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Ding Xilin (September 29, 1893 - April 4, 1974), formerly known as Xie Lin and given the courtesy name Xunfu, male, was born in Taixing, Jiangsu Province. He was a Chinese playwright, physicist, musical instrument craftsman, and social activist. He was especially good at comedy creation.

Ding Xiongjun (August 1974-), Han nationality, native of Chongyang, Hubei Province, holds a full-time doctorate degree in education and graduated from Wuhan University majoring in polymer chemistry and physics. Member of the Communist Party of China. Politician of the People's Republic of China.

Ding Hei (?—), male, Chinese director. His representative works include "Jade Guanyin", "Aspects of the Great Qin Empire", "The Rise of the Great Qin Empire", "That Year the Flowers Bloomed and the Moon Was Full", etc.

Wan Zhexian (November 7, 1927 - May 30, 2023), male, native of Mianyang, Hubei, was born in Zichuan, Shandong, a Chinese mathematician.

Wan Huilin (November 20, 1938 - April 28, 2024), male, native of Hanyang, Hubei, was born in Hankou, Hubei, a Chinese physical chemist and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Professor in the Department of Chemistry of Xiamen University, he served as dean of the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and director of the State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces.

Wanfang (Minnan: Bān-hong, July 6, 1967-), whose real name is Lin Wanfang, is a Taiwanese female singer and actress. She was born in Bade District, Taoyuan City. She graduated from the Department of Business Management of the Private Chinese Culture University. Throughout the 1990s, he published many best-selling records and occupied a place in the Chinese pop music scene with his high-pitched, gentle and soft singing voice. He has sung the theme songs of many dramas. Among them, the theme song of the same name as the lead singer of the Hong Kong movie "New Love" in 1993 is still widely circulated today. He is one of the finalists for Taiwan's Three Gold Awards (Golden Melody, Golden Bell, and Golden Horse).

Miyake Issei (Japanese: Miyake Issey/ Issei, Romanized: Miyake Issei, April 22, 1938 - August 5, 2022), a Japanese fashion designer, is famous for his innovative clothing design, exhibitions and water-of-life perfumes.

Mishima Yukio (Japanese: Mishima Yukio/ Yukio, Romanized: Mishima Yukio, January 14, 1925 - November 25, 1970), whose real name was Hiraoka Kimi Kimitake, Japanese novelist, playwright, journalist, filmmaker, film actor and political activist. Yukio Mishima is one of the masters of Japanese post-war literature. He has a high reputation in the Japanese literary world and has friends from all walks of life. Among Yukio Mishima's many works, "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion" published in 1956 is the most well-known. This is a work full of tragic disillusionment aesthetics. Okuno Keno once praised the novel at the time: "This is the highest level of Mishima's literature, the culmination of Mishima's aesthetics, and the biggest harvest in the literary world this year." Mishima's other representative works include the novels "Confessions of the Mask" and "Chao Sao". In addition to Japan, Mishima's works are also highly praised in the Western world. Some people even call him "Japan's Hemingway" and "Contemporary Japan's Leonardo da Vinci". Between 1963 and 1968 (except 1966), he was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature five times, and was also the youngest writer in history to be nominated (along with Kipling, he was nominated at the age of 38). After Kawabata Yasunari won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968, Mishima Yukio was not recommended for the Nobel Prize again until his death in 1970. Yukio Mishima is also the contemporary writer whose works have been translated into English and other foreign languages ​​the most. Mishima later became more inclined to political activities, joined the Japan Self-Defense Forces for experience, and established the militia organization Tadanokai. On November 25, 1970, Mishima and four other members of the Sonokai kidnapped the director-general of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Eastern Directorate (today's Eastern Front) at the Ichigaya garrison in Tokyo. Mishima delivered a coup speech on the terrace, but received no support from the Self-Defense Officers. Mishima immediately chose to commit seppuku. This incident had a huge impact on Japan and had a strong impact on Japan's literary circles and political movements, such as the establishment of Japan's New Right.

Takeo Miki (Japanese: Miki Takeo/Miki Takeo, Romanized: Miki Takeo; March 17, 1907 - November 14, 1988) was a Japanese politician. President of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan and the 66th Prime Minister of Japan (Prime Minister).

Mikitani Hiroshi (Japanese: Mikitani Hiroshi/To Mikita Hiroshi, Romanized: Mikitani Hiroshi, March 11, 1965 -), born in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Rakuten Corporation. He is also the president and CEO of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, and the CEO of Vissel Kobe of the Japan Professional Football League.

Toshiro Mifune (Japanese: Toshiro Mifune, April 1, 1920 - December 24, 1997), was born in Qingdao, China during the Japanese Lend Period, and is a Japanese film actor. In 2016, Toshiro Mifune was posthumously awarded a celebrity star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in recognition of his contribution to world cinema.

Shangguan Zhou (1665-1752), courtesy name Wenzuo and nickname Zhuzhuang, was born in Changting, Fujian. A painter of the Qing Dynasty, he was the leader in the painting circle of western Fujian.

Kamikawa Yoko (Japanese: Kamikawa Yoko/Kamikawa Yoko, Romanized: Kamikawa Yōko, March 1, 1953 -) is a Japanese female politician and a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. Born in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture. Member of the House of Representatives (elected for 5 terms), belongs to the Hiroshikai (Kishida faction) within the Liberal Democratic Party. She has served as the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications in the third Koizumi reform cabinet, the Cabinet Office Special Minister (countermeasures against low birthrate, gender participation) in the first Abe reform cabinet and the Fukuda Yasuo cabinet, the deputy minister of general affairs in the second Abe cabinet, and the minister of justice in the second Abe reform cabinet, the third Abe cabinet, the third Abe reform cabinet and the fourth Abe cabinet. In July 2018, Kamikawa approved the execution of Shoko Asahara, the mastermind of the Tokyo subway sarin gas incident, and the other 12 core Aum Shinrikyo cadres, bringing all Aum Shinrikyo death row prisoners to justice. During her tenure as Minister of Justice, she approved the execution orders of a total of 16 death row inmates, making her the Minister of Justice who approved the most execution orders since the 1980s. On September 16, 2020, Yoko Kamikawa became the Minister of Justice in Yoshihide Suga's cabinet. This was her third term as Minister of Justice. She resigned with the resignation of the cabinet on October 4, 2021. On September 14, 2023, Yoko Kamikawa was nominated as Minister of Foreign Affairs by then Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

Kamishiraishi Moe (Japanese: Kamishiraishi Moe/Kamishiraishi Mone, Romanized: Kamishiraishi Mone, January 27, 1998 -) is a Japanese actress and singer, born in Kagoshima Prefecture, affiliated with Toho Entertainment Agency. In 2016, he worked on the animated film "Your Name" written and directed by Makoto Shinkai. 》The heroine Mitsuha Miyamizu has received widespread attention for her dubbing. My sister is Moege for Shiraishi.

Shimomura Tsutomu (Japanese: Shimomura Tsutomu/Shimomura Tsutomu, Romanized: Shimomura Tsutomu, October 23, 1964 -) is a Japanese-American computer security expert, computational physics expert, and the son of the 2008 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry Osamu Shimomura.

Kaoru Yosano (Japanese: Kaoru Yosano / Kaoru Yosano, Romanized: Yosano Kaoru, August 22, 1938 - May 21, 2017), Japanese politician and former Minister of Finance.

Shing-tung Yau (English: Shing-tung Yau, born April 4, 1949), courtesy name Fengsheng, Han nationality, native of Jiaoling County, Meizhou, is a Chinese-American mathematician who has won the Fields Medal and the Wolf Prize in Mathematics. He grew up in Hong Kong until graduating from college, and then went to the United States for further study and naturalized as an American citizen. He has served as a professor at Harvard University, Bowen Chair Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and director of the Yau Shing-tung Mathematical Sciences Center at Tsinghua University. Yau Shing Tong was born in Meizhou, China, moved to Hong Kong when he was under one year old, and moved to the United States in 1969. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1982 in recognition of his contributions to partial differential equations, Calabi's conjecture, the positive energy theorem, and the Menger-Ampere equation. On April 20, 2022, Qiu Chengtong left Harvard University to work at Tsinghua University. Winner of the Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences in 2023.

Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah, February 8, 1903 - December 6, 1990), commonly known as Tunku Abdul Rahman, was the first Prime Minister of Malaysia and was revered as the Father of the Nation. During his tenure, Tunku Abdul Rahman led the Federation of Malaya to independence and became the country's first prime minister in 1957. In 1963, the Federation of Malaya was reorganized into Malaysia, and he continued to serve as prime minister until 1970, when he resigned due to the May 13th Incident. During Tunku Abdul Rahman's administration, he was considered to promote multi-ethnic and moderate Islamic lines, but he was also criticized for his ineffective response to the economic gap between Malays and non-Malays, as well as for handling ethnic relations and losing control of the political situation before and after the May 13th Incident. He also had constant friction with the merged Singapore, which eventually led to Singapore's separation from Malaysia in 1965. Tunku Abdul Rahman died of illness in 1990 at the age of 87.

Dongxi (1966-), whose real name is Tian Dailin, male, from Tian'e, Guangxi, is a contemporary Chinese writer. He has won the Zhuang Chongwen Literary Award, the First Lu Xun Literary Award for Novella, the Third and Fourth Guangxi Bronze Drum Awards for Literary Creation, and the 2005 Novelist Award at the Chinese Literature Media Awards. In 2023, the novel "Echo" won the 11th Mao Dun Literary Award.

Keigo Higashino (Japanese: Keigo Higashino / Higashino Keigo, Romanized: Higashino Keigo, February 4, 1958 - July 23, 2026), Japanese mystery novelist.

Yan Fu (January 8, 1854 - October 27, 1921) was born in Houguan County, Fuzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, and his ancestral home was Gushi, Henan. Chinese modern enlightenment thinker and translator. He was the president of Fudan University, the president of Beijing Normal University, and one of the Six Gentlemen of the Security Council. Yan Fu systematically introduced Western sociology, politics, political economics, philosophy and natural science to China, and translated works such as "The Theory of Heavenly Evolution", "Original Riches", "Qunxue Yiyan", "Qunjiquanquanwen", "Society General Interpretation", "Famous Theory", "A Brief Introduction to Famous Studies", and "Mill's Famous Studies". His translation had a huge influence at the time and was the most important enlightenment translation in China in the 20th century. Yan Fu's translations were sophisticated and rigorous, and each translation was carefully considered. The translation standards he proposed of "faithfulness, expressiveness, and elegance" had a profound impact on the translation work of later generations.

Yan Jizhou (October 9, 1917 - June 21, 2018), male, was born in Changshu, Jiangsu Province, and is a Chinese film director and screenwriter.

Yan Gong (January 19, 1914 - July 4, 2010), formerly known as Chen Baorun, male, native of Nanjing, Jiangsu, Chinese director and screenwriter.

Uhm Jung-hwa (Korean: Eom Jeong-hwa, Romanized: Uhm Jung-hwa, August 17, 1969 -) is a South Korean female singer and actress, also often translated as Uhm Jung-hwa. Her younger brother is the actor Uhm Tae-woong.