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Peter Macintosh Firth (October 27, 1953 -) is a British actor. He is best known for his role as Sir Harry Pearce in the BBC One drama series The Detectives. He has also appeared in numerous films.

Peter Robert Jackson Jackson, born on October 31, 1961 in Pukla Bay, New Zealand, is a famous New Zealand film director, screenwriter and producer. His most famous works include "The Lord of the Rings Movie Trilogy" (2001-2003), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director, and "The Hobbit Movie Series" (2012-2014), both of which are adapted from the novels written by J.R.R. Tolkien. Other works include "Paradise" (1994), the documentary "Forgotten Films" (1995), "The Devil" (1996), "King Kong" (2005) and "Suzy's World" (2009). Supervisory productions include "The Ninth Zone" (2009), "The Adventures of Tintin" (2011) and the documentary "Unlawful Justice" (2012).

Petra Kronberger (German: Petra Kronberger, born February 21, 1969), Austrian female alpine skier. She represented Austria in alpine skiing at the 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics, winning two gold medals.

Pietro Perugino (Italian: Pietro Perugino, Italian: [ˈpietro peruˈdʒiːno]; 1446-1452 – 1523) was an Italian Renaissance painter active during the High Renaissance. His most famous student was Raphael.

Xu Jiaying (December 20, 1984 -) is a Taiwanese female singer-songwriter. In 2008, she participated in the third singing talent show "Super Avenue of Stars" and won the championship, and then got the opportunity to make films. Before debut, she was a nurse. Xu Jiaying released her first solo album "LaLa's First Album" in 2009. In 2010, she won the Best Newcomer Award at the 21st Golden Melody Awards for this album, becoming the first "Super Avenue of Stars" graduate to win the Golden Melody Awards. In 2018, she won the Best Mandarin Album Award and the Best Mandarin Female Singer Award at the 29th Golden Melody Awards for her album "Psychology". In 2022, he won the Best Single Producer Award at the 33rd Golden Melody Awards for his song "None of the Above". In 2023, he won the Best Composer Award at the 34th Golden Melody Awards for the song "We Will Not Separate If We Are Not Together". Xu Jiaying has released 6 personal studio albums and 3 concert albums so far. Won a total of 5 Golden Melody Awards and received awards in 5 different categories.

Tsui Hark (English: Tsui Hark, February 15, 1951 -), formerly known as Xu Wenguang, is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He is one of the important figures in the new wave of Hong Kong films. His ancestral home is Haifeng County, Guangdong Province, China. He was born in Saigon City, South Vietnam (today's Ho Chi Minh City). When he was young, he moved with his family to Guangzhou City, China, and later to British Hong Kong. In 1984, he established a film studio with his ex-wife Shi Nansheng and became famous at home and abroad with films such as "A Better Tomorrow", "A Chinese Ghost Story", "Once Upon a Time" and "Knife", pioneering "new martial arts" movies. In 1989, Tsui Hark went to Beijing to shoot the movie "Terracotta Warriors", which was the first co-production between China and Hong Kong. Since 2009, Tsui Hark has collaborated with Huayi Brothers and Bona Pictures in mainland China to produce films such as "Detective Dee: The Sky", "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate", "Detective Dee: The Dragon King" and "Take the Tiger Mountain". Tsui Hark won the Hong Kong Film Awards Best Director Award three times. In addition, in 1981, "Ghost Horses and Stars" won the Golden Horse Award for Best Director, and "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" and "Changjin Lake" won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Director. He is the second Chinese-language Grand Slam director to win the Best Director at the Golden Horse Awards, Hong Kong Film Awards, and China Film Golden Rooster Awards, after Peter Chan. In 2025, Tsui Hark was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards.

Xu Yong (1964-), male, Han nationality, native of Beijing, Chinese entrepreneur, one of the founders of Baidu.

Xu Jiao (English: Josie Xu, August 5, 1997 -), a native of Ningbo, Zhejiang, is an actress in mainland China.

Kate Tsui Tsz-shan (English: Kate Tsui Tsz-shan, June 19, 1979 -), born in British Hong Kong, is a retired Hong Kong female artist, actor, singer, voice actor and host. She was the winner of the "2004 Miss Hong Kong Pageant", a former TVB manager contract artist and one of TVB's leading actresses from the late 2000s to the mid-2010s. She is the first artist in Hong Kong to win the Newcomer Award in singing, film and television.

Xu Xiaoxi (November 18, 1981 -), born in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, is a Chinese film director and screenwriter. He belongs to the new generation of Chinese filmmakers and has studied abroad. Since 2010, he has co-directed a series of film works with Spanish director Roberto F. Canuto and established Almost Red Productions in mainland China.

Norman Chui Siu-keung (English: Norman Chui Siu-keung, October 16, 1950 - September 1, 2024), Hong Kong actor and martial arts instructor.

Xu Fuguan (January 31, 1904 - April 1, 1982), whose original name was Bingchang and whose courtesy name was Buddhism, was later renamed Fuguan by Xiong Shili. He was male and a native of Fengxingyuan, Xuqiao County, Xishui County, Hubei Province. He was one of the representatives of New Confucianism.

Xu Zhimo (January 15, 1897 - November 19, 1931), who was born in Haining, Zhejiang Province, was born in Haining, Zhejiang, and was a modern poet and essayist of the Chinese Crescent School. Xu Zhimo advocated new poetry rhythm and made great contributions to Chinese new poetry.

Chui Jong Shinn (English: Chui Jong Shinn, August 16, 1954 - November 2, 2022), a Hong Kong martial arts actor and martial arts instructor. He entered the industry in the 1960s. Since the 1970s, he has been a martial arts instructor in Hong Kong TV series and film works for a long time. People in the martial arts industry call him "Big Brother". The roles he played were mostly thief, gang leader and martial arts master. He was a TVB action special effects artist. Xu Zhongxin has great martial arts skills and a great boxing style. Because he and Zheng Shaoqiu were injured when they were stand-ins, they could no longer work as front-line stand-ins. During his lifetime, he served as the vice president of the Hong Kong Action and Stuntmen Guild.

Xu Xingchu (January 7, 1934 - January 1, 2022), male, was born in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. He is an expert in precision machine tool design and technology in China. He once served as deputy director and senior engineer of the Science and Technology Committee of the Ministry of Machinery Industry. Honorary President of the Academy of Mechanical Sciences.

Xu Beihong (July 19, 1895 - September 26, 1953), formerly known as Xu Shoukang, male, was a native of Yixing, Jiangsu Province. He was a modern Chinese painter and art educator. He was also good at oil painting and ink painting. The founder of modern Chinese art, he is known as the "Four Principals" together with Yan Wenliang, Lin Fengmian and Liu Haisu. His famous students include Ai Zhongxin, Wu Zuoren, etc.

Xu Huaiyu (March 3, 1978 -), Taiwanese female singer, actress and program host. In 1998, he entered the music scene with the single "Fly Up", which ranked first on Taiwan's IFPI singles chart in the first week of its release. Later, as a newcomer less than a year after his debut, he successively received two million-selling albums, "Xu Huaiyu" (album of the same name) and "Forward". She was dubbed the "Public Queen" by the media.

Seo Myeong Ho (Korean: Myungho Seo / Xu Minghao, Romanized: Seo Myeong Ho, November 7, 1997 -), stage name THE 8 (Korean: The 8, Romanized: Di E Is; Japanese: THE8, Romanized: Di Ei To), is a Chinese singer who developed in South Korea. He is a member of SEVENTEEN, a 13-member men's pop music group under Pledis Entertainment, and is also a member of Performance Team.

Xu Xing (March 1956-), Chinese writer, cultural scholar, independent documentary director, and painter. Pekingese.

Seohyun (Korean: Seohyun, English: Seohyun, June 28, 1991 -), whose real name is Seo Joo-hyun, is a Korean female singer and actor. She is a member of the Korean girl group Girls' Generation and the captain of the sub-group Girls' Generation - Taidi Seo. She serves as the lead singer and maknae in the team. On January 17, 2017, he debuted as a solo singer and released his first mini album "Don't Say No". On October 9, 2017, her contract expired and she would not renew her contract with SM Entertainment, but she would not quit Girls' Generation. Since then, she has been active in the entertainment industry as an actor.

Xu Binshi (March 12, 1931 - February 15, 2023), a native of Zhaoyuan, Shandong, was born in Harbin, Heilongjiang. He is an expert in maintenance engineering, surface engineering and remanufacturing engineering, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and a foreign academician of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Xu Binshi passed away on February 15, 2023, at the age of 92.

Dee Hsu (English: Dee Hsu, June 14, 1978 -), whose stage name is Xiao S, Elephant Dee, is a Taiwanese female host, singer and actress. In 1994, she and her sister Xu Xiyuan (stage name Da S) formed the duo girl group "S.O.S" and debuted. Since 1996, she has co-hosted variety shows with Big S such as "I Guess I Guess I Guess Guess", "Entertainment 100%", "Weekend Three Treasures FUN" and "Big and Little Love to Eat". From 2004 to 2016, she co-hosted the variety talk show "Kangxi Is Coming" with Cai Kangyong, which achieved great success in the Chinese world. She was awarded the Variety Show Host Award at the 40th Golden Bell Awards in 2005. In 2025, he won the Variety Show Host Award at the 60th Golden Bell Awards again for "Miss Bu Xidi". Xu Xidi ranked 27th in 2010, 46th in 2011, 31st in 2012, 27th in 2013, 54th in 2014 and 75th in 2015 in the "Forbes China Celebrity List". She ranked first among Taiwanese hosts in 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2019.

Xu Xiyuan, whose stage name is Big S, is a Taiwanese actress, singer and program host. In 1994, she and her sister Xu Xidi (stage name Xiao S) formed the duo girl group S.O.S and debuted. Later, they changed their name to ASOS and transitioned into hosting. Since 1996, Big S has hosted the variety shows "I Guess I Guess I Guess", "100% Entertainment", "Big and Little Love to Eat", etc.

Seo Soo-jin (Korean: Sujin Seo/Xu Suizhen, Romanized: Seo Soo-jin, March 9, 1998 -), known by her single name Suizhen, is a South Korean female singer and dancer. She debuted with the girl group (G)I-DLE in 2018, serving as the sub-vocalist and main dancer. On March 5, 2022, she terminated her exclusive contract with Cube Entertainment and quit the group. Currently a solo female singer under BRD Communications, she made her debut with her first solo mini album "AGASSY" on November 8, 2023, with the title song "AGASSY".