List of Famous Arians
Oksana Kazakova
Oksana Borisovna Kazakova is a Russian former pair skater. With partner Artur Dmitriev, she is the 1998 Olympic champion and 1996 European champion.
Cristina Lemercier
Cristina Lemercier was an Argentine actress and television presenter. Her mother, a Peronist, took Lemercier to an acting audition when she was a teenager. She had two sisters, Gloria and Maria Rosa Perone. In 1968, she married the singer Freddy Tadeo, brother of Palito Ortega. They had three children, Pablo, Paula, and Julia. She died from a gunshot wound to the head.
Ludwig Binswanger
Ludwig Binswanger was a Swiss psychiatrist and pioneer in the field of existential psychology. His parents were Robert Johann Binswanger (1850–1910) and Bertha Hasenclever (1847–1896). Robert's German-Jewish father Ludwig "Elieser" Binswanger (1820–1880) was founder, in 1857, of the "Bellevue Sanatorium" in Kreuzlingen. Robert's brother Otto Binswanger (1852–1929) was a professor of psychiatry at the University of Jena.
Said Gutseriev
Said Gutseriev is a Russian entrepreneur of Ingush descent, CEO of the oil holding ForteInvest JSC, co-owner of the Industrial and Financial Group SAFMAR, which includes assets in various industrial sectors, construction, real estate, and chain stores Eldorado and M.video. Since 2018, Said Gutseriev has been included in Forbes 200 richest Russian entrepreneurs list. As of 2019, his net worth is USD 1.3 bln.
Liu Guodong
Liu Guodong is a Chinese table tennis coach, currently working for the Hong Kong Table Tennis Association. Under his coaching, the Singapore women's table tennis team gained a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Boris Kokorev
Boris Borisovich Kokorev was a Russian competitive pistol shooter who won a gold medal in the Men's 50 Metre event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
Jean Le Dû
Jean Le Dû was a French linguist of the Breton language.
Shigeharu Murata
Shigeharu Murata was a torpedo bomber pilot officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. He was the commander of torpedo bombers in the Attack on Pearl Harbor that crippled several United States Navy (USN) battleships, and during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands that resulted in sinking of carrier Hornet. He was killed in action during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
Muchdi Purwoprandjono
Muchdi Purwopranjono is an Indonesian politician and former major general who served briefly as chief of the Indonesian Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) and was former deputy head of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN). He was relieved of command duties in 1998 after the fall of Soeharto and was subsequently deemed responsible for abductions of pro-democracy activists. In 2008, he was acquitted of commissioning and assisting in the 2004 assassination of human rights campaigner Munir, following a trial deemed flawed by human rights organizations. He is presently the leader of a breakaway faction of Tommy Soeharto’s Berkarya Party and his leadership is recognized by the government.
Vincent Lo
Vincent Lo Hong-shui, GBM, GBS, JP is the chairman of Hong Kong-based Shui On Group, a building-materials and construction firm. He graduated from the University of New South Wales, Australia, in 1969. Upon returning to Hong Kong, started business with the sum of HK$100,000 (US$16,700) borrowed from his father, a Hong Kong property tycoon.