Sir Richard Reynell, 2nd Baronet
Sir Richard Reynell, 2nd Baronet( 1673 – 1723) was an Anglo- Irish politician and landowner who sat in the Irish House of Commons as member for Wicklow from 1692 to 1693.
He was the elder son of Sir Richard Reynell, 1st Baronet and his wife Hester Beckett, daughter of Randall Beckett of Dublin.
He was probably born in Dublin where his father spent most of his career.
The elder Sir Richard was in turn member of the House of Commons for Athboy, judge of the Court of King's Bench( Ireland) and finally Lord Chief Justice of Ireland.
The Reynells were an ancient Devon family with strong links to East Ogwell and Ashburton, Devon; after the Glorious Revolution the elder Sir Richard sat in the House of Commons of England for Ashburton.
The younger Richard was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Wicklow in 1692, when he was barely 20 years old.
His father's mental health failed and he was removed from office in 1695 and retired to England; from then on the family seem to have largely severed their ties with Ireland.
The younger Richard married his cousin Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Reynell of Laleham, Middlesex and Anne Balam.
Elizabeth died in 1706, aged thirty- nine.
They had three daughters, and one son Sir Thomas Reynell, 3rd Baronet.
Sir Richard died at Laleham in June 1723.
In contrast to his father, who was described as one of the most remarkable figures in Irish political life of his time, the second Sir Richard has left little mark on history.
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.
Gervase of Ebstorf
Gervase of Ebstorf is best known as the author of the Ebstorf Map, a medieval mappa mundi created in around 1234.
He may or may not be the same man as Gervase of Tilbury, author of Otia Imperialia," Recreation for an Emperor", written for Emperor Otto IV.
The connection between Gervase of Tilbury and Gervase of Ebstof can" only remain hypothetical"; the arguments for Gervase of Tilbury being the mapmaker are based on the name Gervase, which was an uncommon name in Northern Germany at the time and on some similarities between the world view of the mapmaker and Gervase of Tilbury.
Mai Šein
Mai Šein( born 10 May 1946 in Räägi, Saaremaa) is a notable Estonian architect.
Mai Šein studied in the National Art Institute of the Estonian SSR( today's Estonian Academy of Arts) in the department of architecture.
She graduated from the institute in 1970.
From 1970 to 1990, Mai Šein worked in the Tallinn office of the soviet design bureau Tsentrosojuz Projekt.
Currently Mai Šein works in the architectural bureau Mai Šein OÜ.
Notable works by Mai Šein are the Golf Club of Tallinn in Niitvälja, the building of the Energetics department of the Tallinn Technical University, apartment building on Koidula Street and the terrace housing on the Sõpruse road.
Mai Šein is a member of the Union of Estonian Architects.
Alain Mabanckou
Alain Mabanckou( born 24 February 1966) is a novelist, journalist, poet, and academic, a French citizen born in the Republic of the Congo, he is currently a Professor of Literature at UCLA.
He is best known for his novels and non-fiction writing depicting the experience of contemporary Africa and the African diaspora in France.
He is among the best known and most successful writers in the French language and one of the best known African writers in France.
In some circles in Paris he is known as the Samuel Beckett of Africa.
He is also controversial, and criticized by some African and diaspora writers for stating Africans bear responsibility for their own misfortune.
Gervase Beckett
Sir William Gervase Beckett, 1st Baronet( 14 January 1866 – 24 August 1937), born William Gervase Beckett- Denison, was a British banker and Conservative politician.
John McCann (Irish politician)
John McCann( 17 June 1905 – 23 February 1980) was an Irish politician, author and journalist.
McCann stood unsuccessfully for election at the 1937 and 1938 general elections.
He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála( TD) at the Dublin South by-election held on 6 June 1939.
The by-election was caused by the death of James Beckett of Fine Gael.
McCann was re-elected at each general election until he lost his seat at the 1954 general election.
He served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1947 to 1948 and 1964 to 1965.
James F. O'Gorman
Dr. James F. O'Gorman( born 1933) is a leading American architectural historian, author, lecturer, editor, and consultant who taught for many years at Wellesley College.
O' Gorman received a B. Arch. degree from Washington University in St. Louis in 1956 and an M.Arch. from the University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign, in 1961.
He earned a Ph.D. in Art History from Harvard University in 1966.
O'Gorman is particularly known for his research and writing on the nineteenth- century American architects Henry Hobson Richardson, Frank Furness, Hammatt Billings, Isaiah Rogers, and Gervase Wheeler.
He is also known for his popular introduction to architecture:" ABC of Architecture".
O'Gorman has retired from teaching and currently resides in Portland, Maine.
He was named a Fellow of the Society of Architectural Historians in 2007.
Mais Hamdan
Mais Abdel- Jabbar Hamdan Selim( born October 31, 1982), better known as Mais Hamdan, is a Jordanian actress, singer and TV presenter.
Her sisters are Mai Selim and Dana Hamdan.
John McLeod (composer)
John McLeod( born 1934) is a Scottish composer who writes music in many media including film and television.
He was born in Aberdeen, but is based in Edinburgh.
He initially studied clarinet at the Royal Academy of Music with Jack Brymer, Reginald Kell, and Gervase de Peyer, but then switched to composition with Sir Lennox Berkeley.
His Clarinet Concerto was premiered at the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh on 13 May 2007.
A double CD of his complete piano music was recorded live from four concerts at Stoller Hall in Manchester, August 2017.
It includes the five piano sonatas( 1978- 2913), the" Four Impromptus"( 196)" Five Hebridean Dances"( 1981) and the" 12 Preludes"( 1984).
In 2014, McLeod was rewarded with a BASCA Gold Badge Award.
This was in recognition for his unique contribution to music.
McLeod was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire( CBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to music.

Question: Are Mai Šein and Gervase Beckett of the same nationality?
Answer: no