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C Corsipin Political figures · People's Republic of China

Ke Xiping, a native of Anxi, Fujian, male, Chinese entrepreneur and politician.

Corbyn Blue Corbyn Blue Film & TV · United States

Corbin Bleu Reivers (English: Corbin Bleu Reivers, February 21, 1989 -) is an American actor, model, singer and dancer. He is of Italian and Jamaican descent.

L Liu Zhongliang Entrepreneurs · Unknown nationality

Liu Zhongliang (1906-1963), male, was born in Yinxian County, Zhejiang Province. He was an early Chinese film industry entrepreneur and a pioneer of the Chinese film industry. Former boss of Shanghai Cathay Film Company.

Tadashi Yanai Tadashi Yanai Entrepreneurs · Japan

Yanai Tadashi (Japanese: Yanai Masa/No way however, Romanized: Yanai Tadashi, February 7, 1949 -) is a Japanese entrepreneur. He was born in Chuo Town, Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. He graduated from the Department of Political Economics of Waseda University. He became the richest man in Japan in 2009. He started by operating the clothing store chain UNIQLO. In 2009, his total wealth was worth 570 billion yen, making him one of the 40 richest people in Japan. In 2013, he became Japan's richest man again with US$15.5 billion. His most important philosophy of success is his international outlook. From the beginning when he envisioned the American-style warehouse-store integration model, to later seeing the potential of China's production base in the 1980s when information was less circulated and taking the lead in moving overseas, until he established his foothold in the late 1990s and immediately opened up the markets in Hong Kong, South Korea, and Europe. It can be seen that he attaches great importance to internationalization, so that he can carve out another niche in the relatively closed traditional Japanese business world, and finally rise first in the era of globalization. The Yanai family ranked 41st on Forbes' 2019 billionaire list, with assets reaching US$22.2 billion. In 2019, at the age of 70, Yanai Masaru stated that he would resign as chairman and president. The founder of the Japanese fast fashion giant will soon abdicate.

L Liu Heqing Film & TV · Unknown nationality

Liu Heqing (June 30, 1926 - February 4, 2016), male, native of Yin County, Zhejiang Province, born in Shanghai, is a Chinese photographer and Hong Kong entrepreneur. His wife is actor Wang Danfeng.

L Liu outline Scientists · People's Republic of China

Liu Ganggang (February 8, 1904 - September 14, 1991), courtesy name Jiru, male, was born in Yizheng, Jiangsu Province. He was a Chinese inorganic chemist and physical chemist, a pioneer in molecular spectroscopy research in China, the founder of Salt Lake Chemistry, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Liu Yan Liu Yan Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Liu Yan (November 8, 1980 -), whose real name is Yang Liu, is a female host, actress, and singer in mainland China. She has attracted attention for her sexy figure and beautiful appearance. In the past, he mainly served as a host, but now he focuses on developing his acting career.

Liu Haiguang Liu Haiguang Athletes · People's Republic of China

Liu Haiguang (July 11, 1963 -) was born in Shanghai. He is a retired Chinese football player and a famous high center forward of the Chinese national team. In the late 1980s, he and Jia Xiuquan played for Partizan Belgrade in Yugoslavia at the same time. He was the first Chinese player to enter Europe and the first Chinese player to score a goal in the UEFA Cup.

L Liu Zhen Entrepreneurs · Unknown nationality

Liu Zhen (1980-), formerly the vice president of Toutiao and the senior vice president of Uber China, is known as the "first sister" of Uber China. She is the niece of Lenovo Group founder Liu Chuanzhi.

Zac Efron Zac Efron Musicians · United States

Zachary David Alexander Efron Efron (October 18, 1987 -) is an American actor who became famous early on for his performance in the Disney original film "High School Musical" series. In recent years, he has developed muscles and broken away from his early image. He has performed in many dramas and comedies, and has gradually begun to perform high-profile roles. A budget commercial film. In recent years, his works include the "The Neighbors" series, "The Big Brother", "Big Wedding", "Baywatch", "The Showman", etc. In 2019, Efron played the serial murderer Ted Bundy in the biographical crime thriller "The Evil Dead".

Z Zaranobo Political figures · ancient rome

Zelenopus (Ancient Greek: Ζηνόβιος) was a Greek sophist who taught rhetoric in Rome during the reign of Emperor Hadrian. .

C Chai Wei Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Chai Wei (December 7, 2002 -), born in Cixi City, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, is an actress from mainland China. She made her debut in 2011 by playing the role of "Cheng Huan Ge Ge" in the costume drama "Bu Bu Jing Xin". In 2013, he played the role of "Little Jingwei" in the epic drama "The Age of Heroes" directed by Zhang Jizhong; he also participated in the TV series "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". In 2014, he played "Xiao Lin Xiao" in the movie "Tiny Times 4" directed by Guo Jingming. In the same year, he played "Young Mi Yue" in the TV series "The Legend of Mi Yue" directed by Zheng Xiaolong. His representative works include "Step by Step", "The Good Wife", "The Legend of Mi Yue", "The Age of Heroes", etc.

Li Xianting Li Xianting Artists · People's Republic of China

Li Xianting (December 22, 1949 -) is a Chinese art critic. He was an important critic in the 1980s and 1990s. He had an important and far-reaching influence on the occurrence and development of the Chinese modern art movement. In the early 1980s, Li Xianting first introduced the "Star Painting School" and some other avant-garde art works in the official "Art" magazine. From the mid-1980s to 1989, he served as the editor of "China Art News" and did a lot of work for the dissemination and organization of the "85 New Wave". The artist Li Xianting admired during this period was Nanjing artist Ding Fang, and he wrote the most important critical article in the history of Chinese criticism during this period: "The Times Calls for the Life Passion of the Great Soul" to affirm Ding Fang's art. After 1989, Li Xianting named new art phenomena and conducted relatively systematic research, launching art schools such as "Political Pop", "Cynical Realism", and "Gaudy Art". In the late 1990s, Li Xianting served as the curator of the "Corpse Art" exhibition "Fascination with Injury" to support the radical actions of younger artists. After 2000, Li Xianting's artistic activities gradually decreased. The exhibition "Rosary Beads and Brushstrokes" curated in 2003 at the Tokyo Gallery in the Dashanzi area of ​​Beijing was one of the very few exhibitions in recent years.

Kuriyama Chiaki Kuriyama Chiaki Film & TV · Japan

Kuriyama Chiaki (Japanese: Kuriyama Chiaki/ Chiaki, Romanized: Kuriyama Chiaki, October 10, 1984 -), born in Tsuchiura City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, Japanese female model, actress and singer, graduated from Japan Music High School, and SPACE The contract with CRAFT Entertainment Agency expires in 2020.

Minami Kuribayashi Minami Kuribayashi Musicians · Japan

Kuribayashi Minami (Japanese: Kuribayashi / Minami, Romanized: Kuribayashi Minami, June 11, 1976 -) is a female singer, songwriter and composer born in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. In addition to her full-time singer, she also works as a part-time voice actor. The old name is "Minami". Nickname "Kuri noko".

K Kurita Hotaka Artists · Japan

Kurita Shigetaka (Japanese: Kurita Shigetaka/ Shigeta?, Romanized: Kurita Shigetaka, May 9, 1972 -), also translated as "Kurita Shigetaka" and "Tanita Shigetaka", was born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. He is an interface designer and the inventor of Emoji. Now he is a member of KADOKAWA's Duowan Kingdom.

Glenn Close Glenn Close Film & TV · United States

Glenn Close (English: Glenn Close, March 19, 1947 -), female, American film, TV series and stage actor. Known for playing femme fatale characters, such as the Marquise de Merteuil in 1988 and Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction (1987). She starred in the movie "101 Dogs" (1996) and the sequel "102 Dogs" (2000) as the fur-crazy Cruella de Vere. In recent years, she has also won an Emmy Award for her wonderful performance in "The French Rift". Glenn Close has been nominated for eight Academy Awards and two British Academy Film Awards, and has won three Tony Awards, one Obie Award, three Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Grant Hackett Grant Hackett Athletes · Australia

Grant George Hackett (English: Grant George Hackett, May 9, 1980 -), born in Southport, Queensland, is an Australian swimmer. Grant won the gold medal in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the silver medal in the 1,500-meter freestyle at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Gerhard Hauptmann Gerhard Hauptmann Writers · Kingdom of Prussia

Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann (November 15, 1862 - June 6, 1946), German playwright and poet, an important representative of naturalistic literature in Germany, also had other writing styles, winner of the 1912 Nobel Prize for Literature.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Scholars · Kingdom of Württemberg

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a 19th-century German philosopher and one of the representatives of German idealism.

Georg Friedrich Handel Georg Friedrich Handel Musicians · Brandenburg-Prussia

Georg Friedrich Handel was a Baroque music composer. His works include operas, oratorios, carols and organ concertos. His famous work is "Messiah". Handel was born in the Holy Roman Empire, later settled and became a British citizen, and his name was anglicized to George Frederick Handel.

Gwyneth Paltrow Gwyneth Paltrow Film & TV · United States

Gwyneth Kate Paltrow (English: Gwyneth Kate Paltrow, September 27, 1972 -) American actress and businesswoman, who won the 71st (1998) Oscar for Best Actress. On April 24, 2013, Gwyneth Paltrow was named the most beautiful woman in the world in 2013 by the American "People" magazine.

Grazia Deledda Grazia Deledda Writers · kingdom of italy

Maria Grazia Cosima Deledda (Italian: Maria Grazia Cosima Deledda, September 27, 1871 - August 15, 1936) was a naturalist writer from Sardinia, Italy. In 1927, she won the 1926 Nobel Prize for Literature for her work La Via Del Male (1896). Deledda was born into a middle-class family. After completing primary school, she studied with a private tutor and then delved into literature on her own. "A large number of works by Balzac, Gogol, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and the magnificent scenery and legends of Sardinia cultivated her soul and opened up her imagination." She first published novels in magazines, and "Nell'azzurro" published in 1890 is regarded as her first work. In 1900, she moved to Rome after marrying Palmiro Madesani, an official in the Ministry of War. After the publication of works such as "Anime oneste" in 1895 and "Il vecchio della montagna" in 1900, critics began to pay attention to Deledda's work. The publication of "Elias Portolu" in 1903 marked Deledda's official start on the road to success. Her representative works include "Cenere" (1906), "The Mother (Novel)" (La Madre, 1920), "After the Divorce" (Naufraghi in porto, 1920), "Cosima" (1937), etc. Ashes inspired a film starring Eleonora Doucet. Meng Xianzhong believes that Deledda's novels can be divided into two categories: "The first is to convey the customs and customs of Sardinia in a kind, clear and clear way, making the world know about Sardinia. The second is to express the contradiction between human emotions and religious spirit with in-depth inner descriptions and sad and silent poetry; these works are always cast with a light and shadow of fate, and have a Biblical meaning." Deleda died in Rome in 1936.

Green Baker Green Baker Media figures · United States

Glenn Edward Lee Beck (English: Glenn Edward Lee Beck, February 10, 1964 -) is a famous American network television producer, media personality, radio host, author, entrepreneur, and political commentator. He is known as a conservative political commentator. Green Baker's national radio talk show became a hit across the United States. He hosted a television program under the same name as Greene Baker on HLN from January 2006 to October 2008. The program moved to Fox News in January 2009. Baker is the author of six New York Times bestsellers. Baker is also the CEO of Mercury Broadcasting Arts, a multimedia production company and the parent company of its television and radio network Flame Media, where he advises on the company's radio, television, publications, stage, online and other products. On April 6, 2011, Baker announced that he would be retiring from his regular Fox News show at the end of the year, but would co-produce programs with Fox. Baker's last show on the network was June 30, 2011. Baker's supporters praise him as a loyal defender of American values, while critics accuse him of promoting conspiracy theories and using inflammatory rhetoric to boost his own ratings.