Ablabius (assassin)
Ablabius was a Byzantine would- be assassin, known for a failed attempt to kill Emperor Justinian I( r. 527–565) in 562.
The main sources about him are John Malalas and Theophanes the Confessor.
John R. Velazquez
John R. Velazquez( born November 24, 1971) is a Puerto Rican jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.
He began his career in Puerto Rico and moved to New York in 1990.
In 2004 and 2005 he was the United States Champion Jockey by earnings and both years was given the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey.
He was inducted into the Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2012, rode his 5,000th winner in 2013, and became the leading money- earning jockey in the history of the sport in 2014.
A winner of fifteen Breeders' Cup and four Triple Crown races including the 2011 and 2017 Kentucky Derby, Velázquez has also won major graded stakes races such as the Kentucky Oaks, Metropolitan Handicap, Whitney Handicap, Dubai World Cup and Woodbine Mile.
Pascal Dobert
Pascal Dobert( born April 8, 1974) is an American steeplechase runner.
He finished seventh at the 1998 IAAF World Cup and competed at the 1999 World Championships and the 2000 Summer Olympics without reaching the final.
Dobert was born in Washington, D.C.
His personal best time was 8:15.77 minutes, achieved in July 2000 in Sacramento.
As of 2018, he is the assistant coach to Jerry Schumacher for the Bowerman Track Club.
Descartes-class cruiser
The" Descartes" class was a class of protected cruisers of the French Navy.
The class comprised" Descartes" and" Pascal".
Hollywoo
Hollywoo is a 2011 French comedy film directed by Frédéric Berthe and Pascal Serieis.
Willem Brakman
Willem Pieter Jacobus Brakman( 1922 – 2008) was a Dutch writer who made his literary debut with the novel" Een winterreis" in 1961.
Brakman received the P. C. Hooft Award in 1980.
He was born on June 13th, 1922 in The Hague, Netherlands, and died on May 8th, 2008 in the same country.
Morjana Alaoui
Morjana Alaoui( born November 30, 1982) is a Moroccan- French actress.
She appeared in" Marock"( 2005) and Pascal Laugier's horror film" Martyrs"( 2008).
Athanasius (grandson of Theodora)
Athanasius was a Byzantine monk and a grandson of Theodora, wife of Justinian I.
The main sources about him are John of Ephesus, Michael the Syrian and Bar- Hebraeus.
Juan de la Corte
Juan de la Corte, a Spanish painter, was born at Madrid in 1597.
He was instructed by Velazquez, and painted portraits and history, but chiefly excelled in battle- pieces and perspective views.
He also painted small pictures of subjects from sacred history.
He was painter to Philip III, and was continued in that situation by his successor, Philip IV.
There are several of his pictures in the palace of Buen Retiro.
He died at Madrid in 1660.
Godwin Davy
Godwin Davy( born 15 December 1979) is an Anguillan international footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
He made his international debut in a World Cup qualifying match against El Salvador, resulting in a lopsided match, losing 12- 0 in February 2008, and also played in the 4 – 0 loss to the same country in the return match in March 2008.

Question: Are John R. Velazquez and Pascal Dobert from the same country?