List of Famous Taureans

Alain Bensoussan, born on May 12, 1940 in Tunis, is a French mathematician. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Paris-Dauphine and Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas.

Nikolay Vasiliyevich Denin, born in 1958, is the governor of Bryansk Oblast in Russia. He is a member of the United Russia party. He won his election in 2004 by a wide margin after the incumbent governor, Yuri Lodkin was removed from the ballot by a court, just days before the vote. Denin had previously worked as the head of a chicken processing plant and was elected to the State Duma from the eastern district of Bryansk Oblast by the United Russia party in December 2003. In the 2012 Russian gubernatorial election, he was re-elected to the governor of Bryansk.

Česlovas Juršėnas is a Lithuanian politician and a former Speaker of the Seimas, the Lithuanian parliament.

Kevin Harwick Tancharoen is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, dancer, and choreographer. On September 29, 2011, New Line Cinema/Warner Bros. announced that Tancharoen would be helming a big-screen adaptation of Mortal Kombat after he created the successful web series Mortal Kombat: Legacy, although he dropped out of the project in 2013.

Martin Bodo Plenio, born 20 May 1968, is a German physicist, Alexander von Humboldt Professor, and Director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Ulm University.

Gianandrea Noseda is an Italian conductor.

Mohd Syamsul bin Mohd Yusof is a Malaysian film director, actor and singer. He is the son of producer and director Yusof Haslam. He is the youngest director to win the Malaysian Film Festival for Best Director award, doing so at the age of 25.