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Nie Gannu (January 28, 1903 - March 26, 1986), formerly known as Nie Guofing, with the pseudonym Ganru, pen names Erye, Gannu, Gannu, Nie Ji, Xiao Jindu, Maisi, Hanhen, Tantai Miandu, etc., his family name is Sanhongjinshuizhai, a native of Beijing, Hubei, a writer in the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China, and a member of the Communist Party of China. His essays and old-style poems are very famous.

Nie Jifeng (guī) (1855-1911), courtesy name Zhongfang, was born in Hengshan, Hunan. He was a bureaucratic capitalist in the late Qing Dynasty. He was the son of Nie Yifeng and the son-in-law of Zeng Guofan. He served as governor of Zhejiang and founded the privately owned Shanghai Hengfeng Textile New Bureau.

Nie Anda, born in the United States, is a Swedish-American of Swedish descent. Famous Hong Kong musician, actor and film scorer. He has been active in Hong Kong's music scene since the 1960s and actively revived Hong Kong's band trend in the 1990s. He is a well-known behind-the-scenes person behind the music. Later, he got the nickname "Stock God" because he played the role of Seth, the stock god, in the 2000 Asian Television TV series "The Battle of the Century".

Xiao Jun (English: Xiaojun, Korean: xiaojun, August 8, 1999 -), whose real name is Xiao Dejun, was born in Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China. He is a male artist developing in China and South Korea and a member of the Korean men's group NCT under SM Entertainment. In January 2019, he officially debuted as a member of the Chinese sub-group WayV. In September 2020, he officially joined the NCT team.

Xiao Yang (April 7, 1980 -), born in Chengde City, Hebei Province, is a male singer, actor, director and screenwriter in Mainland China.

Xiao Xuchang (October 12, 1930 - December 6, 2023), Chinese structural geologist. Born in Anshun, Guizhou. Graduated from the Department of Geology of Peking University in 1952. In 1991, he was elected as a member (academician) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Researcher at the Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences.

Sean Parker (English: Sean Parker, December 3, 1979 -) was born in Virginia, United States. He is an American Internet entrepreneur and philanthropist. He founded Napster and Plaxo and was the first president of the well-known social networking site Facebook. He is also the co-founder of Causes, Airtime and Brigade. He is the founder and president of the Parker Foundation, which focuses on the life sciences, global public health, and civic engagement. In Forbes' 2022 list of global billionaires, he ranks 1,096th with a net worth of US$2.8 billion.

Sir Thomas Sean Connery (English: Sir Thomas Sean Connery, August 25, 1930 - October 31, 2020) was a Scottish actor who became famous for playing the British spy James Bond in seven James Bond films between 1962 and 1983. Before starring in Bond, Connery had been appearing in small theaters and television shows. Although he did not enjoy the off-screen attention that his role as Bond brought him, the fame that Bond's films brought to him still allowed him to receive offers from Alfred Hitchcock, Sidney Lumet and John Huston. "Murder on the Orient Express", "Iron King", "The Bridge", "The Challenger", "Legendary", "The Untouchables", "The Last Crusade", "The Hunt for Red October", "Magic Dragon Slayer", "Jedi Mission" and "Friends Through the Window" and other works. Connery received many recognitions during his career, receiving an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards (including a Lifetime Achievement Award), two Golden Globe Awards (including a Cecil B. DeMille Award), and an American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1987, he was awarded the Commander of the French Order of Arts and Letters. In 1999, he received the Kennedy Center Honors Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2000, he was knighted in the British New Year Honors for his film achievements. In addition, in 2004, Connery was named "Scotland's greatest living national treasure" by the Sunday Herald, and in 2011 he was named "Scotland's greatest living national treasure" in the Million Euro Lottery survey. He was also named "The Sexiest Actor Alive" and "The Sexiest Man Alive" by "People" in 1989 and 1999 respectively.

Shaun White (English: Shaun White, September 3, 1986 -), American snowboarder, skateboarder and musician. He is a three-time Winter Olympics gold medalist in the men's halfpipe snowboarding. He also holds the record for most World X Games gold medals and most Winter Olympic snowboarding gold medals, and has won ten ESPY Awards. His nickname is "Flying Tomato". Shaun White announced that he will retire after the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

Sean Baker (English: Sean Baker, February 26, 1971 -), American male director, producer, screenwriter, director of photography and editor. He often directs independent films, with well-known works such as "Take Out" (2004), "Little Star" (2012), "The Night Is Young" (2015) and "Welcome to the Magic Castle" (2017). In 2024, he won the Palme d'Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival and the Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing at the 97th Academy Awards for "Anola", becoming the first person to win four Oscars for one film, and tying Walt Disney to become the second person to win multiple Oscars in the same session.

Xiao Zhan (English: Sean Xiao, October 5, 1991 -), a native of Chongqing, an actor and singer in mainland China. In 2016, he officially debuted as the lead singer of the boy music group In 2020, the single "Point of Light" was released, setting a Guinness World Record for the fastest-selling digital album within 24 hours of its release with sales of 25.48 million. In 2026, he won the Outstanding Quality Star of the Year at the "TV Series Quality Ceremony" for his role in the TV series "The Legend of Zanghai" (playing Zanghai). In April of the same year, he won the "Most Popular Actor of the Year among College Students" award at the 33rd Beijing University Student Film Festival for his role in the movie "Dexian" (playing Mo Dexian).

Sholom Nokhumovich Rabinovich (Russian: Соломон Наумович) Рабинович, March 2, 1859 – May 13, 1916), known by his pseudonym Sholom Aleham (Yiddish: שלום ־עליכם, Russian and Ukrainian: Шолом-Алейхем, also known as Shalem Arakmu), is a Yiddish writer and playwright. He was born in Pereyaslav, Ukraine, and settled in the United States after 1906. His main works are the novels "Sjembeniu", "The Warbler-throated Iosere", the epistolary novel "Menahan Mandel", the novellas "Tavi the Milk Seller" and "Motul", and more than 300 short stories and drama works. His representative work is "Fiddler on the Roof". His pen name is a Jewish greeting, which means "peace be with you" and is a cognate word with the Arabic word "selan".

Xiao Shunyao (March 23, 1988 -), a native of Xining, Qinghai, is an actor and singer in mainland China and a member of the MIC boy group. He was a member of the Qinghai Provincial Youth Football Club and participated in national youth football competitions.

Kenneth Charles Loach (English: Kenneth Charles Loach, June 17, 1936 -) is a British independent film and television director and screenwriter. His film and television works are widely known for their realistic and natural techniques and social themes, focusing on the lives of the lower class, labor rights, and promoting socialist ideas. His film works have repeatedly won multiple awards at international film festivals, including the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Venice Film Festival.

Ye (English: Ye, /jeɪ/ YAY; June 8, 1977 -), formerly known as Kanye Omari West (/ˈkɑːnjeɪ/ KAHN-yay), is an American rapper, songwriter and music producer. His first five albums were The College Dropout (2004), Late Registration (2005), Graduation (2007), 808s & Heartbreak (2008) and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, 2010) not only won many awards and critical acclaim, but was also a commercial success. "Heartbreak Beat" became his third album to debut at the top of the U.S. charts in its first week and continue to top the US charts, while his fifth album "My Bizarre Fantasy" received widespread acclaim and was selected into multiple year-end best album lists. Yay also runs his own record label "GOOD Music". His iconic mascot and trademark is the Dropout Bear, a teddy bear that has appeared on three albums, several single covers, and in music videos. Jay established his reputation as a producer at Roc-A-Fella Records, where he produced Jay Z's album "The Blueprint" as well as singles for hit artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and Jenna Jackson. His production style began with using high-pitched vocal samples (sampling) from soul songs, plus his own drum beats and instrumentation. However, on subsequent albums, Yay displayed more influences ranging from 1970s rhythm and blues to synth pop and classical music. "About.com" owned by the New York Times ranked Ye eighth on its list of "Top 50 Hip-Hop Producers." On May 16, 2008, Ye was selected as the "Hottest Rapper" of the year by MTV. Ye also announced at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards that he would run for the 2020 U.S. presidential election. After losing the 2020 election, he announced his candidacy

Kenneth George Baker (English: Kenneth George Baker, August 24, 1934 - August 13, 2016), nicknamed Kenny Baker, was born in Birmingham, England, England, actor and musician. He is best known for his role as R2-D2 in the Star Wars film series.

Sir Kenneth Charles "Ken" Branagh (/ˈbrænə/ BRAN-ə, born December 10, 1960) is a British film director, actor and film producer. Banner trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, where he has been director since 2015. He has won an Academy Award, four BAFTA Awards, two Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and a Laurence Olivier Award. He was knighted in the 2012 birthday honors. In January 2018, he became a free man in his hometown of Belfast. In 2020, he was ranked 20th on The Irish Times' list of the greatest Irish film actors. Banner himself is a big fan of William Shakespeare's plays and has directed and starred in several film adaptations of Shakespeare's plays, including 1989's "Henry V", 1993's "The Lover", 1995's "Killing", 1996's "Kenneth Branagh: Hamlet", 2000's "Lost Love", and 2006's "As You Like It". He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Academy Award for Best Director for "Henry V" and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet." He also directed the 1992 film "Swansong," an adaptation of the German opera "The Magic Flute" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Emanuel Schikaneder, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live-Action Short Film. His works that have directed and starred in include 1991's "The Last Day", 1994's "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein", 2014's "Phantom Strike", 2017's "Murder on the Orient Express", 2022's "Murder on the Nile" and 2023's "Phantom of Venice". In terms of directing, Banner directed the 2011 Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) superhero film "Thunder" and the 2015 Walt Disney Company's adaptation of "Cinderella." In terms of acting, he appeared in the 1998 movie "The Famous", 1999's "The Storm", 2000's "El Dorado", 2002's "Harry Potter: The Chamber of Secrets",

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (English: Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, June 17, 1987 -), American rapper, songwriter and music producer, was born in Compton, California, United States. Nama came to prominence in 2003 with the mixtape "Youngest Head Nigga In Charge". In 2004, Nama signed with Top Dawg Entertainment, a record company based in Carson, California. In 2012, Nama signed a joint venture agreement with Aftermath Entertainment and New Vision Records. Naama is also a member of West Coast hip-hop supergroup Black Hippies. In 2018, Lamarr was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music, becoming the first musician outside the classical and jazz genres to win this honor. Lamar won the Grammy Awards for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song in 2015 for his song "I", which are also the two highest awards he won in rap music in 2015. On March 16 of the same year, he released his third studio album "American Butterfly Dream", which topped the Billboard album chart for two weeks with sales of more than 300,000. In 2015, Lamarr collaborated with American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift to release a remixed version of "Hostile". The video became the video with the highest single-day views in the history of VEVO. As a result, Lamarr reached the peak of her career and won a Grammy Award. At the same time, the lyrics in this video are also alluding to American singer Katy Perry. The original version of the music is included in Taylor Swift's fifth album "1989". In 2023, the remixed version of "Hostile" was included in "1989 (Remastered Edition) (Deluxe Edition)". In 2024, his public feud with Drake spawned the hit singles "Like That" and "Not Like Us." The latter became the most awarded song in Grammy Awards history, winning five awards, including Song of the Year and Production of the Year. The sixth album "GNX", released without warning, sold 319,000 copies in its first week and topped the Billboard album chart. In 2025, he became the first hip-hop artist to headline the Super Bowl halftime show and the first hip-hop artist to perform in the Super Bowl halftime show twice.

Hu Yepin (May 4, 1903 - February 7, 1931), formerly known as Hu Chongxuan, was a native of Fuzhou, Fujian, and his native place was Xinjian, Jiangxi. One of the Five Martyrs of the Left Alliance. He is also one of the Twenty-Four Martyrs of Longhua.

Hu Renyu (July 20, 1931 -), male, native of Jiangshan, Zhejiang, born in Shanghai, Chinese physicist, former researcher, vice president, and president of the China Academy of Engineering Physics.

Hu Xianxu (August 17, 2000 -), a native of Tianjin, is a film and television actor in mainland China and made his debut as a child star. In 2016, he became known to the general audience for his role as the rebellious yet kind-hearted middle school student Zhang Xiaoyu in the TV series "Little Farewell". In 2018, he was admitted to the Department of Acting of the Central Academy of Drama for his undergraduate degree with third place in drama, film and television performance, and was classmates with Yi Yang Qianxi and Li Landi. In 2020, he played the protagonist Shi Guang in the online drama "The Soul of Chess", so he received more attention from industry insiders and fans. Other representative works include "A Hundred Birds Pay Attention to the Phoenix", "A Little Farewell", "Stay with Mom", "The Wind in the Langya List", "Old Boy", "The Big Exam", "Flying Life and Love", "Under the Stranger", etc. Hu Xianxu went to the Galapagos Islands and the Amazon Rainforest in May 2025. During the ten-day journey, he recorded a self-produced micro-complexion "No Signal Here", which was broadcast on Tencent Video in August of the same year. Hu Xianxu participated in many charity activities. In December 2018, he was hired as the Youth Leadership Advocate of the United Nations Population Fund’s “Belt and Road Initiative”. In October 2019, he was hired as the China Youth Envoy of the United Nations Population Fund. In November 2019, the Tourism Ambassador of Vienne, France was appointed. In November 2020, he was listed on the "2020 Forbes China Elite List Under 30".

Julio Cortázar (Spanish: Julio Cortázar, formerly known as Jules Florencio Cortázar, August 26, 1914 - February 12, 1984) was an Argentine writer and scholar, and one of the representatives of the explosion of Latin American literature.

Julián Andrés Quiñones (Spanish: Julián Andrés Quiñones, March 24, 1997 -) is a professional football player who serves as a forward or winger. He was born in Colombia, but plays for the Mexican national football team.

Hu Xia is a Chinese singer and actor. He won the sixth season of Taiwan's One Million Star in 2010 and released his debut album, Hu Love Xia, later that year. He has sung a great number of soundtracks for Chinese TV series, movies and games, the most famous ones being, "Those Years" (those years), for You Are the Apple of My Eye in 2011 and "Don't You Know" (Do you know? Do you know?) for The Story of Minglan in 2018.