James S. Holmes
James Stratton Holmes( 2 May 1924 – 6 November 1986) was an American- Dutch poet, translator, and translation scholar.
He sometimes published his work using his real name James S. Holmes, and other times the pen names Jim Holmes and Jacob Lowland.
In 1956 he was the first non-Dutch translator to receive the prestigious Martinus Nijhoff Award, the most important recognition given to translators of creative texts from or into Dutch.
Martinus Nijhoff
Martinus Nijhoff( 20 April 1894 in The Hague – 26 January 1953 in The Hague) was a Dutch poet and essayist.
He studied literature in Amsterdam and law in Utrecht.
His debut was made in 1916 with his volume" De wandelaar The wanderer").
From that moment he gradually expanded his reputation by his unique style of poetry: not experimental, like Paul Van Ostaijen, yet distinguished by the clarity of his language combined with mystical content.
He was a literary craftsman who employed skilfully various verse forms from different literary epochs.
Some of his best- known works include" Het Uur UH Hour", 1936) and the long poem" Awater"( 1934).
A number of individual sonnets also rose to fame, particularly" De Moeder de Vrouw The Mother the Woman/ Wife") commemorating the opening of a bridge over the river Waal near Zaltbommel.
Joseph Brodsky considered the poem" Awater" one of the grandest poems of the 20th century.
He was awarded Constantijn Huygens Prize posthumously in 1953.
Jorge D'Alessandro
Roberto Jorge D' Alessandro di Ninno( born 28 July 1949) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is a current manager.
He played most of his career with Salamanca in Spain, appearing in nine La Liga seasons and more than 300 official games with the club.
He subsequently embarked in a managerial career in the same country, coaching several teams( including his main one).
Lorena Zaffalon
Lorena Zaffalon( born 10 August 1981 in Milan) is an Italian synchronised swimmer.
In the 2004 Summer Olympics, held in Athens, Greece, she came seventh in the Women's Team competition and eighth in the Women's Duet competition( alongside Beatrice Spaziani).
William Hatcher Davis
William Hatcher
Davis( January 5, 1939 – May 13, 2017) was Professor of Philosophy at Auburn University, where he taught for 47 years and served as Chair of the Department of Philosophy.
He was interested in the philosophy of religion, ethics, epistemology, and pragmatism.
Among his publications are" The Freewill Question"( The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1971)," Peirce's Epistemology"( The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1972), and" Why be Moral?Philosophical Inquiry" 13( 3 –4): 1–21, 1991).
Davis had a B.A. and M.A. from Abilene Christian University and a Ph.D. from Rice University.
He was inducted into Auburn's Academy of Teaching and Outstanding Teachers in April 2004.
Ming Luhulima
Ming Luhulima aka Lou Lima was a well known Netherlands based recording artist originally from the Maluku Islands which were part of the Dutch East Indies.
He made multiple recordings during his career.
One of the artists he was closely associated with was Rudi Wairata.
Not only did Luhulima come from the same country as Wairata, he also recorded music in the same genre.
He was also a member of the Amboina Serenaders and the Mena Moeria Minstrels.
He also led the Krontjong Ensemble Pantja Warna.
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.
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.
Thomas Rudborne
Thomas Rudborne was an English Benedictine monk of St Swithun's Priory, Winchester, and a chronicler writing in the middle of the fifteenth century.
His" Historia Major" covers the period 164 AD to 1138, and is centred on the Old Minster at Winchester.
He cites carefully from English chronicles, Marianus Scotus and Martinus Polonus.
He includes legendary material and hagiographical writing on Saint Swithun.
Beatrice Spaziani
Beatrice Spaziani( born 26 March 1984 in Terracina) is an Italian synchronised swimmer.
In the 2004 Summer Olympics, held in Athens, Greece, she came seventh in the Women's Team competition and eighth in the Women's Duet competition( alongside Lorena Zaffalon).

Question: Are Lorena Zaffalon and Martinus Nijhoff from the same country?
Answer: no