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Louis Pasteur (French: Louis Pasteur, French: [lwi pastœʁ]; December 27, 1822 - September 28, 1895) was a French biologist, chemist, and one of the founders of the fields of microbiology, immunology, and fermentation technology. He is famous for using the theory of panspermia to deny the theory of spontaneous generation (theory of spontaneous generation), advocating the germ theory of disease (the theory of panspermia), and inventing vaccination methods and pasteurization. He is the first scientist to create vaccines for rabies and anthrax. He is praised by the world as "the most flawless person who has entered the kingdom of science." Together with Ferdinand Cohen and Robert Koch, he pioneered bacteriology and is considered one of the founders of microbiology. He is often called the "Father of Microbiology". In 2005, French National Radio 2 held a selection event for the "Greatest Frenchman", and Pasteur ranked second, second only to Charles de Gaulle.

Rewi Alley (English: Rewi Alley, December 2, 1897 - December 27, 1987), male, was a New Zealand writer, educator, and social activist living in the People's Republic of China.

Louise Joséphine Bourgeois (French: Louise Joséphine Bourgeois, December 25, 1911 - May 31, 2010) was a French-American artist who was born in Paris, France and settled in the United States in 1938. He first created paintings and flat sculptures, and then engaged in sculpture art after the 1940s, using bronze, marble, latex and other materials as materials. His main works include "This and Others", "Stacking" series, "The Destruction of the Father", "Single Cell", "Woman and Suitcase", "Mother", "Cell", etc.

Luise Rainer (English: Luise Rainer, January 12, 1910 - December 29, 2014) was an American film actress born in Germany and a Jew. In 1936 and 1937, she starred in "Siegfeld" and "The Great Earth" and won the 9th and 10th Academy Awards for Best Actress. She is the first actor to win two Academy Awards for Best Actress, the first actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actress two years in a row, and the longest-lived Oscar-winning actress. Died on December 29, 2014, at the age of 104.

Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini (Italian: Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini, September 8, 1760 – March 15, 1842) He is a composer who was born in Italy and spent most of his creative career in France. He is famous for composing operas and Christian sacred music. He was the music director of the Royal Theater of the Tuileries Palace, the music director of the French royal family, and the president of the Paris Conservatoire. Beethoven considered Cherubini the greatest composer of his generation.

Luigi Rodolfo Boccherini (Italian: Luigi Rodolfo Boccherini, February 19, 1743 - May 28, 1805) was an Italian composer and cellist.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Portuguese: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, pronounced: [luˈiz iˈnasju ˈlulɐ dɐ ˈsiwvɐ] ;October 27, 1945-), commonly known as "Lula", a Brazilian politician, the 35th (2003-2010) and 39th (current, starting from 2023) president of Brazil. Founding member of the Brazilian Workers' Party. The first worker-born president in Brazilian history and the second president to be re-elected through direct election. Lula was born into poverty and was a metallurgical worker and trade union member. In the mid-1980s, he served as the president of the Metallurgical Workers Union. He was also one of the main organizers of the largest strikes of the military dictatorship, which embattled the government and hastened its downfall. During his eight-year term as president, Lula implemented extensive social system reforms, including family subsidies, zero hunger programs, etc., aiming to alleviate poverty and improve the status of the country's working class. As president, in terms of international affairs, Lula played a prominent role in Iran's nuclear program and climate change, and was described as "a man with bold ambitions to change the balance of power between countries." Lula also brought about Brazil's social and economic transformation. According to World Bank data, Brazil's per capita GDP tripled during this period, making Brazil a regional power. In 2022, Lula participated in the presidential election for the third time and defeated then-President Jair Bolsonaro in the election, becoming the first Brazilian president to win a third term. He was also the first Brazilian president after Getulio Vargas to be re-elected after leaving office. His political views are called "Lulaism".

Luis Oscar 'Lucho' González (born January 19, 1981) is an Argentinian football player who plays as a midfielder. He played for Portuguese club Porto before moving to Qatari side Rayyan in 2014.

Luis Alberto Scola Balvoa (Spanish: Luis Alberto Scola Balvoa, April 30, 1980 -) is an Argentine former professional basketball player. He was born in Buenos Aires and holds dual nationality of Argentina and Spain. The main center of the Argentina men's national basketball team.

Lewis Singwah Tan (English: Lewis Singwah Tan, February 4, 1987 -) is a British actor, martial artist, stuntman and model who mainly works in the American film and television industry. Well-known performances include Zhou Cheng in the Netflix series "Tekken" (2017), Lu Xin Lee in "Fighter" (2019), as well as Shatterstar in the movies "Deadpool 2" (2018) and Cole Young in "Mortal Kombat" (2021).

Louis Daniel Armstrong (English: Louis Daniel Armstrong, August 4, 1901 - July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo" or "Pops", was an African-American jazz trumpeter, singer, and band leader. Armstrong is one of the most famous jazz musicians of the 20th century and is known as the "Father of Jazz". With his extraordinary personal charm and constant innovation, he brought jazz from the New Orleans area to the world, turning it into a popular music form. Armstrong became famous for his trumpet playing in his early years. Later, he became a leader among jazz singers with his unique husky voice. He died of myocardial infarction in 1971.

Louis McLane (English: Louis McLane, May 28, 1786 - October 7, 1857), American lawyer and politician, served as Secretary of the Treasury (1831-1833) and Secretary of State (1833-1834).

Lu Yao (December 3, 1949 - November 17, 1992), formerly known as Wang Weiguo, was born in Qingjian, Shaanxi. Writer of the People's Republic of China. He once served as a member of the Party Leadership Group and Vice Chairman of the Shaanxi Branch of the Chinese Writers Association.

Lu Yang (November 23, 1979 -), male, Han nationality, native of Beijing, film director and screenwriter in Mainland China.

Stephanie Che Yuen Yuen (English: Stephanie Che Yuen Yuen, December 28, 1973 -), formerly known as Che Yuen Yuen, is a Hong Kong female singer, disc jockey, actress and host. In 2012, she joined the management company of director Johnnie To. She is also an artist of Galaxy Hairun Entertainment Co., Ltd. and a basic contract female artist of TVB.

Wheein (Korean: Wheein, Romanized: Whee In, English: Wheein, April 17, 1995 -), whose real name is Jung Wheein (Korean: Jeong Hwi-in, Romanized: Jung Whee In), is a Korean K-POP female singer, idol star and member of the well-known Korean girl group MAMAMOO. The team is positioned as Vocal and Performance. In 2018, he made his solo debut with the single "EASY". In 2019, he released his second single "Goodbye". On April 17, 2020, the personal Instagram account "whee_inthemood" was released. In 2021, he released his first mini album "Redd". In 2022, he will release his second mini album "WHEE". In 2023, he released his first formal album "IN the mood".

Sinclair Lewis (English: Sinclair Lewis, February 7, 1885 - January 10, 1951) was an American novelist, short story writer, and playwright. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930 "for his powerful, personal, and moving narrative art, and his talent for creating new styles with wit and humor." He was the first American to win the award. His works profoundly and critically describe American society and capitalist values. His representative works include "The Country of Freedom" (1919), "Main Street" (1920) and "Babbitt" (1922). He was born into a family of rural doctors in Minnesota. After graduating from Yale University in 1908, he first worked as a reporter and later as an editor at two publishing companies in New York. In 1914, he published his first novel "Our Mr. Lane". In 1920, he published the most influential novel "The Street". He spent the next ten years traveling throughout the United States and Europe while creating. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1927 but refused to accept it. In 1930, he became the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature for his "talent in describing vigor, lifelikeness, and creating new characters with wit and humor." Most of the works show the decadence, corruption, and shameless meanness of business owners. His major works include "Babbitt", "Aros Smith", "Alme Gantry", "Wouldn't Happen Here", "A Dream of Kings and Suns", etc. He later died in Rome, Italy. "Lewis's creative attitude throughout his life was very rigorous. Every time he wrote a book, he carefully summarized his life experiences, interviewed various characters, investigated the town's history on the spot, and read hundreds of books and notes related to the creative theme. Because of this, Lewis's "Main Street" and "Bobbitt" have become encyclopedias of social life in American cities and towns. In addition, Lewis is a master of the art of satire. In each of his novels, Lewis uses dialect, irony, contrast, exaggeration, metaphor, joke, aphorism, vitriol and other techniques to convey the characters' behavior in a natural, appropriate and humorous way, making people unable to help but think deeply." (Meng Xianzhongyu)

Shin Kyuk-ho (Korean: Shin Gyeok-ho/Singhao, Romanized: Shin Kyuk-ho, (November 3, 1921 - January 19, 2020), Japanese name Shigemitsu Takeo (Japanese: Shigemitsu Takeo/Shigemitsu Takeo, Romanized: Shigemitsu Takeo is a Korean-Japanese entrepreneur, founder and honorary president of South Korea's LOTTE Group. He graduated from the Chemistry Department of Waseda Industrial School and Waseda College of Technology (now Waseda University).

Xin Haonian (November 2, 1947 -), whose real name is Gao Erpin, was born in Chaoxian County, Anhui Province. He was born in Nanjing and now lives in the United States. A former writer, he served as Vice Chairman of the Youth Federation of Anhui Province of the People's Republic of China. In 1994, he went to the United States to study modern Chinese history. He changed his name to "Xin Hao Nian", which is homophonic to "Xin Hai Nian". In 1999, he published his masterpiece "Who is New China" and gave lectures throughout the country. He is a representative figure of the pro-Republic of China faction among scholars in the United States. He advocates the Three People's Principles and the restoration of the mainland by the Republic of China, and participated in the founding of the Association for the Restoration of the Republic of China.

Cynthia Nixon (English: Cynthia Nixon, April 9, 1966 -) is an American actress who has won Tony Awards and Emmy Awards. She is famous for her role as Miranda Hobbes in the famous HBO series "Sex and the City".

Cynthia Ann "Cindy" Crawford (English: Cynthia Ann "Cindy" Crawford, February 20, 1966 -), American supermodel, was a model for Victoria's Secret. Graduated from the Chemistry Department of Northwest University. They have one son and one daughter, including daughter Kaia Gerber, who is also a model. At the beginning of 2016, Sandy Crawford officially ended her 34-year modeling career (entering the industry in 1987). She had made great contributions in the past by shooting advertisements and cover girls. The only thing that was least ideal was her film career.

Cindy Klassen (English: Cindy Klassen, August 12, 1979 -), Canadian female speed skater. She has represented Canada in the Winter Olympics and won 1 gold medal, 2 silver medals and 3 bronze medals in speed skating.

Zhong Chenle (Korean: Zhong Tianle, English: Zhong Chen-Le; November 22, 2001 -) is a male artist, singer, and actor from Mainland China. He was born in Huangpu, Shanghai, Mainland China. He mainly developed in South Korea. His stage name is Chenle (Korean: Chenle, English: Chenle). He is currently a member of the boy group NCT DREAM and serves as the lead singer in the team. Chenle made his debut as a child star. With his natural childish voice, he has been active in various singing competitions and famous variety shows in China since he was a child. He also participated in musicals and TV series. In January 2010, he released his first solo album "Tomorrow". In 2011, 10-year-old Chenle went to Vienna, Austria, with the Austria-China Cultural Exchange Association to participate in the Chinese New Year Concert celebrating the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Austria, and became the youngest singer to sing in the Golden Hall. In 2014, 12-year-old Chenle held her first solo concert "Happy With You" at the Shanghai Concert Hall. In 2016, he debuted in South Korea with "NCT DREAM". He is currently a member of the boy group "NCT" under "SM Entertainment" and serves as the lead singer in the team.

Daniel François Esprit Auber (French: Daniel François Esprit Auber, French pronunciation: [danjɛl fʁɑəswa ɛspʁi obɛːʁ]; January 29, 1782 - May 13, 1871), French composer, Auber worked as a clerk in the London business community in his early years. He returned to China in 1804 and devoted himself to music creation. He served as the dean of the Paris Conservatoire and the music director of the Royal Chapel.