Richard James Simpson
Richard James Simpson, formerly known as Richard James (born 1967), is an American singer and guitarist.
He is a son of Renate Hoy, an actress born in Germany, and attorney Raymond C. Simpson.
He grew up in the South Bay region of California and had an older brother Charles "Rock" Halsey who was a member of Rock Bottom & the Spys.
As a teenager, Simpson was a member of Invisible Chains as a bass player.
The band recorded one eponymous album but disbanded later on.
In the 1990s, he fronted a band called Teardrain, which also featured Jill Emery and Mark Reback on bass and drums respectively.
He released his debut solo album in 2017.
It is called "Sweet Birds of Youth" and features eighteen songs.
Among those playing on the album are Joey Burns (from Calexico) on cello, Theodore Welch on drums as well as Dustin Boyer, who co-produced the record and plays various instruments.
The album was mastered by Geza X. Two songs from this album, "Roller" and "Taking Sides" were used in feature movie "The Letter Red".
Simpson released his second solo album "Deep Dream" in April 2019.
Over its seventeen songs, the albums features contributions from Dustin Boyer, Don Bolles (Germs), Paul Roessler, Ygarr Ygarrist (Zolar X) and two songs feature the original lineup of Simpson's 1990s band Teardrain – bassist Jill Emery and drummer Mark Reback.
Jill Emery also co-wrote and co-produced other songs on the record.
The album was mastered by Geza X.
Anne Benna Sims
Anne Benna Sims was the first African- American" danseuse" at American Ballet Theatre and the first African- American soloist in the company's history.
Sims danced with the Grands Ballets Canadiens in 1972.
At ABT she was in the first cast of the company premiere of Paul Taylor's" Airs"( reconstructed by Eileen Cropley); other members of the cast were Lisa Rinehart, Janet Shibata, Rebecca Wright, Brian Adams, Warren Conover and Robert La Fosse.
She had earlier been featured in a revival of Antony Tudor's" Undertow" with Peter Fonseea.
Sims graduated from Bishop Reilly High School in 1970.
Her sister is museum curator Lowery Stokes Sims.
Lisa Emery
Lisa Emery( born January 29, 1952) is an American stage, film, and television actress.
Castle Valley (Carbon, Emery, and Sevier counties, Utah)
The Castle Valley is a valley in Carbon, Emery, and Sevier counties, Utah.
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Chandler Woodcock
Chandler E. Woodcock is an American politician from Maine.
Woodcock served as a Republican State Senator from Franklin County from 2000 to 2006.
He was the Republican candidate for Governor of Maine in 2006.
He won a close primary election by 3% on June 13, 2006, against David F. Emery and Peter Mills.
He lost to Governor John Baldacci, the Democratic incumbent in the November 7 election.
In 2011, Republican Governor Paul LePage nominated Woodcock to be Maine's Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, and he took office in the spring of that year.
Brent Emery
Brent Emery( born September 15, 1957) was a cyclist for the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where he won a silver medal in the team pursuit.
He is now a business owner and cycling advocate in the metro Milwaukee area.
He married Julie Emery( Fluet) on August 3, 1985 after meeting her at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics where she came to watch her brother, Steve Hegg win a gold and silver medal, also in cycling.
They live in Menomonee Falls, Wi and have two children, John Robert Emery and Ashley Emery, and two grandchildren Lexus and Lola Emery.
David Ji
David Longfen Ji is an American businessman who co-founded Apex Digital, an electronics manufacturer.
In 2004, he was arrested in China following a dispute with Sichuan Changhong Electric, a supplier owned by the city of Mianyang and the province of Sichuan.
Changhong accused him of defrauding them through bad checks.
Ji was taken, according to an account by his lawyer, to the senior management and told, "I decide whether you live or die."
He has been held in China without charges.
Ji's case highlighted an "implicit racism" in dealings with American businessmen.
As a U.S. citizen he was not granted the same treatment by authorities as non-ethnically Chinese businessmen sharing the same nationality.
Joseph Rumshinsky
Joseph Rumshinsky( 1881–1956) was a Jewish composer born near Vilna, Lithuania( then part of Russian Poland).
Along with Sholom Secunda, Alexander Olshanetsky and Abraham Ellstein, he is considered one of the" big four" composers and conductors of American Yiddish theater.
Samuel Anderson Emery
Samuel" Sam" Anderson Emery( 1814–1881) was an English stage actor, the father of the actress Winifred Emery and grandfather of the actress Margery Maude and the judge John Cyril Maude.
Sholom Secunda
Sholom Secunda( Alexandria, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire13 June 1974, New York) was an American composer of Ukrainian- Jewish descent.

Question: Were Lisa Emery and Sholom Secunda of the same nationality?
Answer: yes