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Carolyn Janice Cherry, better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is an American writer of speculative fiction. She has written more than 80 books since the mid-1970s, including the Hugo Award-winning novels Downbelow Station (1981) and Cyteen (1988), both set in her Alliance–Union universe. She is known for "world building", depicting fictional realms with great realism supported by vast research in history, language, psychology, and archeology.

Masaaki Yamazaki is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet.

Jejomar Binay is a Filipino politician who served as the 13th vice president of the Philippines under President Benigno Aquino III.

Gabriel Camargo Salamanca is a Colombian businessman, politician, and the chairman of Deportes Tolima of the Categoría Primera A. He was born in Tunja, and has represented Cundinamarca Department in the Senate of Colombia.