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Sergei Vladilenovich Ponomarenko is a Russian former competitive ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union and the Unified team. With skating partner and wife Marina Klimova, he is the 1992 Olympic champion, 1988 Olympic silver medalist, 1984 Olympic bronze medalist, three-time World champion, and four-time European champion.

David Tibet is a British poet and artist who founded the music group Current 93, of which he is the only full-time member.

Erik Poppe is a Norwegian film director, producer and screenwriter.

Martina Jäschke is a German diver and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, where she received a gold medal in the 10 metre platform event.

Peter F. Hamilton is a British author. He is best known for writing science fiction space opera. As of the publication of his 10th novel in 2004, his works had sold more than 2 million copies worldwide.

Santiago Hernán Lombardi is an Argentinian politician and civil engineer. He currently serves as National Deputy representing Buenos Aires province. Previously, he served as Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism during the presidency of Fernando de la Rúa in 2001. Also, he served as Director of the System of Public Media of Argentina between 2015 and 2019, designated by president Mauricio Macri. He is part of Radical Civic Union.

Terence Patrick Winter is an American writer and producer of television and film. He is the creator, writer, and executive producer of the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire (2010–14). Before creating Boardwalk Empire, Winter was a writer and executive producer for the HBO television series The Sopranos, from the show's second to sixth and final season (2000–2007).

Paul Abbott is an English television screenwriter and producer. Abbott has become one of the most critically and commercially successful television writers working in Britain today, following his work on many popular series, including Coronation Street, Cracker and Shameless, the last of which he created. He is also responsible for the creation of some of the most highly acclaimed television dramas of the 1990s and 2000s, including Reckless and Touching Evil for ITV and Clocking Off and State of Play for the BBC.