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Ye Qianwen Ye Qianwen Musicians · Canada

Sally Yeh Chien-Wen (English: Sally Yeh Chien-Wen, September 30, 1961 -) is a Hong Kong female singer and actress born in Taiwan. He made his debut in the entertainment industry in Taiwan at the age of 18 in 1979. He became a singer in 1980 and later moved to Hong Kong in 1984 to develop his career. He became an instant hit with his debut Cantonese pop song "Zero Hour Ten", composed by George Lam. He also acted in many Hong Kong movies. In 1988, Ye Can's "Blessing" swept all the music awards of the year and came to prominence. From 1990 to 1993, she won the "Most Popular Female Singer" award at the Hong Kong Top Ten Golden Song Awards Ceremony for four consecutive years. She was awarded the title of "Queen of Music" in the era when the four kings dominated the music industry. Only the 10 albums with the highest sales recorded by Ye Cui-wen in Hong Kong and Taiwan are selected ("Live a Life Sincerely" 600,000, "Mingyue Heart" 500,000, "Blessings" 350,000, "Thirteen Classic Blessings" 300,000, "Walk in a Chic" "Return" 300,000, "True Heart" 300,000, "Red Dust" 200,000, "Cherish" 200,000, "Autumn Goes and Autumn Comes" 180,000, "Women's Weakness" 180,000), and its total album sales have reached approximately 3.11 million (not included in cumulative sales). Ye Canwen is the winner of the "Golden Award for Female Singer in the Music World" at the first China Music World Popular Chart Awards Ceremony. In addition, Ye Canwen has also won the "Golden Melody Award" twice at the TVB Top Ten Golden Song Awards Ceremony, the "Chizha Music World Supreme Song Award", the "Chizha Music World My Favorite Song Award", and the "Chizha Music World Album IF" PI Awards" (i.e. "The Supreme Music Awards") twice, Radio Television Hong Kong's "Best Female Singer", Hong Kong Metro Radio's "Best Female Singer Gold Award", Hong Kong Film Awards "Best Original Film Song" and many other important awards. On January 7, 2011, she was awarded the Golden Needle Award, the highest honor in the music industry, by Radio Television Hong Kong in recognition of her years of hard work and contribution to the music industry. Her representative works of Cantonese songs include "Ten Hours", "My Love Goodnight", "Cheers", "Blessings", "Dawn Never Comes", "Cherish", "Burn the Heart with Fire", "Autumn Goes and Autumn Comes", "Believe in Myself", "Lover's Confidant", "You're Leaving Today", "Women's Weakness", "It's All About You", "Talk about Love" and even the millennium song "Sorrow", etc. In terms of Mandarin songs, Ip Chan-man became well-known in the early 1990s with "Walk Away" and "Choice", a duet with Lin Zixiang. The songs were sung throughout the country.

Ye Jiaying Ye Jiaying Writers · Canada

Florence Yeh Chia-ying (English: Florence Yeh Chia-ying, July 2, 1924 - November 24, 2024), nicknamed Jialing, was a bannerman (Manchuria Zhenghuang Banner), dual nationality of the Republic of China and Canada, a scholar of Chinese classical literature, and a poetry writer. "Wang Guowei and His Literary Criticism" written by Ye Jiaying in 1970 while giving a lecture at Harvard University, is a classic of Chinese and Western comparative literary theory. Another masterpiece, "The Jingwei Complex in Wang Jingwei's Poems" is a rare study of Wang Jingwei's poems and interprets Wang Jingwei's National Government from his poems. She is known for her charisma in lectures at the university, among which the "Ye Jiaying Classical Poetry Lectures" National Taiwan University Open Course and "Seventeen Lectures on Tang and Song Poems" were published as videos.

Y Ye Daying Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Ye Daying (June 12, 1958 -), also known as Ye Ying, male, originally from Huiyang, Guangdong, and born in Changchun, Jilin, is a Chinese director. His film masterpieces include "Red Cherry", "Red Lover", "Tiananmen", etc. Grandson of Ye Ting.

Yernur Mamadli Yernur Mamadli Athletes · Azerbaijan

Elnur Mammadli (Elnur Mammadli, June 29, 1988 -) is an Azerbaijani male judoka. He has participated in two Olympic Games in 2008 and 2012, including winning the men's 73kg gold medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and serving as the flag bearer for the opening ceremony of the Azerbaijan delegation at the 2012 London Olympics.

Y Ye Huixian Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Ye Huixian (1947-), a native of Hankou, Hubei (now Wuhan), male, Han nationality, former Chinese host, crosstalk actor, director, first-class actor title (awarded in 1992). He started working in September 1964 and joined the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Art Troupe as a crosstalk actor. In September 1980, he was transferred to the Shanghai Radio and Television Art Troupe. In 1985, he was transferred to Shanghai TV Station as a program host. He retired in December 2017. He is famous for his humorous language, quick-witted responses, and masterful Shanghai-style hosting style. He is known as "the most famous talker in Shanghai". Ye Huixian is also a member of the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party, and served as a member of the 8th to 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a representative of the 11th National People's Congress. Social positions include vice president of the Host Program Research Association of the China Radio and Television Society, executive director of the Shanghai Radio and Television Society, visiting professor of television at Zhejiang Radio and Television University, visiting professor of the Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, director of the China Television Artists Association, librarian of the Shanghai Literature and History Research Center, director of the Shanghai Elderly Foundation, supervisor of the Shanghai Charity Foundation, etc.

Ye Chuqian Ye Chuqian Political figures · Republic of China

Ye Chuqian (October 14, 1887 - February 15, 1946), whose original name was Zongyuan, courtesy name Zhuoshu, alias Xiaofeng, male, was born in Zhouzhuang Town, Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province, and his ancestral home is Wujiang. Political figure of the Republic of China, Nanshe poet, newspaperman, writer, and educator.

Yevgeny Plushenko Yevgeny Plushenko Athletes · Russia

Yevgeniy Viktorovich Plushchenko (Russian: Евге́ний Ви́кторович Плю́щенко, Romanized: Yevgeniy Viktorovich Plushchenko; born November 3, 1982) is a Russian men's singles figure skater. Plushenko has won many awards, including the gold medalist at the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics, the silver medalist at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics and the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, and the three-time World Figure Skating Championships men's single skating champion (2001 2003, 2004), 7 European Figure Skating Championships (2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012); 4 International Skating Union Figure Skating Champions Ice Grand Prix Finals Champion (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004), 10 Russian Figure Skating Championships Champion (1999-2002, 2004-2006, 2009, 201 1 year, 2013), 18-time International Skating Union Figure Skating Grand Prix champion, World Figure Skating Youth Championship champion (1997), European Youth Olympic champion (1997), Goodwill Games champion (2001).

Ye Tong Ye Tong Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Cecilia Yip Tung (English: Cecilia Yip Tung, March 8, 1963 -), formerly known as Li Sisi, is a Hong Kong actress. She won the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actress in 1984 and 1992 for "The Seven Days of Love" and "The Marriage of No Words". In 1990, she won the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Supporting Actress for "Beyond the Dusk". On January 30, 2019, Yip Tong and eight other Academy Award-winning actresses participated in the reopening ceremony of Hong Kong's Avenue of Stars hosted by New World Development, and became the 108th participant in the Star Palm Print Recognition Program.

Ye Shuhua Ye Shuhua Musicians · Republic of China

Ye Shuhua (January 6, 2000 -), also known by the single name Shuhua (shoe shoes, ), is a Taiwanese artist who developed in South Korea. He is a member of the girl group i-dle under South Korea's Cube Entertainment, and serves as the sub-singer, maknae, and appearance in the team.

Ye Shiwen Ye Shiwen Athletes · People's Republic of China

Ye Shiwen (March 1, 1996 -), a native of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, native of Jinhua, is a Chinese swimmer. In the 2012 London Olympics, she won the gold medal in the 400-meter medley with a world record-breaking result, and then won the gold medal again in the 200-meter medley, breaking the Olympic record again and becoming the first Chinese swimmer to win two gold medals in one Olympic Games. After winning the gold medal in the women's 200-meter medley at the 2012 World Short Course Swimming Championships, she became the first Chinese swimming team athlete to collect gold medals in the Olympics, World Championships, Short Course World Championships and Asian Games.

Y Ye Xuantong Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Ye Xuantong (December 6, 2006 -) is a Chinese actor.

Situ Huimin Situ Huimin Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Situ Huimin (February 16, 1910 - April 4, 1987), formerly known as Situ Zhu, was a male from Kaiping, Guangdong, and a Chinese film technology expert and director. He once served as Vice Minister of Culture of the People's Republic of China, Director of the Technical Committee of the Ministry of Culture, and Vice Chairman of the China Film Association.

Situ Ying Situ Ying Political figures · Unknown nationality

Situ Ying (1878-?), courtesy name Zhongshi, male, from Kaiping, Guangdong. Politician and industrialist of the Republic of China.

Stendhal Stendhal Writers · France

Marie-Henri Beyle (French: Marie-Henri Beyle, January 23, 1783 - March 23, 1842), pen name Stendhal, was a 19th-century French writer, a pioneer and representative of critical realism. He is famous for his accurate psychological analysis of characters and concise writing style. His representative works include "The Red and the Black" (1830), "The Abbey of Parma" (1839), etc.

Jill Ellis Jill Ellis Athletes · United States

Jillian Anne Ellis (English: Jillian Anne Ellis, September 6, 1966 -) is an English-American women's football player and coach. She has served as the head coach of the United States Women's National Football Team and the president of the San Diego Waves Football Club in California. In 1988, Elise started her coaching career after graduating from the College of William and Mary. She has coached football teams and national youth teams at many universities in the United States. From 2014 to 2019, Elis was promoted from acting coach to head coach of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, and led the team to win two consecutive FIFA Women's World Cup championships in 2015 and 2019, becoming the second head coach in history to win the World Cup twice (the first was Vittorio Pozzo, the head coach of the Italian men's World Cup team). In October 2019, just three months after the conclusion of the World Cup that year, Elis resigned as the head coach of the US team, ending a 30-year coaching career. After retiring, she focused on promoting the development of women's football. In addition to serving as an ambassador for the United States Soccer Federation, traveling and speaking on behalf of the association, and helping to recruit more female coaches, she took over the position of president of the San Diego Waves, a new professional women's team in California, in 2021. In May 2023, Elis will be inducted into the National Football Hall of Fame.

Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro Film & TV · Mexico

Guillermo del Toro Gómez (Spanish: [ɡiˈʝeɾmo ðel ˈtoɾo]; October 9, 1964 -), was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. He is currently a Mexican film director and screenwriter. Most of his works are related to fairy tales and horror elements, and pay more attention to visual effects.

Ji Yemo Ji Yemo Film & TV · Peru

Guillermo Dañino Ribatto (Spanish: Guillermo Dañino Ribatto, December 2, 1929 - January 2, 2023), whose Chinese name is Ji Yemo, was a Peruvian sinologist, translator, and Chinese film actor.

Gigi Hadid Gigi Hadid Media figures · United States

Jelena Noura "Gigi" Hadid (English: Jelena Noura "Gigi" Hadid, April 23, 1995 -) is an American model of Arab and Dutch descent. She was selected as the "Best Newcomer" in the "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue" in 2014, and she has appeared on the "Beverly Housewives" program several times. Hadid has appeared in "VMAN", "ELLE", "Grazia", ​​"Cleo", "Vogue", "Sports Illustrated", "Paper", "Beautiful!" ” and other magazines. She has been a spokesperson for Guess since 2012. She was also a 2014 cover model for Galore magazine and Karin Roitfeld's CR Fashion Book, and was featured in "Beautiful!" in March 2014. 》Magazine cover.

Guido Inbens Guido Inbens Scholars · Kingdom of the Netherlands

Guido Wilhelmus Imbens (English: Guido Wilhelmus Imbens, born September 3, 1963) is a Dutch-American economist. He has been a professor of economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business since 2012. He has taught at Harvard University, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of California, Berkeley. Inbens, who received his PhD from Brown University in 1991, specializes in econometrics, especially methods for depicting causal inferences. From 2019 to 2023, he served as editor of the journal "Econometrics". Imbens was elected as a fellow of the Econometric Society in 2001, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009, a fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017, and a fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2020. In 2021, he and Joshua Angrist won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in recognition of their methodological contributions to causality analysis.

Jim Gilmore Jim Gilmore Political figures · United States

James Stuart "Jim" Gilmore III (English: James Stuart "Jim" Gilmore III, born October 6, 1949) is a Republican American politician who served as the governor of Virginia from 1998 to 2002. He briefly campaigned for the 2008 U.S. presidential nomination, but announced his withdrawal from the race in July 2007, becoming the first Republican to withdraw from the race.

J Jim Varney Film & TV · United States

James Albert Varney Jr. (English: James Albert Varney Jr., June 15, 1949 - February 10, 2000) was an American actor, comedian, and writer. His most famous role is that of Ernest P. Worrell, who has appeared in several television commercials and movies. He also starred as Jed Clampett in The Beverly Hillbillies (1993) and voiced Slinky in Toy Story (1995) and Toy Story 2 (1999).

Gilles Deleuze Gilles Deleuze Scholars · France

Gilles Louis René Deleuze (French: Gilles Louis René Deleuze, French pronunciation: [ʒil lwi ʁəne dəløz]; January 18, 1925 – November 4, 1995) was a French postmodernist philosopher.

Jishan Mingzhao Jishan Mingzhao Artists · Japan

Yoshiyama Akio (1352-1431) was a Japanese painter and Zen monk at a Kyoto temple. He painted using the Muromachi ink painting method. His works include ink landscapes and portraits, and he also painted Buddhist portraits.

jiba jiba Athletes · Brazil

Gilberto Amauri de Godoy Filho Jr. (Portuguese: Gilberto Amauri de Godoy Filho, born December 23, 1976), commonly known as Giba (Portuguese: Giba), is a Brazilian former professional volleyball player who was the main attacker on the court. Around the 2000s, he was widely regarded as one of the best volleyball players in the world. He has played for teams in professional leagues such as Brazil, Italy, Russia, Argentina and the United Arab Emirates. People are most impressed by his brilliant record in the Brazilian men's volleyball team. During his tenure as captain of the national team, he won 8 South American Volleyball Championships, 3 America's Cups, 8 World Volleyball League Championships, 3 World Grand Champions Cup Volleyball Championships, and 3 World Men's Volleyball Championships. runner-up (three consecutive championships: 2002, 2006, 2010), 1-time Olympic volleyball champion (2004 Athens Olympics), and 2-time Olympic volleyball runner-up (2008 Beijing Olympics, 2012 London Olympics). Giba announced his retirement in the summer of 2014 at the age of 37.