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.
Ashot-Sahak of Vaspurakan
Ashot- Sahak Artsruni( died 991) was the fourth King of Vaspurakan, from the Artsruni dynasty.
On the death of his father Abusahl- Hamazasp in 968/969, the kingdom was divided among his three sons, and Ashot, as the eldest, retained the royal title and the suzerainty over his younger brothers.
On his death he was succeeded as king by his brother Gurgen- Khachik, who bypassed the rights of Ashot's sons.
Gurgen-Khachik of Vaspurakan
Gurgen- Khachik Artsruni( died 1003) was the fifth King of Vaspurakan, from the Artsruni dynasty.
On the death of his father Abusahl- Hamazasp in 968/969, the kingdom was divided among his three sons, and Ashot- Sahak, as the eldest, retained the royal title and the suzerainty over his younger brothers.
On Ashot's death, Gurgen usurped the throne from Ashot's sons and reigned as king until his own death in 1003.
He was succeeded as king by his brother Seneqerim- Hovhannes.
John Rigby (rower)
John Brian Freeman Rigby (7 April 1906 – 19 June 1975) was a New Zealand rower.
At the 1938 British Empire Games he won the silver medal as part of the men's coxed four.
He was a member of the Petone Rowing Club, and his team members in the 1938 boat were Jim Clayton (stroke), Albert Hope, Kenneth Boswell, and George Burns (cox).
Rigby died on 19 June 1975, and his ashes were buried at Karori Cemetery, Wellington.
George Burns (rowing)
George William Robert Burns( 25 October 1919 – 20 November 1995) was a New Zealand coxswain who represented his country at the 1938 British Empire Games.
He won the silver medal as part of the men's coxed four at the 1938 British Empire Games.
He was a member of the Petone Rowing Club, and his team members in the 1938 boat were Jim Clayton( stroke), Kenneth Boswell, John Rigby, and Albert Hope.
Kenneth Boswell
Kenneth James Boswell, also known as Ken Boswell, was a New Zealand rower.
He won the silver medal as part of the men's coxed four at the 1938 British Empire Games.
He was a member of the Petone Rowing Club, and his team members in the 1938 boat were Jim Clayton( stroke), Albert Hope, John Rigby, and George Burns( cox).
Albert Hope
Albert Alexander Hope( 2 February 1914 – 3 September 1966) was a New Zealand rower.
Hope was born in the Auckland suburb of New Lynn on 2 February 1914, the son of Ada Louisa Hope( née Gibson) and Frederick Hope.
At the 1938 British Empire Games he won the silver medal as part of the men's coxed four.
He was a member of the Petone Rowing Club, and his team members in the 1938 boat were Jim Clayton( stroke), Kenneth Boswell, John Rigby, and George Burns( cox).
Hope died on 3 September 1966, and was buried at Hastings Cemetery.
Ashot Manucharyan
Ashot Manucharyan( born 1954 in Yerevan) is an Armenian educator, democratic socialist politician, and one of the founding members of the Karabakh Committee.
After the independence of Armenia from the Soviet Union in 1991, he served as Minister of Internal Affairs from 1991 to 1992 and as Levon Ter- Petrosyan's National Security Adviser until 1993.
Together with Ashot Dabaghyan and Ashot Bleyan, Manucharyan co-founded School No. 183, later known as the Mkhitar Sebastatsi Educational Complex, which stresses a humanistic approach to education.
Jim Ovia
Jim James Ovia( born November 4, 1951) is a Nigerian businessman.
He founded Zenith Bank in 1990.
Ashot Melkonian
Ashot Melkonian( March 1, 1930 – December 9, 2009) was an Armenian artist associated with Neorealistic artistic style and Honorary Artist of the Republic of Armenia.
He mainly devoted himself to landscape and portraits painting, as well as murals.
He is one of the founders of Neorealism in Armenian art.
Art critic Shahen Khachatrian referred to Melkonian as" an artist of the generation of the 1960s that provided a new impetus to the development of Armenian art.
Reality is a characteristic feature of Ashot's art".
Honorary artist of Armenia Hakob Hakobian referring to Melkonian wrote" a brilliant composer of scenes, an author of exquisite portraits and landscapes, a maseter of gentlest and subtlest painting ... Melkonian is the pride of our painting school."
According to art critic L.S. Zinger( Moscow), Melkonian's art is" a mix of humanistic tradition and his armenian outlook."

Question: Were Jim Ovia and Ashot Melkonian of the same nationality?
Answer: no