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Hu Xijin (April 7, 1960 -), also known as Shan Renping, was born in Beijing. He is a media personality, Internet celebrity, and member of the Communist Party of China. He graduated from the School of International Relations of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and received a master's degree in Russian literature from Beijing Foreign Studies University. He once served as a war correspondent for the People's Daily, editor-in-chief of the Global Times and a director of People's Daily Online Co., Ltd., and is currently a special commentator for the Global Times.

Hu Jintao (December 21, 1942 -), whose ancestral home is Jixi, Anhui, was born in Tai County, Jiangsu (now Taizhou, Jiangsu). He was a former national-level leader and graduated from the Department of Water Conservancy Engineering of Tsinghua University. He served as the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China from 2002 to 2012, the President of the People's Republic of China from 2003 to 2013, and the Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China and the Chairman of the State Military Commission from 2004 to 2013. He is the top leader of the fourth generation of the Chinese party, government, and military. The central leadership collective during his tenure is known as the "Party Central Committee with Comrade Hu Jintao as General Secretary."

Hu Xuehua (1961-), a native of Shanghai, is a Chinese drama, film and television director, dean and professor of the School of Film and Television of Shanghai Theater Academy. The eldest son of Chinese dramatist Hu Weimin and the brother of director Hu Xueyang. While he was at the Shanghai Theater Academy, he embezzled tens of millions of project funds and fled with the money, which led to the dismissal of the then Dean Han Sheng.

Hu Feng (November 2, 1902 - June 8, 1985), formerly known as Zhang Guangren, with pen names such as Gu Fei, Gao Huang, Zhang Guo, etc., was born in Qichun, Hubei Province. He was a Chinese literary theorist, literary critic, translator, July Party poet, and one of the representatives of Chinese left-wing culture. He once served as the director of the Propaganda Department of the Chinese Left-wing Writers Alliance and had close contacts with Lu Xun. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was criticized for its discord between its literary and artistic ideas and mainstream social thought, and set off a huge political criticism movement. He was rehabilitated after the reform and opening up.

Frederick II (German: Friedrich II; January 24, 1712 - August 17, 1786) was the King of Prussia who reigned from 1740 to 1786. His major achievements include military victory in the Silesian War, the reorganization of the Prussian army, participation in the partition of Polish territory, and support for the arts and the Enlightenment. Frederick was the last Hohenzollern monarch to be crowned "King in Prussia" (König in Preußen). After annexing Royal Prussia, he began to call himself "King of Prussia" (König von Preußen). Under his rule, Prussia successfully expanded its territory and became a major power in Europe. Frederick II was therefore known as Frederick the Great (German: Friedrich der Große), or his nickname was Old Fritz (German: der Alte Fritz). As a young man, Frederick was more interested in music and philosophy than in the art of war, which brought him into conflict with his father, Frederick William I; but after ascending to the Prussian throne, he attacked and annexed the wealthy Austrian province of Silesia in 1742, gaining military prestige for himself and Prussia. He was an influential military theorist whose analysis was informed by extensive personal battlefield experience and covered issues of strategy, tactics, mobility, and logistics. Frederick was a supporter of enlightened despotism, saying that the ruler should be the first servant of the state. He modernized the Prussian bureaucracy and civil service and implemented religious policies ranging from tolerance to segregation throughout the kingdom; he reformed the judicial system so that lower-status men could become judges and high-ranking bureaucrats. Frederick encouraged immigrants of all nationalities and creeds to come to Prussia, supported the arts and philosophers, and allowed freedom of the press and literature. Frederick was almost certainly gay, and his sexual orientation has been the subject of much research. He was buried in his favorite residence, Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam. Because he died childless, his nephew Frederick William II succeeded to the throne. Almost all 19th-century German historians portrayed Frederick as a romantic and great warrior, praising his leadership, administrative efficiency, devotion to duty, and success in making Prussia a European power. After Germany's defeat in World War I, Frederick was still a highly respected historical figure. The Nazi German Ministry of National Education and Propaganda praised him as a "great leader"; after World War II, his popularity dropped sharply in Germany, partly due to

Tengger (Mongolian: ᠲᠩᠷᠢ, Bao Pei: Tengri, Cyrillic: Сайнбаярын Тэнгэр, January 15, 1960 -) is a Chinese Mongolian male singer who was born in Otok Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China.

Zang Di (1964-), born in Beijing, is a modern Chinese poet. Graduated from Peking University and received a doctorate in literature in 1997. From 1999 to 2000, he served as a visiting scholar at the University of California, Davis, and is currently a professor in the Chinese Department of Peking University. He once co-edited "Selected Poems of Peking University" and other works with Xidu. In 2022, he won the Poetry Award of the 8th Lu Xun Literature Award for "Poetic Botany".

Shu Deqian (February 1946-), Chinese evolutionary paleontologist, professor at the Department of Geology of Northwest University and China University of Geosciences (Beijing), director of the Institute of Early Life at Northwest University, and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Shu Qi, whose real name is Lin Lihui, is a Taiwanese actress and director. In 1996, she began to attract widespread attention for her performance in the movie "Erotic Man and Woman", and was nominated for the 33rd and 35th Golden Horse Awards for Best Supporting Actress respectively for this film and "The Romance of Young and Dangerous", and the latter won the award. Later, she starred in "Flying Love Novel", "Millennium Mambo", "The Best Time", "I Will Never Let You Be Lonely Again", "Journey to the West." "Conquering the Demon", "Assassin Nie Yinniang", "Forgetful Village" and other works have been nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress many times. Among them, she won the 42nd Golden Horse Award for "The Best Time". In 2025, his first directorial film "Girl" will be released.

Shu Chang (December 1, 1987 -), formerly known as Dong Lili, was born in Baishan City, Jilin Province, China, and now lives in Beijing. Mainland Chinese actor, singer, host, and child star.

Shu Qun (September 20, 1913 - August 2, 1989), formerly known as Li Shutang, also known as Li Xudong, Li Chunyang, Li Cunzhe, pen name Shu Qun, Black Man, etc., was a Manchu nationality. His ancestral home was Qingzhou, Shandong. He was born in Acheng, Heilongjiang (now Acheng District, Harbin City). He is a Chinese writer and a member of the Communist Party of China.

Comfort (April 19, 1916 - June 26, 2015), whose real name is Shu Changge, is a Chinese film actor, screenwriter and director.

Shu Hongyi (1867-1947), whose first name was Hongyi, also had the courtesy name Bingru and Binru. His ancestral home is Huaining, Anhui, and he was born in Anqing, Anhui. Politicians of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.

Masuzoe Yōichi (Japanese: /Maszoe Yoichi, Romanized: Masuzoe Yōichi, November 29, 1948 -), was born in Hachiman Higashi District, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture; graduated from the political course of the Faculty of Law of the University of Tokyo. Japanese politician and international relations scholar. Former Governor of Tokyo. Former Senator. Former Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare. Former leader of the New Party Reform Party. On June 15, 2016, Kaname Sunzoe formally submitted his resignation to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly due to the corruption incident. The resignation took effect on June 21 of the same year. His resignation triggered the 2016 Tokyo governor election.

Alice Ann Munro Munro (July 10, 1931 - May 13, 2024), or Alice Munro, Alice Munro, Alice Munro, originally surnamed Laidlaw, a Canadian female writer, known as the "Chekhov of Canada", won the Governor General's Award of Canada three times, won the Booker International Prize in 2009, and then won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2013. She is the first writer to win these two awards. In 2013, she became the first Canadian female Nobel Prize winner and the 13th female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature for her achievements as a "master of contemporary short stories". Canada's The Globe and Mail reported on the news of Meng Ruo's death in an Ontario nursing home and pointed out that she had suffered from dementia for at least 12 years before her death and was presumed to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Dame Iris Murdoch, DBE (English: Dame Iris Murdoch, July 15, 1919 - February 8, 1999), was born in Dublin, Ireland, and was a British writer.

Alan Matheson Turing, OBE, FRS, was a British computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and theoretical biologist. He is known as the father of computer science and artificial intelligence.

Major General Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 - July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut, naval aviation officer, test pilot, and businessman. He was one of the first seven astronauts of NASA's Mercury Project. In 1961, he carried out the Mercury-Redstone 3 mission and became the first American astronaut to enter space. He was also the second human being to fly in space after Yuri Gagarin. Shepard graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1944. During World War II, he served in the surface forces in the Pacific Theater. He returned to the United States after the war, completed naval aviation training in 1947, and received a test pilot course in 1950, and gradually became one of the Navy's top pilots. In 1959, NASA selected Shepard to be one of the first seven astronauts on the Mercury Project. On May 5, 1961, Shepard participated in the Mercury-Redstone 3, the first manned mission of the Mercury Project, and entered space aboard the "Freedom 7" space capsule. The flight failed to enter geocentric orbit and was a sub-orbital space flight, but it was enough to make him the second human being in space and the first American astronaut to fly in space. During the mission, Shepard manually controlled the flight attitude of the spacecraft in the cabin, the first time in human history to accomplish this feat. In the final stage of the Mercury Project, Shepard was originally scheduled to complete the Mercury-Atlas 10 mission aboard the "Freedom 7 II" space capsule in 1963. It was planned to fly in space for three days, but the mission was eventually cancelled. After the Mercury Project ended, Shepard had the opportunity to become the commander of the first manned mission of the Gemini Project. However, in 1963, he was diagnosed with the inner ear disease Meniere's Syndrome, which caused dizziness, nausea and other symptoms. He was not suitable for participating in space projects and was grounded indefinitely. He was appointed director of the NASA Astronaut Office in November 1963, responsible for astronaut training and mission planning. In 1969, Shepard underwent surgery to regain his flying qualifications and began participating in the Apollo program. In 1971, he became the commander of Apollo 14 and piloted the Antares lunar module to land on the moon. He became the fifth astronaut to land on the moon, the oldest astronaut at the time of the moon landing, and the only one among the seven people of the Mercury Project to land on the moon. He hit two golf balls while on the moon's surface, the first human

Ellen Lee DeGeneres (English: Ellen Lee DeGeneres, January 26, 1958 -) is an American actor, comedian, host, writer and producer. She currently hosts the talk show "Ellen Gossip" and serves as a judge on the ninth season of "American Idol". Hosted the 79th and 86th Academy Awards, and has won Emmy Awards multiple times for "Ellen is Joking". In November 2016, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by US President Obama.

Edsger Wybe Dijkstra (Dutch: [ˈɛtsxər ˈʋibə ˈdɛikstra], May 11, 1930 - August 6, 2002), also translated as Edsger Wybe Dijkstra, was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, a computer scientist. He was the first scientist in the Netherlands to major in programming. He won the Turing Award in 1972, and later won the AFIPS Harry Goode Memorial Award in 1974 and the ACM SIGCSE Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education and Teaching Award in 1989. In 2002, shortly before his death, he won the ACM PODC (Principles of Distributed Computing) Most Influential Paper Award in recognition of his contribution to the self-stabilization of program computing in the distributed field. In memory of him, this annual award was later renamed the "Dijkstra Award". He once proposed the "GOTO harmful theory", semaphores and PV primitives (passeren vrijgeven), which solved the "dining philosophers problem".

Ahmet Ertegün (Turkish: Ahmet Ertegün, English pronunciation: /ˈɑːmɛtˈɛrtəɡən/, Turkish pronunciation: [ahˈmet eɾteˈɟyn]; July 31, 1923 – December 14, 2006), Turkish musician, composer, and philanthropist.

Ahmed Mansour (Arabic: أحمد منصور, born July 16, 1962) is an Egyptian journalist, television host, emcee and interviewer who has worked for Al Jazeera since 1997. He is also a writer. He is one of Al Jazeera's most famous journalists and currently hosts two talk shows, "No Boundaries" and "Witness of the Times". In 2015, German police detained Mansour at Berlin Tegel Airport based on an extradition request from the Egyptian government, triggering public protests and international criticism. Mansour was released three days later.

Alfredo James Pacino (English: Alfredo James Pacino, April 25, 1940 -), also known by his stage name Al Pacino (Al Pacino), is an American actor. Pacino's career spanned more than 50 years, during which he received many accolades and honors, including an Academy Award for Best Actor, two Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a BAFTA Award, four Golden Globe Awards, the American Film Institute's AFI Lifetime Achievement Award, the Ceci DeMille Award, the National Medal of Arts, and the Kennedy Center Honors. He is also one of the few performers to win the Oscar, Emmy and Tony Awards, known as the acting Grand Slams. He is a method actor and former student of HB Studios and the Actors Studio in New York City, where he was taught by Charles Laughton and Lee Strasberg. Pacino made his film debut in a small role in "The Virgin Mary" (1969), and received critical acclaim for his role as the heroin-addicted protagonist in "The Virgin" (1971). He received international acclaim and recognition for his breakthrough role as Michael Corleone in Frances Copra's The Godfather (1972), for which he received his first Academy Award nomination and reprized the role in the equally successful sequels The Godfather Part II (1974) and The Godfather Part III (1990). Pacino's performance as Corleone is regarded as one of the greatest film performances in film history, and has been followed by many masterpieces, such as "The Wire", "3D Lies", "The Devil's Advocate", and "The Insider". In 1992, he finally won the Best Actor Award at the 65th Academy Awards for his superb acting skills in the classic film "Scent of a Woman". In the film, he plays a grumpy, extreme retired officer who was blinded in a grenade accident, but he can rely on his sensitive nose to identify the scent of women around him. Accompanied by Charlie, a high school student hired to take care of him, he prepares to enjoy his last luxurious trip to New York. In 2003, he starred in the HBO adaptation of the TV miniseries "Angels in America", playing the notorious McCarthyist Roy Cohn in American history. His outstanding acting skills brought him the 61st Golden Globe Award and the 56th Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Television Series. In 2007, Pacino won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute

Elfriede Jelinek (Elfriede Jelinek, born October 20, 1946) is an Austrian-Jewish novelist, playwright and poet. Alfred Jelinek is the winner of the 2004 Nobel Prize for Literature and the first Austrian writer to win the prize.