appropriate handling of many international issues, various countries spoke highly of him, so he was praised as the "President of the World". Won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001.

Qin Fen (August 31, 1991 -), a Chinese male singer and actor, is currently an artist under Awakening East.

Qin Yi (January 31, 1922 - May 9, 2022), formerly known as Qin Dehe, female, native of Gaoyou, Jiangsu Province, born in Shanghai, is an actress in mainland Chinese movies, dramas, and TV series, and a member of the Communist Party of China.

Paul Chun Pui (English: Paul Chun Pui, June 26, 1945 -), whose real name is Jiang Changnian, also known as Yan Chang, known as "Brother Paul", is a Hong Kong actor and program host. He was born in Peking City, the Republic of China (today's Beijing). He was a male artist contracted by Jiayi TV, Li's TV, Wireless TV, Asia Television and Hong Kong Television Network.

Qin Yufeng (January 1958 -), formerly served as the managing director of Shandong Dong-E-E-Jiao Group Co., Ltd. and Shandong Dong-E-E-Jiao Co., Ltd. He joined the Shandong Dong'e E-Jiao Factory in 1974 and held several positions, including serving as equipment power section chief, division director, assistant to the factory director, deputy general manager, and executive deputy general manager. He was engaged in equipment power, procurement and supply, manufacturing, technical transformation, quality management, R&D management, marketing, etc. He currently works at Shandong Dong'e E-Jiao Group Co., Ltd. and as the managing director of Shandong Dong'e E-Jiao Co., Ltd. until now. He graduated from China Liaocheng University MBA, Tsinghua University CEO training class, Peking University MBA training class, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Distinguished Professor, and Stanford China Enterprise New Leaders Training Course. It is worth mentioning that he is the only person who has inherited the art of refining donkey-hide gelatin. In March 2022, Qin Yufeng was subject to disciplinary review and supervisory investigation by the Discipline Inspection Commission of China Resources Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd. and the Supervisory Committee of Liaocheng City, Shandong Province on suspicion of serious violations of discipline and law. On July 28, 2022, he was removed from the position of representative of the National People's Congress by the Standing Committee of the Shandong Provincial People's Congress, and his representative qualifications were terminated. On October 13, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China canceled his qualification as a representative inheritor of national intangible cultural heritage.

Cheng He (1990-) is China's first professional musical interpreter and dubbing director. He once led the production of "Mamma Mia!" ", "The Sound of Music", "The Lion King", "Almost Normal" and many other musical dubbings. In 2017, he read Don Quixote on CCTV's "The Reader" program.

Cheng Andong (October 1936-), male, from Huainan, Anhui, is a political figure in the People's Republic of China. Graduated from the undergraduate correspondence course of the Mining Department of Hefei University of Technology and is a senior engineer. Alternate member of the 14th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and member of the 15th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. He once served as a member of the Standing Committee of the 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, deputy secretary of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, and governor of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government. He is currently the dean of Shaanxi MBA College.

Cheng Xiaodong (English: Tony Ching, October 30, 1952 -), formerly known as Cheng Donger, is a Hong Kong director and martial arts instructor.

Cheng Enfu (July 1950 -), male, Manchu, native of Hefei, Anhui, born in Shanghai, is a Marxist theorist and economist of the People's Republic of China, and president of the Institute of Marxism, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Representative of Anhui Province to the National People's Congress.

Cheng Mingsheng (March 1903-January 1990), courtesy name Xiangxuan, male, from Lingbao, Henan, was an engineer and political figure in the People's Republic of China.

Cheng Er (August 17, 1976 -) is a mainland Chinese film director, screenwriter, and editor. His representative works are "Border Storm", "The Demise of Romance" and "Unknown".

Cheng Zhiqing (1934 - February 12, 2019), originally from Yingcheng, Hubei Province, was born in Qingdao, Shandong Province. He is a Chinese politician, former deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress, former vice chairman of the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee, member of the 7th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and member of the Standing Committee of the 8th and 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Tomomi Inada (February 20, 1959 -) is a Japanese female politician, lawyer, tax accountant, member of the Liberal Democratic Party (now part of the Abe faction), and the 15th Minister of Defense (Minister of Defense). She is the second woman in Japanese history to hold this post after Yuriko Koike. She was once a hawk in Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet. She was known as the "female version of Abe" and was once regarded by the outside world as Shinzo Abe's successor. She was born in Imatate Town, Imatate County, Fukui Prefecture (now Echizen City). She has been elected to the Japanese House of Representatives for six consecutive terms since 2005.

Inamori Kazuo, KBE (Japanese: Inamori Kazuo/Inamori Kazuo, Romanized: Inamori Kazuo; January 21, 1932 - August 24, 2022) was a Japanese entrepreneur. He was the founder of Kyocera and Daiichi Denden (now KDDI). He served as the honorary president (chairman) of Kyocera and Japan Airlines and the chairman of the Inamori Foundation.

Muriel Elizabeth Bowser (English: Muriel Elizabeth Bowser, August 2, 1972 -, also known as Muriel Bowser) is an American Democratic politician born in Washington, District of Columbia. She has served as the eighth mayor of Washington, DC, the capital of the United States, since 2015. In 2015, she was the second female mayor and the second African-American woman to serve as mayor. She was involved in Washington, D.C.'s response to the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol.

Mukesh Ambani, born in Aden, Yemen, is an Indian businessman who lives in Mumbai, India. He is the Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries, a Fortune 500 company. Mukesh Ambani ranks 10th on Forbes' 2022 billionaire list, with assets of $90.7 billion.

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (Turkish: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; circa 1881 – November 10, 1938), known as Mustafa Kemal Pasha until 1934 (Ottoman Turkish: مصطفی كمال پاشا; Turkish: Mustafa Kemal Paşa, a Turkish military general, reformer and writer, the first president, prime minister and speaker of the Grand National Assembly of the Republic of Turkey, is known as the father of modern Turkey. Kemal was born in Salonika (now in Greece). He was persecuted in his early years for opposing the rule of Sultan Abdulhamid II, and participated in organizations such as the United Progress Committee and the Young Turks. He participated in the Italian-Turkish War and the Balkan War, and gained fame by commanding the 19th Division in the Battle of Gallipoli in World War I. With the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire, he led the Turkish National Movement with outstanding ability to form an independent government in Ankara, defeated the Allied forces, and established the Turkish Republic. The government he led has also been controversial for the ethnic cleansing and massacre of Armenians and Greeks during this period. After Kemal became the supreme leader, he implemented a benevolent dictatorship and initiated a series of political, economic and cultural reforms, enlightening Turkey and making Turkey a modern and secular country. Kemal's efforts to modernize Türkiye are known as Kemalism, which also included reducing the influence of Islam on politics and education. He died in Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul, on November 10, 1938, at the age of 57.

Muhammad Yunus (Bengali: মুহাম্মদ ইউনুস, Romanized: Muhāmmôd Iunūs, pronunciation: [ˈmuɦɐmːod ˈjunus]; June 28, 1940 -), Bangladeshi banker, economist, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and politician. As a professor of economics, Yunus developed the current theory and practice of "microcredit" and "microfinance", and founded Grameen Bank (also translated as Grameen Bank) to provide loans to entrepreneurs who were too poor to obtain traditional bank loans. In 2006, the Nobel Prize Committee awarded him and Grameen Bank the Nobel Peace Prize for "their efforts to promote economic and social development from the bottom of society." Yunus has also received several international honors including the World Food Prize. In 2008, he was listed as one of the "Top 100 Thinkers in the World" by Foreign Policy magazine, ranking second. Yunus served as a member of the United Nations Foundation. In March 2012, the Bangladesh government fired Yunus from his job at Grameen Bank, claiming that he had violated the law and was not of age. Yunus and Grameen Bank appealed the decision, arguing the move was politically motivated. On March 8, Bangladesh's high court upheld the decision. In the same year he became Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University. On January 1, 2024, Yunus was sentenced to 6 months in prison by a judge for violating labor laws. Amnesty International said Yunus' conviction was a "blatant abuse" of the justice system. On August 6, 2024, Bangladeshi President Mohammad Sheikhabuddin dissolved Parliament during the Bangladesh Public Service Quota Reform Movement and nominated Yunus as the head of the interim government of Bangladesh following the resignation of then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in accordance with the demands of student groups. Yunus accepted the nomination and was appointed as Bangladesh's chief adviser (i.e. prime minister of the interim government) until new elections are held.

Mohammed Ben Ali Rabbati (Moroccan Arabic: محمد بن علي رباطي; 1861-1939), also known as Ben Ali Rabbati, was a Moroccan painter and chef. Later generations hailed him as the "Father of Moroccan Painting". Known for his art that blends traditional elements with European styles, his paintings focus on life in Tangier, the city where he lived. He is often called an easel painter, but he eschewed canvas, preferring to work on watercolor paper. Rubati was born in Rabat and received Islamic education there. At the age of 25, he moved with his family to Tangier, where he worked as a carpenter and cook. In his youth, Lubarti regarded illustration as a hobby and never received formal art training. Rubati's career began in 1903. At that time, Irish painter Sir John Lavery noticed that he was selling handmade postcards. Lavery hired him as a chef and encouraged him to create watercolors, which he later sold to Tangier's upper classes. Rubati has exhibited around the world, including in London, Marseille and Rabat. In 1933, Rubati acquired a studio in the center of Tangier and opened a restaurant in the same year. He spent most of his life in poverty and died of a heart attack in 1939.

Mohamed Salah Hamid Mahrez Ghali (Arabic: محمد صلاح حامد محروس غالي; June 15, 1992 -) is an Egyptian professional football player who currently plays for the Turkish Super League club Trabzonspor. He is also a member of the Egyptian national football team, serving as a winger and forward. He is known for his accurate shooting, dribbling skills and speed.