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.
Gubbi Veeranna
Gubbi Veeranna( 1891 – 1972) was an Indian theatre director and artist and a recipient of the Padmashree conferred by the President of India.
He was one of the pioneers and most prolific contributors to Kannada theatre.
He established the drama company," Gubbi Sree Channabasaveshwara Nataka Company", which played a crucial role in promoting the Kannada theatre field.
He has been conferred the title" Nataka Ratna" meaning A Precious Jewel" in the theatre world Gubbi Veeranna Nataka Company" is the first theatre company in Karnataka to employ female artists to portray female characters on the stage.
Elephants and horses were also brought on stage in war scenes of Kurukshetra.
There is a popular saying that" the story of Gubbi Veeranna's company is itself the story of the Kannada theatre", which indicates the popularity of this company in the theatre world.
Apart from theatre, Gubbi Veeranna has also produced films and acted in them as well.
In 1955, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for acting, given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance& Drama, and the highest Indian recognition given to practising artists.
The Government of India awarded him the fourth- highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 1972, for his contributions to arts.
Renukamma Murugodu
" Renukamma Murugodu" was an Indian actress who worked in Kannada film industry.
She started her acting career as a child artist at 13.
She had performed in many dramas, soaps and films which made her name very popular in Karnataka.
Renukamma has acted in some hit movies like Kraurya, Nammura Mandara Hoove and Shabdavedi.
Renukamma was a winner of Gubbi veeranna award.
She died at 76.
B. Jayashree
B. Jayashree( born 9 June 1950) is a veteran Indian theatre actress, director and singer, who has also acted in films and television and worked as dubbing artist in films.
She is the creative director of Spandana Theatre, an amateur theatre company based in Bangalore, established in 1976.
She was nominated to the Upper house of the Indian Parliament, Rajya Sabha in 2010.
She was awarded the Padma Shri, fourth- highest civilian honour by Government of India in 2013.
Her grandfather was noted theatre director, Gubbi Veeranna, who founded the Gubbi Veeranna Nataka Company.
Thomas Gilcrease
William Thomas Gilcrease( February 8, 1890 – May 6, 1962) was an American oilman, art collector, and philanthropist.
During his lifetime, Gilcrease collected more than 10,000 artworks, 250,000 Native American artifacts and 100,000 rare books and documents, including the only surviving certified copy of the Declaration of Independence.
He was the founder of Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
In 1971, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy& Western Heritage Museum.
Vyjayanthi Kashi
Vyjayanthi Kashi is an Indian classical dancer, a kuchipudi exponent.
Kuchipudi is one of the Indian classical dance forms from Andhra Pradesh, India.
She is from the family of Dr Gubbi Veeranna who was an Indian theatre director, one of the pioneers and most prolific contributors to Kannada theatre.
He established the drama company, Gubbi Veeranna Nataka Company that played a crucial role in promoting the Kannada theatre.
Smt.Vyjayanthi
Kashi is a reputed kuchipudi dancer, a celebrated performer and choreographer and artistic director of a dance school Shambhavi School of Dance where they teaches this traditional dance form kuchipudi.
She was also the chairperson of Karnataka Sangeetha Nritya Academy
Daniel Sanderson
Daniel Sanderson was a Wesleyan Missionary, who served in India, in the Wesleyan Canarese Mission, at the Bangalore Petah, Mysore, Tumkur and Gubbi, between 1842 – 1867.
Sanderson was a linguist and a Kannada scholar.
He is credited with co-authoring the first Kannada- English dictionary, published in 1858 by the Wesleyan Mission Press with the financial support by Sir Mark Cubbon.
He also translated Lakshmisa's" magnum opus," the Jaimini Bharata, into English.
On return to England, he was appointed as the director of the Richmond Theological College.
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.
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.
Aruna Balraj
Aruna Balaraj is an Indian film actress in the Kannada film industry.
Some of the films of Aruna Balraj as an actress include" Naayi Neralu"( 2006)," Ambari"( 2009)," Raja Huli"( 2013) and" Gubbi Mele Bramhastra"( 2019)

Question: Were Thomas Gilcrease and Gubbi Veeranna from the same country?
Answer: no