Bérénice Bejo

Country of origin: Argentina

Bérénice Bejo (born July 7, 1976) is a French actress of Argentine origin, known for her role of Christiana in the 2001 film, A Knight's Tale, and for the 2011 film The Artist. Her work as Peppy Miller in the film The Artist received a nomination for the 2011 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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Demián Bichir

Country of origin: Mexico

Demián Bichir Nájera (born August 1, 1963) is an Academy Award-nominated Mexican actor. Both of his parents, Alejandro Bichir and Maricruz Nájera, and brothers, Odiseo and Bruno Bichir, are actors. He was married to singer Lisset Gutiérrez.

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Colette Justine

Country of origin: Tunisia

Colette Justine, better known as Colette, is a multimedia artist known for her pioneering work in performance art, street art and the constructed photograph. She is also known for her work exploring male and female gender roles, her use of different guises and personas and for her soft fabric environments where she often appears as the central element. She was born in Tunis, Tunisia, and grew up in Nice, France before becoming a naturalized American citizen. She lives and works in New York City.

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Abuhena Saifulislam

Country of origin: Bangladesh

Abuhena Saifulislam or Abu Hena Saiful Islam, (Bengali: আবু হেনা সাইফুল ইসলাম), (born 1963) spelled as Abuhena Saifulislam in U.S. records, a Bangladeshi by birth, is the first Muslim appointed as an imam chaplain in the United States military. Born in 1963, Abu Hena went to the USA in 1989 for higher studies. He studied at the Southern New Hampshire University and received his MBA degree in 1992. That same year he joined the United States Marine Corps. Earlier he had applied for immigration to America by participating in the DV Lottery. He was granted US citizenship towards the end of 1995 while he was working in the U.S. Navy in the payroll and accounting department. After obtaining citizenship, Saiful launched his drive to become an imam in the Navy Chaplain Corps, which provides chaplains to the Marine Corps, a part of the Department of the Navy.

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Fazlur Khan

Country of origin: Bengal

Fazlur Rahman Khan (Bengali: ফজলুর রহমান খ়ান Fozlur Rôhman Khan) (April 3, 1929 - March 27, 1982) was an American architect and structural engineer. He is a central figure behind the "Second Chicago School" of architecture, and is regarded as the "Father of tubular design for high-rises". Khan, "more than any other individual, ushered in a renaissance in skyscraper construction during the second half of the twentieth century." He has been called the "Einstein of structural engineering" and the "Greatest Structural Engineer of the 20th Century" for his innovative use of structural systems that remain fundamental to modern skyscraper construction. He is widely known for his work on the John Hancock Center and the Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower), which was the world's tallest building for several decades.

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Alexander Kartveli

Country of origin: Georgia (Russia)

Alexander Kartveli (Georgian: ალექსანდრე ქართველიშვილი) 1896–1974, born Kartvelishvili) was a famous and influential aircraft engineer and a pioneer of American aviation history. Kartveli achieved important breakthroughs in military aviation in the time of turbojet fighters. He is considered to be one of the most important and innovative aircraft designers in US history.

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Constantine Papadakis

Country of origin: Greece

Papadakis (February 2, 1946 – April 5, 2009) was a Greek-American businessman and the president of Drexel University.

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