Compelling example of Unicode usage for business applications

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This page demonstrates the use of the Unicode Character Standard to store names andplaces from anywhere in the world, in any language. Unicode is therefore the best
choice for a database character set for companies that do business internationally.
Unicode is also useful for creating multilingual documents, or simply to print forms(mailing labels, tickets, invoices) that might address customers of any ethnicity by theirnative name, anywhere in the world. (Also see: Benefits of Unicode.)
Look at the third and fourth columns in the table below. These are the birthplaces andnative names of celebrities (actors, singers, sports figures, etc.). Only Unicode can beused to produce this list, store the names in a database, or address mail to everyone on
the list. The first two columns tell you the English transliteration of the name andlocation.
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A version of this table is available as a comma-separated, UTF-8 text file. This, andother examples, including examples for Supplementary Plane characters can be foundin the navigation table in the "Introduction to the Unicode examples for business usage".
Useful related links• Introduction to the Unicode examples for business usage,• Submitting additional examples,• Other web pages with Unicode examples,• Information on online transliteration of text from this page,• Solutions for problems displaying Unicode,• Notes on Braille used on this page,• Ethiopic fonts,• Inuktitut font,• James Kass' Code2000 font zip file,• Licensing and downloading Microsoft's "Arial Unicode MS" font (click continue if you get a Yahoo adpage first).
The table now has 78 entries!

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The names below are actual celebrities in their home countries. See
how many you recognize.
Example Unicode DataOrigin

NameOrigin

Name(in English)(English transliteration)(in native language)(in native language)

Armenia

Aram Khachatryan(composer)

AustraliaՀայաստանԱրամ Խաչատրյան

Nicole Kidman (actress)

Australia

Nicole Kidman

Austria

Johann Strauss(The "waltz king")Österreich

Johann Strauß

Azerbaijan(Latin Script)

Vagif Samadoghlu(author)Azərbaycan

Vaqif Səmədoğlu

Azerbaijan(Cyrillic Script)

Vagif Samadoghlu(author)АзәрбајҹанВагиф Сәмәдоғлу

Azerbaijan(Latin script)

Heydar Aliyev(president)Azərbaycan

Heydər Əliyev

Azerbaijan(Cyrillic script)

Heydar Aliyev(president)АзәрбајҹанҺејдәр Әлијев

Belgium(Flemish)

Rene Magritte (painter)

BelgiëRené Magritte

Belgium(French)

Rene Magritte (painter)

BelgiqueRené Magritte

Belgium(German)

Rene Magritte (painter)

BelgienRené Magritte

BhutanGonpo Dorji (film actor)འབྲུག་ཡུལ།མགོན་པོ་རྡོ་རྗེ།

Cambodia(Khmer)

Venerable
PreahBuddhaghosachar
Chuon Nathប្រទេសកម្ពុជា

ព្រះពុទ្ឋឃោសាចារ្យជួនណាត

CanadaCeline Dion (singer)

CanadaCéline Dion

Canada Nunavut(Inuktitutlanguage)

Susan Aglukark (singer)ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦᓱᓴᓐ ᐊᒡᓗᒃᑲᖅSoutheast USA(CherokeeNation)

Sequoyah (inventedsyllabary)

ᏣᎳᎩPeople's Rep. of
China

ZHANG Ziyi (actress)

中国

章子怡

People's Rep. of
China

WONG Faye (singer)

中国王菲

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Česko

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Antonin Dvorak(composer)

Denmark

Soren Hauch-Fausboll

Danmark

Søren Hauch-Fausbøll

Denmark

Soren Kierkegaard(theologian 1813-1855)

Danmark

Søren Kierkegård

Egypt(Masr)

Abdel Halim Hafez(singer)‫ﻣﺼﺮ‬‫ﻋﺒﺪاﻟﺤﻠﻴﻢ ﺣﺎﻓﻆ‬Egypt(Masr)

Om Kolthoum (singer)‫ﻣﺼﺮ‬‫أم آﻠﺜﻮم‬Eritrea

Berhane Zerayኤርትራብርሃነ ዘርኣይEthiopia

Haile Gebreselassie(Fastest man)ኢትዮጵያኃይሌ ገብረሥላሴFinland

Mika Hakkinen(Formula 1 driver)

Suomi

Mika Häkkinen

FranceGerard Depardieu(actor)FranceGérard Depardieu

FranceJean Reno (actor)

FranceJean Réno

FranceCamille Saint-Saens(composer)

FranceCamille Saint-Saëns

FranceMylene Demongeot(actress)

FranceMylène Demongeot

FranceFrancois Truffaut(film director)

FranceFrançois Truffaut

France(Braille)

Louis Braille⠋⠗⠁⠝⠉⠑⠇⠕⠥⠊⠎⠀⠃⠗⠁⠊⠇⠇⠑Georgia

Eduard Shevardnadzeსაქართველოედუარდ შევარდნაძე

Germany

Rudi Voeller(soccer coach)

Deutschland

Rudi Völler

GermanyWalter Schultheiss(Actor)

Deutschland

Walter Schultheiß

Greece(Hellas)

George Dalaras(Giorgos Dalaras)ΕλλάςΓιώργος Νταλάρας

HungaryAndras Suto (author)

Magyarország

András SütőIceland

Bjork Gudmundsdottir(singer)ÍslandBjörk Guðmundsdóttir

India(Hindi)

Madhuri Dixit (moviestar)भारतमाधुरी दीिIran(Persian/Farsi)

Mohsen Makhmalbaf(writer/director)

Czechia

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Ireland(Eire)

Sinead O’Connor(singer)

IsraelYehoram Gaon(singer, actor)

Italy

Fabrizio DeAndre(poet, singer)

ItaliaFabrizio De AndréJapan

KUBOTA Toshinobu(singer)

日本

久保田Japan(kanji+hiragana)

HAYASHIBARA
Megumi(voice actress)

日本

林原 めぐみJapan(kanji)

MIYAZAKI Hayao(animated-film director)

日本

宮崎 駿Japan(kanji)

MORI Ogai (author)

日本

森鷗外Japan(katakana)Tex Texin(te-ku-su ・ te-ku-sa-n)

日本

テクス・テクサン

Democratic
People's Rep. ofKorea(N. Korea)

LEE Sol-Hee (actress)

Rep. of Korea(S. Korea)

AHN Sung-Gi (actor)대한민국안성기

Rep. of Korea(S. Korea)

SHIM Eun-Ha (actress)대한민국심은하

Republic ofMalta

Trevor Zahra (author)

Repubblika ta' Malta

Trevor Żahra

NorwayTor Age Bringsvaerd(author)

Norge(bokmål)Tor Åge Bringsværd

NorwayHerbjorn Sorebo(author)

Noreg(nynorsk)

Herbjørn Sørebø

Pakistan(Urdu)

Nusrat Fatah Ali Khan(singer)

Peru

Nicomedes Santa Cruz(singer)

Perú

Nicómedes Santa Cruz

PolandLech Walesa

PolskaLech Wałęsa

Portugal

Amalia Rodrigues(singer)

Portugal

Amália Rodrigues

Puerto Rico

Olga Tanon(singer, merenguera)

Puerto RicoOlga Tañón

Rōma

Pūblius Cornēlius Scīpiō
Africānus

Ancient RomePublius Cornelius Scipio
Africanus(general & politician, 236-183
B.C.)

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RussiaMikhail GorbachevРоссияМихаил ГорбачёвRussia

Boris Grebenshchikov(musician)РоссияБорис ГребенщиковRussia(Yiddish, Hebrew
Script)Sholom Aleichem(Author)

Samiland(Sami language)

Nils Aslak Valkeapaa(singer)

SlovakiaLudovit Stur

SlovenskoĽudovít ŠtúrSlovenia

Frane "Jezek" Milcinski(actor, singer)

Slovenija

Frane Milčinski - Ježek

SwedenBjorn Borg
(Tennis player)

SverigeBjörn BorgΣυρακούσαἈρχιμήδης

Syracuse(Sicily)

Archimedes(physicist c. 287-212 BC)‫רוסלאַנד‬‫שלום עליכם‬ÁillohašSápmi(aka Nils Aslak Valkeapää)

Tajikistan(Arabic script)

Sadriddin Aini (poet)

Tajikistan(Cyrillic script)

Sadriddin Aini (poet)ТоҷикистонСадриддин АйнӣTamil Nadu

Sivaji Ganesan (actor)தழ் நாவா கேனசன்

Rep. of ChinaHsu Chi (actress)臺灣舒淇

Rep. of ChinaAng Lee (moviedirector)

臺灣李安Thailand

Thongchai McIntaiประเทศไทย

ธงไชย แม็คอินไตยU.S.A.

Brad Pitt (actor)

U.S.A.

Brad PittUzbekistan(Cyrillic script)

Solizhon Sharipov(cosmonaut)ЎзбекистонСолижон Шарипов

Uzbekistan(Latin script)

Ali Sher ibn Ghiyas adDin Nava'i (poet)

O'zbekiston

Alisher ibn G'iyosiddin
NavoiyViet Nam

Trinh Cong Son(singer/composer)Việt NamTrịnh Công Sơn

Yugoslavia(Latin script)

Djordje Balasevic(singer)JugoslavijaĐorđe Balašević

Yugoslavia(Cyrillic script)

Djordje Balasevic(singer)ЈугославијаЂорђе Балашевић‫ﺕﺎﺟﻴﻜﺴﺘﺎن‬‫ﺹﺪر اﻟﺪیﻦ ﻋﻴﻨﻲ‬Contributors
The following people contributed to the entries in the table:
Sajjad Raza Abidi,
Magda Danish,

Mike Ayers,
Jacline Deridder,

Edward Cherlin,
Donald Figge,

Juuichiketajin,

Nigel Kerr,

Lars Kristan,

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Marco Cimarosti,
Chris Fynn,
Akekarat
Lekpornprasert(เอกรัตน เล็กพรประเสริฐ),Frank da Cruz,
Mikael Hjerpe,
Gavin Nesbitt,

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David Perry,

Toby Phipps,

Audun Lona,

Yaap Raaf,

Herman Ranes,

Graham Rhind,Jungshik Shin,Thierry Sourbier,Otto Stolz,

Maurice Bauhahn,
Radovan Garabík,

James Do,
Philipp Reichmuth,

Deborah Goldsmith,Andrew Dunbar,

Roozbeh Pournader(‫)روزﺏﻪ ﭘﻮرﻧﺎدر‬,Ken Robinson,
Marie-Anne deWarren,
Michael Kaplan,
Steven R. Loomis,

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Chris Pratley,
Jony Rosenne,
Daniel Yacob,
Muthu Nedumaran,
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