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Carl M. Bender is an American applied mathematician and mathematical physicist. He currently holds the Wilfred R. and Ann Lee Konneker Distinguished Professorship of Physics at Washington University in St. Louis. He also has joint positions as Professor of Physics at the University of Heidelberg and as Visiting Professor of Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics at Imperial College, London.

Wilhelmina Berendina "Wil" Schuurman is a former Dutch politician who served from 1994 until 1998 in the House of Representatives on behalf of the Centre Democrats.

Torstein Hagen is a Norwegian billionaire businessman, and the founder and chairman of Viking Cruises.

Beena Banerjee, also known as Beena or Bina, is an Indian actress in Bengali and Hindi films and television.

Andrew John Casson FRS is a mathematician, studying geometric topology. Casson is the Philip Schuyler Beebe Professor of Mathematics at Yale University.