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Lee Woo-jung is a South Korean television screenwriter. Lee is best known for writing the tvN television dramas Reply series: Reply 1997 (2012), Reply 1994 (2013) and Reply 1988 (2015–2016). She also wrote the popular variety-reality shows 2 Days & 1 Night, Qualifications of Men, Grandpas Over Flowers, Sisters Over Flowers, Youth Over Flowers and Three Meals a Day.

Dr. Artidjo Alkostar, SH, MH. was an Indonesian lawyer, judge and legal academic. He served as a Supreme Court Judge and Chairman of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia, where he was famous for his verdicts that tended to increase sentences for convicted corruption cases and the dissenting opinions he issued in several major cases. At the end of his life, he served as a member of the Supervisory Board of the Corruption Eradication Commission for the period of 2019–2023.

Cheng Xiaonong is a Chinese-American author.

Steve Courtley is an Australian special effects artist who is most known for his work in The Matrix films.

Thomas L. Fisher is a visual effects artist who is most known for being part of the team to the film Titanic.

Lawrence Robert O'Brien is a Canadian businessman and politician. O'Brien served as the 58th mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from 2006 until 2010. O'Brien was the founder and former Chair and CEO of Calian Technologies Ltd.

Stephen Alan "Steve" McAlpine is an American lawyer and politician. McAlpine served as the lieutenant governor of Alaska from 1982 until 1990.