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Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ kɔkto]; July 5, 1889 – October 11, 1963) was a French poet, novelist, playwright, designer, screenwriter, artist, and director who collaborated with the Nazis. Cocteau's representative works are the novel "The Terrible Children" (1929), the film "The Blood of a Poet" (1930), "The Terrible Parents" (1948), "Beauty and the Beast" (1946) and "Orpheus" (1949). His friends included Kenneth Anger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Hugo, Jean Mallet, Henri Bernstein, Marina Dietrich, Coco Chanel, Eric Satie, Maria Félix, Edith Piaf and Raymond Hardiguet.

Jean Reno (French: Jean Reno, July 30, 1948 -), formerly known as Juan Moreno Herrera-Jiménez (Spanish: Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez), is a male film actor who made his debut in the French film industry. After becoming famous, he participated in many Hollywood movies. Originally Spanish, he was born and raised in Morocco. He has worked in French, English, Japanese, Spanish and Italian. The more famous works include "Blue Sea and Blue Sky" (1988), "The Surprised Stranger" (1993), "The Last Order" (1994), "Cold-Blooded Warriors" (1998), "Red Order" (2000), "The Da Vinci Code" (2006), "The Robbery" (2009), "Margaret" (2011) and "15 Ways to Find Happiness" (2014).

Michael Hui Koon Man, JP (English: Michael Hui Koon Man; September 3, 1942 -), is a Hong Kong actor and the founding president of the Hong Kong Performing Artists Association. In 1982, he became the Best Actor at the first Hong Kong Film Awards for "Modern Bodyguard". Later, he was awarded the "2017 Honor Award" by the Hong Kong Directors Guild, the "Silver Jubilee Honor Award" by the Hong Kong Screenwriters Guild, and the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 40th Hong Kong Film Awards. In 2020, he was selected as the "Focus Filmmaker" of the 44th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF). In 2023, he won the Best Supporting Actor at the 41st Hong Kong Film Awards for "When the Wind Rises Again". From the 1970s to the 1990s, Hui Guanwen wrote, directed, and starred in a series of popular comedy films with his brothers Hui Guanying and Hui Guanjie, pioneering Cantonese comedies. Xu Guanwen is the eldest brother of the "Hui Brothers", and his younger brother Xu Guanjie started the trend of Cantonese pop songs in the 1970s and is known as the "God of Song" in Hong Kong. The works of the Hui brothers are pioneers of Cantonese pop culture.

Samuel "Sam" Hui Koon-kit (English: Samuel "Sam" Hui Koon-kit, September 6, 1948 -) is a Hong Kong male singer-songwriter, music producer, film producer and actor. Together with musicians Lai Siu-tin and Koo Ka-fai, he is regarded as the founder of Cantonese pop music. Xu Guanjie is also known as the "God of Songs", "The Originator of Hong Kong Pop Music", "The Emperor of Hong Kong Music" and "The Grandfather of Hong Kong Pop Music". In the 1970s, Hui Guanjie, who graduated from the University of Hong Kong, did not shy away from vulgarity and sang many songs that reflected the current social situation and satirized current ills. The themes ranged from describing the helplessness of working people to the mood of playing mahjong, as well as love and inspirational songs. Most of the songs were composed and written by himself, and many songs were written by Peter Lai. Xu Guanjie's works are very popular, and the development of Cantonese pop music has mushroomed. In 1992, he was honored as the "God of Song" by singer Alan Tam in "Xu Guanjie's Glorious Retirement". He was also called the "Two Musical Heroes" with singer Guan Zhengjie. In addition to his outstanding achievements in music, Hui Guanjie is also a box-office guarantee in the Hong Kong film industry. He formed the "Hsu Brothers" with his two brothers Hui Guanman and Hui Guanying. From 1974 to 1981, they filmed many movies, including "Double Star", "Genius and Idiot", "Half a Category", "The Pledge of Allegiance" " and "Modern Bodyguard", etc. Later, he developed his own career and filmed "The Best Partner", "The Best Partner Shows His Magical Powers" and "The Best Partner" from 1982 to 1984. All eight films were the annual box office champions of Hong Kong movies and broke Hong Kong's box office records many times. Movies starring Xu Guanjie won eight annual box office championships in 11 years (1974 to 1984). He is the record holder, and no one can break the record.

Ricky Hui Kwun-ying (English: Ricky Hui Kwun-ying, August 3, 1946 - November 8, 2011), a Hong Kong actor and singer-songwriter. He entered the actor training class of Shaw Brothers Co., Ltd. in 1971. In 1975, he made his first guest appearance in the Hong Kong film "The Genius and the Idiot" starring his brother Xu Guanwen and his brother Hui Guanjie. In 1976, he played the role of "Chicken Pao" in the hit movie "Half a Category", which broke the box office record and was very popular among Hong Kong audiences. Historical film masterpieces also include "The Pledge of Allegiance", "Modern Bodyguard", "Mr. Zombie", "Chicken and Duck Talk", etc.

Xu Shoushang (February 4, 1883 - February 18, 1948), also known as Ji Fu, Ji Shi, Ji Fu, also known as Ji Fu, Ji Shi, Ji Fu, also known as Ji Fu, Ji Shi and Ji Fu, was a literary and historical scholar, writer, educator, classmate and best friend of Lu Xun and Zhou Zuoren.

Xu Song (May 14, 1986 -) is a male singer, songwriter, and music producer in mainland China. Born in Hefei City, Anhui Province.

Xu Wei (July 21, 1968 -), formerly known as Xu Wei, is a musician born in Xi'an, Shaanxi. Xu Wei got married in 1998. His wife was his comrade when he was in the army. Therefore, some of Xu Wei's songwriting inspirations came from the relationship between him and his wife. For example, the two songs "Hometown" and "Warmth" in his second album "That Year" were both written for his wife. In 1999, Xu Wei suffered from severe depression. By the time he was recording his second album "That Year", his legs were weak and his mind was on the verge of collapse when he entered the recording studio. He basically relied on drugs to maintain his daily life. Subsequently, his wife refused to take Xu Wei to the hospital for treatment, but took Xu Wei back to his hometown of Xi'an for adjustment. After recovering from depression, his early experiences indirectly contributed to the change in Xu Wei's music style in later years, from frenetic rock to a slightly more mature and steady one. Xu Wei has held three concert tours so far, and has one concert in progress. The first concert tour "Ten Years of Out-of-Print Youth" started on August 13, 2005, the "Today" solo concert started in 2009, the "At This Moment Tour" started in 2013, and the "Endless Light" solo concert tour in 2019, which is expected to end in Beijing in May 2020. Because its song "Blue Lotus" is widely circulated in mainland China, the blue lotus has become one of its symbols. For example, Xu Wei's fan gatherings often see flags and T-shirts with blue lotuses painted on them, and some of the performances he participated in (such as the 2015 Dragon TV New Year's Eve concert) also often have blue lotus backgrounds. In addition, due to the title of his album "Love Like a Boy" and his subsequent love for music, Xu Wei was widely called "Xu Boy" by his fans.

Xu Guangping (February 12, 1898 - March 3, 1968, formerly known as Xu Chongli, pen name Jing Song), a native of Guangzhou, Guangdong, was a Chinese female politician and social activist. After 1949, she served as deputy secretary-general of the Government Affairs Council, member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, vice-chairman of the All-China Women's Federation, vice-chairman of the China Association for the Promotion of Democracy, and member of the Bureau of the All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. Xu Guangping was a student of the writer Lu Xun and later lived with him. She is also the aunt of Hong Kong actor Hui Siu-hsiung.

Xu Huixin (English name: Evonne Hsu, December 5, 1976 -), Taiwanese female singer and actress, was born and grew up in Texas, United States. He made his debut in January 2002 with the release of his first solo album "Happiness Mainly", and won the Best Newcomer Award at the 14th Golden Melody Awards for this album. He once collaborated with Jacky Cheung in the musical "Snow Wolf Lake" and toured in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland China. Sister Xu Jialing (Ivy) is also developing in Taiwan's entertainment industry.

Xu Haifeng (August 1, 1957 -), formerly known as Xu Jianjun (born on August 1st Army Day), is a native of Hexian, Anhui, and was born in Zhangzhou, Fujian. A shooting athlete of the People's Republic of China, he served as the head coach of the Chinese National Shooting Team and the deputy director of the Shooting Center of the State Sports General Administration. Xu Haifeng is the first Chinese to win an Olympic gold medal. He is also the first shooter in the history of Chinese sports to combine the titles of world championship, Olympic champion, World Cup champion and Asian Games champion. After retiring, he has been in charge of the Chinese shooting team for many years and has trained 37 world champions.

Xu Weilun (November 13, 1978 - January 28, 2007), Taiwanese actress. Graduated from the French Language and Literature Department of Tamkang University and the Chinese Music Department of Huagang Art School. On January 26, 2007, he was seriously injured in a car accident while rushing to Lushan, Nantou to film a drama. He died of his injuries two days later at the age of 28. Xu Weilun's unfinished legacy is the China Television eight o'clock show "Daughters of the Sun", in which she played the heroine in the first two episodes; the China Television idol drama "Want to Fly" is Xu Weilun's last complete drama work.

Xu Lizhi (July 28, 1990 - September 30, 2014) was a Chinese poet.

Ann Hui On-Wah, BBS, MBE (English: Ann Hui On-Wah, May 23, 1947 -), Hong Kong film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Born in Anshan, Liaoning, he is a representative figure of the new wave of Hong Kong films. He studied under King Wu, and his film works cover many different fields, including literary adaptations, martial arts masterpieces, semi-autobiographical works, women's issues, social phenomena, political changes, and even thriller films. He has won the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Director six times (1983, 1996, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018), and is the record holder for the Best Director at the Hong Kong Film Awards. Xu Anhua has won the Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award for Best Director three times (1999, 2011 and 2014), and is one of the four people with the most Golden Horse Awards for Best Director (the other three are Li Xing, Johnnie To and Hou Hsiao-hsien). Former president of the Hong Kong Directors Guild. In 2011, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Asian Film Awards. In 2016, he was invited to serve as the chairman of the jury of the 53rd Golden Horse Awards. In June 2017, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that Ann Hui would become a member of the Oscar jury. In 2020, she won the "Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement" awarded by the 77th Venice Film Festival, becoming the first female director in the world to win this award. In 2022, he was invited again to serve as the chairman of the jury of the 59th Golden Horse Awards. In 2024, he was invited to serve as a judge for the 74th Berlin Film Festival. There have been only two Grand Slam works in the Hong Kong Film Awards so far (i.e. one film won the Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actor and Best Actress at the same time) and both were produced by Hui Anhua. They were the 15th "Female 40" and the 31st "Sister Tao".

Xu Weizhou (October 20, 1994 -), Chinese actor and singer. In October 2015, he starred in the youth inspirational film "E-Sports Is Crazy"; his representative work, the online gay drama "Addicted" became popular, and he composed and sang the theme song and ending song for the drama.

Zhu Zhixiang (1941 - September 8, 2015), pen name Haogu, was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, and is a writer in mainland China. His main works include "Bajie Returns to Hometown", "Black Cat Sheriff", "Black Cat Sheriff and Aliens", among which "Black Cat Sheriff" was adapted into animation and broadcast.

Nolan Kay Bushnell (English: Nolan Kay Bushnell, February 5, 1943 -) is an American engineer and entrepreneur, the founder of Atari and Strange Mouse. He has entered the Video Game Hall of Fame and the Consumer Electronics Association Hall of Fame, is a member of BAFTA, and was selected as one of the "50 People Who Changed America" ​​by Newsweek. He has been involved in the industry since its inception and is one of the founders of electronic games. Nolan Bushnell decided to work in the video game industry because of a video game he played in college called "Space War!" 》.

Sir Noël Peirce Coward (December 16, 1899 – March 26, 1973) was a British actor, playwright, and pop music composer known for his humor, flamboyance, and what Time magazine described as "a personal sense of style that combines style and grace." He won an honorary Oscar in 1943 for the film "In Which We Serve" and was knighted in 1969.

Nora Ephron (English: Nora Ephron, May 19, 1941 - June 26, 2012) was born in New York City, New York, United States. She was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, novelist, playwright, reporter, author, and biographer. She was called "American Qiong Yao" by the Chinese media. She is best known for directing and writing romantic comedies, including "The Silkwood Incident," "When Harry Met Sally" and "Sleepless in Seattle." She sometimes co-writes with her sister Delia Ephron. The last work was "Delicious Relationship" in 2009.

Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank Norman Robert Foster, OM, FRIBA, FCSD, RDI, (Hong Kong translation of Huo Langming; English: Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, June 1, 1935 -), a British architect, graduated from the University of Manchester in 1961 and went to Yale University to study for a master's degree. Before forming Team Four with Richard Rogers, he worked for Fuller and founded his own firm, Foster Associates, in 1967. He received the Royal Gold Medal in 1983 and was knighted in 1990. In 1997, he was included in the Register of Distinguished Persons by the Queen of England and received the Order of Merit. In 1999, he was created a life peer, Baron Foster of Thames Bank. Huo Langming is a representative figure of high-tech architectural style and a master in the construction industry. He is best known for his design of commercial buildings for financial institutions and airport buildings. The Hong Kong HSBC Headquarters Building built in 1986 made him famous in the international architectural world. The subsequent Frankfurt Commerzbank and Hong Kong International Airport made his reputation reach its peak in the architectural world. He won the Stirling Award for the Imperial War Museum; in 2004, he won the award for the London skyscraper No. 30 St. Mary Aix, commonly known as the "Gherkin". He is the second British architect to win the Stirling Prize twice. He was also the 1999 Pritzker Prize winner. Because the Millennium Bridge was once closed due to excessive shaking, British tabloids dubbed it "Lord Wobbly".

Novak Djokovic, born in Belgrade, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Serbian tennis player. He is Serbia's first Grand Slam singles champion, first world number one, and winner of the Golden Slam and Golden Master. Djokovic has won a total of 24 Grand Slam championships, including 10 Australian Open singles championships. He is the male player with the most Grand Slam championships and the only male player to achieve a three-lap Grand Slam. He has won 7 ATP year-end finals championships, 40 Masters championships and the 2024 Paris Olympic gold medal, with a total of 101 singles championships.

Tan Jian (1974-) is a Chinese female entrepreneur and one of the founders of Fosun Group.

Chen Long (January 18, 1989 -), a native of Shashi, Hubei Province, is a retired Chinese men's badminton player. He won the gold medal in the men's singles badminton event at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The technical characteristics are good at defensive counterattacks and strong explosive power. His wife is Wang Shixian, who is also a badminton player. He is currently the coach of the Chinese National Youth Badminton Team.

Xie Dongying (English: Louis Tung-jung Hsieh, born in 1965) is a Chinese entrepreneur. He has led New Oriental Education Technology Group, Weilai Automobile, and Hesai Technology to go public in the United States.