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Ben Osmo is an Australian Production Sound Mixer. He is recipient of an Academy Award, three AACTA Awards and an honorary Australian Centenary Medal 2001. He is best known for his works Dead Calm (1989), Strictly Ballroom (1991) and Mad Max: Fury Road, which earned him the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing at the 88th Academy Awards alongside Chris Jenkins and Gregg Rudloff.

Robert Farle is a German politician. The former member of the German Communist Party (DKP) joined the Alternative for Germany in 2015. He has been a Member of the German Bundestag for Mansfeld since 2021.

Julia Hart is an American filmmaker and actress. She is known for writing and directing the comedy drama Miss Stevens (2016), the superhero drama Fast Color (2018), the musical romance Stargirl (2020), and the crime thriller I'm Your Woman (2020).

Richard Burt Melrose is an Australian mathematician, who works on geometric analysis, partial differential equations, and differential geometry.

David Fisher is an Italian-Israeli architect based in Florence. He is known for designing the Dynamic Tower, a rotating skyscraper proposed for construction in Dubai.

David Greenwalt is an American screenwriter, director, and producer.

Elmore Smith is an American former professional basketball player born in Macon, Georgia. A 7'0" center from Kentucky State University, he played in the National Basketball Association from 1971 to 1979. He was a member of the Buffalo Braves, Los Angeles Lakers, Milwaukee Bucks, and Cleveland Cavaliers.