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C Chiba Sako Musicians · Japan

Saeko Chiba (August 26, 1977 -) is a Japanese female voice actress and singer. Born in Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture, and grew up in Tokyo. Graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Yoyogi High School. Married with one daughter.

W Wuma Film & TV · British Hong Kong

Wu Ma (English: Ng Ma, September 27, 1942 - February 4, 2014), formerly known as Feng Hongyuan, was a Hong Kong actor and film director. He was also a disciple of famous directors Chang Cheh and King Hu. He won the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Yan Chixia in the 1987 version of "A Chinese Ghost Story". His ex-girlfriend is the famous actor Wang Yuhuan. In 1995, when Wu Ma went to Shenzhen to film a movie, he met his wife Ma Yan, who was 23 years his junior and worked as a real estate agent. After the marriage, his wife became his agent.

Hua Chenyu Hua Chenyu Musicians · People's Republic of China

Hua Chenyu (February 7, 1990 -) is a male pop singer in mainland China. In 2013, he participated in Hunan Satellite TV's "Happy Boys" and won the annual championship. The following year, he released his first solo album "Quasimodo's Gift". The second album "Alien" was released in 2015, the third album "H" was released in 2017, the fourth album "NEW WORLD" was released in 2020, the fifth album "Hope" was released in 2023, and the sixth album "Critical Point of Quantitative Change" was released in 2025.

H Hua Bobo Film & TV · Unknown nationality

Hua Bobo (Persian: آرش استیلاف, born in 1988) is an Iranian actor and TV host active in China. He was born in Tehran, Iran, and moved to China when he was 17 years old. Hua Bobo can speak fluent Mandarin, and also has some Shanghainese, Korean and Russian. In 2006, Hua Bobo moved to Shanghai and studied Chinese at East China Normal University. He also participated in the first Chinese Bridge Competition in 2008 and finally ranked among the top 10. In 2010, Hua Bobo began studying for a master's degree in broadcasting and performance at the Shanghai Theater Academy. He later studied for a PhD at East China Normal University.

Hua Luogeng Hua Luogeng Political figures · People's Republic of China

Hua Luogeng (November 12, 1910 - June 12, 1985), male, was born in Jintan, Jiangsu Province, a modern Chinese mathematician, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a foreign academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, a former vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Former member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress; the founder and founder of many aspects of Chinese research on analytic number theory, canonical groups, matrix geometry, automorphic function theory, and multivariate complex functions. He is also one of the most influential Chinese mathematicians in the world.

Warsaw Warsaw Musicians · Republic of Korea

Ahn Hye-jin (Korean: Hyejin Ahn/Ahn Hye-jin, Romanized: Ahn Hye-jin, born July 23, 1995), whose stage name is Hwasa (Korean: hwasa/Warsaw, Romanized: Hwasa), is a Korean female singer. In 2014, she debuted as a member of the girl group MAMAMOO with Songle, Minbyul, and Wheein. The team is positioned as Vocal and Rap. In 2019, he made his solo debut with the single "TWIT" and became very popular. In 2020, he debuted the solo album "Maria" and the title song of the same name. Hwasa has also participated in many variety shows. In addition to being a regular member of "I Live Alone", in 2020, she formed a limited-edition girl group return expedition team with Lee Hyori, Uhm Jung-hwa, and Jessi in "What to Play". In 2023, she performed in wandering performances across Korea with Kim Won-suan, Uhm Jung-hwa, Lee Hyori, BoA, and number one fan Hong Hyun-hee in the program DANCE produced by Kim Tae-ho. In 2025, he returned with the song "Good Goodbye". After performing the song at the Blue Dragon Film Awards that year, it received a great response.

Joaquin Phoenix Joaquin Phoenix Film & TV · United States

Joaquin Rafael Phoenix (English: Joaquin Rafael Phoenix, /hwɑːˈkiːn/, October 28, 1974-) is an American actor and producer. In 2012, he won the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival for his role in the movie "The King", and in 2017, he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival for "You Were Never Really Here." In 2020, he won the 25th Critics' Choice Movie Award, the 26th Screen Actors Guild Award, the 92nd Academy Awards and the 77th Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for "Joker".

Zhuo Yiting Zhuo Yiting Film & TV · Republic of China

Timi Zhuo Yiting (Timi Zhuo Yiting, October 2, 1981 -), Taiwanese female singer, former child star. Born in Xinzhuang City, Taipei County (now Xinzhuang District, New Taipei City), he is currently developing in mainland China and Southeast Asia.

Zora Neale Hurst Zora Neale Hurst Writers · United States

Zora Neale Hurston (English: Zora Neale Hurston, January 7, 1891 - January 28, 1960), female, American Harlem Renaissance anthropologist, folklorist, and writer. She is the author of four novels and more than fifty short stories, plays and essays, among which the 1937 novel "Their Eyes Were Watching Heaven" is the most famous. Following renewed public interest in Hurston, her work was republished in 1975. After Hurston's death, the Smithsonian Institution discovered the original manuscripts of the folktales he wrote in the 1920s and compiled them into a volume called "Every Tongue Got to Confess," which was published in 2001.

Zhuo Wenxuan Zhuo Wenxuan Film & TV · Republic of China

Genie Chuo (English: Genie Chuo, January 20, 1986 -), Taiwanese female singer, actress and program host. Graduated from Taipei County Fuhe Junior High School and the Performing Arts Department of Taipei Private Huagang Art School (the 27th class).

Dolma Gyal Dolma Gyal Scholars · Unknown nationality

Dolma Kyab (Tibetan: Dolma Kyab, born in 1976) is a Tibetan writer and teacher, a native of Amdo Aro, Qilian County, Qinghai Province, China, and the author of "The Turbulent Himalayas".

Nancy Green Nancy Green Athletes · Canada

Nancy Greene Raine (English: Nancy Greene Raine, May 11, 1943 -), Canadian female alpine skier. She represented Canada in alpine skiing at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics, winning one gold and one silver medal.

Minamishoryu Minamishoryu Athletes · empire of japan

Nam Seung-yong (Korean: Seungryong Nam, November 23, 1912 - February 20, 2001) was a South Korean male track and field athlete. He represented Japan in track and field competitions at the 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the men's marathon at the 1936 Olympics.

Nam Ji Hyun Nam Ji Hyun Film & TV · Republic of Korea

Nam Ji Hyun (Korean: Nam Ji-hyun, Romanized: Nam Ji Hyun, English: Nam Ji Hyun, January 9, 1990 -) is a South Korean female artist. She was the captain and chorus singer of the female pop music group 4minute under Cube Entertainment. She is now an actress under Urban Works. His real name is Nam Ji Hyun (Korean: Nam Ji-hyun, Romanized: Nam Ji Hyeon, English: Nam Ji Hyun), and his official Chinese name is Ji Hyun. In 2017, the official announcement was made that the stage name would be changed to Sun Zhixian (after his mother's surname Sun). In 2022, he signed a contract with Urban Works Entertainment. When his official resume photo and stage name were released, it was marked as Nam Ji-hyun, so it can be inferred that the stage name has been changed back to his real name Nam Ji-hyun.

N Nanleshan Scholars · United States

Robert Cummings Neville, born May 1, 1939, is an American philosopher and a representative figure of Confucianism in Boston. He is currently a professor of philosophy, religious studies and theology at the School of Religion at Boston University and chairman of the executive committee of the International Society for Chinese Philosophy. Research areas include philosophy, comparative philosophy, and philosophy of religion. Nanleshan pays attention to Chinese philosophy and published "Boston Confucianism" in 2000, officially establishing the school with the aim of seeking the possibility of dialogue between Confucianism and Western philosophy. The etiquette advocated by Confucianism (especially Xunzi) is the basis for mutual respect among various civilizations, allowing two or more objects to interact, and "naturalizing the artificial."

Nanbu Yoichiro Nanbu Yoichiro Scientists · United States

Nambu Yoichiro (Japanese: South yoichiro/Nanbu Yoichiro, Romanized: Nambu Yōichirō (January 18, 1921 - July 5, 2015), a Japanese-American citizen born in Tokyo, Japan, is a world-renowned particle physicist. Before his death, he was an emeritus professor of the Department of Physics and the Fermi Institute of the University of Chicago, a special honorary professor of Osaka University, an emeritus professor of Osaka City University, and an academic advisor to Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University. Yoichiro Nanbu is one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century and one of the founders of string theory. He is universally known as the "prophet of physics." He has carried out many pioneering studies in the field of particle physics since the 1960s, including discovering the spontaneous symmetry breaking mechanism in subatomic physics and proposing the Southern-Jonah-Racinho model. In addition, he also proposed the color charge specification of quantum chromodynamics and provided important suggestions for Peter Higgs in discovering the Higgs mechanism. For more than half a century, Southern has received nearly all of physics' highest honors, including the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Nanbu Kijiro Nanbu Kijiro Artists · Japan

Nanbu Kijiro (Japanese: South kijiro/Nanbu Kijiro, Romanized: Nanbu Kijirō (April 2, 1869 - May 1, 1949) was a firearms designer affiliated with the Imperial Japanese Army and a doctor of engineering. In Japan, he was known as the John Browning of Japan for his contribution to the modernization of the Army's firearms. He was awarded the Second Class Imperial Treasure Medal and was the founder of Nanbu Firearms Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Bu Wanchang Bu Wanchang Film & TV · Republic of China

Bu Wanchang (July 1, 1900 - December 30, 1973) was born in Tianchang, Anhui Province. He graduated from the Fifth Normal University in Yangzhou. He was a Chinese director and photographer and studied under the American photographer Harry Golkin.

James Rover James Rover Film & TV · United States

James Duncan Rolfe (English: James Rolfe, born July 10, 1980) is an American actor, comedian, director, producer, critic and screenwriter, best known for his network show James. His other shows include Board James, a look back at classic board games with collaborator Mike Matt. Monster Madness, a review of 31 horror movies in October and more. James & Mike Mondays, play classic video games with Mike every Monday. Rover began filming Nintendo video game reviews from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. He has produced over 270 films during his career and received training in film and television production to improve his skill level. In 2004, his career took off completely with James. Two years later, Matt persuaded Rover to upload the videos to the Internet, and he gained mainstream attention when one of his videos went viral.

Cassius Longinus Cassius Longinus Scholars · ancient rome

Cassius Longinus (Greek: Κάσσιος Λογγῖνος; 213–273) was a famous Greek rhetorician and philosopher. He served as an adviser to Queen Zenobia. After Aurelian captured Palmyra, he was executed for supporting Queen Zenobia. There are fragments of his works handed down to the world. He was once regarded as the author of "On the Sublime", but this is generally not considered so now.

Kalyanpudi Radhakrishna Rao Kalyanpudi Radhakrishna Rao Scientists · British India

Kalyampūḍi Rādhākr̥ṣṇa Rāvu, English: Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao, Kannada: ಕಲ್ಯಂಪುಡಿ ರಾಧಾಕೃಷ್ಣ ರಾವ್, Romanized: Kalyampuḍi Rādhākr̥ṣṇa Rāv (September 20, 1920 - August 23, 2023), a Telugu American statistician and mathematician who served as an honorary professor at Pennsylvania State University and a research professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Rao has received many different honorary degrees and received the National Medal of Science in 2002. The American Statistical Association commented that he is "a living legend. His research results not only have an impact on statistics, but also have a profound impact on other disciplines, such as economics, genetics, anthropology, geology, demography, vital statistics, medicine, etc." The Indian Times listed Rao as one of India's top ten outstanding scientists.

Khaled Hosseini Khaled Hosseini Writers · United States

Khaled Hosseini (Persian: خالد حسینی [ˈxɒled hoˈsejni]; English: Khaled Hosseini /ˈhɑːlɛd hoʊˈseɪni/; March 4, 1965 -) was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. He is an American physician and best-selling author. He has published three novels, the most famous of which is "The Kite Runner" in 2003. Because of the success of this novel, he decided to change his career and become a professional writer.

Kaka Kaka Athletes · Brazil

Kaka (Portuguese: Kaká), full name Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (Portuguese: Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, April 22, 1982 -), is a retired Brazilian male professional football player and one of the Brazilian superstars in world football. Mainly an offensive midfielder, he played for Orlando City in the Major Leagues before retiring and was also the captain of the team. Kaká was the starting attacking midfielder of the Brazilian team in the 2006 World Cup and 2010 World Cup. He reached the peak of his career at Italian Serie A club AC Milan and helped AC Milan win the 2007 UEFA Champions League. In the same year, he won the Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year. Kaká is known for his gentleness and kindness, and has only been sent off three times. In the 2010 World Cup, he was wrongly given a red card due to a diving incident by Cote d'Ivoire player Kader Keita. The international media accused him of being wronged. In addition, although he has endorsed many model advertisements, he has never been involved in any scandals. He is also a well-known Christian in the football world, so his public image is excellent, and he is the ambassador of the United Nations World Food Program. In 2008, he was selected as one of the 100 most influential celebrities by Time Magazine. In the summer of 2009, Kaka was transferred to La Liga giants Real Madrid for a sky-high transfer fee of 68.5 million euros. This was the second most expensive player in football history at the time, second only to Zidane's 78 million euros, which was transferred to Real Madrid. But during his four years at Real Madrid, Kaká only made limited contributions to Real Madrid due to injuries and the outstanding performance of another main player Ozil. In 2013, Kaka returned to AC Milan again. In 2014, Kaká moved to MLS club Orlando City, where he briefly played for his parent club Sao Paulo until his retirement in December 2017.

Katarina Linsberg Katarina Linsberg Athletes · Austria

Katharina Liensberger (German: Katharina Liensberger, April 1, 1997 -) was born in Feldkirch County, Vorarlberg, and is an Austrian female alpine skier. She started skiing at the age of three, when her mother introduced her to the sport, and at the age of six she joined the Rankweil club and began competing in ski competitions. In January 2016, she made her World Cup debut.