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Xu Chengyi Xu Chengyi Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Xu Chengyi, BBS (English: Raman Hui Shing Ngai, July 4, 1963 -), is a Chinese-American, computer animator and director, currently living in Los Angeles. He has participated in many animation productions in Hollywood in the United States.

S Shiyamala Goperam Scientists · India

Shyamala Gopalan Harris (Tamil: கோபாலன் சியாமளா; English: Shyamala Gopalan Harris; December 7, 1938 – February 11, 2009) was an Indian-American biomedical scientist. She has isolated and characterized the progesterone receptor gene. She is also the mother of the 49th Vice President of the United States, Jinli Harris.

Jennifer Doudna Jennifer Doudna Scientists · United States

Jennifer Anne Doudna (English: Jennifer Anne Doudna, born February 19, 1964), American biologist, professor of chemistry and biology at the University of California, Berkeley; since 1997, she has also served as a researcher at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). She won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry together with French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier. Doudna grew up in Hilo, Hawaii. She graduated from Pomona College in 1985 and received her PhD from Harvard Medical School in 1989. In addition to her professorship at UC Berkeley, she is president and chair of the board of directors of the Innovative Genomics Institute, a faculty scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a senior investigator at the Gladstone Institute, and a professor of cellular and molecular pharmacology at the University of California, San Francisco. In 2012, Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier first proposed that CRISPR-Cas9 (an enzyme from bacteria that controls microbial immunity) can be used for programmable editing of the genome. This has been called one of the most significant discoveries in the history of biology. Since then, Dodner has become a leader in what has been called the "CRISPR revolution" for his fundamental work and leadership in developing CRISPR-mediated genome editing.

Jennifer Morrison Jennifer Morrison Film & TV · United States

Jennifer Marie Morrison (English: Jennifer Marie Morrison, April 12, 1979 -) is an American actress, model and film producer. She is best known for her on-screen role as Dr. Alison Cameroon on the House series, which she played for over six years. She also appeared in the sixth season of How I Met Your Mother. Since November 2011, she has played the lead role of Emma Swan in the ABC TV fairy tale TV series "Once Upon a Time".

James Brown James Brown Musicians · United States

James Joseph Brown, Jr., African-American singer, dancer, composer, band leader and record producer. He brought gospel music and rhythm and blues into soul and funk elements, and also influenced many other types of music, such as rock, jazz, reggae, dance music, electronic music, African rhythm (Afrobeat) and hip-hop music. He is considered to have a profound influence on the pop music of the 20th century and is known as the "Godfather of Soul Music".

James Cobain James Cobain Film & TV · United States

James Coburn (English: James Coburn, August 31, 1928 - November 18, 2002) was a famous Hollywood action movie star. He often played soldiers (especially German soldiers), villains, and bad guys in war movies. In 1999, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Affliction.

James A. Robinson James A. Robinson Scholars · U.K.

James Alan Robinson (English: James Alan Robinson, born February 27, 1960), is a British economic and political scientist, Professor of Global Conflict Studies at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, and Director of the Pearson Institute for Global Conflict Research and Resolution at the Harris School. From 2004 to 2015, he served as professor at the University of Chicago, Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Southern California, and University of Melbourne. Robinson examines the causes of differences between countries by focusing on the underlying economic and political institutions that cause some countries to prosper and others to conflict. He is the co-author with Daron Ademoglu of "The Narrow Corridor of Freedom", "Why States Fail", "Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy" and other books. In 2024, Robinson, Daron Adjemooglu and Simon Johnson won the Nobel Prize in Economics for their comparative study of the prosperity of different countries.

James B Sumner James B Sumner Scientists · United States

James Batcheller Sumner (English: James Batcheller Sumner, November 19, 1887 - August 12, 1955), American chemist, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1946.

James M. Buchanan James M. Buchanan Scholars · United States

James McGill Buchanan, Jr. (English: James McGill Buchanan, Jr., October 3, 1919 – January 9, 2013), economist, famous for his research on public choice theory, for which he won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Economics.

James S. Sherman James S. Sherman Political figures · United States

James Schoolcraft Sherman (English: James Schoolcraft Sherman, October 24, 1855 - October 30, 1912) was an American Republican politician who served as the 27th Vice President. On October 30, 1912, James died of kidney failure while serving as vice president.

James Joyce James Joyce Writers · Ireland

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (English: James Augustine Aloysius Joyce; February 2, 1882 - January 13, 1941), Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He made important contributions to the modernist movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century. Joyce's novel "Ulysses" (1922) is a landmark work. It uses a variety of literary styles to correspond to various chapters of Homer's "Odyssey", and is especially famous for its stream-of-consciousness technique. Other well-known works include the short story collection Dubliners (1914) and the novels A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) and Finnegans Wake (1939). His other writings include three books of poetry, a play, letters, and occasional news reports. Born into a middle-class family in Dublin, Joyce attended the Jesuit Clongoswood College in County Kildare and then briefly attended O'Connell School, run by the Christian Brothers. Although the family life was turbulent due to his father's uncertain financial situation, he excelled at the Jesuit College of Beauty and graduated from University College Dublin in 1902. In 1904, he met his future wife, Nora Barnacle, and the two subsequently moved to the European continent. He worked briefly in Pola (in present-day Croatia) before moving to Trieste, Austria-Hungary, where he worked as an English teacher. Except for working as a correspondence clerk in Rome for eight months and returning to Dublin three times, Joyce lived in Trieste until 1915, during which time he published a collection of poems, Chamber Music, and a collection of short stories, Dubliners, and began serializing "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" in the British magazine The Solipsist. During most of World War I, Joyce lived in Zurich, Switzerland, where he worked on Ulysses. After the war, he briefly returned to Trieste and moved to Paris in 1920, which remained his main residence until 1940. "Ulysses" was first published in Paris in 1922, but was considered obscene and its publication was banned in the United Kingdom and the United States. Printed copies were secretly smuggled into the two countries and pirated, and it was not until the mid-1930s that publication was legalized. Ulysses frequently ranks high on lists of the greatest books, and the scholarly literature on Joyce's work is vast and growing. many writers

James Clerk Maxwell James Clerk Maxwell Scientists · united kingdom of great britain and ireland

James Clerk Maxwell FRS FRSE (English: James Clerk Maxwell; June 13, 1831 - November 5, 1879), British physicist. His greatest contribution was the formulation of Maxwell's equations that classified electricity, magnetism, and light into electromagnetic field phenomena. Maxwell's achievements in the field of electromagnetism achieved the second unification of physics since Isaac Newton. In his paper "The Dynamic Theory of Electromagnetic Fields" published in 1864, Maxwell proposed that electric and magnetic fields propagate in space in the form of waves at the speed of light. He also proposed that light is an electromagnetic disturbance that causes many phenomena in the electric and magnetic fields of the same medium. At the same time, he theoretically predicted the existence of electromagnetic waves. In addition, he also promoted the development of molecular kinetic theory, proposed the basic theory of color photography, and laid the foundation for structural stiffness analysis. It is generally believed that Maxwell was the physicist of the 19th century who had the greatest influence on the progress of physics in the early 20th century. His scientific work laid the theoretical foundation for special relativity and quantum mechanics, and was the forerunner of modern physics. It is believed that his contribution to the development of physics is second only to Galileo, Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. On the centenary of Maxwell's birth, Einstein himself praised Maxwell, saying he had made "the most profound and productive changes in physics since Newton's time."

James Cronin James Cronin Scientists · United States

James Cronin (English: James Cronin, September 29, 1931 - August 25, 2016), American physicist.

James Cameron James Cameron Film & TV · Canada

James Francis Cameron is a Canadian filmmaker and ocean explorer. As an important figure in the post-New Hollywood era, Cameron is considered one of the most innovative producers in the film industry, often promoting innovation in films by adopting new technologies.

J James Durrell Scholars · Unknown nationality

James Dreier (born 1960) is an American philosopher who is currently the Judy C. LeWinter and Mark L. Shapiro Professor of Philosophy at Brown University. He is best known for his work in the field of moral philosophy, including topics such as metaethics.

James Dewey Watson James Dewey Watson Scientists · United States

James Dewey Watson, an American molecular biologist, geneticist and zoologist, was one of the leaders of molecular biology in the 20th century. Together with his colleague Francis Crick, he and Maurice Wilkins won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their joint discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.

James Doolittle James Doolittle Entrepreneurs · United States

General James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle Doolittle (December 14, 1896 - September 27, 1993), commonly known as "Doolittle" and nicknamed "Jimmy", was a U.S. Air Force general, outstanding aerobatic pilot and aerospace engineer. In World War II, he led a formation in the first air raid on Tokyo, Japan, known as the Doolittle Raid in history. Doolittle became a hero in the hearts of Americans for this action. He was also awarded the Medal of Honor for his contribution in this action.

James Corden James Corden Film & TV · U.K.

James Kimberley Corden OBE (English: James Kimberley Corden, August 22, 1978 -), British actor, comedian, singer, producer, screenwriter and television host. On September 8, 2014, Corden was selected to succeed Craig Fergus on the CBS television show "The Late Late Show," which ended Fergus' ten-year tenure as host in March 2015. His greatest early success was co-writing and starring in the BBC drama comedy Gavin & Stacey (2007-2010), which earned him a British Academic Television Award for Best Comedy Performance. Corden also wrote the first single titled "Shout" with British singer Dilly Risk, which was used as the unofficial national anthem of the England football team at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. In 2011, he gained attention as the starring role in the comedy "One Man, Two Guvnors", which was performed from the Royal National Theater in London's West End Theater to Broadway theaters and through the National Live Theater around the world. Corden's Broadway performance earned him the 2012 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.

James Mason James Mason Film & TV · U.K.

James Mason (English: James Mason, May 15, 1909 - July 27, 1984) was born in Yorkshire, England. He graduated from the Department of Architecture at Cambridge University. A famous Hollywood movie star who often plays elegant villains. He gained international fame with "The Seventh Veil". As an actor, he has successfully performed many types of images. After World War II, he topped the British box office for three consecutive years and appeared in more than 100 movies. Representative works include "Lolita" (1962), "North by Northwest" (1959), "A Star Is Born" (1954), Georgy Girl (1967), "Odd Man Out" (1947), etc. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Film for "The Star" and was nominated for the Academy Award three times.

James Pollack James Pollack Scientists · United States

James Barney Pollack (July 9, 1938 - June 13, 1994) was an American astrophysicist who worked at NASA's Ames Research Center.

James Middleton Cox James Middleton Cox Political figures · United States

James Middleton Cox (English: James Middleton Cox, March 31, 1870 - July 15, 1957) was an American Democratic politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1909-1913) and the governor of Ohio (1913-1915, 1917-1921). Cox was the Democratic candidate for the 1920 U.S. presidential election, losing to Republican Harding.

James Simmons James Simmons Entrepreneurs · United States

James Harris Simons (English: James Harris Simons, April 25, 1938 - May 10, 2024), born in Newton, Massachusetts, United States, mathematician, investor and philanthropist. He founded the hedge fund firm Renaissance Technologies in 1982. In July 2019, Forbes reported that his net worth was as high as US$21.7 billion, making him the 44th richest person in the world. In the 2019 list of the 400 richest people in the United States, he ranked 21st with assets of US$21.6 billion. At the time of his death, Forbes reported that his net worth reached US$31.4 billion, making him the 51st richest person in the world.

James Dean James Dean Film & TV · United States

James Byron Dean (English: James Byron Dean, February 8, 1931 - September 30, 1955), a famous American film actor. Although he died young and only starred in three movies in his life, in 1999, he was selected by the American Film Institute as the 18th greatest actor in the past century. His mainstream image is more representative of the rebellion and romance of the youth of his era, who tried to express dissatisfaction through various rebellious social behaviors. The decadent young man played by James Dean in the 1955 movie "East of Eden" was their voice. After starring in "Family Dreams", he starred in two more movies, namely "Rebel Without a Cause" and "Giant". He loved sports car sports. On September 30, 1955, he unfortunately had a car accident near Jolem, California. He was stuck in another car and died. He died young, just like Marilyn Monroe, leaving a legendary status in the hearts of future generations.

James Baldwin James Baldwin Writers · United States

James Arthur Baldwin (English: James Arthur Baldwin, August 2, 1924 - December 1, 1987) was an American writer and social activist who was widely praised for his social commentary, novels, poems and plays. As a black man and a homosexual, many of Baldwin's works focus on racial issues and the sexual liberation movement in the United States in the mid-20th century. His representative works include the novels "The Sound of the Mountain", "Giovanni's Room", "Another Country", etc.