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Marcus Tullius Cicero (Latin: Marcus Tullius Cicero; January 3, 106 BC - December 7, 43 BC) was a philosopher, politician, lawyer, writer, and orator in the late Roman Republic. Born into a wealthy family of the knightly class, he devoted himself to law and politics at a young age, and later served as consul of the Roman Republic in 63 BC. At the same time, because of his speeches and literary works, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest orators and most influential prose writers in ancient Rome. In the political crisis of the late Roman Republic, he was a loyal defender of the liberalism represented by the Republic and a political enemy of Mark Antony. He supported the constitution of ancient Rome and was therefore considered the ancient pioneer of the doctrine of separation of powers. He was elected consul in 63 BC and was later assassinated by Antony in Formia. Cicero made considerable contributions to the development of Latin due to the literary achievements of his works. He was a famous literary figure in Rome at the time. His majestic oratory style, witty essays, fluent prose, and mastery of eloquence set the literary style of classical Latin. Cicero was also a researcher of ancient Greek philosophy. Through translation, he introduced many works of Greek philosophy to the Romans, allowing the study of Greek philosophy to continue after Greece was conquered by Rome. Cicero's influence in ancient Rome waned during the Medieval Era, but was revived during the Renaissance. Petrarch rediscovered Cicero's letters in the 14th century, which began a re-study of Cicero by Renaissance scholars. Therefore, some scholars believe that the Renaissance was essentially a revival of Cicero, and through him the rest of classical ancient culture was revived. Cicero's influence reached its peak in the Age of Enlightenment, and those influenced by his political philosophy included Locke, Hume, Montesquieu and other philosophers. Adams, Hamilton and others often quoted Cicero's works in their works. It can be said that Cicero's republican ideas have profoundly influenced European philosophy and political theory, and are still the subject of research in Roman history.

Theodore Wilbur Anderson (English: Theodore Wilbur Anderson, June 5, 1918 - September 17, 2016) was an American mathematician and statistician who specialized in multivariate statistical data analysis.

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (English: Theodore Roosevelt Jr., October 27, 1858 - January 6, 1919), a Dutch-American, American politician, was the 26th President of the United States and a retired colonel of the United States Army. He was born in the Roosevelt family of New York City. Theodore Roosevelt served as Deputy Secretary of the Navy, participated in the Spanish-American War, and was elected Vice President in 1900. In 1901, President William McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist. He succeeded him as president at the age of 42, making him the youngest president in American history. His unique personality and reform policies made him one of the greatest presidents in American history and one of the leaders of the American Progressive Era. During his presidential term, Theodore Roosevelt became a pioneer in environmental protection in the United States, protecting forests, minerals, oil and other resources, and establishing national parks; he opposed the excessive behavior of large enterprises, broke up large trusts, and maintained fair competition; he established the Fair Trade Act and promoted reconciliation between labor and capitalists; he strengthened the executive power of the president and was considered the first modern president in American history; he pursued the Monroe Doctrine externally, implemented expansionary policies, built a strong military, and intervened in American affairs. Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for his successful mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win this award. During the mediation process, he was keenly aware of the potential threat posed by the newly rising Japan to the United States. At the same time, he also realized that the Panama Canal not only had economic value to the United States, but also enabled the U.S. naval fleet to move more quickly between the Pacific and the Atlantic, which was of great military strategic significance. Therefore, he pushed hard to promote the Panama Canal project during his tenure and regarded it as his greatest achievement. In 1908 he gave up his bid for re-election. After leaving office, Theodore Roosevelt intended to run for president again in 1912, but he had differences with the Republican Party, so he left the party and ran for president on behalf of the Progressive Party in an attempt to make a comeback. In the presidential election of the same year, due to the split of the Republican Party, Democratic candidate Woodrow Wilson won. Theodore Roosevelt won 88 electoral votes, becoming the third party candidate with the most electoral votes in the U.S. presidential election. However, he has since retired from politics. Theodore Roosevelt's distant cousin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt of the Democratic Party, was later elected President of the United States, so Theodore Roosevelt is often called "Old Roosevelt" in the Chinese environment. Theodore Ross

Theodore Brewster "Ted" Taylor (English: Theodore Brewster "Ted" Taylor, July 11, 1925 - October 28, 2004) was born in Mexico. He was an American physicist who mainly studied nuclear energy.

Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (English: Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, /stəˈloʊn/; Italian: [ɡarˈdɛntsjo stalˈloːne], July 6, 1946 -), American actor, director and producer. Nominated for Golden Globe and Grammy Awards. Sylvester Stallone has established his status as a Hollywood martial arts action star in the series of movies such as "The Italian Stallion", "Rocky", "First Blood" and "Blood Mission".

Shane Gould (English: Shane Gould, November 23, 1956 -), Australian female swimmer. She represented Australia in swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics, winning three gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal.

Sean Pertwee (June 4, 1964 -) is a British actor and trained actor. He played Alfred Pennyworth in the Fox television series Gotham. He is a Labor supporter.

Sigrid Undset (Norwegian: Sigrid Undset, May 20, 1882 - June 10, 1949) was a Norwegian novelist and winner of the 1928 Nobel Prize for Literature. Her most famous work is a trilogy of modernist novels describing life in medieval Scandinavia - "Kristin Lavransdatter" (Kristin Lavransdatter), which is set in fourteenth-century Norwegian society and describes the life of a woman. Undset's novel "reproduces the social life of Norway in the first half of the fourteenth century and criticizes the ills of society at that time - violence and injustice. When Undset was writing this work, her writing skills were already very proficient. In addition to her family background, she had a deeper understanding of ancient social life. She wrote It feels natural and easy to read. She injects modern life into the characters dressed in fourteenth-century clothes, so there is no sense of being outside the world when reading this historical novel. You will feel that it reflects living reality, and the characters in it are as lifelike as those in modern novels." (Meng Xianzhong)

Sigmund Freud (German: Sigmund Freud, birth name: Sigismund Schlomo Freud; May 6, 1856 - September 23, 1939) was an Austrian psychologist, founder of psychoanalysis, philosopher, sexologist, and one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. Psychoanalysis is a clinical approach to the assessment and treatment of pathologies arising from psychological conflicts, conducted through a dialogue between patient and psychoanalyst, a discipline that encompasses the unique theory of mind and human agency derived from it. He was born into a Jewish family in the Austrian Empire (now the Czech Republic). In 1881, he received a doctorate in medicine from the University of Vienna. After completing his charter in 1885, he was appointed Chair Professor of Neuropathology and became Associate Professor in 1902. That is to say, ever since graduation he worked in Vienna, where he began his clinical practice in 1886. After Germany annexed Austria in 1938, Freud moved to London, England to escape the Nazis. Died in England in 1939. When Freud founded psychoanalysis, he developed therapeutic techniques such as "free association" and discovered the concept of transference and established its central role in the analytic process. Freud's inclusion of infantile forms of sexual desire led him to formulate the Oedipus complex as a central tenet of psychoanalytic theory. His interpretation of dreams as wish fulfillment provided him with a clinical model of the underlying mechanisms of symptom formation and repression. On this basis, Freud elaborated on his theory of the subconscious and continued to develop a model of the psychological structure consisting of the id, ego and superego. Freud postulated the existence of "libido" (sexual drive), which is sexual energy invested in psychological processes and structures and creates erotic attachments; and the death drive, which is the source of repetition compulsions, hatred, aggression, and neurotic guilt. In later works, Freud carried out extensive interpretations and criticisms of religion and culture. His works such as "The Interpretation of Dreams", "Three Essays on Sexuality", "Totems and Taboos", etc., proposed concepts such as the subconscious, id, ego and superego, Oedipus complex, sexual impulses, psychological defense mechanisms, etc., and is known as the "Father of Psychoanalysis". Psychoanalysis is currently in decline as a diagnostic and clinical practice overall, but it remains influential in psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy, and the humanities as a whole.

Nishiwaki Ayaka (Japanese: West WAki Ayaka/Nishiwaki Ayaka, Romanized: Nishiwaki Ayaka, February 15, 1989 -) is a singer born in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, a member of the popular electronic music group Perfume, nicknamed A~chan (a~Chan). Graduated from Horikoshi High School and is an economics student at a university in Tokyo. Graduated in March 2011. Attended a different university than the other two members. She is 160cm tall and has long curly hair. Her younger sister is Nishiwaki Ayaka from the group 9nine.

Simon Antony Bird (August 19, 1984 -) is a British actor who graduated from Birkbeck College, University of London. He is famous for playing Will McKenzie in the E4 sitcom "The Inbetweeners".

Simone Elleanne Biles, American female competitive gymnast. Biles has superb jumping and balanced landing abilities, and is good at floor exercise, balance beam, and vault. She is the competitive gymnast with the most medals at the World Championships, with 11 Olympic and 30 World Championship medals. He has won 2 Olympic Games, 6 World Championships and 9 U.S. Championship all-around championships. She also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2022, becoming the youngest recipient in history.

Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir (French: Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir; January 9, 1908 – April 14, 1986) was a French writer, existential philosopher, feminist activist, and social theorist. Her thoughts and theories have had a significant impact on feminist existentialism and feminist theory, and have become the foundation of contemporary feminism. She has written novels, essays, biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, and monographs on philosophy, politics, and social issues. She is famous for her essay "The Second Sex", which analyzed the oppression of women in detail and established contemporary feminism from a philosophical level. She was awarded the 1954 Goncourt Literary Prize, the 1975 Jerusalem Prize, and the 1978 Austrian National European Literature Prize.

Simone Bening, European artist of the Renaissance. Son of Sanders Bening and Flanders illustrator. Grima's Prayer Book Illustrations (now in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York) is his most outstanding work.

Simon Fairweather (English: Simon Fairweather, October 9, 1969 -), Australian male archery athlete. He represented Australia in archery at the 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal at the 2000 Olympics.

Xie Sishen (February 18, 1942 - November 2, 2022), born in Qingdao, is a Chinese physicist and a researcher at the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He entered the Department of Physics of Peking University in 1959 and graduated from the Department of Physics of Peking University in 1965 with a specialization in metal physics. Obtained a doctorate from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1983. In 2003, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2004, he was elected as an academician of the Third World Academy of Sciences. He once served as chief scientist of the National Nanoscience Center and chief scientist of the "973" National Key Basic Research Development Plan "Nanomaterials and Nanostructures" project.

Yan Xingpeng (1953-), born in 1953, is a Peking Opera performing artist, Gong Laosheng, the third generation descendant of Yan School, and a practitioner of Yu School and Ma School. The son of Yan Shaopeng and Zhang Shaolou, the grandson of Yan Jupeng, and the nephew of Yan Huizhu.

Xu Zhuo (zhuō) Yun (September 3, 1930 - August 3, 2025), historian, native of Wuxi, Jiangsu, was born in Siming, Fujian. He moved to Taiwan in 1949. He taught at the Institute of History and Linguistics, Academia Sinica and the Department of History, National Taiwan University. In 1980, he was elected as an academician of Academia Sinica. He immigrated to the United States in 1970 and taught in the Department of History at the University of Pittsburgh, where he served as emeritus chair professor. Later naturalized as a U.S. citizen.

Peggy Hsu (February 2, 1981 -) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, songwriter and music producer. He made his debut in 2001 with the release of his first solo album "Balloon", and was nominated for the Best Newcomer Award at the 13th Golden Melody Awards for this album. In addition to pop music creation and record production, Xu Zhepei has also been involved in musicals, stage plays and cross-disciplinary productions for a long time. His work covers performance, soundtrack, original music and music design. In 2007, Xu Zhepei participated in the production of Tizzy Bac's album "I think it's my fault that you are like this". Together with Chen Huiting, Xu Zheyu, Lin Qianyuan and Lin Huibin, he won the Best Album Producer Award at the 18th Golden Melody Awards. Later, "Fantasy Boutique" was nominated for the Best Album Producer Award at the 23rd Golden Melody Awards. In 2015, "Swinging Power Company" was released and was shortlisted for the 27th Golden Melody Awards for Best Mandarin Album, Best Mandarin Female Singer and Best Album Producer. In 2019, "City of Lost Things" was released and was once again nominated for awards such as Best Mandarin Album, Best Mandarin Female Singer, Best Album Producer and Best Vocal Recording Album. In 2020, he won the Best Singer-Songwriter Award at the 11th Golden Sound Creation Award for this work. In 2025, the eleventh solo album "You Can Be Sad in a Tree Hole" will be released. Later, the "Frozen Star" concert tour was launched, which traveled through Taipei, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou and Beijing, and concluded in Beijing in 2026.

Heo Ga Yoon (Korean: Heo Heo-yoon, Romanized: Heo Ga Yoon, May 18, 1990 -) is a South Korean female singer. She was a trainee of SM Entertainment and a member of the girl group 4minute under Cube Entertainment. She served as the lead singer in the group.

Xu Tianxiang (June 1942 -), Liyuan Opera actor, Gong Chouxing and Mo Xing, representative inheritor of China's national intangible cultural heritage Liyuan Opera project, national second-level actor (deputy senior professional title), retired artist of Fujian Liyuan Opera Experimental Troupe. After being admitted to the Liyuan Opera Actor Training Class in 1956, he successively studied under the tutelage of veteran Liyuan Opera actors Cai Youben, Yao Suqin, Li Qinghe, Xu Maocai, Shi Jiaoen, etc. His representative works include "Li Yaxian", "Rouge", "Shijiunong", "Fenglinwan", etc. He and his student Zeng Jingping (a national first-level actor and a two-time winner of the Plum Blossom Award for Chinese Drama) are the only two national-level representative inheritors of Liyuan Opera.

Cecca Xu Zixuan (English: Cecca Xu Zixuan, February 14, 1997 -) is an investment bank financial analyst born in Guangzhou, China. She was elected as the third runner-up of the "22nd Miss Chinese Universe" national finals in 2021. She is also the runner-up of the "2022 Miss Hong Kong Pageant", Miss International Goodwill, Best Makeup Award, Ecological Conservation Ambassador Award and Best Eloquence Award winner.

Hui Wing-mau, Grand Bauhinia Honoror, GBS (English: Hui Wing-mau, July 1950-), native of Shishi, Fujian, entrepreneur in Hong Kong, Australia, mainland China and Malaysia. He once moved to Hong Kong and returned to mainland China and Australia as a Hong Kong businessman in the 1980s. He is the founder and chairman of Hong Kong Shimao Group, chairman of Shimao Co., Ltd., Shimao Real Estate (HKEx: 0813) and Shimao International. The company is headquartered in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Hui Wing Mau is still a permanent resident of Hong Kong, and has received the Golden Bauhinia Star and the Hong Kong "Outstanding Contributor" award, and serves as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Hong Kong. In addition, Xu Rongmao also has the status of a Chinese American and an Australian permanent resident. Ten Hong Kongers were on the Forbes list of the 50 richest Chinese in 2013. Hui ranked 9th in Hong Kong and 32nd among Chinese in the world. His assets are spread across Hong Kong, Australia, mainland China and Malaysia, but most of them are in Shanghai. He is also the richest man in Shanghai and the richest man in real estate in China. Hui was also selected as the seventh richest man in Australia. Xu Rongmao's Shimao Group has donated more than 700 million yuan in total in the past 15 years. In October 2020, he was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal.

David Hui Shu-cheong, BBS, JP (English: David Hui Shu-cheong, 1961-), is a Hong Kong infectious disease scholar and currently the chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.