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Russell Crowe Russell Crowe Film & TV · New Zealand

Russell Ira Crowe (English: Russell Ira Crowe, April 7, 1964 -), New Zealand actor. Born in New Zealand, he spent ten years of his childhood in Australia before moving here permanently at the age of 21. The more famous works include the movies "Ghost Warrior" (2000), "Beautiful Realm" (2001), "American Gangster" (2007), "Les Miserables" (2012) and "Man of Steel" (2013). Won the Academy Award for Best Actor for "Warrior".

Russell Kirk Russell Kirk Political figures · United States

Russell Kirk (1918-April 29, 1994) was an American political theorist and one of the founders of modern conservatism. His 1953 book The Conservative Mind is an important work on American conservative thought after World War II. In 1974, he published the book "The Foundations of American Order". In 1989, Kirk was awarded the Presidential Citizenship Medal by President Ronald Reagan.

ronaldo ronaldo Athletes · Brazil

Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (Portuguese: Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima, September 18, 1976 -) is a Brazilian football player who serves as a forward. Leonardo was dubbed the "“alien”title。 Ronaldo was elected World Footballer three times, won the Ballon d'Or twice, won two World Cup championships and one runner-up for Brazil. In 1998, he was the assist leader and fourth in the scorer list, and was elected the best player in the World Cup; in 2002, he won the World Cup Golden Boot Award.in2002The World Cup was the pinnacle of Ronaldo's career。 He scored 15 goals in three World Cups. In 2006, he broke the record of West German player Gerd Muller and became the player with the most goals in the World Cup. This record was not broken until 2014 by German player Gaulus. Whether in the club or the national team, he can also frighten his opponents and win the team with his excellent skills, amazing speed, powerful explosiveness and precise shooting. Ronaldo retired on February 14, 2011.ronaldo2018Year9Buying in Valladolid by month51%after the shares,Became the majority shareholder of La Liga club Valladolid。 2020Ronaldo wins Ballon d'Or award as best in history11lineup and the best center。Ranked as the strongest striker in Brazil with the legendary Brazilian football king Pele In the Chinese speaking circle,Ronaldo's nickname is“Da Luo”,To distinguish another Brazilian star with the same name from the same period“Ronaldinho”——Ronaldino。

Ronaldinho Ronaldinho Musicians · Brazil

Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (Portuguese: Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, March 21, 1980 -), usually called Ronaldinho (Ronaldinho, Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁonawˈdʒĩɲu], meaning "Little Ronaldo") or Ronaldinho Gaucho (Ronaldinho) Gaúcho (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁonawˈdʒĩɲu gaˈuʃu]) was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil. He is one of the legendary superstars in world football. He currently plays for Ravenna FC in Serie C and serves as the global ambassador of Barcelona. Since there was already a famous player named Ronaldo in Brazil before he became famous [Note 1], he is often called Ronaldinho Gaúcho ("Ronaldinho Gaucho") in foreign language circles (especially in Brazil). In the Chinese-speaking circle, Ronaldinho's nickname is "Ronaldo" to distinguish him from another Brazilian star "Ronaldo" - Ronaldo. Ronaldinho is good at attacking midfield and wing positions. He was one of the members of the Brazilian team that won the 2002 World Cup. He reached the pinnacle of his career while playing for Barcelona, ​​where he was widely regarded as one of the most technical players in football history. He won the honor of World Footballer for two consecutive years in 2004 and 2005; he was elected European Footballer of the Year in 2005 and became the best player of the first International Professional Footballers Association in the same year. In 2013, at the age of 33, he defeated Brazilian star Nima, who won the award in 2011 and 2012, to win the South American Footballer of the Year. This was the first time Ronaldinho won this honor, and he also became the first player to win the European Footballer of the Year and the South American Footballer of the Year. Ronaldinho is one of the very few players who has achieved iconic achievements in both European and South American football. In 2006, he led Barcelona to win the second UEFA Champions League title in the club's history, and Barcelona also admitted that they bought Ronaldinho to reform the team. In South America, after Ronaldinho joined Minneiro, Minneiro also made rapid progress, first winning the runner-up of the Brazilian Football League in 2012, and the following year they won the first South American Liberty Cup championship in the club's history and the third place in the World Champions Club Cup. After leaving professional football in 2015, Ronaldinho announced at the end of 2017 that he would officially retire in 2018. Ronaldinho has excellent ball control and dribbling skills

Ronald Lauder Ronald Lauder Entrepreneurs · United States

Ronald Steven Lauder (English: Ronald Steven Lauder, February 26, 1944 -), or Ronald Lauder, is a Jewish-American billionaire, art collector, social activist, and currently the honorary chairman of Estée Lauder and president of the World Jewish Congress.

Ronald Regan Ronald Regan Film & TV · United States

Ronald Wilson Reagan (English: Ronald Wilson Reagan, February 6, 1911 - June 5, 2004), an American Republican politician, served as the 33rd Governor of California (1967-1975) and the 40th President of the United States (1981-1989).Before entering politics,Former sports broadcaster、Lifeguard、newspaper columnist、movie actor。 Reagan grew up in a low-income family in a small town in northern Illinois, United States. He graduated from Eureka College in 1932 and his first job as an adult was as a sports radio announcer. 1937Year,Reagan moves to California,and started his acting career from there。 He was later elected twice as president of the Screen Actors Guild of America. During his term as president, he unabashedly implemented anti-communism, which contributed to the decline in the influence of communism and left-wing ideas on the American entertainment industry. In the 1950s, Reagan transitioned from acting to television, working as a publicist for the industrial company General Electric. In 1964, Reagan delivered the "Moment of Decision" speech for Republican presidential candidate Goldwater. This move won national attention for this political newcomer who had just entered the political arena, and he became the spokesperson of neoconservatism at that time. After winning a certain number of supporters, Reagan was elected governor of California in 1966. During his tenure as governor, Reagan chose to forcibly raise taxes to turn the budget deficit into a profit. However, his actions to raise taxes also aroused dissatisfaction and large-scale protests among people, including students at the University of California, Berkeley. During student demonstrations, Reagan took a tough stance and ordered the National Guard to be stationed on campus and suppress them with force. Reagan defeated then-Democratic President Jimmy Carter in the 1980 election, and the Republican Party also won a majority in the Senate for the first time in 26 years. Reagan was the oldest person to be elected president of the United States at the age of 69 years and 349 days when he first took office. This record remained until 2017, when Donald Trump, a member of the same party, broke it at the age of 70 years and 220 days. Reagan defeated former Vice President Walter Mondale during his 1984 re-election campaign and won the most 525 electoral votes in the history of the U.S. presidential election, accounting for 97.6% of the 538 Electoral College votes; this was also the second-largest vote share in the modern history of the U.S. presidential election, second only to Franklin Roosevelt against Alf Landon in 1936, when Roosevelt won 98.5% of the 531 electoral votes.

Ronald Wayne Ronald Wayne Entrepreneurs · United States

Ronald Wayne (English: Ronald Gerald Wayne, May 17, 1934 -) is a retired electronics industry worker. He co-founded Apple Computer (now Apple) with Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs and is responsible for major administrative supervision in the company. But he soon gave up his shares and founded a new company.

Rosie O'Donnell Rosie O'Donnell Film & TV · United States

Rosie O'Donnell (English: Rosie O'Donnell, March 21, 1962 -) is an American actress, author and television host. She is also a magazine editor, blogger, gay rights activist and television producer. O'Donnell began her comedy career as a teenager. In 1996, she began hosting The Rosie O'Donnell Show, which won multiple Emmy Awards.

Rosa Parks Rosa Parks Political figures · United States

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (English: Rosa Louise McCauley Parks, February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American black civil rights activist. In 1955, she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, triggering the Montgomery bus boycott. The U.S. Congress later called her "the mother of the modern civil rights movement." Both her birthday, February 4, and the day of her arrest, December 1, have become Rosa Parks Day, commemorated regularly in California and Ohio. The Jim Crow laws were implemented at that time, and there were provisions for whites and blacks to sit separately. On December 1, 1955, bus driver James F. Blake ordered Parks to give up the "black seat" he was sitting in to a white passenger because the white seats were full. However, Parks refused to obey the driver's order and was arrested by the police. Parks was not the first to oppose segregated buses. Others, including Eileen Morgan in 1946, Sarah Louise Keyes in 1955, and members of the Browder v. Gale case arrested in Montgomery a few months earlier. When NAACP organizers saw her fight in the courts, they believed Parks was the best person to use civil disobedience to fight the Alabama segregation bill, although she ultimately failed in court while Browder v. Gale succeeded. Parks' defiance and the Montgomery bus boycott became important symbols of the modern African-American civil rights movement. She became an international anti-apartheid icon. She worked with other civil rights leaders, such as local chapter president Edgar Nixon and the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., to organize events. She later became actively involved in the more radical "Black Power" movement of the late 1960s and visited the Black Panther School in Oakland. At this time, Parks was secretary of the Montgomery Local Association. She attended Highland Folk School, a center for training workers' rights and racial equality activists in Tennessee. She played the role of an ordinary citizen who was "tired of giving in". Although she would receive many honors in the future, she was suppressed at the time; she was fired from her job as a seamstress in a local department store. Eventually, she ended up in Detroit, where she temporarily worked a similar job. From 1965 to 1988, she became secretary and receptionist to African-American Congressman John Conyers. After retiring, Parks published an autobiography and lived quietly.

Rosalynn Carter Rosalynn Carter Political figures · United States

Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter (English: Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter, August 18, 1927 - November 19, 2023), wife of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former first lady of the United States. During her decades of public service, she was best known as a leading advocate for women's rights and mental health.

Rosalyn Sussman Yarrow Rosalyn Sussman Yarrow Scientists · United States

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (English: Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, July 19, 1921 - May 30, 2011) was an American medical physicist who shared the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Roger Guillemin and Andrew Salley for developing radioimmunoassays for peptide hormones. She was the second American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, after Gertie Corey.

L Luo Xiwen Scientists · People's Republic of China

Luo Xiwen (December 2, 1945 -), a native of Zhuzhou, Hunan, is an expert in agricultural mechanization engineering in China.

Royal Amundsen Royal Amundsen Film & TV · Norway

Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (Norwegian: Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen, July 16, 1872 - June 18, 1928) was a Norwegian polar explorer. He was born in Brony, Norway, on December 16, 1872. He disappeared in the Arctic Ocean on June 18, 1928. From 1911 to 1912, the expedition he led was the first to reach the South Pole. They arrived at the South Pole on December 14, 1911, and the news spread on March 7, 1912. Their expedition arrived a month earlier than that led by Englishman Robert Scott. His expedition was undoubtedly the first to reach Antarctica. He was also the first explorer to cross the Northwest Waterways. In 1928, the "Italia" airship was wrecked in the Arctic. Amundsen disappeared while flying to rescue him. His plane has not been found yet. The Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station on the South Pole was named after him and his competitor Scott. A relatively large impact crater at the south pole of the moon was also named Amundsen Crater after him.

Luo Xianglin Luo Xianglin Scholars · British Hong Kong

Luo Xianglin (October 19, 1906 - April 20, 1978), surnamed Yuan Yi, No. Yitang, was a native of Ningxin Town, Xingning County, Zhili Prefecture, Jiaying Province, Guangdong Province (now Ningxin Street, Xingning City, Meizhou), a modern Chinese historian and a Protestant. The founder of Hakka genealogy and a member of the Chinese Kuomintang. He graduated from the History Department of National Tsinghua University in 1930. He taught at the University of Hong Kong from 1951. In 1964, he served as the chairman of the Chinese Department of the University of Hong Kong. He retired as a permanent honorary professor of the University of Hong Kong. Luo Xianglin's most important work is "Introduction to Hakka Studies" (1933), which constructed the "Hakka ethnic lineage" for the first time. Luo Xianglin "in order to counter the theory that the Hakkas are not Han people" or that the "Hakkas are a mixed race of Han and other ethnic minorities" created a unique Hakka history by reinterpreting local chronicles and genealogies, that is, the Hakkas were originally Han people living in the Central Plains. After five migrations to the south since the Jin Dynasty, the Hakka ethnic group was formed. Luo Xianglin's theory has far-reaching influence because he explains the advanced nature of the Hakka ethnic group from a cultural perspective. Most people who use the concepts of "orthodoxy" and "Central Plains" to shape the Hakka group adopt this theory." This mainstream view was overturned by the genetics community in the 2000s, and was subsequently questioned by the dialect academic community. Li Hui, a professor at the School of Life Sciences at Fudan University, said, "In the process of evolution, it is very common for the Han people in various places to mix with foreign races, and the Hakka people are hardly an exception. Among the Y chromosomes of the Hakka people, 80% are Han and 13% are Miao Yao. She people of the language family." Professor Liu Zhenfa, who is also a Hakka, pointed out that Luo Xianglin's argument was not scientifically verified in the 1930s and led the Hakka dialect academic community to the 1980s, away from the achievements of the anthropological field on the Hakka people.

L Luo Naixin Entrepreneurs · Unknown nationality

Luo Naixin (?—?) was a native of Xinhui, Guangdong, and a businessman in the late Qing Dynasty.

R Roy Holland Film & TV · United States

Roy Horan III (English: Roy Horan III, January 1, 1950 - October 16, 2021), an American kung fu actor, is famous for his participation in the follow-up "Death Tower" after Bruce Lee's posthumous work "Game of Death". After retiring from acting, he taught at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and became obsessed with the study of cognitive neuroscience and meditation. His daughter Lu Jingshan is also an actress.

Rob Layton Rob Layton Scientists · United States

Robert Benjamin Leighton (English: Robert Benjamin Leighton, September 10, 1919 - March 9, 1997), born in Detroit, was an American physicist.

Lorenzo Lotto Lorenzo Lotto Artists · Republic of Venice

Lorenzo Lotto was an Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, and illustrator who was traditionally of the Venetian school, but spent most of his career in other cities in northern Italy. He mainly painted altarpieces, religious themes and portraits.

Luo Dayou Luo Dayou Musicians · Republic of China

Luo Dayou (July 20, 1954 -), Taiwanese male singer-songwriter, arranger, music producer, writer and physician. Luo Dayou entered the music scene in 1976 and released his first solo album "Zhi Hu Zhe Ye" in 1982. When it was released, it shocked Taiwanese society, which still had publishing censorship at the time. Some people said that the critical thoughts he created among young intellectuals were like a "black whirlwind." This album raised Chinese music to a whole new level and sounded the death knell of campus folk songs. The album was also ranked first among the "Top 100 Taiwanese Pop Music Albums of 1975-1993". In 1985, Luo Dayou composed a charity song "Tomorrow Will Be Better" that echoed "We Are One World", but it was used by the then one-party government of the Republic of China for election propaganda. Due to pressure from all walks of life and self-confusion, Luo Dayou left Taiwan for New York. In 1986, Luo Dayou moved the center of his work to Hong Kong and founded the production company "Music Factory", which influenced and collaborated with Hong Kong musicians such as Lin Xi, Anita Mui, and Huang Zhan. In 1988, Luo Dayou released "Comrade Lover". The album sold a total of 530,000 copies in Hong Kong and Taiwan, making it Luo Dayou's most commercially successful album. "Love Song 1990" in "Comrade Lover" is the most famous piece in Luo Dayou's love song series. The song has meaningful lyrics and melodious melody. It is one of the most classic love songs in Chinese pop music. While at the Music Factory, Luo Dayou composed "Pearl of the Orient" for Hong Kong, which is considered one of the songs that best represents Hong Kong. From the late 1990s to the 2000s, Luo Dayou's creative pace began to slow down. In 2009, he formed a one-year band "Zongtong Line" with Li Zongsheng, Zhou Huajian, and Zhang Chenyue, and participated in the creation of two albums. In 2017, "Home III" was released. On August 21, 2021, Luo Dayou was awarded the Special Contribution Award at the 32nd Golden Melody Awards.

L Luo Yiwen Entrepreneurs · Japan

Yiwen Luo (Yiwen Luo, born April 29, 1963) is an industrialist born in the People's Republic of China. President of LAOX, a Japanese chain home appliance store, and President of Chinese Industrial Co., Ltd.

Ron Jensen Ron Jensen Political figures · United States

Ronald Harold Johnson (English: Ronald Harold Johnson, April 8, 1955 -) is an American businessman and politician who has served as the senior federal senator of Wisconsin since 2011. Johnson is a Republican. He was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010. He defeated Democratic Senator Lars Fingold who was seeking re-election in the 2010 Wisconsin U.S. Senate election. He defeated Fingold again in 2016 and won the 2016 Wisconsin U.S. Senate election. In 2022, he defeated Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes in the 2022 Wisconsin U.S. Senate election.Before entering politics,He was the CEO of a plastic products manufacturer in Oshkosh, Wis.。 Johnson entered politics because of his opposition to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. He acknowledged that the Tea Party movement helped him enter politics, but he did not consider himself a Tea Party member. When he first entered the Senate, he was well-known for his opposition to government spending and his advocacy of a balanced budget. He once blocked or opposed the budget plans proposed by the two parties on the grounds that the expenditure lacked corresponding funding sources.He also criticized the U.S. social security system,and advocated partial privatization。 Johnson has promoted a variety of political conspiracy theories, including the Biden-Ukraine conspiracy theory, the claim that vaccines cause autism, the 2020 election fraud theory, the Great Replacement theory and the September 11 conspiracy theory.He advocated alternative medicine,and push for the enactment of a right-to-try law,Allow patients to use experimental treatments。 Johnson also advocates toughening the fight against crime and tightening illegal immigration policies, expanding free trade, denying the scientific consensus on climate change, and upholding the right to keep and bear arms. From the second term onwards,johnson and donald·Trump alliance。 As chairman of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, he chaired investigations into Hillary Clinton, Hunter Biden, and officials involved in the FBI's investigation of the Trump campaign. During his second term, Johnson was also involved in handling Ukraine-U.S. relations, and once regarded Ukraine as an ally against Russia. However, after Russia fully invaded Ukraine in 2022, he believed that Russia's victory was inevitable, and therefore no longer supported providing military assistance to Ukraine. Because of his contacts with Ukrainian officials, Johnson became a key witness in the 2019 Trump-Ukraine scandal and subsequent Trump impeachment, which he described as an attempt to undermine Trump.During the third term,Johnson investigates corruption in federal agencies,and accuse these agencies of trying to

Roman Polanski Roman Polanski Film & TV · Poland

Roman Polanski (French: Roman Polanski, Polish: Roman Polański; August 18, 1933 -) is a French and Polish Jewish director, screenwriter and actor. He was born in Paris, France. He moved to Krakow, Poland with his family when he was 3 years old. He was imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp and later escaped successfully. After the end of World War II, Roman Polanski returned to Krakow, where he studied at the Lodz State Film School. He left Poland in 1961 and became a French citizen in 1976. Roman Polanski's representative works include "Knife in the Water" (1962), "Flashback" (1965), "Knot" (1966), "Into the Woods" (1971), "Chinatown" (1974), "Keyhole Love" (1992), and won the 2002 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or and the Academy Award for Best Director for "Battlefield". In 2010, Roman Polanski won the Silver Bear Award for Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival and the Best Director Award at the European Film Awards for "The Order". Roman Polanski has made films in Poland, the United Kingdom, France and the United States, and is considered one of the few "truly international filmmakers." Polanski's films have inspired directors including the Coen brothers, Wes Anderson, David Fincher, Eten Igoyan, Darren Aronofsky, Park Chan-wook, Abel Ferrara and Wes Craven. In 1977, 43-year-old Polanski sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl in Los Angeles, California, by getting her drunk and drugged. After his arrest, Polanski reached a plea bargain with the U.S. prosecutors. However, on February 1, 1978, on the eve of the court's verdict, he fled to Europe. Since then, he has been wanted by the U.S. government and has never dared to set foot on U.S. soil again. Polanski also faces multiple sexual assault accusations, but has not faced judicial proceedings because the legal pursuit period has expired. On May 3, 2018, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced his dismissal.

L Luo Zheng Film & TV · Unknown nationality

Luo Zheng (October 23, 1995 -), an actor and singer from Mainland China. In 2018, he participated in iQiyi's first idol boy group competition to compete in the development reality show "Idol Producer", and finally graduated in 30th place. He was once a member of MR-X, and now he mainly focuses on acting. His fan name is Lizi Ke.

Robbie Rogers Robbie Rogers Athletes · United States

Robert Hampton "Robbie" Rogers (born May 12, 1987) is an American professional football player who currently plays for the Los Angeles Galaxy. Position is midfielder or second forward. Rogers is currently a member of the United States National Soccer Team. In February 2013, Rogers came out as gay, becoming the second gay male footballer in the UK after Justin Fashanu came out in 1990. In May 2013, he played for the Los Angeles Galaxy and became the first openly gay man in a North American professional sports league. On December 2, 2017, she and American-Italian screenwriter and producer Greg Berlanti held a wedding in Malibu, a wealthy seaside community in California. Before the wedding, they gave birth to their daughter Lin through a surrogate mother on February 18, 2016.