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Richard Buckminster Fuller (English: Richard Buckminster Fuller, July 12, 1895 - July 1, 1983), American philosopher, architect and inventor. He obtained a patent for the Dymexon projection method in 1946. Fuller published over 30 books, invented and popularized the vocabulary, and he also developed numerous inventions, mainly architectural designs, most notably the lattice dome. Fullerene is also named after its shape, which resembles a fuller spherical roof.

Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto (Spanish: Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; July 12, 1904 - September 23, 1973), pen name Pablo Neruda, was a Chilean poet, diplomat, winner of the 1971 Nobel Prize for Literature, and a Chilean Communist Party politician. Neruda became famous as a poet at the age of 13. His creations cover a wide range of works, including surrealist poetry, historical epics, political manifestos, a prose autobiography, and widely circulated love poems, such as the collection of poems "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair". Neruda served as a diplomat in many countries and served as a senator on behalf of the Communist Party of Chile. In 1948, the anti-communist Chilean President Gabriel González Videla signed an arrest warrant against Neruda. Neruda had to hide in the basement of a friend's house in Valparaiso for several months, and then fled Argentina via the Andes Mountains the following year, and did not return to the country until three years later. Neruda was a close advisor to pro-communist President Salvador Allende. After winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, he was invited by Allende to recite poetry in front of 70,000 people at the National Stadium. In 1973, Neruda was diagnosed with cancer. At the same time, Augusto Pinochet staged a coup with US support to overthrow the pro-communist Chilean government. Neruda died on September 23, 1973. Although Neruda was long thought to have died of heart failure, recent evidence has cast doubt on this theory. Neruda is often considered Chile's national poet, and his works are read and loved by people around the world. Colombian writer García Márquez called him "the greatest poet of the 20th century", and literary critic Harold Bloom included Neruda among the core writers of the Western tradition in his work "The Western Canon".

Pablo Javier Zabaleta (Spanish: Pablo Javier Zabaleta, pronounced: [ˈpaβlo saβaˈleta]; January 16, 1985 -) is an Argentine former professional football player who can serve as a right back or midfielder. He holds a Spanish passport and is therefore an EU player.

Honoré de Balzac (French: Honoré de Balzac, May 20, 1799 - August 18, 1850) was a 19th-century French novelist, playwright, critic and journalist, and the founder of European realist literature. He created "Human Comedy", a total of 91 long, medium and short stories and essays of various genres, and wrote more than 2,400 characters. It is known as the "encyclopedia" of French society.

Barnett Frank (English: Barnett Frank, March 31, 1940 - May 19, 2026) was an American politician. Barney Frank served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Massachusetts' 4th District from 1981 to 2013. His party affiliation is the Democratic Party. Barney Frank was born and raised in New Jersey. In 2015, Frank published his autobiography.

Badai (June 5, 1930 - March 26, 2022), formerly known as Hao Badai, pen name Hong Yin'erqi, was a Mongolian nationality and a native of Hejing County, Xinjiang. Political figure, writer and poet of the People's Republic of China. Representative to the 13th and 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Representative to the third, fourth, fifth and sixth National People's Congress, deputy director of the Ethnic Affairs Committee of the sixth National People's Congress; member of the seventh National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, member of the Standing Committee of the eighth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and member of the Religious Committee of the ninth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley (English: Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley; February 6, 1945 - May 11, 1981) was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and the originator of reggae music. He successfully brought Jamaican reggae (Reggae) into the fields of European and American pop music and rock music, and introduced Jamaican reggae music to the West. It had a huge impact on Western pop music. Later generations honored him as the "Father of Reggae". With his soulful voice full of passion, power and fighting spirit, he is known as "the first third world pop star" and has practiced the concept of music without borders. As an anti-racist music fighter, he has long been committed to the social movement in Jamaica. His music contains tolerance, fraternity and faith, and he is still regarded by the people as a national hero of Jamaica. Its classic songs include: "No Woman, No Cry", "One Love", "Buffalo Soldier", "Three Little Birds", etc. The selection "Legend" was released three years after his death. It is the best-selling album in the reggae world. It has received 11 platinum records (diamond records) in the United States and sold 20 million copies worldwide.

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Spanish: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, pronounced: [baɾtoloˈme esˈteβan muˈɾiʎo], January 1, 1618 - April 3, 1682), a Spanish painter during the Baroque period. Born in Seville, Spain, died in Seville. He is a painter with a very unique style.

Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton was an American actor, comedian, film director, producer, screenwriter, and stuntman. Best known for his silent films, Keaton also earned the nickname "The Deadpan" for his trademark deadpan, no-nonsense physical comedy style in his films. Film critic Roger Ebert said that Buster Keaton "during the special period from 1920 to 1929, he remained independent of outside influence and made a series of films that made him undoubtedly the greatest actor and director in the history of film." After being hired by MGM, his independence in film production was taken away, which caused his career to enter a low point, and he began to develop a bad habit of alcoholism, which destroyed his family life. It wasn't until the 1940s that Keaton remarried. After that, he revived and once again participated in the shooting of comedy films until his death, for which he won the Oscar for Lifetime Achievement.

Barry Levinson (English: Barry Levinson, April 6, 1942-), American male director, screenwriter and producer. Well-known film works include "Good Morning Vietnam", "Rain Man" and "Wag the Dog". "Rain Man" won the Oscar for Best Director.

Ba Jin (November 25, 1904 - October 17, 2005), formerly known as Li Yaotang and courtesy name Fu Gan, was a Han nationality, a native of Chengdu, Sichuan, and his ancestral home was Jiaxing, Zhejiang. He was a modern Chinese writer, publisher, translator, and anarchist. His works were translated into many languages, and no novels were published after 1949. His wife, Xiao Shan, married Ba Jin in Huaxi in May 1944. Since March 1983, Ba Jin has been elected vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference for five consecutive times, serving until his death. Yu Feng described Ba Jin as "the conscience of the nation". He was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution, and his wife Xiao Shan was persecuted to death in 1972. In his later years, he proposed to establish a Museum of Modern Chinese Literature and a Museum of the Cultural Revolution, but the latter did not materialize.

Bayin'erile (Mongolian: Баян-Эрэл, born August 12, 1963), a native of Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is a film and television actor and director in mainland China. He graduated from the Shanghai Theater Academy and works in the Inner Mongolia Song and Dance Theater. He became a household name for his roles in Jin Yong's works such as "Jiumozhi" in "Dragon", "Jinlun Dharma King" in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "Xiang Wentian" in "The Swordsman".

Baruch de Spinoza (Ladino: Baruch de Spinoza, Latin: Benedictus de Spinoza, November 24, 1632 - February 21, 1677) was a Dutch Jewish philosopher. Together with Descartes and Leibniz, he was the pioneer of rationalism in the 17th century, the founder of the Enlightenment era and modern biblical criticism. His works guided the modern understanding of the self and the universe, so he is considered "one of the most important philosophers in modern times." Spinoza inherited the ideas of René Descartes and was the leader of philosophy in the Dutch Golden Age. Spinoza's name, Baruch, means "blessed" and is written differently in different languages. In Hebrew his name is written ברוך שפינוזה, and among modern Jewish groups his name is written "Bento" (Portuguese for "blessed"). In Spinoza's Latin works he used the name Benedict de Spinoza. Spinoza was born into the Spanish-Portuguese-Jewish community of Amsterdam. The Portuguese synagogue issued a denunciation order against him, and the 23-year-old Spinoza (including his family) was excommunicated because of his highly controversial views on the authenticity and divine nature of the Hebrew Bible. Shortly after Spinoza's death, his works were banned by the Catholic Church. Spinoza was often called an "atheist" by his contemporaries, although Spinoza never doubted the existence of God in his works. Spinoza lived a simple life and made a living by polishing lenses. He once participated in the production of telescopes designed by the Huygens brothers. Spinoza declined offers of funding and awards and declined honorary teaching positions. Perhaps due to inhaling excessive dust from polishing lenses all year round, Spinoza died of lung disease in 1677 at the age of 44. He was buried in the Neue Cathedral Cemetery in The Hague. Spinoza's philosophical research covers almost all fields, including metaphysics, epistemology, political philosophy, ethics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science. Therefore, Spinoza is generally regarded as one of the most important philosophers of the 17th century. His philosophical thoughts are mainly reflected in two works, "Theological Politics" and "Ethics". The remaining works are either early ideas or unfinished works in which the theory is covered in both of the aforementioned works (such as the Politics), or are not the focus of Spinoza's philosophy (such as Descartes' Principia and the Hebrew Grammar)

Baron Kijuro Shitahara (Japanese: Kijuro Shitahara/Shidera Kijurou, September 13, 1872 - March 10, 1951) was a Japanese politician, diplomat, and the 44th Prime Minister of the Cabinet. He served successively as Japan's Ambassador to the Netherlands, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Ichikawa Fuangeda (Japanese: Ichikawa Fuangeda/Ichikawa Fusae, May 15, 1893 - February 11, 1981) was a Japanese feminist, politician and leader of the women's suffrage movement. Ichikawa was an important supporter of Japanese women's suffrage, and her activism played a role in extending the right to vote to women in 1945.

Brian Thomas Burrell (English: Brian Thomas Burrell, March 23, 1972 -), a Hong Kong-American actor and a former TVB basic artist contract artist. After leaving TVB, I started my own business and stopped working in IT. Now I mainly shoot short videos.

Léon Brunschvicg (French: [leɔ bʁœəsvik]; November 10, 1869 – January 18, 1944) was a French idealist philosopher. In 1893, he co-founded the Journal of Metaphysics and Morals with Xavier Leon and Elie Allevi.

Brad Cox (English: Brad Cox, May 2, 1944 – January 2, 2021) was an American computer scientist, known for his work in the following fields: Software engineering, especially code reuse Software composition Objective-C

Bradley Charles Cooper (English: Bradley Charles Cooper, January 5, 1975 -), American actor, director, screenwriter, producer and singer. His well-known representative roles include Phil in "Drunk Husband", Will in the TV series "Double Spy", Sack in the comedy film "The Wedding Crasher" and Aidan Stone in the TV series "Plastic Surgery". Xiaobai who starred in the movie "Dragon Commando" in 2010. Cooper was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in the 2012 romance film Silver Linings Playbook and the 2014 war biopic "American Sniper," as well as the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in the 2013 crime comedy "American Hustle." In 2018, he directed and performed in "Dream of Love", which was nominated for 8 awards at the 91st Academy Awards, including Best Picture. He was also nominated for Best Actor for the third time, and the collaborative single also won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. Five years later, he won 7 nominations at the 96th Academy Awards for his self-written, directed and starred film "The Master: True Love", and was also nominated for Best Actor for the fourth time.

Blaise Pascal (French: Blaise Pascal; June 19, 1623 - August 19, 1662, also translated as Blaise Pascal, Blaise Pascal), a French polymath, theologian, philosopher, mathematician, physicist, chemist, musician, educator, and meteorologist. Pascal conducted early research in natural and applied sciences, made important contributions to the manufacture of mechanical calculators and the study of fluids, expanded the work of Torricelli, and clarified the concepts of pressure and vacuum. Pascal also vigorously defended the scientific method. Mathematically, Pascal contributed to two important new areas of research. At the age of 16, he wrote a paper entitled Projective Geometry. In 1654, he began corresponding with Pierre de Fermat to discuss probability theory, which profoundly affected the development of modern economics and social sciences. After a mystical experience of faith in late 1654, he left mathematics and physics and concentrated on meditation and writing on theology and philosophy. He was a staunch believer in the Jansen sect, and his humanistic thoughts were greatly influenced by Montaigne. His religious polemic work "Lettres provinciales" (Lettres provinciales) is regarded as a model of French writing, and his notebooks were compiled into "Thoughts" after his death.

Bryce Dallas Howard (English: Bryce Dallas Howard, March 2, 1981 -) is an American film actor, writer, director, and the daughter of director Ron Howard.

Britney Jean Spears (English: Britney Jean Spears, December 2, 1981 -), officially translated as Britney Spears in the Chinese-speaking region, is an American female singer, known as the "Princess of Pop". She has sold more than 150 million records worldwide and is one of the best-selling female singers. As a child, Britney joined the then-popular TV show "The Mickey Mouse Club." She signed with Jive Records in 1997. Her first two studio albums, "The First Confession of Love" and "The First Confession of Love", achieved international success, making her the highest-selling teenage artist of all time. Britney's music and performances influenced teenagers around the world to imitate her at the time, and she was one of the representatives of youth pop music in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. With the release of her third studio album "Britney" and her fourth studio album "Pop Forbidden", Britney's image has become more mature and sexy, and her song "Toxic" has been widely circulated. She also got involved in film and television, and in 2002 she became the protagonist of the movie "What Will Britney Do?" However, after the release of the selected album "The Myth of Nichang - Selections + New Songs" and the mixed album "Nichang Dance Part - Mixed Selection + New Songs", Britney's personal life fell into a stalemate due to various reasons, and her career was forced to pause at its peak. She released her fifth studio album "Dazzling Storm" in 2007, but the album received little publicity due to her personal difficulties. Meanwhile, Britney's behavior deteriorated further and she was sent to the hospital for treatment and was forced to be placed under the supervision of a guardian again. Subsequently, with the help of producers, Britney returned to the recording studio and released her sixth studio album "Nice Circus" in 2008, which returned to the top of the charts. The album's first hit, "Love Play," also became Britney's long-lost US number one single. After the release of "Nice Circus", Britney released a selection album "Nice 10 Years - Complete Championship Record", and the album's new song "Can't Three Get Together" became the number one in the United States. In 2011, her seventh solo album "Femme Fatale" was released. The album's first lead single "Extreme Love" became the US champion, becoming Britney's fourth number one single in her career. In the same year, Britney scored her fifth number one single with the remixed version of her collaboration with Rihanna, "Forbidden Game". In Britney's 8th studio album "Dance With Britney" and her 9th

Brian Lee Cranston is an American actor who also works as a voice actor, screenwriter, and producer. Born into a family of actors, he made his first TV appearance at the age of 8 with a commercial. Since 1982, he has appeared in TV series such as "Loving", "Airwolf", "Hill Street Blues" and "Bachelor Party". He has been nominated for several Emmy Awards for his performance in "It's Hard to Live", and finally became popular with "Breaking Bad". He won the 60th, 61st and 62nd Emmy Awards for Best Actor in a Drama Series three times. In 2014, "Breaking Bad" won the 66th Emmy Award for Best Drama Series.

Brian Denis Cox, CBE (Brian Denis Cox, June 1, 1946 -) is a Scottish actor. He became famous during his time with the Royal Shakespeare Company, especially as King Lear. He has appeared in many American movies, such as the "Bourne" series, "X-Men 2", "Dangerous Agents", "Ape Man: The Planet of the Apes", etc. In 2019, he won the 77th Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series for "Succession".