George Thomas Staunton

George Thomas Staunton

male, deceased (1859)
Sir George Thomas Staunton, 2nd Baronet (May 26 1781 - August 10 1859) was an English traveller and Orientalist. Born near Salisbury, he was the...
Ana Carolina Reston

Ana Carolina Reston

female, deceased (2006)
Ana Carolina Reston Macan was a Brazilian fashion model of part Lebanese heritage. Macan was born to a middle class family in Jundiaí, on the o...
Lai Chee Ying

Lai Chee Ying

male, 61 years old
Lai Chee Ying (Chinese: 黎智英; Cantonese, Jyutping: lai4 zi3 jing1; Mandarin Pinyin: Lǐ Zhìyīng, English name Jimmy Lai is the flamboyant serial en...
Pierre Poivre

Pierre Poivre

male, deceased (1786)
Pierre Poivre (August 23, 1719 - January 6, 1786) was a French horticulturalist born in Lyon. In his early 20s he was a missionary in Far Eastern...
Jiang Gui

Jiang Gui

male
Jiang Gui was a Chinese novelist active in Taiwan. Jiang was born in mainland China. As a young man, he was influenced by the May Fourth Movement...
Dominic Tang

Dominic Tang

male, deceased (1995)
Dominic Tang Yee-ming, S.J. (Simplified Chinese: 邓以明; Traditional Chinese: 鄧以明; Pinyin: Dèng Yǐmíng; Wade-Giles: Teng I-ming; May 13, 1908 - June...

John Robert Morrison

male, deceased (1843)
John Robert Morrison was the son from Robert Morrison's first marriage with Mary Morton. He was a translator, diplomat and missionary in China and...
John Murray Forbes

John Murray Forbes

male, deceased (1898)
John Murray Forbes (February 23 1813 - October 12 1898) was an American railroad magnate and abolitionist. He was president of both the Michigan...
Zhaoming Wu

Zhaoming Wu

male, 54 years old
Zhaoming Wu is a Chinese-born painter. Born in 1955, Wu grew up in Guangzhou City, China. and he received his BFA from Guangzhou Academy of Fine...
Lam Yiu-Kwai

Lam Yiu-Kwai

male, deceased (1966)
Lam Yiu-Kwai was the master responsible for the dissemination of Dragon Kung Fu. He was born in 1877 in Huìyáng (惠陽) County in the prefecture of Hui...