Janet Louise Siefert received her PhD from the University of Houston (1997) and is an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Statistics at Rice University since January, 1998.
 She is an origin of life researcher who received her training from Dr. George E. Fox, co-discoverer of the third domain of life.
 Siefert's work deals with understanding life's origins through microbial ecology and genomic and metabolic evolution.
 She has worked for 20 years in Cuatro Ciénegas, Mexico, a desert oasis protected by the Mexican government and known to exhibit endemism equal to the Galapagos.
 She is the first woman to serve as chairman of the Gordon Research Conference on the Origin of Life and the first female president (2008-2011) of .
 She is a member of University of Washington's Virtual Planet Laboratory and was recognized as an Astrobiology Pioneer.
 Her work has been featured on Discovery, National Geographic, and the History Channel.
 Additionally, she heads up an international team of investigators funded by the National Science Foundation looking at the legacy of human occupation in archaeological sites as reflected in the microbial community.
Janet Shamlian (born May 14, 1962) is a correspondent for "NBC News" and reports for "The Today Show", "NBC Nightly News" and MSNBC.
Vice Admiral Daniel Edward Barbey (23 December 1889 – 11 March 1969) was an officer in the United States Navy who served in World War I and World War II.
 A graduate of the Naval Academy, he participated in the 1912 United States occupation of Nicaragua and the 1915 United States occupation of Veracruz.
 While serving with the War Plans Section of the Bureau of Navigation in Washington, D.C. between the World Wars, developed an interest in amphibious warfare.
 In 1940 he produced "Fleet Training Publication 167 – Landing Operations Doctrine, United States Navy", which would become the Navy's "bible" of amphibious operations, and would remain in use throughout World War II.
William Roy Piggott (18 July 1914 – 20 May 2008) was a student of Sir Edward Appleton who transferred a large group of German specialists from Austria into the British Zone of Occupation in Germany in 1945.
 He edited the still valid official booklet of reduction rules for ionospheric soundings with Karl Rawer and was engaged in international activities during the International Geophysical Year (IGY) and for a long time afterwards.
Andrew Moray (Norman French: "Andreu de Moray"; Latin: "Andreas de Moravia" ), also known as Andrew de Moray, Andrew of Moray, or Andrew Murray, an esquire, was prominent in the Scottish Wars of Independence.
 He led the rising in north Scotland in the summer of 1297 against the occupation by King Edward I of England, successfully regaining control of the area for King John Balliol.
 He subsequently merged his forces with those led by William Wallace and jointly led the combined army to victory at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.
 Moray was mortally wounded in the fighting, dying at an unknown date and place later that year.
Dr Chen Su Lan (; 13 February 1885 – 5 May 1972) was one of the Singaporean first local medical graduates.
 He was also an anti-opium fighter, philanthropist and social reformer.
 He served in a number of important committees including the Tan Tock Seng Hospital Management Committee, the Central Midwives Board and the Council of King Edward VII College of Medicine.
 After the Japanese Occupation of Singapore, he joined the Advisory Council where he spoke out against social ills caused by the war.
 He founded the Chinese Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in 1945 and formed the Chen Su Lan Trust in 1947.
Vanya Milanova was born on January the 12th 1954.
 She is an internationally renowned solo violinist and recording artist.
 She is noted for being a female breakthrough artist in a male dominated field.
 Her beauty of tone, technical ability and having an unusually large repertoire have been much commentated on in press reviews.
 She has made a lasting impact on violin performing through being the very first woman to record the entire 24 Paganini caprices in a primarily male field for the Simax Label, Oslo, 1985.
 She performed works which were often only attributed to male soloists.
 Bulgarian born, Vanya Milanova was a child prodigy, having performed her first paid concert at the age of three.
 She studied at the Music School in Sofia and the State Music Academy in Sofia in the class of Peter Arnaudov and later at the Guildhall School of Music in London where she studied with pedagogue Yfrah Neaman OBE.
 Before turning 20 years of age she had already won prizes at many of the major competitions: Tchaikovsky, Queen Elizabeth and Paganini.
 She has played with some of the best orchestras in England, France, Italy, Turkey, Israel, Portugal, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, South America and South Africa.
 She has made frequent recordings with the BBC – London and Manchester, Norwegian Label Simax and the Italian Label Real Sound.
 and has played at the Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, the Royal Albert Hall and the Royal Opera House for the Edward Boyle Memorial Concert 1983 attended by Her Royal Majesty the Queen in aid of the Edward Boyle Memorial Trust, featuring Vanya Milanova, the Amadeus String Quartet, Murray Perahia, Kathryn Scott and Dame Janet Baker).
 Vanya Milanova has been awarded 'Freedom of the City Award' in her native Bulgaria for her outstanding contribution to music and popularising classical music to a younger generation.
 Alongside being a performing and recording artist, She was violin professor at Bilkent University, Turkey and at various other institutions where she disseminated her style to a new generation of young violinists.
Edward Albert Ostermann (November 23, 1882 – May 18, 1969) was a United States Marine Corps major general who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the U.S. occupation of Haiti.
Richard de Pulesdon was appointed by Edward I as the first High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire following the defeat, occupation and dismemberment of the Kingdom of Gwynedd in 1284.
 His tenure came to an end at the height of the rising of Madoc ap Llywelyn in 1295.
 The hated sheriff was seized and hanged by the Anglesey Welshmen during a sudden raid on the borough of Caernarvon.
Edward Avedisian (June 15, 1936, Lowell, Massachusetts – August 17, 2007, Philmont, New York) was an American abstract painter who came into prominence during the 1960s.
 His work was initially associated with Color field painting and in the late 1960s with Lyrical Abstraction.

Question: Do Janet Shamlian and Edward Avedisian have the same occupation?
Answer: no