Watkins Overton
Samuel Watkins Overton Jr.( June 5, 1894 – December 2, 1958) was an American politician and the longest- serving mayor in the history of Memphis, Tennessee.
Samuel W. Eager
Samuel Watkins Eager (April 8, 1789 – December 23, 1860) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Neelytown, New York, Eager attended Montgomery Academy in Montgomery, New York, and graduated from Princeton College in 1809.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1811 and commenced practice in Newburgh, New York.
He moved to Montgomery, New York, in 1826, and continued the practice of his profession.
Eager was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian candidate to the Twenty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hector Craig and served from November 2, 1830, to March 3, 1831.
He was not a candidate at the election held the same day for the Twenty-second Congress.
He returned to Newburgh in 1836 and engaged in literary pursuits.
He died in Newburgh, New York, December 23, 1860.
He was interred in St. George Cemetery.
Sverre Ingolf Haugli
Sverre Ingolf Haugli( 23 April 1925 – 18 October 1986) was a Norwegian speed skater.
He finished third at the European Championships in 1950 and fourth in the World Championships in 1951.
He won a bronze medal at the 1952 Oslo Olympics, and placed sixth over 10,000 m in 1952 and fourth in 1956.
He is the grandfather of speed skaters Maren Haugli and Sverre Haugli.
Samuel R. Watkins
Samuel R. Watkins( born Samuel Rush Watkins; June 26, 1839 – July 20, 1901) was an American writer and humorist.
He fought through the entire Civil War and saw action in many battles.
Today, he is best known for his enduring memoir, Co. Aytch( 1882), which recounts his life as a soldier in the First Tennessee.
Mattis Hætta
Mattis Hætta( born 15 March 1959 in Masi, Norway) is a Norwegian Sami singer and recording artist.
In 1980, he and Sverre Kjelsberg won the 1980 Melodi Grand Prix with the entry Sámiid Ædnan and went on to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980.
He has worked in pantomimes and yoiks in Alta, Kautokeino and Luleå.
Egil Holmsen
" Egil" Sophus Severen Holmsen( February 15, 1917 – May 30, 1990) was a Swedish film director, screenwriter, journalist, author and actor.
He was the younger brother of author Sverre Holmsen.
Svein Folkvord
Svein Folkvord( born 18 May 1967) is a Norwegian Jazz musician( double bass), sound engineer and composer, known from cooperations with Andy Sheppard, Paolo Fresu, Knut Kristiansen, John Pål Inderberg, Per Jørgensen, Phil McDermott, Jack Wilkins, Håkon Mjaset Johansen, Nils- Olav Johansen and Sverre Gjørvad.
Sverre Holmsen
Sverre Holmsen( 1906–1992) was a Swedish author born in Transvaal, South Africa and brought up in Norway and Sweden.
He became a Swedish citizen 1912.
In 1945 he married the artist and writer Agda Göthlin( 1920 – 1975).
He was previously married to Margit Holm in 1928.
Since 1922 he travelled and worked all around the world and was an avid supporter of global unity.
The main part of his books draws inspiration from Polynesia.
Sverre Holmsen lived in Tahiti for several years.
He very much admired the people in the Pacific region, along with their habits, history and culture.
Sverre Holmsen was also an early environmentalist.
In the main part of his works he points out the dangers of modern ways of living.
Even in his earliest works he expressed critical views about technical development and the exploitation of natural resources.
In a similar way he was also advocating democracy and Human rights.
17 of his books have been published in Swedish language and have been translated to 12 languages.
He is the older brother of Egil Holmsen, Swedish film director, screenwriter, journalist, author and actor.
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.
Gordon Samuel Watkins
Gordon Samuel Watkins( March 9, 1889 – May 5, 1970) was an educator, author, and leading figure in the field of labor economics during the early to mid twentieth century.
Watkins was also the first provost at the University of California, Riverside serving from 1949 to 1956.

Question: Are Samuel R. Watkins and Sverre Holmsen of the same nationality?
Answer: no