Question: In what city was Steve McDonald born?

Birmingham
Birmingham, England
Birmingham, West Midlands

James Grover McDonald

McDonald was born in Coldwater, Ohio, on November 29, 1886. His parents operated a hotel, and later relocated to Albany, Indiana, to operate a second one. McDonald received his bachelor's degree from Indiana University Bloomington (IU) in 1909, and completed a master's degree in History, Political Science and International Relations at IU in 1910. He was selected for a teaching fellowship in history at Harvard University, and remained there until his returning to Indiana University as an assistant professor in 1914. While living in Albany McDonald met Ruth Stafford, and they married in 1915. They had two children, daughters Barbara Ann and Janet. McDonald's nephew was University of Connecticut library director John P. McDonald. McDonald taught at IU until 1918, including a break in 1915 and 1916 to study in Spain as a Harvard University traveling fellow. He also taught summer sessions at the University of Georgia in 1916 and 1917. In 1919 McDonald moved to New York City to work for the Civil Service Reform Association.

George T. McDonald

McDonald was born in Spring Lake, New Jersey, on April 28, 1944, to Helen (née Storminger) and John McDonald. His mother was a homemaker and his father was an insurance executive. He grew up in a single parent household with his father leaving before he was born. He spent much of his early years visiting his mother who was in a hospital with tuberculosis. He attended a Catholic elementary and middle school. He would attribute his upbringing to the learnings from priests in the school. He was known to have had ambitions to becoming the President and had subscribed to The Congressional Record as early as 8.

Country Joe McDonald

McDonald was born in Washington, D.C., United States, and grew up in El Monte, California, where he was student conductor and president of his high school marching band. At the age of 17, he enlisted in the United States Navy for three years and was stationed in Japan. After his enlistment, he attended Los Angeles City College for a year. In the early 1960s, he began busking on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, California. His father, Worden McDonald, from Oklahoma, was of Scottish Presbyterian heritage (the son of a minister) and worked for a telephone company. His mother, Florence Plotnick, was the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants and served for many years on the Berkeley City Council. In their youth, both were Communist Party members before renouncing the cause, and named their son after Joseph Stalin.

John T. McDonald III

McDonald was born and raised in Cohoes, New York where he would later serve as Mayor from 1999 to 2012. In 1985, he graduated from the Albany College of Pharmacy and went on to open Marra's Pharmacy which is located in Cohoes, where he and his family still reside today. Formerly, McDonald served as the President of the New York Conference of Mayors.

Ian McDonald (footballer, born 1953)

Born in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, McDonald began his career with his hometown club Barrow before joining Workington. A move to Liverpool followed but he did not break into the first team, and was loaned to Colchester United before joining Mansfield Town in July 1975, with whom he won the Third Division title in 1976–77. He moved to York City where he became a regular in midfield before joining Aldershot in November 1981, in exchange for Malcolm Crosby. At Aldershot he gained renown as a skilful midfielder and captained the side to promotion to the Third Division under Len Walker in 1987. After leaving League football in 1989 to join Farnborough Town, he returned to Aldershot as caretaker manager following the resignation of Brian Talbot in November 1991. However, the Hampshire club was now deep in debt and struggling back in the Fourth Division, having narrowly avoided going out of

Steven McDonald

Steven McDonald

Steven D. McDonald (March 1, 1957 January 10, 2017) was a New York City Police Department patrolman who was shot and paralyzed on July 12, 1986. The shooting left him quadriplegic.

Steven Shane McDonald

Steven Shane McDonald

Steven Shane "Steve" McDonald (born May 24, 1967) is an American rock musician, best known as the bass guitarist in the Los Angeles alternative rock/power pop band Redd Kross. He is a founding member of the hardcore punk band Off! – serving as a member from 2009 to 2021 – as well as the current bassist for the Melvins. McDonald has appeared in numerous film projects with his older brother Jeff McDonald, including the 1984 film "Desperate Teenage Lovedolls" and its sequel "Lovedolls Superstar"; and the 1990 film "Spirit of '76".

Steve McDonald (cricketer)

Steve McDonald (cricketer)

Stephen 'Steve' McDonald (born 2 October 1974) is a former English cricketer. McDonald was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Birmingham, Warwickshire.

McDonald represented the Warwickshire Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against Berkshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. From 1999 to 2001, he represented the Board in 4 matches, the last of which came against Lancashire in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 51 runs at a batting average of 12.75, with a high score of 25.

Steve McDonald (Celtic music)

Steve McDonald (Celtic music)

Steve McDonald (born 9 September 1950) is a New Zealand composer, singer, and instrumentalist who performs in the Celtic fusion musical style. He performed in rock bands Timberjack, Dizzy Limits, and Human Instinct before embarking on a solo career. He has composed musical scores for television shows and documentaries. Beginning in the early 1990s, McDonald has explored his Scottish heritage through a series of Celtic recordings.
He is published on the Etherean Music music label.

Steve McDonald

Steve McDonald

Steve or Stephen McDonald may refer to:

Allan J. McDonald

McDonald was born in Cody, Wyoming, on July 9, 1937, to Eva Marie ( Gingras) and John MacDonald. His father was a grocer and deputy county tax assessor. He grew up in Billings, Montana, and graduated from Montana State University with a degree in chemical engineering. After beginning work, he obtained an M.S. in engineering administration from the University of Utah in 1967. In 1986, Montana State awarded him an honorary doctorate. McDonald married Linda Rae Zuchetto in 1963; they had three daughters and a son. He died in Ogden, Utah, at the age of 83 on March 6, 2021, following a fall in which he sustained brain damage.

Joseph A. McDonald

McDonald was born in Braddock, Pennsylvania, to Patrick and Christiana McDonald. He became involved in the steel industry at an early age and rose quickly to positions of responsibility. After completing an apprenticeship in the Pittsburgh area, McDonald went on to gain further experience in Bellaire, Ohio.

Henry McDonald (engineer)

McDonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 24 January 1937. He held a BSc. and a DSc. from the University of Glasgow. He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 25 May 2021.

Larry McDonald

Larry McDonald was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, in the eastern part of the city that is in DeKalb County. General George S. Patton was a distant relation. As a child, he attended several private and parochial schools before attending a non-denominational high school. He spent two years at high school before graduating in 1951. He studied at Davidson College from 1951-53, studying history. He entered the Emory University School of Medicine at the age of 17, graduating in 1957. He interned at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. He trained as a urologist at the University of Michigan Hospital under Reed M. Nesbit. Following completion in 1966 he returned to Atlanta and entered practice with his father. From 1959 to 1961, he served as a flight surgeon in the United States Navy stationed at the Keflavík naval base in Iceland. McDonald married an Icelandic national, Anna Tryggvadottir, with

Steve McDonald (footballer)

Steve McDonald (born 13 December 1979) is an Australian former professional footballer who last played for Singapore team Sengwang Punggol. He also played for Sorrento in the land of his upbringing and Motherwell in Scotland (his birthplace), where he made just one appearance in the Scottish Premier League.

Rod McDonald (footballer, born 1992)

McDonald joined Stoke City's academy from Manchester City's academy in 2005. He became a regular in the club's youth and reserves side but was released in the summer of 2010. In October 2009 he joined Nantwich Town on loan to gain some first team experience. However Stoke recalled McDonald after just one substitute appearance after academy manager Adrian Pennock wanted him to start on his debut.

Christopher McDonald (jurist)

McDonald was born in Bangkok, Thailand. McDonald started college at the University of Iowa, but left after a year to teach policy debate at Abraham Lincoln High School in Des Moines. He later received an undergraduate degree from Grand View University and a law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law. At Iowa Law, he was an editor of the Iowa Law Review, graduated with highest distinction as valedictorian, and was elected to the Order of the Coif.

David J. McDonald

McDonald was born in 1902 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to David and Mary (Kelly) McDonald, Welsh immigrants. David McDonald, Sr. was a long-time union activist who had been run out of Springfield, Illinois, because of his union activity. After failing as a saloonkeeper, McDonald, Sr. got a job as a guide setter at a Jones and Laughlin Steel Company rolling mill and joined the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers. Mary McDonald's father had been an officer in the Sons of Vulcan, an early ironworkers' union, and both uncles on his mother's side were unionists. The night that he was born, his father was walking a picket line. He was educated in Catholic parochial schools. In 1915, his father was severely injured when a piece of hot steel impaled his left leg, causing him to be bedridden

Christopher McDonald

McDonald was born in New York City, to Patricia, a nursing professor and real estate agent, and James R. McDonald, an educator and high school principal. Of Irish descent and a practicing Catholic,  he and his siblings were raised in Romulus, New York. He graduated from Hobart College in Geneva, New York where he played football and soccer. He was also a member of the Kappa Alpha Society. His younger brother, actor and singer Daniel McDonald, died of brain cancer in February 2007. He is a prominent fan of the Buffalo Bills and a friend of former Bills quarterback Jim Kelly.

Howard S. McDonald

McDonald was born in Holladay, Utah on July 18, 1894, to Francis McDonald and Rozella Stevenson. He attended the first LDS Seminary, the Granite High School Seminary. He served as a missionary in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in the Eastern States Mission, which was headquartered in New York City. He spent part of his mission as president of the Western Pennsylvania Conference headquartered in Pittsburgh. While serving in this area he met Ella Gibbs, a woman serving as a missionary who was the first Relief Society president in Pittsburgh. Ella was later transferred to Baltimore. After both returned from their missions, McDonald courted Ella Gibbs. They married in the Salt Lake Temple on September 26, 1917. They had two daughters. In 1918, McDonald served in the 163rd Artillery Brigade in France. Following his military service, he graduated from Utah State Agricultural College in 1924 in architectural engineering. He taught advanced mathematics at Utah State Agricultural College during the chairman's sabbatical.

Meme McDonald

McDonald was born on 19 July 1954 in St George, Queensland. Living on the land, she was taught by her mother until age eight, when she was sent away to boarding school. She later attended the Victorian College of Arts, where she studied dramatic art. She also held a BA from the University of Queensland and an MA from the University of Melbourne.

Brian McDonald (screenwriter)

Brian McDonald was born in St. Joseph, Missouri on February 18, 1965. He was named after his mother's favorite actor, Brian Keith. He has two younger brothers and a younger sister. McDonald lived in Denver, Colorado until the age of seven. After his parents divorced, he moved to Seattle, Washington with his mother. One of his teachers suggested that he had a learning disability; McDonald learned that he was dyslexic when he was around twenty years old. As a child, he used a cassette recorder to tape television shows, then watched them repeatedly "to see what made them tick." McDonald made his first film, The War, which featured green plastic Army men in battle, when he was 10 years old.

Tim McDonald

McDonald was born in Fresno, California. He played high school football at Edison High School in Fresno. At Edison, McDonald was named a prep All-American, All-California, All-Northern California, all-metro and league MVP at both safety and quarterback. He completed 56.9 percent of his passes for 2,739 yards and 30 touchdowns, and also rushed for 400 yards and six touchdowns. McDonald was also credited with five INTs and 123 tackles on defense.

Tara McDonald

McDonald was born in Dartford, to parents of Irish descent. She won the Danny Kaye Award for the song "Make Your Own Rainbow". Hosted by Audrey Hepburn and attended by the Queen of Holland. McDonald became a child ambassador for UNICEF for a year when she was 12, promoting and campaigning for the "rights of the child" throughout Europe and Africa. She also performed in the National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with Jude Law for the Edinburgh festival, and later won the juvenile lead part in a musical called St. Bernadette at the Dominion Theatre in London. McDonald was schooled at the Italia Conti stage school then later moved to the BRIT

Rod McDonald (footballer, born 1992)

On 19 May 2017, McDonald was signed by Coventry City on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee. McDonald made his debut for the Sky Blues in a 3–0 victory over Notts County on the opening day of the 2017–18 League Two season.


Question: In what city was Izaskun Zubizarreta Gerendiain born?

Izaskun Zubizarreta Gerendiain

Patxi Zubizarreta

Zubizarreta was born in Ordizia, Gipuzkoa. He published his first book in 1991, Ametsetako mutila, and has since published a long series of books of many different genres, especially stories inspired by the traditional world. Regarding the issues, he has prioritized the issue of immigration, especially between North Africa and Europe that explains in such a way that it can be understood by the children, as in the book Usoa. His work has been translated into many languages, such as Castilian, Catalan, Galician, Asturian, Aragonese, English, Slovenian and Korean. Zubizarreta has also dedicated himself to translating Basque authors such as Abdela Taia, Najib Mahfuz, and Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt into Euskera. In his role as a creator of poetic musical shows Flying over paper / Paperean Hegan, he presented at the International IBBY Congress held in London in collaboration with Galtzagorri Elkartea and the Etxepare Institute, as well as the show Ants, horses, Elephants / Inurriak, zaldiak, elefanteak, presented at the International Children's Book Fair in Bologna.

Izaskun Zubizarreta Gerendiain

2006: ; 1st, Spanish Championship team (together with María Luisa Romerales) ; 1st, Spanish Cup ; 2nd, Spanish Championship single ; 3rd, Spanish Championship vertical race ; 5th, World Championship relay race (together with Gemma Arró Ribot, Naila Jornet Burgada and Cristina Bes Ginesta) ; 9th, World Championship team race (together with Cristina Bes Ginesta) ; 2007: ; 1st, Spanish Championship vertical race ; 6th, European Championship relay race (together with Gemma Arró Ribot and Maribel Martín de la Iglesia) ; 8th, European Championship team race (together with Gemma Arró Ribot) ; 2008: ; 4th, World Championship combination ranking ; 5th, World Championship relay race (together with Cristina Bes

Sabiha Bengütaş

Sabiha Ziya was born in İstanbul in 1904. She had a sister and an elder brother. She was schooled at Eyubsultan Numune School, now known as Eyüp Anatolian High School. She lived four years in Damaskus, Syria (then a part of Ottoman Empire), where her father was assigned to due to his occupation. She continued her education there, attending a French Catholic school for one year. The family returned home and settled in Büyükada, where she completed her secondary education at Köprülü Fuat Pasha School. In 1920, he began studying fine arts in the Painting Department and the Sculpture Department of Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts (, current

Patxi Zubizarreta

Patxi Zubizarreta (born 25 January 1964) is a Spanish writer who writes in the Basque language (Euskara). He studied Basque philology in Vitoria, where he currently resides. He is an author of children's and youth literature, a specialty in which he has won several prizes, has also been dedicated to translation and literature for adults and has a facet as creator of shows that combine music, image and literature. He was included in the White Ravens catalog and the IBBY Honor Roll.

Izaskun Zubizarreta Gerendiain

Izaskun Zubizarreta Gerendiain

Izaskun Zubizarreta Gerendiain (born September 30, 1970) is a Spanish ski mountaineer.

Zubizarreta was born in Oiartzun. She started ski mountaineering in 1997 and competed first in the Cronoescalada race in Cerler in 2006. In the same year, she became a member of the national team.

Gemma Arró Ribot

Zubizarreta

Zubizarreta

Zubizarreta is a Basque surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Cristina Bes Ginesta

Cristina Bes Ginesta

Cristina "Tina" Bes (i) Ginesta (born 21 March 1977) is a Catalan ski mountaineer.

Bes was born in Girona. She started ski mountaineering in 1999 and competed first in the same year. In 2000, she became a member of the national team. Her brother Jordi is also a competition ski mountaineer.

Maribel Martín de la Iglesia

Nuran Tanrıverdi

Nuran Tanrıverdi (born in İzmir) is a Turkish architect and painter. Nuran Tanrıverdi was born in İzmir, Turkey. She graduated from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture of the Ege University in 1978. As a registered architect, she went to Stuttgart, Germany, and worked there as an architect for three years. Afterwards, she worked back in her hometown, İzmir. In both locations, she continued to develop her painting and art experience in various studios of different well known Turkish and German artists. Currently, she continues her work in her own studio in Izmir. She has had 20 personal exhibitions. Tanrıverdi has had exhibitions for her paintings in Izmir, Istanbul, and Ankara. Some of her paintings have also been displayed in different exhibitions in Stockholm, Moldova and Nahcivan. Different art collections, both in Turkey and abroad, contain works made by Tanrıverdi. An exhibition of Tanrıverdis works were displayed at the grand opening of the Consulate General of Nakhchivan Exhibition Hall on Nov 26, 2010.

Baha Gelenbevi

He was born in Istanbul in 1907 in an established old Ottoman family. He was educated in Istanbul and in France. Baha Gelenbevi's wife, the classical music and opera singer Ren Gelenbevi was originally from France becoming an influential member of the Istanbul musical scene; she taught several prominent Turkish singers and leading figures of Opera in Turkey, during her many years as a Professor at the Istanbul City Conservatory, including Leyla Gencer at her beginnings.

Beki Luiza Bahar

Bahar was born in Istanbul on December 16, 1926, to Sara Benbiçaçi and Jak Morhayim. She attended the Beyoğlu Jewish School in Istanbul. When her family moved to Ankara in 1937 due to her father's job, she completed his education at the TED Ankara Koleji. She studied law at the University of Istanbul, but did not complete her studies. She got married in 1948 to the businessman Jojo Yusuf Bahar and had two daughters, Sara and Roza, and a son, İzzet.

Müzeyyen Senar

Müzeyyen Dombayoğlu was born in 1918 in the village of Gököz, in Keles district of Bursa Province, in the then Ottoman Empire. She had two elder brothers İsmet and Hilmi. Her mother Zehra used to sing Senar to sleep. At the age of five, she developed a stutter after returning from a wedding ceremony, which she thought was the result of fear, as she recalled. Her speech disorder lasted until adulthood, though, as is usually the case with performers, it did not affect her singing voice. At six years old, knowing most of the popular folk songs by heart, she sang at family gatherings and wedding ceremonies, to which her mother took her. In her early childhood, she ran away from her father's home in Bursa to Istanbul, where her mother lived. Her father had left his wife after a marriage of 25 years. According to several claims by Turkish media, she was adopted by the Dombayoğlu family. She was born in a Georgian village called Hilmiye in İnegöl to ethnic Georgian parents. Her birth name was Zeliha Eren and her parents were Fatma and Reşit, who migrated from Batumi to İnegöl.

Silva Hakobyan

Hakobyan was born on October 23, 1988, in the city of Vayk, Vayots Dzor. She performed since the age of four.

Gülistan Yüksel

Yüksel was born in Adana, Turkey. At the age of eight years, she moved to Mönchengladbach, Germany, and grew up in Rheydt. After vocational training as a pharmacy assistant (Pharmazeutisch-kaufmännische Angestellte), she worked in a pharmacy in Rheydt. Later, she became head of a taxi company. Yüksel is married and has two children. She was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2007 for her engagement for migrants.

Nuri Gezerdaa

Gezerdaa was born on 19 June 1959 in Gudauta and graduated from school no. 1 there. In 1980, he graduated from the biological and geographical faculty of the Abkhazian State University. He went to the higher party school in Baku in 1985 and upon his graduation two years later became a senior lecturer at the Department of Philosophy. In 1988 he entered the graduate school of the Academy of Social Sciences of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, where he defended his PhD thesis in 1991.

Senedu Gebru

Senedu Gebru was born on 13 January 1916 in Addis Alem, Menagesha, 30km west of Addis Ababa. Her father, Gebru Desta, was a European-educated writer and former mayor of Addis Ababa and briefly president of the senate. Her mother, Kasaye Yelamtu, was an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian and raised her in the faith. She was educated at the Swedish Mission School in Addis Ababa before being sent to Switzerland at the age 12, along with her sister, Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou. She did not like the school, so she was sent to a school in France, where she learned French and English. She also discovered a love for literature, and earned a degree in the subject at Lausanne University in Switzerland.

Leyla İmret

Leyla İmret was born in June 1987 in Cizre in Turkey's southeastern province of Şırnak. Her father was killed in the conflict between security forces and the PKK when she was four and her family fled to Mersin in 1992. She moved to Bremen in Germany in 1996 and lived with relatives. She studied teaching in Germany, and worked as a nanny and a hairdresser.

Sabiha Bengütaş

Sinan University). She was the first female student in the class. Feyhaman Duran was one of her teachers in the academy. In 1924, she won a state scholarship to study in the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, Italy, where she was in the workshop of Ermenegildo Luppi  (1877–1937). Later, she married to Şakir Emin Bengütaş, a diplomat and the grandson of poet Abdülhak Hamit Tarhan. She often traveled abroad accompanying her husband. The couple settled at Maltepe neighborhood of Çankaya in Ankara after her spouse retired. She adopted a daughter named Nurol, who became company in her loneliness. She died in Ankara on 2 October 1992.

Zeynep Gedizlioğlu

Zeynep Gedizlioğlu was born 4 December 1977 in İzmir and grew up in Istanbul. She has spent most of her life in Istanbul and Berlin. Her mother is the actress Şahika Tekand and her father, Levent Gedizlioğlu, is an architect. Gedizlioğlu attended the Istanbul Conservatory. She went on to study in Saarbrücken, Strasbourg and Karlsruhe. Over the years she has learned composition from such people as Cengiz Tanç, İlhan Usmanbaş, Theo Brandmüller and Wolfgang Rihm. Gedizlioğlu has had her music appear and be performed by philharmonic orchestra all over Europe. She has a number of CDs released with her music. Gedizlioğlu has worked for IRCAM in Paris. She has won the Heidelberg Artist Prize as well as receiving several scholarships including one from the Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation in 2010.

Bahar Şahin

Bahar Şahin was born in Ankara in 1997. Her family is originally from Artvin. When she was 12 years old, she settled with her family in Istanbul and pursued her education and training life there. She joined the theatre classes during her school years. Şahin made her television debut in 2015 with the series O Hayat Benim. Later, she took part in films such as Yol Arkadaşım, Yol Arkadaşım 2, and İyi Oyun and was cast in a number of series such as Lise Devriyesi and Servet. Between 2019 and 2020, she rose to prominence by playing the character of Ceren in the series Zalim İstanbul, for which she received a Golden Butterfly Award nomination for Best Actress. In 2020, she made her debut in the series İyi Aile Babası and depicted the character of Yağmur.

Zenobia Camprubí

Zenobia Camprubí Aymar (31 August 1887 – 25 October 1956) was a Spanish-born writer and poet; she was also a noted translator of the works of Rabindranath Tagore. She was born in Malgrat de Mar (province of Barcelona, Catalonia) to a Puerto Rican mother and a Spanish father. She later lived in the United States, studied at Columbia University, and spent the duration of the Spanish Civil War (18 July 1936 – 1 April 1939) writing her Diario ("Diary") in Cuba. Her brother, José Camprubí, was owner and publisher of La Prensa, New York's most important Spanish-language daily newspaper, from 1918 to 1942. She eventually became a professor at the University of Maryland before her death from ovarian cancer, aged 69, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, two days after her husband Juan Ramón Jiménez received the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Rezan Zuğurlu

At the age of 25, she became the youngest mayor in Turkey, winning nearly 90% of the votes in the local elections in March 2014 and assumed office in April 2014, Zuğurlu was among several female mayor candidates fielded by the party at that time, which also included 27-year-old Leyla İmret, who was elected as in Cizre, in Şırnak province. In February 2017 she was dismissed as mayor and a trustee was appointed instead. On 17 August 2017, she was arrested due to the anterior sentence that came into effect. In September she was transferred from Diyarbakır E Type Prison to the Van T Type Prison.

Tomris Uyar

Tomris Uyar (nee "Gedik") was born in Istanbul, the daughter of two lawyers and granddaughter of Republican People's Party politician Süleyman Sırrı Gedik. She graduated in journalism in 1963 and lived in Istanbul, working as a freelance writer and translator. From the mid-1960s she published stories, diaries, translations and literary criticism. Uyar was a prolific writer of short stories, of which eleven volumes were published. She translated into Turkish works by authors including Virginia Woolf, Edgar Allan Poe, Jorge Luis Borges, Lewis Carroll, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and Gabriel García Márquez. In 1975 she and her husband Turgut Uyar won a Turkish Language Society (Türk Dil Kurumu) prize for their translation of Lucretius' natural encyclopedia De rerum natura (Evrenin yapısı, Istanbul 1974). In 1980 and 1987 she was one of two Turkish authors who were awarded the Sait Faik Short Story Award. In 1987 she received the Theater Art Development Foundation's annual award in memory of actor Avni Dilligil, and in 2002 the Dünya award for the best narrative volume of the year. In the same year she was awarded the Sedat Simavi Literature Award. Tomris Uyar died of esophageal cancer in 2003.


Question: In what city was Valentin Avrorin born?

Valentin Avrorin

Valentin Aleksandrovich Avrorin (December 23 1907, Tambov - February 26 1977, Leningrad) was a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and an expert in languages. He was born in Tambov, Russia to a family of teachers. He was outstanding in the sphere of Tungusic languages, and was one of the active creators of the Nanai written language. In 1925 Avrorin graduated from one of the Tambov schools.

Valentin Avrorin

In 1930, graduated from the Faculty of History and Ethnology of the Saint Petersburg State University. In 1956, defended PhD in Philology. Professor, Department of General Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, Novosibirsk State University, the first dean of the faculty. June 26, 1964 elected a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.

Valentin Avrorin

Avrorin Valentin Alexandrovich (Bibliography)

Valentin Duc

Born in Béziers, Joseph Valentin Duc was a French singer, operatic forte ténor. He is known for his repertoire at the Opéra de Paris, the Théâtre des Arènes in Béziers and world tours that took him from Monte Carlo to St. Petersburg, from Baltimore to Seville... Son of Valentin Duc (or Duch) and Marie Fabre, originating from Tignes (kingdom of Savoy), he was the third in a line of eight children. These parents moved to Béziers in 1850, joining a previously established Duc branch (Jean Duc, trader, spouse Anne-Marie Gayraud, and Laurent Duc, everyday worker), spouse Marie Peronne). In the Census Table of Class 1878, he is noted as postilion of occupation on that date. He left Béziers in 1879 for his military service at Rochefort. His fencing practice must have encouraged his stage

Valentin Yanin

Yanin was born in Vyatka. His maternal grandparents were arrested in 1937 and died in a prison camp in 1938. His father was apparently on a list to be executed but escaped this fate and moved with his family to Moscow. Yanin finished his secondary education in 1946, graduating with a Gold Medal; he matriculated at Moscow State University in 1951.

Valentin Avrorin

Valentin Avrorin

Valentin Aleksandrovich Avrorin (December 23 1907, Tambov - February 26 1977, Leningrad) was a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and an expert in languages. He was born in Tambov, Russian Empire to a family of teachers. He was outstanding in the sphere of Tungusic languages, and was one of the active creators of the Nanai written language. In 1925 Avrorin graduated from one of the Tambov schools.

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List of people from Tambov

List of people from Tambov

This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Tambov, Tambov Oblast, Russia.

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Nanai people

Nanai people

The Nanai people are a Tungusic people of East Asia who have traditionally lived along Heilongjiang (Amur), Songhuajiang (Sunggari) and Wusuli River on the Middle Amur Basin. The ancestors of the Nanai were the Jurchens of northernmost Manchuria (Outer Manchuria).

The Nanai/Hezhe language belongs to the Manchu-Tungusic languages. According to the 2010 census there were 12,003 Nanai in Russia.

Justin Valentin

Valentin received his diploma in education from Seychelles Polytechnic. He continued his studies in Australia, and graduated with a Bachelor of Education from the Edith Cowan University, followed by a master's degree from Universiti Sains Malaysia, and a doctorate from King's College London. He specialised in science and mathematics. He first worked as a teacher and continued his career as a researcher at the Ministry of Education. In 1993, Valentin published Testanman Rezete, a novel written in Seychellois Creole, the French-based creole language spoken in the Seychelles. In 2013, Valentin became the Dean for Business and Law of the University of Seychelles. On 2 February 2018, he was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the university. On 30 October 2020, he was elected Minister of Education and Human Resources Development.

Rodolfo Valentin

Valentin was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The son of Spanish and Italian parents, from an early age he had dreams of becoming a plastic surgeon when he grew up. However Valentin became more interested in his future profession after years of playing the hairdresser to his mother and sister. His aunt, who had studied at a local beauty school in Buenos Aires, would later teach Valentin some of the techniques she had learned. He initially worked as a fashion model. Moving to Europe, Valentin assisted hair stylist Alexandre de Paris in Spain and Italy. It was around this time that Valentin found a liking for the Five Towns area of Long Island,

Aurore Kichenin

She has Indian origins and has a sister Anaïs Kichenin who is also a French model and independent comedian. Aurore Kichenin was born on January 28, 1995 in Clamart in the Hauts-de-Seine department then resides in Jacou, near Montpellier. She has Malbaraise = Indian origins through her father, and Polish by her mother. In 2016, she obtained a BTS Tourisme at the Lycée hôtelier Georges-Frêche in Montpellier. During her preparation for the Miss France 2017 election, she continued her training with a 3rd year of studies in Applied Foreign Languages, where she specialized in Portuguese. Then resides in Castelnau-le-Lez, between Jacou and Montpellier.

Valentin le désossé

Not much is known about the life of Jacques Renaudin. He may have been the son of a notary from Sceaux, a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, and it is thought that, as an adult, he worked as a wine merchant by day. It is certain, however, that at night he danced at the Moulin Rouge, the famed cabaret in the Pigalle district of Paris, near Montmartre. There he formed a partnership with La Goulue, dancing the chahut, a form of the can-can. As a team, they were the toast of tout le monde in fin de siècle Paris. Renaudin was tall and slender, with an aquiline nose and a prominent chin, which gave him a distinctive profile,

Valentin

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Valentin Duc

Before his Conseil de révision in 1878 (sortition in 1879), his musical studies probably took place at Béziers in the Orphéon and possibly in the choirs or small roles of the Grand Théâtre de Béziers. In 1882, he was admitted to the Conservatoire de Paris, in Bussine's singing class and Obin's opera class. (1st runner-up at the end of the first year). He was a resident of the town of Béziers as soon as 1882. After leaving the Paris Conservatoire on 25 July 1885, Valentin Duc obtained the first prize for singing in front of a jury presided by Ambroise Thomas and including Massenet, Delibes, Guiraud, etc. generally acclaimed by the press (despite a very negative article in Le Figaro). In the same promotion, he obtained first prize for opera in front of the same jury, supplemented by a few performers (Auguste Vitu in Le Figaro dated 31 July 1885 took the opposite opinion of his previous article).

Valentin Gallery

Born in France in 1949, he is a master in International Trade after studies in a Paris commerce school. He was a Paris-based art dealer who travelled the world selling works of art. In 1977, he occupied a position on the Board of Trustees of the Professional Art Dealers Association of Canada. In 1981, he became the youngest president and was re-elected in 1983. He has given conferences on how to build an art collection and on how to invest in art, on the importance of a good appraisal and on the works of Marc-Aurèle Fortin. He is working on a catalogue raisonné of this artist.

Valentin Valentinsen

Valentin Valentinsen (21 December 1861 - ??) was a Norwegian engineer and politician for the Liberal Party. Born in Haugesund as the son of ship-owner Johannes Valentinsen, he took a technical education and started his career at a shipyard in Laksevaag. In 1887 he was hired as head of the machine department in a shipyard in Mykolaiv, nicknamed the City of shipbuilders. In 1889 he went on to Jarrow, England, working as a machine constructor at the Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Limited. He then traveled to Chicago in 1890 and to San Francisco and the Union Iron Works in 1890. He returned to Norway in 1893. He was a member of Haugesund city council from 1904, serving as deputy mayor in 1907 and 1908 and as mayor from 1909. He was then elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1910 and 1913, representing the constituency of Haugesund.

François Valentiny

Valentiny was born in 1953 in the village of Remerschen-Schengen, Luxembourg, one of two sons of a carpenter. His parents sent him to boarding school in Belgium at the age of 12, and on his return, he followed the family tradition and became a carpenter. He studied architecture between 1975 and 1980 at the Ecole d'Architecture de Nancy and the University of Applied Arts Vienna. In 1980 he completed his studies in Vienna with the title "Magister architecturae" in the master class of Wilhelm Holzbauer, and was awarded a scholarship by the Federal Ministry for Science and Research in Vienna. He also became an assistant at the International Summer Academy in Salzburg.

Marcelin Albert

Marcelin Albert was born on 29 March 1851 in Argeliers, Aude. The village is a few miles north of Narbonne. He seems to have been a simple man but a powerful orator. Albert owned a café and was a small-scale winegrower. Albert was a moderate republican, as were his fellow villagers, none of whom joined the strikes of 1904. One historian described Albert as follows: "A small peasant from Argeliers, who looked like a Spanish Christ, Marcelin Albert was a jack of all trades: director of a theatrical troupe, a café owner and a winemaker. In his village he was called "lo Cigal" (the Cicada), because of his whimsical and carefree spirit. In 1900 Albert began fighting for the defense of natural wine against fake wine."In 1902, 1903 and 1905 Albert travelled around the villages of region talking to small groups of vinegrowers and workers and trying, without much

Valentin Ovechkin

Valentin was born in Taganrog, the son of an office employee. He studied at the Taganrog Technical School from 1913 to 1919. He began writing early, while he was still a member of the Komsomol. His first story Saveliev was published in the newspaper Bednota (The Poor) in 1927. Other early works appeared in provincial papers. He stopped writing for several years and worked as a chairman of an agricultural commune on the Don River, and later in Kuban. In 1934 he became a traveling correspondent for the newspapers Molot (Hammer) and Kolkhoznaya Pravda, both published in Rostov-on-Don, and for newspapers in Armavir and Krasnodar.

Valentin Duc

in performances of historical opera. He was spotted by Cazeaux. He was in Paris in 1883, staying at 56 bd Richard Lenoir (27 October 1883) and received at the Conservatoire de Paris (Cf. § 2.1. Formation). On leaving the conservatory on 3 June 1885, he resided at 16 bd Montmartre. On April 30, 1891, he married Marie Catherine Plomteux, annuitant (born 29 December 1850 in Hannut, Belgium). They resided at 29 place du Marché-Saint-Honoré. He then legitimized Robert, born 29 November 1890, by this act. Leaving the Opera in 1893, he then resided in Béziers "villa Frescaty" at 29 rue des Saint-Simoniens. He remained there until his death on 23 February 1915. Although he resided in town, he only sang at the Grand-Théâtre during exceptional events. He never belonged to the permanent troupe.

Emmanuel Perrotin

Emmanuel Perrotin is the son of Michel Perrotin, a bank employee, and Odile Pradinas, a stay-at-home mother. He grew up in L'Étang-la-Ville and attended the Lycée autogéré de Paris. While there, he found a part-time job making interactive slideshows for the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie and the Musée d'Orsay. He made his first art connections as a middle-school dropout at age 16, when he met the daughter of Gilbert Brownstone, a gallery owner, at Les Bains-Douches nightclub.

Valentino Fiévet

Valentino Moisés Fiévet Mennesson (born 14 February 1991), known simply as Valentino, is a French former footballer who played as a forward. Although he was born and lived most of his life in Spain, he did not hold that country's citizenship.

Henri Valentino

He was born Henri-Justin-Armand-Joseph Valentino in Lille. His father was an Italian army pharmacist, who wanted his son to become a soldier, but Henri exhibited such a great talent for music, he was allowed to pursue that instead. At twelve he was playing violin in the local theatre (probably in Lille), and at fourteen was asked to substitute for a conductor on short notice, thereafter mainly dedicating himself to conducting. Later he conducted in Rouen.


Question: In what city was Aleksandar Markovski born?

Venko Markovski

Born on March 5, 1915 in Skoplje (now Skopje), Kingdom of Serbia, (present-day North Macedonia), Markovski completed his secondary education in Skoplje, later studying Slavic philology in Sofia. Markovski was a member of the Macedonian Literary Group founded in Skoplje in 1931, the Macedonian Literary Circle in Sofia, Bulgaria (1938–1941). He is an important figure in contemporary Macedonian literature after has published in 1938, what was to be the first contemporary book written in non-dialectal Macedonian language, "Narodni bigori". As the most of the left-wing politicians from Macedonia he has changed his ethnic affiliations from Bulgarian to Macedonian during the 1930s, after the recognition of the Macedonian ethnicity from the

Mile Markovski

Markovski is born on April 14, 1939 in Sofia, Kingdom of Bulgaria in the family of prominent Macedonian and Bulgarian writer and poet, anti-Nazi partisan and politician Venko Markovski. During the Second World War, Markovski was taken by his parents to the Yugoslav partisans at the age of 5. After the end of the war, he remained in Skopje, the capital of the newly founded People's Republic of Macedonia, where he graduated Slavic philology at the University of Skopje. Until 1968 he lived and worked in Skopje, as an editor-in-chief of the "Nas svet" newspaper, published by Detska Radost publishing house. He was also an active chess player, competing in Yugoslavia. Forced by the Yugoslav secret police UDBA, in 1968 he moved with his family to Bulgaria, where his father, Venko

Aleksandar Marković

Aleksandar Marković (born in Belgrade, August 7, 1975) is a Serbian conductor. Marković studied conducting at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst (Vienna), in the class of Leopold Hager. He earned a Diploma d'onore at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, where he attended a master class in conducting. He was a holder of the Herbert von Karajan Foundation's scholarship. In 2003, he won the First Prize at The Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors (7th) in Katowice, Poland. Marković was a chief conductor of Tyrolean Opera House from Innsbruck, Austria (Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck), from 2005 to 2008. He was a Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra from 2009 to 2015. Markovic was the Music Director of Opera North for the 2016/2017 season.

Georgi Danevski

Danveski was born in Saramzalino, then in SFR Yugoslavia on 25 July 1947. He grew up in SR Macedonia, where he was adopted at the age of 4 by his uncle. His adopted father played an early role in shaping Danevski into a young artist. He regularly attended a Macedonian Orthodox Church in Berovo with his grandmother, where he became fascinated by its décor. The church, situated in an archaeological town, features some of the earliest Byzantine icons and frescoes that date back centuries. He pursued his passion for art throughout his education. He married at a young age and settled in Vinica. He specialized in art in High School in Skopje, SR Macedonia and later completed his education in 1972 after graduating with a master's degree from the University of Ljubljana where he was mentored by Gabriel Stupica and Zoran Didek. Following his graduation, he spent a number of years travelling between various countries and cities, including Spain, Germany, Austria, France, Switzerland, Russia and Italy, before emigrating to Toronto, Canada in 1995.

Gorjan Markovski

Gorjan Markovski started his senior career at KK Rabotnicki Skopje (2009/10) at the age of 17. However, at his early rise he didn't get a greater chance in the club among Darko Sokolov, Enes Hadzibulic and Dimitar Mirakovski. The same year after leaving the U-16 national team he started training with the U-18 national team as a top prospect jet to set his "shine" in basketball.

Aleksandar Markoski

Markoski

Markoski

Markoski is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Gorjan Markovski

Gorjan Markovski

Gorjan Markovski (; born June 19, 1992) with Rabotnički. He is in height and plays at the shooting guard position. He was a member of U-20 Macedonian national team.

His older brother Jovan Markovski is also a basketball player.

Macedonian Australians

Macedonian Australians

Macedonian Australians (Macedonian: Македонски Австралијанци) are Australian citizens of Macedonian descent. Many arrived in the 1920s and 1930s, although larger numbers came to Australia after World War II and the Greek Civil War. By far the largest wave of immigration was during the 1960s and 1970s. As of the 2021 Australian census, Macedonian is the most-spoken Eastern European language in Australia.

List of Macedonians (ethnic group)

List of Macedonians (ethnic group)

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Duško Marković

Marković was born on 6 July 1959 in Mojkovac, Yugoslavia. He finished elementary and middle school in Mojkovac, and graduated in law at the University of Kragujevac. After he graduated from Kragujevac, he began working in legal consulting for the Brskovo mine in Mojkovac. He is married and has three children.

Gorjan Markovski

Gorjan Markovski (Горјан Марковски; born June 19, 1992) is a Macedonian professional basketball player born in Skopje. He is under contract with Rabotnički. He is 1.96 m in height and plays at the shooting guard position. He was a member of U-20 Macedonian national team. His older brother Jovan Markovski is also a basketball player.

Stefan Markovski

Markovski was born in Gevgelija on 1 December 1990, where he finished his primary and secondary education. In 2009 he moved to Skopje, graduating on the Department of Comparative Literature and afterwards on the Institute of Philosophy at the State University in Skopje. In 2018 he obtained a MA in Screenwriting at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts with the feature film script “My Name Is Freedom”. He is an editor-in-chief of the oldest Macedonian literary magazine, Sovremenost, and is also an editor of the poetry collections Metric caravan. Markovski is a member of the Macedonian Writers’ Association, the European poetry platform “Versopolis”, the Macedonian center of the International Theatre Institute and other international associations. Parts of Markovski's works have been published foreign languages. His novels "Letters of Heresy: Uncovering the Skies Shining in Red", "The Bumblebee Anatomy", the short story collection "Faustus Runs the Plebeian Circle", and the poetry collection "Promised Land" were published into English and made available on major bookselling platforms. His novel "The Bumblebee Anatomy" published under the pen name Stemarcus has peaked at #1 position in 2021 in the Eastern European Literature category. He lives and works in Skopje.

Marko Markovski

Markovski began his career in his neighbourhood as a youth for FK Zemun. He also signed his first professional contract and started his senior career in 2004 playing in Serbia with FK Zemun. Marko made his First League of Serbia and Montenegro debut on 15 May 2004, in away match against Fk Sutjeska Niksic, where he managed to score in the 90th minute, sealing a 1–0 victory. In 2006, he signed a four-year contract with Serbian giant FK Partizan, but played only a half season with them. He was mostly loaned to other teams, Serbian Superliga clubs FK Borac Čačak and FK Banat Zrenjanin.

Aleksandar Markovski

Aleksandar Markoski (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Маркоски; born 17 September 1975) is a Serbian former football player.

Marko Marković

Marković was born in 1935 in Leskovac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In 1957, he started working as a journalist. Most of his journalism career was spent at Radio Television Belgrade (RTB) where he worked from 1961 until 1995. During his time with RTB, he did football play-by-play announcing on radio, covering 40 World and European Championships, as well as The Olympic Games. He furthermore created and hosted Sportski pregled (The Sports Overview) and Sportska subota (Sport Saturday) weekly sports highlights and recap shows that gained enormous popularity and viewership throughout SFR Yugoslavia. creator of many more radio and TV sport programmes, he made countless

Marjan Marković

Born in Požarevac, Marković took his first football steps with his hometown club Mladi Radnik. He was later promoted to the first team and played regularly for the side in the Second League of FR Yugoslavia, attracting the attention of top First League clubs. Although a childhood Partizan supporter, Marković decided to accept the offer from Red Star Belgrade in January 2000, signing a five-year contract. He spent the next six seasons with the Crveno-beli and won six trophies (three league titles and three national cups). In August 2005, Marković signed with Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv. He helped them win the double in the 2006–07 season. In June 2008, Marković terminated his contract with the club in order for him

Svetozar Marković

Marković was born in the town of Zaječar on 9 September 1846, the son of a police clerk. Marković's childhood was spent in the village of Rekovac and then the town of Jagodina. The family moved to Kragujevac in 1856. He reached adolescence at about the time Mihailo Obrenović became the Prince of Serbia. In 1860 he began to study at the gymnasium in Belgrade and in 1863 at the Velika škola of Belgrade, the highest educational body in Serbia at that time, founded in 1808. While at the Velika škola he became interested in literature and politics, falling under the influences of Vuk Karadžić and Vladimir Jovanović, a leading Serbian Liberal. Because of his outstanding record as a student at the Belgrade college, his professors unanimously nominated him for a post-graduate scholarship to study abroad. He chose to study in Russia, in St. Petersburg in particular, at the Alexander I Institute of Communication Engineers.

Marko Markovski

Marko Markovski (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Марковски; born 26 May 1986) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greek Super League 2 club Kalamata.

Venko Markovski

Venko Markovski (Bulgarian and Macedonian: Венко Марковски), born Veniamin Milanov Toshev (March 5, 1915 in Skopje – January 7, 1988 in Sofia) was a Bulgarian and Macedonian writer, poet, partisan and Communist politician.

Milovan Destil Marković

In 1986, Marković moved to West Berlin. During his early years in West Berlin he worked closely with the DAAD. Together with the Norwegian artist Sissel Tolaas he started a series of laboratory projects in 1987 in West Berlin, Bergen, Poznań and Brühl. He travelled to Brazil, Peru and Bolivia, published the book The Key of Creation and produced numerous videos and performances. He organized the Sava Projekt, the Shipyard Sava in Mačvanska Mitrovica, and the Park of the International Center Sava, Belgrade. On his 32nd birthday on November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. At the beginning of the nineties Marković moved to the eastern part of the city and collaborated with Kunst-Werke where, until 1995, he had a studio. In 1992, he participated in the exhibition Berlin 37 Räume. For the opening he organised

Ljupčo Markovski

Ljupčo Markovski (Љупчо Марковски; born 24 February 1967) is a former Yugoslav and Macedonian football central defender, and a current coach. His nickname is Kaltz, according to successful same position HSV player Manfred Kaltz, who was also his idol.

Marko Martinić

He was born in Zagreb and grew up in Srednjaci, a neighborhood in Zagreb close to HAVK Mladost. When he was 5 years old he started training swimming, but at the age of 10 he switched to water polo. Very early he joined the national team and became the captain of the Croatian junior national team.

Chris Markoff

Markoff was born in Yugoslavia and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States.

Georgi Danevski

Georgi Danevski (born 25 July 1947) is a Canadian Macedonian painter, iconographer and muralist. He was born in Yugoslav Macedonia, before spending a number of years traveling and becoming known throughout Europe and North America for his murals and canvas art. He designed and painted a large mural at St. Dimitrija Solunski Macedonian Orthodox Church, Markham, Ontario and other churches. He was also commissioned to paint a portrait of Frank Stronach, the founder of Magna International, Moses Znaimer and also a painting of the Canadian Triple Crown racehorse Wando.


Question: In what city was Tsugumi Higasayama born?

Tsugumi Higasayama

Tsugumi Higasayama (日笠山亜美) is a Japanese voice actress from Saitama, Japan. Her name is sometimes misread as Ami Higasayama.

Hyōgo Prefecture

born in Konohana-ku, Osaka grew up in Kawanishi ; Minako Nishiyama, contemporary artist ; Masamune Shirow, manga artist was born in Kobe ; So Taguchi, outfielder for the Chicago Cubs ; Masahiro Tanaka, pitcher for the New York Yankees ; Nagaru Tanigawa, creator of the Haruhi Suzumiya series was born in Kinki ; Tsuneko Taniuchi, contemporary performance artist ; Fumito Ueda, video game creator of Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and The Last Guardian ; Juri Ueno, Japanese Academy Award-winning actress best known for her performances in Swing Girls and the live-action adaptation of Nodame Cantabile, is from Kakogawa ; Shota Yasuda, guitarist of Kanjani Eight is from Amagasaki ; Piko, musician, Vocaloid singer born in Kobe, Hyōgo

Kokugakuin University

Masumi Asano (born 1977), Japanese seiyu ; Momoko Tsugunaga (born 1992), Japanese singer

Tsugumi

Tsugumi (つぐみ), born Otake Tsuzumi (大竹 都々美) on 21 February 1976, is a Japanese award-winning actress, model and adult video performer.

Takeshi Hirayama

Hirayama was born on January 1, 1923, in Kyoto, Japan. When he was three, his father, Tohshi Hirayama, became professor of surgery at Manchuria Medical College, which led to him and his family moving to the city of Harbin in China. Hirayama graduated from Manchuria Medical College in 1945, and received a degree in medical science from Kyoto University in 1951 and a Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1952.

Tsugumi Higasayama

Tsugumi Higasayama

Psychic Academy

Psychic Academy

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List of Genesis of Aquarion characters

List of Genesis of Aquarion characters

This is a list of characters from the anime series Genesis of Aquarion.

List of Pani Poni characters

List of Pani Poni characters

This is a list of characters in Pani Poni.

Kaii Higashiyama

Born in Yokohama to parents Kosuke and Higashiyama Kaii, he was given the first name Shinkichi but later changed this to Kaii. From age three to 18 he lived in Kobe where he attended Kobe Junior High School (presently Hyogo Prefectural High School). In 1921 he entered the Nihonga department of Tokyo School of Fine Arts (currently Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music). Higashiyama graduated with commendation in 1931 and entered the school's research department, where he spent two years training under Somei Yuki. In 1933, he boarded a cargo ship bound for Europe and began his studies in Western art history at Berlin University, where he studied from 1933 to 1935. At this time his work entered an art competition during

Masafumi Ōura

Born in Kamiagatagun (present-day Tsushima), Nagasaki Prefecture, he graduated from Nagasaki Prefectural Shimabara Commercial High School, where he became a coach after his retirement from active play. He died on December 20, 2013 in Tokyo from stomach cancer.

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

Tsuyuguchi was born in Tokyo and raised in Ehime. He attended Ehime University, but withdrew before completing his degree and joined the Haiyuza Theatre Company in 1955. His career as a screen actor started in 1959. He came to prominence playing the thief in Shohei Imamura's Unholy Desire. He became one of Imamura's favorite actors, appearing in four of Imamura's other films (he also appeared in the stage play "Paragy Kamigami to Butabuta" directed by Imamura in 1962), including Eijanaika in 1981. But he declined Imamura's offer for him to play the role of Taro in Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001). He won

Jun Azumi

Born on 17 January 1962 in Miyagi Prefecture, Azumi is a native of Oshika District in Miyagi Prefecture and graduate of Waseda University social science department.

Hinako Takanaga

Hinako Takanaga was born on September 16 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Her first manga story, Goukaku kigan (合格祈願), was published by Hanamaru Comics in 1995. As the story continued it was later retitled Challengers, and it spawned a spinoff series titled The Tyrant Falls in Love. She currently lives in Osaka. She was a guest at Yaoi-Con in 2007 and 2010, invited by Digital Manga Publishing, the US publishers of her popular series Little Butterfly and The Tyrant Falls in Love.

Akifumi Shimoda

Akifumi Shimoda was born in Kure city of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan on September 11, 1984.

Shigeaki Hinohara

Hinohara was born in Yoshiki District, Yamaguchi Prefecture and graduated from the school of medicine at Kyoto Imperial University in 1937. During his career Hinohara was known for working during many medical emergencies such as the firebombing of Tokyo during World War II and the Tokyo subway sarin attack. He was also on Japan Airlines Flight 351 when it was hijacked by the Japanese Red Army Faction. Hinohara became an honorary member of the Japanese Cardiovascular Society and received the Second Prize and the Order of Culture. He was honored by Kyoto Imperial University, Thomas Jefferson University and by McMaster University by receiving an honorary doctorate. Hinohara died on 18 July 2017 in Tokyo at the age of 105.

Harima, Hyōgo

Japanese people were not happy with the new outside foreign influences of the world coming into Japan. He was buried in Aoyama, Tokyo in the foreign section of the cemetery, as he was an American citizen. However, he has become quite a celebrated figure in Harima in recent years. ; Masaki Sumitani (H.G.) — Japanese Comedian, Actor, and Talent ; Masaki Sumitani was born December 18, 1975, in Harima. He was a student at Harima Junior High School, and later attended Kakogawa Higashi Senior High school. His stage name is Razor Ramon HG, but is more commonly known as H.G. (Hard Gay). He appears on a variety of Japanese television shows.

Koichi Tsukamoto

Koichi Tsukamoto (塚本 幸一) was a Japanese businessman, the founder of Wacoal, and the first President of Nippon Kaigi (1997–1998). He was from the former town of Gokashō, now part of Higashiōmi, in Shiga Prefecture. He enlisted in the Imperial Japanese Army in 1940 and fought in Battle of Imphal during the Burma Campaign of the Pacific War, aged only 19. He was demobilized 3 years later at age 21. In 1968, at an event held by the Japanese industrialist Kōnosuke Matsushita to celebrate the hundred years anniversary of the Meiji Restoration, he met the composer Toshiro Mayuzumi. He had a three decade friendship with him and attended his memorial on May 29, 1997.

Kazuko Saegusa

Saegusa was born Yotsumoto Kazuko on March 31, 1929 in Kobe. She was the oldest of four children. Her father's job made him transfer locations throughout Hyogo prefecture regularly, so Saegusa moved often. Her mother was a Protestant, and took her children to church with her. Saegusa was an avid reader as a child, and began writing in middle school. In 1944, Saegusa worked at a factory in Nagasaki because of the National Mobilization Law. She returned to Hyogo in April 1945 to attend school. Saegusa studied philosophy at the Kwansei Gakuin University, graduating in 1950. She was a member of a Dostoyevsky study group. She went to graduate school at the same university, focusing her studies on Hegel. She met Koichi Saegusa (his penname was ) while studying at the university. They married in 1951 and moved to Kyoto.

Daisuke Higuchi

Born in Gunma prefecture, she was recognized in the world of manga by being honored at the 43rd Osamu Tezuka awards in 1992 with third prize. In the same year, she became the author of a romance/action story called Itaru. In 1998, she became known in Japan for her soccer manga Whistle! and was said to be influenced after she went to France to attend the 1998 World Cup tournament. With the success of Whistle!, she went to personally direct the creation of the animated series. She currently lives in Tokyo.

Koichi Higashi

Higashi was born in Nara on August 23, 1978. After graduating from Tenri University, he joined J2 League club Sagan Tosu in 2001. He played many matches as midfielder in first season. However he could not play at all in the match in 2002 season and resigned with the club in July 2002. In 2008, he joined his local club Nara Club in Prefectural Leagues. He played many matches and the club was promoted to Regional Leagues from 2009. He retired end of 2010 season.

Kyoshi Takahama

Kyoshi was born in what is now the city of Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture; his father, Ikenouchi Masatada, was a former samurai and fencing master and was also a fan of the traditional noh drama. However, with the Meiji Restoration, he lost his official posts and retired as a farmer. Kyoshi grew up in this rural environment, which influenced his affinity with nature. At age nine he inherited from his grandmother's family, and took her surname of Takahama. He became acquainted with Masaoka Shiki via a classmate, Kawahigashi Hekigoto. Ignoring Shiki's advice, Kyoshi quit school in 1894, and went to Tokyo to study Edo period Japanese literature. In 1895, he enrolled in the Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō (present-day Waseda University), but soon left the university for a job as an editor and literary criticism for the literary magazine Nihonjin. While working, he also submitted variants on haiku poetry, experimenting with irregular numbers of syllables. He married in 1897. His descendants include his son, the composer, Tomojiro Ikenouchi and great-granddaughter and cellist, Kristina Reiko Cooper.

Naosaku Takahashi

Naosaku Takahashi was born on July 25, 1886 at 1071 Sugeya in Tsuchiura City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. (Tsuchiura is now an eastern suburban city in the Greater Tokyo Area.) His father was Bunzayemon Yamanaka and mother, Kon. He completed an eight-year elementary school program and an informal 3-year preparatory study in classical Chinese for secondary school. When he was 16 years old, Takahashi journeyed to Tokyo on April 1, 1903 to continue his education. He was accepted as a “schoolboy” of the Shuyojuku, a private boarding home for self-help working students established by Professor Kazumasa Yoshimaru (吉丸一昌). Yoshimaru was a poet and instructor of Japanese literature at the Tokyo Music School (now Department of Music, Tokyo University

Kiyoshi Ogawa

Ogawa was born on October 23, 1922 in Usui District (modern-day Takasaki City), Gunma Prefecture, as the youngest child of the Oshia family. Kiyoshi did well in school, and entered Waseda University (Shinjuku Ward), near Kagurazaka.


Question: In what city was Raimonds Vilde born?

Raimonds Vilde

Raimonds

Raimonds Bergmanis (born 1966), Latvian weightlifting champion, strongman and Olympic competitor ; Raimonds Dambis (born 1924), Latvian footballer and football manager ; Raimonds Karnītis (1929–1999), Latvian basketball player and coach ; Raimonds Laizāns (born 1964), Latvian football goalkeeper ; Raimonds Miglinieks (born 1970), Latvian professional basketball player ; Raimonds Pauls (born 1936), Latvian composer and pianist ; Raimonds Staprans (born 1926), Latvian playwright ; Raimonds Vaikulis (born 1980), Latvian professional basketball guard ; Raimonds Vējonis (born 1966), Latvian politician ; Raimonds Vilde (born 1962), Latvian volleyball player and Olympic competitor ; Raimonds Vilkoits (born 1990), Latvian professional ice hockey player Raimonds is a Latvian masculine given name and may refer to:

Ričmonds Vilde

Ričmonds Vilde (born July 5, 1990) is a Latvian retired professional basketball player, who played the center/power forward position. Currently, he owns multiple successful businesses in the United States. He has previously represented Latvia in the U16, U18 and U20 European Championships. After high school Ricmonds Vilde moved to United States and joined SMU to play at NCAA level. During his red shirt year, Vilde started to practice American football and was offered a place in an American football team. Vilde decided to stay with basketball. In the summer of 2015 for the first time in his career Vilde was included in the Latvian National team's candidate list. However, he was one of the last players who did not make the team for EuroBasket 2015. Later he signed his first pro contract with Latvian champions VEF Rīga. Ricmonds Vilde's father is a famous Latvian volleyball player Raimonds Vilde who now is the head coach of Latvian Men's Volleyball National Team.

Raimonds Pauls

Ojārs Raimonds Pauls (born 12 January 1936 in Iļģuciems, Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian composer and piano player who is well known in Latvia, Russia, post-Soviet countries and worldwide. He was the Minister of Culture of Latvia from 1988 to 1993.

Raimond Kolk

Raimond Kolk (8 February 1924 Saru Parish, Võru County – 3 November 1992 Stockholm) was an Estonian writer and critic. From 1942 to 1943 he studied at the Teachers' Seminary of the University of Tartu. In 1944, he fled to Finland because of German mobilization. In 1944, he moved to Sweden. From 1958 to 1963 he studied at Stockholm University, taking courses in political science, national economy and statistics. In 1963 he graduated from the university as a candidate in philosophy. From 1972 to 1989 he worked as the economic director of the Swedish Food Administration in Uppsala. He did collaboration with several Estonian publications in exile, e.g. political journal Radikaaldemokraat, cultural journal Sõna, journal Tulimuld, newspaper Teataja. He died in 1992. He is buried in Lidingö Cemetery.

Raimonds Vilde

Raimonds Vilde

Raimonds Vilde (born August 19, 1962) is a former Latvian volleyball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.

He was born in Riga.

In 1988 he was part of the Soviet team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played six matches.

Currently coaching Latvian Men's National Volleyball Team. Received a prize "Example in Sport" during Latvian Yearly Sports Awards ceremony in December, 2012.

Ričmonds Vilde

Raimonds

Raimonds

Raimonds is a Latvian masculine given name and may refer to:

Vilde

Vilde

Vilde is both a surname and a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:

List of Estonians

List of Estonians

This is a list of notable Estonians.

Vilde

Ain Vilde (born 1942), Estonian ice yachter and sailor ; Boris Vildé (1908–1942), French linguist ; Eduard Vilde (1865–1933), Estonian writer and diplomat ; Iryna Vilde (1907–1982), Ukrainian writer ; Raimonds Vilde (born 1962), Latvian volleyball player and coach ; Ričmonds Vilde (born 1990), Latvian basketball player

Raimond

Raimond Aumann (born 1963), German footballer ; Raimond Beccarie de Pavie, Seigneur de Fourquevaux (1508–1574), French soldier, politician and diplomat ; Raimond Gaita (born 1946), Australian philosopher ; Raimond van der Gouw (born 1963), former Dutch footballer ; Raimond Kaugver (1926–1992), Estonian writer ; Raimond Kolk (1924–1992), Estonian writer and critic ; Raimond Lis (1888–1916), French gymnast ; Raimond Valgre (1913–1949), Estonian composer and musician

Raimonds Vējonis

Vējonis was born on 15 June 1966 in Pskov Oblast to a Latvian father and a Russian mother, while his father was serving in the Soviet army there. He grew up in Sarkaņi and attended school in the nearby town of Madona. Vējonis became interested in environmental protection because his grandfather had been blinded by chemicals used on a Soviet collective farm. He graduated from Faculty of Biology of the University of Latvia in 1989 and obtained a master's degree from it in 1995. During his studies he worked as a biology teacher in Madona. From 1989 to 1996 he was deputy director of Madona Regional Environmental board. He was a member of Madona city council from 1990 to 1993. From 1996 to 2002 he was director of Greater Riga Regional Environmental board, during this period he also was a board member in Skulte port and served as state representative at Getliņi Eko waste management company.

Albert Raisner

Born in the Thuringian town Apolda of a French father and a German mother, Albert Raisner arrived in Paris at age 7. His socially modest family lived in Montmartre in the 18th arrondissement of the capital in a 400 square feet apartment. He had two brothers, one older, one younger. His father was a sales representative and music enthusiast, who taught him violin, piano, trumpet, guitar and clarinet early on. He received classical musical training; nevertheless, harmonica was his favorite instrument. He was a member of the boy scouts, whom he considered his first audience when he played during vigils around camp fire. He refined his talent with musician Charles Rodriguez, a gypsy guitarist, violinist, man band and French

Raimonds Vilkoits

Raimonds Vilkoits (born 10 April 1990) is Latvian professional ice-hockey player, who currently plays for HK Metalurgs Liepaja of the Belarusian Extraleague. During 2010–11 Vilkoits also played three games for Dinamo Riga of the Kontinental Hockey League.

Raimonds Miglinieks

Raimonds Miglinieks (born July 16, 1970 in Riga, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR) is a retired Latvian professional basketball player and basketball coach. Standing at a height of 1.90 m (6'2 3⁄4") tall, he was a point guard with excellent court vision.

Jean Jacques Raimond Jr.

Jean Jacques Raimond Jr. (13 April 1903, in The Hague – 3 December 1961) was a Dutch astronomer. Raimond was the son of Jean Jacques Raimond Sr., furniture maker in The Hague, and Tetje van der Werf. He studied astronomy at the universities of Leiden and Groningen. He obtained his PhD at the latter as a student of Jacobus Kapteyn, defending the dissertation The Coefficient of Differential Galactic Absorption. He became the director of the Zeiss Planetarium in The Hague at its opening in 1934. This was the first planetarium installed outside Germany. Here he had a strong influence on the

Ain Vilde

Ain Vilde (born on 11 September 1942 in Sadala Parish, Tartu County) is an Estonian ice yachter and sailor. In 1973 he won World Ice Yachting Championships (DN-class). 1962-1990 he won many medals at Estonian Ice Yachting and Estonian Sailing Championships. In 1973 he was named to Estonian Athlete of the Year.

Eduard Vilde

Eduard Vilde (4 March 1865 – 26 December 1933) was an Estonian writer, a pioneer of critical realism in Estonian literature, and a diplomat. Author of classics such as The War in Mahtra and The Milkman from Mäeküla. He was one of the most revered figures in Estonian literature and is generally credited as being the country's first professional writer.

Hamar

Hulda Garborg (1862–1934) novelist, playwright, poet and folk dancer ; Ulrikke Greve (1868–1951) a leading textile artist, excelling in tapestry work ; Kirsten Flagstad (1895–1962) opera singer and highly regarded Wagnerian soprano ; Rolf Jacobsen (1907–1994) author, poet and modernist writer ; Øivind Bergh (1909-1987) Norwegian violinist and orchestral leader ; Jens Book-Jenssen (1910–1999) a singer, songwriter, revue artist and theatre director ; Sigurd Evensmo (1912–1978) a Norwegian author and journalist ; Kjell Heggelund (1932–2017) a literary researcher, lecturer, editor, poet and literary critic ; Knut Faldbakken (born 1941) a Norwegian novelist and writer ; Torill Kove (born 1958) a Canadian film director and award-winning animator ; Ole Edvard Antonsen (born 1962) a Norwegian trumpeter, musician and conductor ; Merete Morken Andersen (born 1965) a novelist, children's writer and magazine editor ; Ole Børud (born 1976) singer, song-writer, and instrumentalist ; Anders Baasmo Christiansen (born 1976) actor ; Ryan Wiik (born 1981) a litigious actor and entrepreneur, resides in Los Angeles ; Mari Chauhan (born 1988) a beauty pageant titleholder, Miss Norway 2013 ; Elise Dalby (born 1995) a model and beauty pageant titleholder, Miss Norway 2014

Raimond Kaugver

Raimond Kaugver (25 February 1926 Rakvere – 24 January 1992 Tallinn) was an Estonian writer. In 1943, he escaped to Finland and joined there with Finnish Infantry Regiment 200. In 1944, he returned to Estonia. From 1945 to 1950, he spent in a prison camp at Vorkuta in Siberia; accused as a political prisoner. From 1961, he was a professional writer. He lived in Tallinn. From 1964, he was a member of Estonian Writers' Union. He died in 1992 and is buried in Metsakalmistu Cemetery.

Mino Raiola

Raiola was born in 1967 in Nocera Inferiore, Salerno, in southern Italy. He moved to the Dutch city of Haarlem a year later with his parents. Growing up in the Netherlands, his father opened a successful restaurant business where Raiola spent his younger years working as a waiter. At the same time, he obtained his high school diploma and attended university for two years, enrolling in the Faculty of Law. He speaks seven languages: Italian, English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Dutch. He started playing football for the youth team of HFC Haarlem, but stopped at age 18 in 1987 to become head of the youth team. After a

Raimond van der Gouw

Raimundus Johannes Hendrikus van der Gouw (, born 24 March 1963) is a Dutch former footballer, who played as a goalkeeper. After a successful career with Vitesse Arnhem in his native Netherlands, and well into his 30s, he moved to Manchester United, also experiencing relative recognition despite playing sparingly and being used mostly as a backup; he made 61 appearances in six seasons for the Red Devils, of which 37 were in the Premier League. He scored his only goal in the last game of his career for AGOVV Apeldoorn, before retiring at the age of 44, and becoming a coach.

Raimondas Vilčinskas

Raimondas Vilčinskas (born 5 July 1977 in Panevėžys) is a retired Lithuanian professional road and track cyclist. He represented his nation Lithuania as part of the men's cycling squad in two editions of the Olympic Games (1996 and 2004), and later competed as a member of and a pro cycling rider for Palmans-Ideal,, and , before his official retirement in late 2005. Vilcinskas made his official debut as an amateur rider at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he competed along with his fellow cyclists Linas Balčiūnas, Raimondas Rumšas, Remigijus Lupeikis, and Ivanas Romanovas in the men's road race, but did not finish the course. During his amateur career, Vilcinskas had

Raimondas

Raimondas Rumšas (born 1972), Lithuanian cyclist ; Raimondas Vainoras (born 1965), Lithuanian footballer ; Raimondas Vilčinskas (born 1977), Lithuanian cyclist ; Raimondas Vilėniškis (born 1976), Lithuanian footballer ; Raimondas Šiugždinis (born 1967), Lithuanian sailor ; Raimondas Šukys (born 1966), Lithuanian lawyer and politician ; Raimondas Žutautas (born 1972), Lithuanian footballer and manager Raimondas is a masculine Lithuanian given name. Notable people with the name include:


Question: In what city was Nay Myo Thant born?

Nay Win

Nay Win was born on 25 April 1987 in Kyauk Myaung, Yangon, Myanmar. His father is a painter. He is the second son of four siblings, having an elder brother, a younger sister and a younger brother. He graduated high school from Basic Education High School No. 1 Dagon.

Nay Myo Thant

Nay Myo Thant (နေမျိုးသန့်; จำรัส ทัศนละวาด) is a Burmese writer. His books include two volumes of short stories published in 1993 and 1997. Nay Myo Thant won first prize in the collected short stories genre in the Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Awards for 2000. He won third prize for 2006 Collected short stories in the Pakokku U Ohn Pe literary award. He won first prize in the novel genre of the Sarpay Beikman awards for 2008. He also won third prize for short stories in the Pakokku U Ohn Pe literary award for 2008. He won first prize in the youth literature genre of the Sarpay Beikman awards for 2009.

Htun Naung Sint

Htun Naung Sint was born on 14 June 1997 in Mohnyin, Kachin State, Myanmar to ethnic Shan parents. He studied at the Mandalay University of Foreign Languages, majoring in French in his third year.

Myo Min

Myo Min was born on 7 April 1910 in Rangoon (Yangon) to Saw Nu and her husband Po Min, a senior civil servant in the British colonial administration. He was the youngest of four children. In his youth, his family constantly moved around the Irrawaddy delta, following the postings of the father, who would later retire as a Deputy Commissioner. Myo Min attended primary school in Hlegu, Rangoon, Kyaiklat, Myaungmya and Ma-ubin. From 5th Standard onward, he attended Rangoon's elite St. John's High School, and passed the university entrance examination with honors in five subjects in 1926. He enrolled in Rangoon University, where he was a classmate of U Thant, and graduated in 1931 with a BA in English with

Nay Min

Nay Min was born on 6 August 1983 in Thet Ka La Village, Bago, Bago Region, Myanmar. He attended at Thet Ka La high school.

Nay Myo Thant

Nay Myo Thant

Nay Myo Thant (; จำรัส ทัศนละวาด) is a Burmese writer. His books include two volumes of short stories published in 1993 and 1997.

Nay Myo Thant won first prize in the collected short stories genre in the Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Awards for 2000.
He won third prize for 2006 Collected short stories in the Pakokku U Ohn Pe literary award.
He won first prize in the novel genre of the Sarpay Beikman awards for 2008.
He also won third prize for short stories in the Pakokku U Ohn Pe literary award for 2008.
He won first prize in the youth literature genre of the Sarpay Beikman awards for 2009.

Thaitanium

Thaitanium

Thaitanium () is a Thai American hip hop music group. Among the first of Thai rap artists, the group formed in 2000 by K.H. - Khanngoen "Khan" Nuanual, P. Cess - Prinya "Way" Intachai, Sunny Day - Nay Mayo "Day" Thot.

Nay (name)

Nay (name)

Nay is a surname and sometimes given name. Most notable people include:

Daboyway

Daboyway

Prinya Intachai , better known as Daboyway is an American-born Thai rapper, songwriter, producer and actor. He gained recognition through the early days formation of ‘Thaitanium’ with his two friends Khanngoen "Khan" Nuanual and Nay Myo "Day" Thant back in 2000. Today, the group remains the biggest selling Hip Hop act in Thailand and South East Asia.

Over the past couple of years, Daboyway has been establishing himself as a solo artist. In 2016, he released “Yeah Yeah Yeah”, an English single which received 21m views on YouTube and 6 million streams.

Category:University of Yangon alumni

Nay Chi Shoon Lak

Nay Chi Shoon Lak was born on 13 November 1999, in Yangon, Myanmar. She graduated with BA in Cinematography & Drama from National University of Arts and Culture, Yangon.

Nay Lin Aung

Nay was born on 27 November 1976 in Mindat, Myanmar. He graduated B.A(History) from Monywa University.

Nay Chi Oo

Nay Chi Oo was born on 25 January 1992 in Yangon, Myanmar into a military family. She is the eldest daughter of Myo Myint Sein, a businessman and former military official, and his wife Than Than Swe, a botanist and businesswomen. Nay Chi Oo has a younger sister Sein Lae Yadanar and a younger brother. She attended high school at Practising School Yangon Institute of Education and graduated with GCE Advanced Level from Cambridge Tutors College in 2013, and MSc Forensic Medical Sciences from University of Bradford. While still in university, she has served as Student president of Cambridge Tutors College. She is currently studying MBA at Global MBA University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce.

Hla Myint Than

Hla Myint Than was born on 26 December 1964 in Kyaikto, Mon State, Myanmar. He graduated with B.Sc., H.G.P, R.L from Mawlamyaing University and Yangon University. He served as the chairman of NLD Bago. He is a member of central campaign Department of Bago Township and also a member of the center Peasant Affairs Committee.

Myo Kyawt Myaing

Myo Kyawt Myaing was born on 29 April 1971 in Yangon to May May Tin, a teacher, and Kyawt Myaing, a pilot with the Union of Burma Airways. The youngest of four siblings, he has two elder sisters and an elder brother. From his father's side, Myaing has Mon ancestry, and hails from a long line of British colonial era senior civil servants and Konbaung period nobility. He grew up in the affluent Seven-Mile Junction neighborhood, and attended the elite TTC School. He enrolled at the University of Yangon, majoring in geology in 1987 but was left stranded a year later when the military government shut down all the schools in the country, following the 8888 Uprising.

Nay Shwe Thway Aung

Nay Shwe Thway Aung was born in Yangon, Myanmar, as the sole son of Nay Soe Maung, an army doctor, and his wife Kyi Kyi Shwe, a daughter of Than Shwe. He attended high school at Practising School Yangon Institute of Education and enrolled in West Yangon Technological University.

Mya Than Tint

Born Mya Than on 23 May 1929 in Myaing, Pakokku Township, Magway Division, Myanmar, he was the eldest of seven children to Paw Tint and his wife Hlaing. Mya Than Tint entered Rangoon University in 1948, the year Burma gained independence from Great Britain, and received a degree in philosophy, political science and English literature in 1954. His writing career began in 1949 when his first short novel “Refugee” was published in Tara  Magazine (No. 21, Vol. 3, 1949). His first translated work was Malva and other short stories by Gorky.He published many short and full-length novels, documentaries and translated works in his

Myoma Nyein

Nyein was born on 25 January 1909 in Mandalay, British Burma, son of U Nyi, a goldsmith, and mother Daw Chit Oo, a lacquerware merchant. He was educated at Central National School, Mandalay. At the age of ten, he learnt a Burmese classic titled "Jambu Kyun Lone" (Universal) from Deva Einda Maung Maung Gyi in a single day much to the surprise of the famous harpist. In 1925, he co-founded the Myoma (meaning 'City Proper') music band or Myoma Amateur Music Association with his teacher artist and musician U Ba Thet and a city burgher Dahdan U Thant.

Sai Thant Zin

An ethnic Shan, Thant Zin was born on 13 Aungust 1965 in Taikkyi Township, Myanmar. He graduated with a B.Sc. (Maths) from Yangon University.

Thant Myint-U

Thant Myint-U was born in New York City to Burmese parents. He grew up in Riverdale, Bronx at the home of his maternal grandfather, the then-Secretary-General of the United Nations U Thant. From 1971 to 1980, he studied at Riverdale Country School, a private college-preparatory day school in Bronx. He graduated from International School Bangkok in 1983. He has three sisters. A former US citizen, he gained Burmese citizenship in 2011 and is now a Myanmar national. Thant earned a BSc in government and economics from Harvard University, an MA in international relations and international economics from Johns Hopkins University, and his PhD in history from Cambridge University in 1996. From 1996 to 1999, he was a junior research fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, where he taught history. Thant is married to Sofia Busch. He has a son, Thurayn-Harri, born in 1999 to Hanna Guðrún, a granddaughter of Iceland's first woman mayor Hulda Jakobsdóttir.

Myo Gyi

Myo Gyi was born on 22 March 1976 in Yangon to parents Tin Maung Htay and his wife Tin Tin Htwe. He was named as Myo Min Htay in his birth certificate. He has a younger brother named Sithu Htay, an engineer. He graduated from Basic Education High School No. 2 Hlaing. He studied zoology at the University of Distance Education, Yangon for three years before attending the final year at Dagon University, where he graduated with a BA in zoology.

Nay Soe Maung

Nay Soe was born on 17 November 1956 in Yangon, Myanmar. He is the son of Major general Tin Sein, a former Deputy Defense Minister of Burma. He graduated with MBBS and Diploma from University of Medicine 1, Yangon, MPH and ICHD from Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium, and Master of Development Study from University of Economics, Yangon.

Nyo Mya

Nyo Mya was born Maung Thein Tin on 10 April 1914, to parents Tha Zan (a T.P.S. lawyer), and Daw Shwe Ent in Thawtapan village, a member of Amyint village group, Chaung-U Township. In later years, he was more well known by pen name Nyo Mya.

Sin Yaw Mg Mg

His real name is U Lyn Aung. He is son of U Kan Htoo and Daw Khin Ti. He lived at No. 6-A, Myaynigone Plaza, Bargayar Street, Sanchaung Township, Yangon, Myanmar, near the Dagon Center. He was awarded a M.Sc degree in mathematics in 1983, from the University of Yangon. He entered into the film business as a production manager in 1983, with the film The Second Heartbreak of the Third Age. He became famous with the video Maung (Darling). Between 1989 and 1995, he acted as treasurer, joint secretary and as general secretary for the Myanmar Motion Picture Organization (MMPO). He married to Daw Than Than Sint (aka) May Than Nu, a Myanmar film actress. They have a son together named Min Thant Mg Mg, born on July 3, 1997.

Mar Mar Aye

She was born Aye Myint in Myaungmya, a town in the Irrawaddy delta to musician parents. Her father, U Aye, was a hne (flute) musician while her mother Than Hnit was a singer with the stage name Myaungmya Than. She began singing at an early age. By the 1980s, 80% of film soundtracks were sung by Mar Mar Aye. She emigrated to Fort Wayne, Indiana in the United States in 1998. She has been politically active. During the Saffron Revolution, she released a song entitled "Heartache Till the End of the World". In 2012, she returned from exile to Myanmar, at the authorization of President Thein Sein. On 25 July 2012, she released a Burmese language memoir, Dear Friend, Look Deeply Into My Heart, which recounts the aftermath of her divorce in 1970.