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Apichatpong Weerasethakul is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, film producer and Professor at Tama Art University in Tokyo. Working outside the strict confines of the…
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thai director, producer, and screenwriter
Serena Chen is an American social psychologist known for her work on the self and interpersonal relationships. She is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Ber…
Serena Chen, American social psychologist
William Chen is an American quantitative analyst, poker player, and software designer.
Bill Chen, American poker player and software designer
Christopher Mark Luxon is a New Zealand politician and businessman who has served as the 42nd prime minister of New Zealand since 2023. A member of the National Party, he has been …
Christopher Luxon, New Zealand politician, 42nd Prime Minister of New Zealand
Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon is a Scottish politician who was First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 2014 to 2023. She served as a member of th…
Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish lawyer and politician, First Minister of Scotland
Michael Sean "Fitz" Fitzpatrick, known professionally as FITZ, is a French-American musician, who is the lead vocalist of the indie pop/neo-soul band Fitz and the Tantrums.
Michael Fitzpatrick, American singer-songwriter
Steve Carter is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. A New South Wales State of Origin representative five-eighth, in…
Steve Carter, Australian rugby league player
Sergei Alexandrovich Zubov is a Russian professional ice hockey coach and former defenceman. Zubov played for the Dallas Stars, New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins of the Nati…
Sergei Zubov, Russian ice hockey player and coach
Jason Eli Becker is an American composer and former guitarist. At the age of 16, he became part of the Shrapnel Records-produced duo Cacophony with his friend Marty Friedman, and t…
Jason Becker, American guitarist and songwriter
Charisma Carpenter is an American actress. She played Cordelia Chase in the supernatural drama series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–1999) and its spin-off series Angel (1999–2004)…
Charisma Carpenter, American actress
Thea Dorn is a German writer of crime fiction and TV host. She lives and works in Berlin.
Thea Dorn, German author and playwright
Samuel Joshua Watters is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and record executive. Watters is a member of the multi-platinum selling 1990s R&B group Color Me Badd and c…
Sam Watters, American singer-songwriter and producer
Saulius Skvernelis is a Lithuanian politician and activist who served as prime minister of Lithuania between 2016 and 2020. He had previously served as police commissioner, and was…
Saulius Skvernelis, 13th Prime Minister of Lithuania
Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau is a Danish actor. His breakthrough role was in Denmark with the film Nightwatch in 1994. He played Jaime Lannister in the HBO fantasy drama series Ga…
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Danish actor and producer
David Thomas Charles Davies is a British politician who was Secretary of State for Wales from 2022 to 2024. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Monmouth from 2005 to 2024. A m…
David Davies, English-Welsh politician
Michael Amott is a Swedish guitarist, founding member of the metal bands Arch Enemy, Spiritual Beggars and Carnage, as well as a former member of Carcass. He is the older brother o…
Michael Amott, Swedish guitarist and songwriter
Isabelle Brasseur, is a Canadian former competitive pair skater. With her partner, Lloyd Eisler, she won two Olympic medals and the 1993 World Championships.
Isabelle Brasseur, Canadian figure skater
Paul Andrew Strang is a Zimbabwean cricket coach and former international player. A leg-spinning all-rounder, he played in 24 Test matches and 95 One Day Internationals for Zimbabw…
Paul Strang, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
Adele Griffin is the author of over thirty highly acclaimed books across a variety of genres, including Sons of Liberty and Where I Want to Be, both National Book Award finalists. …
Adele Griffin, American author
Andi Eleazu Peters is a British television presenter, producer, journalist and voice actor, currently employed by ITV and known for presenting Children's BBC, roles on breakfast TV…
Andi Peters, English journalist, actor, and producer
John Alexander Rennie is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who played in four Test matches and 44 One Day Internationals (ODIs) from 1993 to 2000. He played as a swing bowler for the Z…
John Rennie, Zimbabwean cricketer
Alun Hugh Cairns is a Welsh Conservative politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Vale of Glamorgan from 2010 to 2024. He served as Secretary of State for Wal…
Alun Cairns, Welsh businessman and politician
Dean Edwards is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and singer. His work as a voice actor includes Scottie Pippen and Spike Lee in Celebrity Deathmatch, a robot in Roboto…
Dean Edwards, American comedian, actor, and singer
Sir Christopher Edward Nolan is a British and American filmmaker. Known for his Hollywood blockbusters with complex storytelling, Nolan is considered a leading filmmaker of the 21s…
Christopher Nolan, English-American director, producer, and screenwriter