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Gloria Álvarez Cross (Spanish: Gloria Álvarez Cross, born March 9, 1985) is a Guatemalan radio and television host, author and libertarian political commentator. She is the host of the radio show "Viernes de Gloria" (Fridays of Glory) in Guatemala. Alvarez is also the program director of the National Civic Movement of Guatemala, an organization that advocates for participation in Guatemala’s national politics. She has also published books on politically relevant topics for a general audience.

Gertrude B. Elion (English: Gertrude Belle Elion, January 23, 1918 - February 21, 1999) was an American female biochemist and pharmacologist. In 1988, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with George H. Hitchens and James W. Braque, for their innovative approach to rational drug design in drug development. This new approach focuses on understanding the target of action of the drug, rather than relying solely on trial and error. Elion developed many new drugs, and the use of this new research method led to the development of zidovudine, a drug that later treated AIDS.

Gerty Theresa Cori (maiden name Radnitz, August 15, 1896 - October 26, 1957) was an American biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1947 for their discovery of enzymatic reactions in sugar metabolism. Corey was born in Prague (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, today part of the Czech Republic). In 2004, the Coreys were awarded a National Milestone in the History of Chemistry to commemorate their important discovery.

Grace Patricia Kelly (English: Grace Patricia Kelly; November 12, 1929 - September 14, 1982), Princess of Monaco, was born in Philadelphia, United States. She was an American film actress, philanthropist, Oscar-winning actress, and the princess consort of Prince Rainier III of Monaco. Grace Kelly's short film career lasted only about six years. She won the 26th Academy Award for Best Actress in 1954 for "The Country Girl" when she was only 25 years old. Two years later, she married Prince Rainier and became the Prince and Princess of Monaco; she died in a car accident in 1982 at the age of 53. Grace Kelly has not appeared since her marriage to Prince Rainier in 1956. In 1999, the American Film Institute selected her as the 13th greatest actress of the past century. The French luxury brand Hermès’ Kelly bag is named after Grace Kelly.

Greta Celeste Gerwig (English: Greta Celeste Gerwig, /ˈɡɜːrwɪɡ/; August 4, 1983 -) is a German-American actress, screenwriter and director. Gerwig's first screen appearance was in her association with the whispercore film movement.

Graham William Walker (English: Graham William Walker; April 4, 1963 -), stage name Graham Norton (English: Graham Norton), is an Irish television and radio host, television commentator, comedian and actor. His program The Graham Norton Show won five of the British Academy Television Awards and was previously broadcast on BBC Two before being replaced by Jonathan Ross on Radio 1 in 2010, airing in prime time on Friday evenings. He is also a presenter on BBC Radio 2 and a TV commentator on the Eurovision Song Contest for the BBC. He was named "the 21st century's answer to Terry Wogan" by Hot Press magazine. Norton was known for his sarcastic dialogue and flamboyant speaking style. In 2012, he sold his production company So Television to ITV for £17 million.

Gregor Schlierenzauer (German: Gregor Schlierenzauer, born January 7, 1990) is an Austrian male ski jumping athlete. He represented Austria in the ski jumping competition at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics, winning one gold medal, one silver medal and two bronze medals.

Gregory Efthimios Louganis (English: Gregory Efthimios Louganis, January 29, 1960 -), an American diver, is of mixed Samoan/Swedish descent and was adopted by Greek adoptive parents. He has won the 3-meter springboard and 10-meter platform championships in two consecutive Olympic Games, and won 5 gold medals in three World Championships.

Gui Lunmei (December 25, 1983 -), Taiwanese actress, graduated from the French Language and Literature Department of Tamkang University. She made her debut with the movie "Blue Door" in 2002. In 2012, she won the Best Actress Award at the 49th Golden Horse Awards and the Best Actress Award at the 55th Asia Pacific Film Festival for the movie "Girlfriend·Boyfriend".

Momoi Haruko (Japanese: Momoi Haruko／Momoi Haruko, Romanized: Momoi Haruko, December 14, 1977 -) is a female singer, voice actor, writer, lyricist and composer born in Tokyo, Japan. Graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Yoyogi High School. Dropped out of the Faculty of Literature of Tunghai University. Part of Plug Entertainment. Blood type O. Her nickname is "Momoi". Other stage names are "Moai Haruko" and "momo-i". The name of the support club is "m.m.m."

Momoi Kaoru (Japanese: Momoi Kaori/Momoi Kaori, Romanized: Momoi Kaori, April 8, 1951 -), born in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, Japanese actress and performing artist. She has won major film awards in Japan and is known as one of Japan's national treasure actresses. Momoi officially joined the Screen Actors Guild of America in 2006 for her role in the Hollywood movie "Memoirs of a Geisha". In 2008, he was awarded the Purple Ribbon Medal by the Japanese government in recognition of his long-term contribution to the art field.

Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean (English: Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean, January 19, 1946 - August 25, 2026) was an American female singer, songwriter, actress, businessman and philanthropist. She was famous for her country music creation and singing. Dolly Parton made her debut in 1967 with her album Hello, I'm Dolly. She managed to achieve steady success throughout the remainder of the 1960s, both solo and with Porter Wagner. Her sales and chart success peaked in the 1970s and continued into the 1980s, with Dolly recording lower album sales in the late 1990s. Since the 2000s, however, she has achieved commercial success, including albums released on independent labels since 2000, including those on Dolly Records, which she founded.

Kuwashima Hōko (Japanese: Kuwashima Noriko/ Houko, Romanized: Kuwashima Hōko, December 12, 1975 -), a Japanese female voice actress, singer, and narrator. Born in Kanazaki Town, Iwate Prefecture, Izawa District. Height 158cm. Type A blood.

Sang Hu (December 22, 1916 - September 1, 2004), whose real name is Li Peilin, male, was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang, in Shanghai, a Chinese director and screenwriter, and the former vice chairman of the Shanghai Film Association. He is good at self-writing and directing. Many of his works as director and screenwriter have won awards at home and abroad. The director's representative works include "Unforgettable Love", "Long Live the Wife" and "Blessing".

Sandra Annette Bullock (English: Sandra Annette Bullock, July 26, 1964 -) is an American and German actress and film producer. She was the world's highest-paid actress in 2010 and 2014. Her work covers comedies and dramas, and she has won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and three Critics' Choice Movie Awards. In 2010, she was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine. Brack made her acting debut in a supporting role in the thriller "American Occupation" (1987), and received early attention for her supporting role in the action film "The Last of Us" (1993). She broke through to fame with the action thriller "Speed" (1994), and later starred in the romantic comedy "Love at Second Sight" (1995) and the dramas "A Time to Kill" (1996) and "Love Actually" (1998). Since then, she has starred in the comedies "The Secret Service" (2000), "My Personal Lover" (2002), "Love Is a Limited Time" (2009), "Spicy Jiao Feng" (2013), "Crossing the Sea: Magnificent Eight Faces" (2018) and "The Lost City" (2022), as well as the dramas "Shock Effect" (2004) and "Unforgiven" (2021), and the thrillers "Death Sentence" (2007) and "Blindfold" (2018) achieved further success. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Leigh Ann Toohey in the biographical drama film Unprepared (2009). She was also nominated for the award again for the sci-fi thriller Gravity (2013), which became the highest-grossing live-action film in which she starred. In addition to his work as an actor, Brack also founded the production company Fortis Films. She has served as a producer for some starring films, including "The Queen of Spicy 2: Beautiful as Hell" (2005) and "The Courting Queen" (2009). She also served as an executive producer on the ABC sitcom "The George Lopez Show" (2002 to 2007), and made several guest appearances on the show. The media once called her "America's Sweetheart", and in 2015 she was named the most beautiful woman in the world by People magazine.

Sandrine Bonnaire (French: Sandrine Bonnaire, May 31, 1967 -) is a famous French film actress, director and screenwriter. She won the 1986 French César Award for Best Actress for the film "No Homeless" (Sans toit ni loi).

Sandro Botticelli (Italian: Sandro Botticelli, March 1, 1445 - May 17, 1510), formerly known as Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi (Italian: Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi), was a Florentine school artist in the early European Renaissance.

Kuwata Keisuke (Japanese: Kuwata Keisuke/Kuwata Keisuke, Romanized: Kuwata Keisuke, February 26, 1956 -) is a Japanese male singer. He was born in Chigasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. He is the lead singer and guitarist of the Japanese national band Southern Stars. His wife is Hara Yuko, a member of Southern Star, and they currently have 2 children.

Summer McIntosh (English: Summer McIntosh, August 18, 2006 -) is a Canadian female swimmer who specializes in medley, freestyle and butterfly.

Ryutaro Hashimoto (Japanese: Ryutaro Hashimoto / Hashimoto Ryutaro, Romanized: Hashimoto Ryūtarō, July 29, 1937—July 1, 2006), Japanese political figure, Prime Minister of Japan from 1996 to 1998.

Liang Liangsheng (1951-), Han nationality, entrepreneur and politician of the People's Republic of China, Vice Chairman of Hubei Provincial Overseas Chinese Federation, Chairman and CEO of Hong Kong Silk Treasure Group, Chairman of the 9th Hong Kong and Guangdong Federation of Societies, and member of the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In 2008, he was elected as a member of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, representing specially invited persons, and was assigned to the 58th group. In January 2018, he was elected as a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Katie Leung (English: Katie Leung, August 8, 1987 -) is a Scottish actress. She was first known for her role as Cho Chang in the "Harry Potter" film series. She later went on to voice the role of Caitlyn in the animated series "Arcana" and the role of Ash in the science fiction series "Rimworld". To British television audiences, Leung is best known for starring roles in the miniseries One Child and Stranger Things, and for his recurring role as Blair Ferguson in the police drama Annika. In 2012, Liang made her stage debut with the play "Hong: The Story of Three Generations of Chinese Women", and since then she has performed in many other stage works. Leong is interested in art and studied painting and design at the University of the Arts London, and holds degrees in photography from the Edinburgh College of Art and drama from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Liang Bo (March 25, 1991 -), born in Changchun City, Jilin Province, is a music singer-songwriter and pop rock singer in Mainland China. Liang Bo graduated from Jilin Art Institute. In 2012, he participated in the first season of "The Voice of China" and eventually became the champion of Na Ying's team and won the national finals championship.

Liang Qichao (February 23, 1873 - January 19, 1929), signed as Liang Chao, also known as Zhuoru, Hongyou and Ren Fu, also known as Ren Gong and the owner of the Yinbing Room, was a native of Chakeng Township, Chaojudu, Xinhui County, Guangzhou Prefecture, Guangdong Province, and was known as Liang Xinhui. Known as an "encyclopedic figure." In his youth, he collaborated with Kang Youwei to carry out the Reform Movement of 1898. After the failure, he went into exile in Japan and promoted the constitutional monarchy of the Qing Dynasty overseas. In the late Qing Dynasty, he first proposed the concept of the Chinese nation. After the establishment of the Republic of China, he once joined Yuan Shikai's government and served successively as the Chief of Justice and the Director of the Currency System. Later, he was dissatisfied with Yuan Shikai's proclaimed emperor and conspired with Cai E and others to launch a movement to protect the country and overthrow Yuan. He also opposed Zhang Xun's restoration of the monarchy and launched armed actions against Zhang. He once joined Duan Qirui's government as the chief financial officer and concurrently served as the supervisor of the General Administration of Salt Affairs. After retiring from politics, he advocated new culture, devoted himself to cultural and educational undertakings, and supported the May 4th Youth Patriotic Movement. He was one of the four mentors of the Tsinghua Institute of Chinese Studies and served as the director of the Capital Library.