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Lai Man-wai (1893-October 26, 1953), an early Hong Kong film producer, is known as the "Father of Hong Kong Film" and "Chinese Film Pioneer".

Li Xiongcai (May 15, 1910 - December 19, 2001), a native of Zhaoqing, Guangdong, is a Chinese painter. Together with Zhao Shao'ang, Guan Shanyue and Yang Shanshen, he is known as the four famous painters of the second generation of Lingnan School. Li Xiongcai studied under Gao Jianfu in his early years, and later went to Japan to study painting. He served as a consultant and professor at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. Like other painters of the Lingnan School of Painting, Li Xiongcai is committed to the innovation and reform of Chinese painting, integrating traditional Chinese painting techniques with Japanese and Western painting techniques, but his style is different. Li Xiongcai is good at large-scale landscapes. His paintings are powerful and unique. His pine paintings are also unique and are known as "Li Family Landscapes" and "Li Family Pines". His representative works include "Rain at Night in Xiaoxiang", "Ape Crying on a Cold Night", "View of Small Mountains", "Forest", "Wuhan Flood Control Picture Scroll", "Eternal Spring" and so on.

Lai Ching Lung (English: Lai Ching Lung, born in October 1948), the world's authoritative expert on liver disease, former chair professor of internal medicine and hepatology at the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, and former Li Guoxian Foundation Professorship (Gastroenterology). He is currently an Emeritus Professor of the University of Hong Kong and an Honorary Clinical Professor of the Department of Internal Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong.

Hei Jiajia (English: Joanne Missingham, transliterated as Joanne Missingham, May 26, 1994 -) is a Taiwanese female professional Go player. She was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. She is of mixed Taiwanese and Australian descent. She holds dual nationality of the Republic of China and Australia. She is currently a professional seventh-dan chess player of the Taiwan Chess Academy, and also has the first-level professional qualification of the Chinese Chess Academy. Hei Jiajia started learning Go at the age of 6, and decided to play Go professionally at the age of 14. He gave up further education and embarked on the path of professional Go. The most admired professional chess player is Lin Haifeng. In July 2008, Hei Jiajia challenged the fixed-stage competition for the second time in mainland China and achieved second place, qualifying for the professional preliminary stage. She is the first and currently the only professional female chess player in Taiwan to enter the Dandan section in mainland China. Because she chose to retain her Australian citizenship and household registration in the Republic of China, she did not apply to join the mainland household registration in the People's Republic of China, nor did she register with the Chinese Chess Academy. In 2010, he obtained the preliminary qualification of the Taiwan Chess Academy and registered with the Taiwan Chess Academy. In 2012, he was selected as the World Go Ambassador. In 2016, he joined Seed Music and began to enter the entertainment industry.

Akira Kurosawa, whose monastic title is "Eimeiden Hōkuni, the Great Merciful Buddhist Master", is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He is one of the most internationally influential directors of Japanese films and an important figure in the history of modern Japanese films. He is known as the "Shakespeare of the film industry". His career spans nearly sixty years, and his representative works include "Rashomon", "Seven Samurai", "The Last Day", "Heaven and Hell", "Desu Uzala", "Kagemusha", "Ran", etc.

Myrtle Cook (English: Myrtle Cook, January 5, 1902 - March 18, 1985) was a Canadian female track and field athlete, focusing on sprinting. She represented Canada in the track and field competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal in the women's 4×100 meter relay.

Iain Murray Rose AM (English: Iain Murray Rose, January 6, 1939 – April 15, 2012) was an Australian swimmer, actor, sports commentator and marketing executive. He has won 6 Olympic medals (including 4 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal) and is also the former world record holder in 400 meters, 800 meters and 1500 meters freestyle.

Diane Arbus (; née Nemerov; March 14, 1923 – July 26, 1971) was an American photographer. She photographed a wide range of subjects including strippers, carnival performers, nudists, people with dwarfism, children, mothers, couples, elderly people, and middle-class families. She photographed her subjects in familiar settings: their homes, on the street, in the workplace, in the park. "She is noted for expanding notions of acceptable subject matter and violates canons of the appropriate distance between photographer and subject. By befriending, not objectifying her subjects, she was able to capture in her work a rare psychological intensity." In his 2003 New York Times Magazine article, "Arbus Reconsidered", Arthur Lubow states, "She was fascinated by people who were visibly creating their

Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (English: Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie, January 16, 1976 -), Bahamian women's track and field athlete. She represented the Bahamas in track and field at the 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, winning one gold, one silver and one bronze medal.

Debby Ryan (English: Debby Ryan (real name: Deborah Ann) Popp (May 13, 1993 -), an American female singer and actress, was born in Huntsville, Alabama. She began performing in professional theaters at the age of 7 and was later discovered by Disney Channel. From 2008 to 2011, she played Bailey Pickett in the sitcom "Chuck & Cody's Life on a Cruise" and Abby Jensen in the 2010 movie "16".

Demetria Devonne Lovato (English: Demetria Devonne Lovato, August 20, 1992 -) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and television personality. He is known for starring in the Disney Channel productions "Camp Rock", "Princess Battle" and "Come on!" Sonny" is well known to people and has the title of "Rock Princess". Lovato has released seven albums and served as a judge on seasons 2 and 3 of "The X Factor." On October 16, 2015, Lovato released her fifth solo album "Confident" and began to take a sexy route. On March 23, 2021, Lovato launched her new documentary "Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil" (Dancing with the Devil) on YouTube Premium, telling the dark past of her two-year drug addiction, and released her seventh solo album "Dancing With The Devil... The Art of Starting Over" on April 2 of the same year.

Zinedine Yazid Zidane (French: Zinedine Yazid Zidane [zinedin zidan], June 23, 1972-), born in Marseille, France, is a retired French professional football player. Zidane was the captain of the French national football team and played as a midfielder. Twice served as manager of La Liga club Real Madrid. Zidane is a three-time World Footballer of the Year and has won the 1998 World Cup, the 2000 European Cup of Nations, the UEFA Champions League, La Liga, Serie A and many other major tournaments. He retired after the national team won the runner-up in the 2006 World Cup and is the spokesperson of Adidas. In 2004, he was ranked among the 125 best living stars (FIFA 100) selected by King Billy. In 2012, Zidane was elected the best athlete in French history, defeating Yannick Noah and Bertini. On January 4, 2016, Zidane became the head coach of Real Madrid and led Real Madrid to three consecutive Champions League championships. He became the seventh person in the history of the Champions League after Miguel Munoz, Trapattoni, Cruyff, Ancelotti, Rijkaard and Guardiola to win the Champions League as both a player and a coach. On May 31, 2018, Zidane voluntarily announced his resignation. On March 11, 2019, a few days after Real Madrid was upset in the round of 16 of the Champions League that season, Sidan returned to Real Madrid to regain his leadership. FIFA also added Sidan as a classic character in FIFA 20 Icons in 2019.

Qi Hui (??—March 10, 2013) is a Chinese female artist.

Qi Baishi (January 1, 1864 - September 16, 1957), whose original name was Qi Chunzhi and whose courtesy name was Wei Qing, was named Lanting by his grandfather. His teacher named him Huang and his nickname was Bisheng. He was also nicknamed Old Man Jiping and Baishi Shanren. He was a native of Xiangtan, Hunan, and a traditional Chinese painting painter. Later generations often omitted the word "shanren", so it was often called "Baishi". Qi Baishi and Zhang Daqian were also called "Southern Zhang and Northern Qi".

Qi Qin (January 12, 1960 -), Taiwanese male singer, songwriter, music producer and actor. His works are well-known in the Chinese music scene and he is known as one of the "Four Kings of Taiwan". So far, he has published 128 of his own songwriting and composition works, and is famous for his bright sound. His representative works include "About Winter", "Wolf", "The Outside World", "The Original Me", "Ruthless Rain and Ruthless You", "Don't Let My Tears Accompany Me All Night", "Every Night and Every Night", "Flower Festival", "Cliff", "The Past Follows the Wind", "Declaration of Love" and "Cruel Tenderness", etc. Qi Qin has been nominated for the "Best Mandarin Male Singer Award" at the Golden Melody Awards four times and won the award at the 8th Golden Melody Awards in 1997.

Chyi Yu (English: Chyi Yu, October 17, 1957 -), a Taiwanese female singer, was one of the most active singers in the Chinese-speaking circle in the 1980s. She was known as the "Sound of Nature" because of her unique singing style and outstanding singing skills. His representative works include "Olive Tree", "Field of Dreams", "Happy Face", "You Are All My Memories" and other songs. In 1998, she won the Best Mandarin Female Singer Award at the 9th Golden Melody Awards for her album "Camel·Flying Bird·Fish". She was also the guide for younger brothers Qi Qin and Zhou Huajian to join the music scene. In recent years, he has focused on practicing Buddhism and investing in the field of Buddhist music. In 2021, he won the 32nd Traditional Arts Golden Melody Award for Best Religious Music Album.

Long Yingtai (February 13, 1952 -), who used the pen name Hu Meili, is a Taiwanese writer, literary scholar, and non-party political figure. A native of Daliao Township, Kaohsiung County (now Daliao District, Kaohsiung City), his native place is Hengshan, Hunan. Graduated from the Department of Foreign Languages ​​and Literature of National Cheng Kung University and a PhD in English and American Literature from Kansas State University. The first director of the Cultural Affairs Bureau and the first minister of the Ministry of Culture of the Taipei City Government. He also served in many universities in the United States, Germany, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. In 1985, he published his debut novel "Long Ying Tai Criticism Novel", and later published essays, cultural criticism, novels, essays, documentary literature and other works, such as "Wild Fire Collection" and "Big Rivers and Seas 1949". His words and deeds have spread throughout the Chinese areas, including Taiwan, Singapore, Germany and other places. In order to "promote global awareness", the Long Yingtai Cultural Foundation was founded.

Gong Hongjia (1965-) is an entrepreneur in the People's Republic of China and holds permanent resident status in Hong Kong. He is Hikvision’s second largest shareholder. Ranked fifteenth on Forbes' list of China's richest people. In addition, on the 2018 Forbes Billionaires List announced in March 2018, his net worth ranked 137th on the list with $11.2 billion.

Long Yiming (October 1948-), male, Chongqing native, Chinese mathematician, professor at Nankai University. Director of the Academic Committee of the Key Laboratory of Core Mathematics and Combinatorial Mathematics of the Ministry of Education at Nankai University and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Long Yuqiu (January 15, 1926 - December 22, 2022), a native of Anhua, Hunan, was an expert in civil engineering and structural mechanics in China and a professor at Tsinghua University. In 1995, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Gong Jun (November 29, 1992 -), Chinese actor. In 2015, he entered the Chinese entertainment industry by starring in the ancient costume online drama "Sword and Sword". In 2020, he became known to more audiences for starring in the campus drama "To Our Sweet Little Happiness" and the urban drama "Love from Marriage". In 2021, he became popular for his role as the leading actor in the costume drama "The Order of Mountains and Rivers", playing the role of "Wen Kexing", the owner of the ghost valley. At the end of the same year, he won the "Popular Actor of the Year" award at the "GQ Annual Personality Ceremony". In 2022, he won the "Most Popular Actor of the Year" award at the 6th "Jinguduo Online Film and Television Festival" for his role as "Wen Kexing".

Gong Yuanxing (March 1952-), a native of Shanghai, is a politician and diplomat of the People's Republic of China.

Gong Xingao (June 1962 -), male, native of Changsha, Hunan, Chinese computational condensed matter physicist, president of Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Xie Xide Distinguished Professor of Fudan University, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Karen Kong (English: Karen Kong, December 7, 1984 -), born in Labuan, Malaysia, is a Malaysian female singer and actress.