Ludo Martens
Ludo Martens( 12 March 1946 – 5 June 2011) was a Belgian Communist political activist who also produced several works on the political history of Central Africa and the Soviet Union.
In 1968 Martens founded the group" Alle macht aan de arbeiders All Power to the Workers"), which in 1979 became the Workers' Party of Belgium.
He also served as chairman of the Workers' Party.
Martens was the last foreigner to meet North Korean President Kim Il Sung prior to his death on 8 July 1994.
According to a press release by the Workers' Party, Martens died on the morning of June 5, 2011, after a long illness.
John S. Gibson
John Strickland Gibson( January 3, 1893 – October 19, 1960) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
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 Strickland (basketball)
John Strickland( May 20, 1970 — October 6, 2010) was a former professional basketball and streetball player.
He was a native of Washington Heights NYC who left to play college basketball.
He later played at Hawaii Pacific University where he averaged a double- double each season.
He went on to play at the USBL for 6 seasons where he averaged 22 points per game.
He also played for the Albany Patroons of the CBA.
In 2008, he was a CBA All Star.
He died in 2010 at the age of 40.
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.
John Strickland Goodall
John Strickland Goodall( 7 June 1908 – 2 June 1996) was a British author, watercolour painter and illustrator best known for his wordless picture adventures( one award- winning example being" The Adventures of Paddy Pork"), although his output has included more conventional pictures, and illustrations for a wide range of publications( including the" Radio Times") and books by the" fictitious village schoolmistress Miss Read".
To a large extent, Goodall became one of England's most beloved artists due to the subject matter of his works, the Victorian and Edwardian eras.
Len Strickland
Lennard John Strickland( 13 May 1880 – 26 August 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League( VFL).
John Strickland
John Strickland is a British film and television director.
Some of his credits include" The Murder of Princess DianaMaigret The BillClocking OffTrustP.O.W.BodiesHustleApparitionsBedlam" and the American series" Big Love".
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.
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.

Question: Are John Strickland and Ludo Martens both from the same country?
Answer: no