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Juan Carlos Zavala Juan Carlos Zavala Athletes · Argentina

Juan Carlos Zabala (Spanish: Juan Carlos Zabala, October 11, 1911 - January 24, 1983) was an Argentine male long-distance runner. He won the gold medal in the men's marathon at the 1932 Summer Olympics, and he also served as the flag bearer for the Argentine delegation at the opening ceremony of the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Juan Peron Juan Peron Political figures · Argentina

Juan Domingo Perón (Spanish: Juan Domingo Perón, Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxwan doˈmiŋɡo peˈɾon]; October 8, 1895 – July 1, 1974) was an Argentine soldier and politician who served as President of Argentina three times (he is Argentina's second-longest-serving president so far, and the first president elected by universal suffrage of men and women) and once as de facto vice-president. He founded the Justice Party with his wife Eva Peron and led the Peronist movement. He participated in the April 3rd Revolution, which ended the infamous decade. After establishing an alliance with the Socialists and Revolutionary Syndicalists, he served successively as Director of National Labor, Secretary of the Secretariat of Labor and Welfare, Minister of War, and Vice President of Argentina. As National Labor Director and Secretary General of Labor, he took measures that benefited the labor sector and brought labor laws into effect, promoting the collective bargaining system, rural labor regulations, labor tribunals and extension of the retirement system to commercial employees. These measures gained support from the labor movement and opposition from the business sector, high-income earners, and US Ambassador Spruill Braden, triggering a widespread anti-Peronist movement after 1945. In October of that year, an internal coup forced his resignation and his subsequent arrest, which triggered a workers' march on October 17, 1945, demanding Peron's release. That year, he married María Eva Duarte, who played an important political role during Perón's presidency. He was elected president in the 1946 election. Later, he consolidated the three political parties that supported him into the United Revolutionary Party (Partido Único de la Revolución), which was later renamed the Peronist Party. Following the 1949 constitutional amendment, he was re-elected in the 1951 Argentine presidential election. In addition to continuing to pursue policies that benefited marginalized groups, his government also implemented nationalization and industrialization policy lines, especially in the textile industry, metallurgy, defense industry, transportation industry, and foreign trade. In the context of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, he chose the third position. During Peron's last year in power, conflicts with the Catholic Church intensified conflicts between Peronists and anti-Peronists, and as a result, the government intensified its persecution of the opposition and opposition media. Peron was overthrown in September 1955 after a series of violent acts by anti-Peronist civil and military groups, notably the 1955 Plaza de Mayo bombing.

Juan Ramon Jimenez Juan Ramon Jimenez Writers · Spain

Juan Ramón Jiménez (Spanish: Juan Ramón Jiménez, December 24, 1881 - May 29, 1958) was a Spanish Andalusian poet and winner of the 1956 Nobel Prize for Literature. He is a prolific writer, with his representative works "Little Silver and Me" (or translated as "Song of the Little Donkey") and "Sorrowful Aria".

Juan Miró Juan Miró Artists · Spain

Joan Miró (Catalan: Joan Miró i Ferrà [ʒuˈan miˈɾoj fəˈra], April 20, 1893 - December 25, 1983) was a Spanish Catalan painter, sculptor, ceramicist, and printmaker, and a representative figure of Surrealism. Miró, Picasso and Dali are among the three major postmodern artists in Spain. The Miró Museum of Fine Arts in Montjuïc, Barcelona, ​​Miro's hometown, houses Miró's works. In 1975, Barcelona also established the Fundació Joan Miró, which specializes in collecting his works. In 1981, the Pilar and Joan Miró Foundation (Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró) was established in Parma, the city where he lived for a long time. Miró won international acclaim for his unique artistic style. His works are generally considered to belong to the category of Surrealism, but his style is highly individual, sometimes showing Fauvist and Expressionist tendencies. He is particularly concerned with the unconscious or subconscious world, and this artistic interest is most evident in his representation of the quality of childlike innocence. At the same time, there is a strong sense of Catalan pride in his unclassifiable works. In numerous interviews since the 1930s, Miró had been an outspoken critic of traditional painting methods as a tool to prop up bourgeois society, and claimed to "kill painting" to break the established visual rules of painting. Since childhood, Miró has been very passionate about natural scenery, especially the place where he grew up. Painting seems to be a routine job for him, who is quiet and sensitive. His father was very interested in astronomy, and this interest also influenced Miró to some extent. At the same time, he also has a keen interest in art. He likes to draw women, birds, the sun, stars, etc., and uses his own symbols and color blocks to form his own unique personal style.

Juan Roman Riquelme Juan Roman Riquelme Athletes · Argentina

Juan Román Riquelme (June 24, 1978 -) was born in San Fernando, near Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, in 1978. In 2007, he was loaned back to the famous club Junior Bulgaria and then officially joined. He last played for Argentino Juniors. On January 25, 2015, he officially announced his retirement on ESPN. One of the best Argentine superstars in world football.

H Hu Hongwen Scientists · People's Republic of China

Hu Hongwen (March 16, 1925 - May 19, 2016), male, was born in Guang'an, Sichuan, a Chinese organic chemist and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Hu Yanbin Hu Yanbin Musicians · People's Republic of China

Hu Yanbin (July 4, 1983 -) is a singer-songwriter, music producer and founder of Niuban Music School in Mainland China. He was born in Shanghai and his ancestral home is Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province.

Ho Chi Minh Ho Chi Minh Political figures · Democratic Republic of Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh (Vietnamese: Hồ Chí Minh / Ho Chi Minh, pronounced: [hò cǐ mīŋ]; May 19, 1890 - September 2, 1969), formerly known as Nguyen Bicheng, used to be known as Patriot and Qiu Weng, his childhood name was Nguyen Sheng Khong (also known as Nguyen Sheng Kun), and he was affectionately known as "Uncle Ho" (Bác Hồ). "Ho Chi Minh" was a pseudonym he used during his revolutionary activities during World War II, and later became his common name. Ho Chi Minh was a famous Vietnamese socialist revolutionary, military strategist and politician in the 20th century, and the main founder of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). He was one of the founders of the Communist Party of Indochina (the predecessor of today’s Communist Party of Vietnam), the Communist Party of France, and participated in the creation of the Vietnam People’s Army. Ho Chi Minh served as Chairman and First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Vietnam (later renamed General Secretary), and served as the first Chairman of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and Prime Minister of the Government and other important positions. The revolutionary theory and ideological system he advocated were summarized as Ho Chi Minh Thought, which still has an important influence on Vietnamese politics and society.

Hu Yuzhi Hu Yuzhi Political figures · People's Republic of China

Hu Yuzhi (September 9, 1896 - January 16, 1986), formerly known as Xueyu, with the courtesy name Ziru, male, was a native of Shangyu, Zhejiang, a publisher, social activist and politician of the Communist Party of China and the People's Republic of China, and a former deputy national leader. Vice Chairman of the Fifth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Vice Chairman of the Sixth National People's Congress Standing Committee, and Acting Chairman of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League.

H Hu Huizhong Film & TV · Republic of China

Sibelle Hu (English: Sibelle Hu, May 4, 1958 -), native of Huai'an County, Jiangsu Province, was born in a military village in Taiwan. She is a second-generation foreigner. She was a female martial arts actor, singer and program host in Taiwanese literary films in the 1970s and Hong Kong in the 1980s. She became famous for her role in "Happy Face", and her other works include "The Emperor and the Empress", "The King of Flowers", etc.

H Hu Huaichen Writers · Republic of China

Hu Huaichen (1886-1938), nicknamed Jiren, Jichen, nicknamed Jichen, pen names Jichen, Youhuai, Qiushan, etc., male, native of Jingxian County, Anhui Province, Chinese poet and researcher of classical literature.

H Hugo Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Hu Ge (July 13, 1974 -), a native of Wuhan, Hubei, is an electronic musician. After 2010, he engaged in commercial advertising directing and performance. His most famous advertising series is Qixi.

H Hu Chengzhong Political figures · People's Republic of China

Hu Chengzhong (1961-), native of Yueqing, Zhejiang, Han nationality, political figure of the People's Republic of China, member of the 10th and 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He serves as a member of the Standing Committee of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, Vice Chairman of the Zhejiang Federation of Industry and Commerce, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Delixi Group Co., Ltd. In 2008, he was elected as a member of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, representing the economic sector and classified into the 37th group. On February 24, 2018, he was elected as a representative of the 13th National People's Congress.

H Hu Xiaomei Writers · People's Republic of China

Hu Xiaomei (December 24, 1971 -), a native of Fengcheng, Jiangxi, is a Chinese radio host and writer.

H Hu Jie Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Hu Jie (1958-), Chinese director.

Hu Ge Hu Ge Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Hu Ge (September 20, 1982 -), Chinese actor and singer, graduated from the Performance Department of Shanghai Theater Academy. He is currently the performance director of Shanghai Theater Academy Experimental Film Studio and deputy director of the Central Propaganda Committee of the China Democratic League. In 2005, he became famous after starring in "Legend of Sword and Fairy" as the protagonist Li Xiaoyao. In 2015, he won the Magnolia Award for Best Actor at the 22nd Shanghai TV Festival, the Audience Favorite Actor and the Most Popular Actor at the 28th China TV Golden Eagle Award for his role as Mei Changsu in "Nirvana in Fire". In June 2024, he won the Magnolia Award for Best Actor again for "Flowers".

Hu Hao Hu Hao Musicians · People's Republic of China

Hu Hao (August 14, 1989 -), Chinese tenor singer and opera singer. He studied at the Central Conservatory of Music for his undergraduate degree. After graduation, he went to the United States to study and received a master's degree from Mannes Conservatory of Music. Currently pursuing a PhD at the University of North Texas, studying under Lucini Amara. In 2019, he participated in the second season of the Hunan Satellite TV variety show "Sound into the Heart" as a singing member.

H Hu Bingliu Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Hu Bingliu (August 1, 1940 - February 14, 2012), a native of Huangpi, Hubei Province, is a Chinese film director. His representative works are "Nostalgia", "Xiangyin", "Countrymen" and "Anju". He won the Best Director Award at the 18th China Golden Rooster Awards in 1998.

Huma Abedin Huma Abedin Political figures · United States

Huma Mahmood Abedin (English: Huma Mahmood Abedin, born July 28, 1975) is an American political staffer who has long served as a senior aide to Hillary Clinton.

H Hu Haokang Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Hu Haokang (November 11, 2008 -), a native of Beijing, is a Chinese child star and the son of actors Hu Jun and Lu Fang. In 2015, he became popular after participating in the Hunan Satellite TV variety show "Where Are We Going, Dad Season 3" with his father Hu Jun.

H Hu Ying Scientists · People's Republic of China

Hu Ying (June 19, 1934 - August 27, 2023), male, native of Yingshan, Hubei, born in Shanghai, was a Chinese chemical engineer and physical chemist, and a professor at East China University of Science and Technology.

Hu Zaobin Hu Zaobin Artists · Republic of China

Hu Zaobin (1897-September 18, 1942), a native of Shunde, Guangdong, also known as Hanqing, also known as Jingguanlouzhu, was a painter in the mainland period of the Republic of China. He was good at painting tigers.

Hu Nuoyan Hu Nuoyan Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Wu No-yin is a Hong Kong actor, singer and program host. He is currently an artist under Shaw Brothers and a basic artist contract artist of TVB.

Hu Shi Hu Shi Scholars · Republic of China

Hu Shi (December 17, 1891 - February 24, 1962), whose original name was Siji, and his scientific name was Hong Wei, was later renamed Shi, and his courtesy name was Shizhi. The pen names used include: Xiqiang, Zishengsheng, Tie'er, Dongxin, Zang Hui's master, Zang Hui, etc. Born in Chuansha Hall, Songjiang Prefecture, Jiangsu Province, and Shangzhuang Town, Jixi County, Huizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province. He once served as president of National Peking University, dean of Academia Sinica, ambassador of the Republic of China to the United States, and director of the Board of Trustees of Fu Jen Catholic University and Nankai University. Hu Shi was one of the founders and leaders of the New Culture Movement. He had broad interests and rich writings. He conducted in-depth research in many fields such as literature, philosophy, history, textual criticism, education, ethics, and red studies, and was the pioneer of the movement. Philosophically, he advocates John Dewey's pragmatist methodology, advocating "bold assumptions and careful empirical evidence" and "experiment is the only touchstone of truth". Politically, he advocates liberalism. He is a controversial historical figure with multiple identities worth exploring, and one of the people most criticized by political forces from all sides. Hu Shi was a famous Chinese scholar, philosopher, educator, and literati who made certain contributions to the "May Fourth" New Culture Movement. Philosophically, he was the first to introduce American pragmatism to China. Politically, he has always advocated reform and negated revolution.