James & Ernie
James& Ernie are an American Navajo comedy duo consisting of James Junes and Ernest" Ernie" David Tsosie III.
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.
Fedor Kapelyush
Fedor Davidovich Kapelyush (1876 - 1945), was a Russian writer, Marxist, translator.
He had an engineering education, the author of publications on economic and socio-political topics, participated in translations into Russian of the works of K. Kautsky, K. Marx, J. Meslier and a number of other social writers.
Bob Thaves
Robert Thaves (October 5, 1924 – August 1, 2006) was the creator of the comic strip "Frank and Ernest", which began in 1972.
Thaves' desire to become a cartoonist began in his childhood.
He had no formal training; instead, he practiced by studying and drawing the works of other cartoonists.
He was so skilled he could identify the cartoonist of a comic strip without looking at the signature.
Robert Lee Thaves was born on October 5, 1924, in Burt, Iowa, where his father, John, published local newspapers.
He attended the University of Minnesota, where he received both a bachelor's and master's degree in psychology.
While still at university, the first of his cartoons was printed in magazines.
He continued to be interested in cartooning, and developed the "Frank and Ernest" strip while working as an industrial psychologist.
"Frank and Ernest" began appearing in magazines as early as the 1960s.
It was first nationally syndicated November 6, 1972 and was eventually carried in 1,300 papers.
It was the first single panel strip to appear in the "panel" format, and the first to use block letters for its dialogue.
He also drew the short-lived "King Baloo" strip, which ran during the 1980s.
Its format was identical to "Frank and Ernest", but featured the titular King.
His son Tom began collaborating with him on "Frank and Ernest" in 1997.
The elder Thaves had planned on transitioning his son to take over the strip before his death.
Bob Thaves died of respiratory failure in Torrance, California at the age of 81.
Ernest Ansermet
Ernest Alexandre Ansermet( pronounced; 11 November 1883 – 20 February 1969) was a Swiss conductor.
Frank and Ernest
Frank and Ernest may refer to:
Jean-Marie Auberson
Jean- Marie Auberson( May 2, 1920 in Chavornay, Vaud – July 4, 2004) was a Swiss conductor and violinist, student of Ernest Ansermet and Carl Schuricht.
He was born in Chavornay, Vaud canton, Switzerland and died in Draguignan, Var, France.
His musical career:
Jacques Meslier
Jacques Meslier( born 3 May 1928) is a French water polo player.
He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Fedor Kapelyush
Fedor Davidovich Kapelyush (1876 - 1945), was a Russian writer, Marxist, translator.
He had an engineering education, the author of publications on economic and socio-political topics, participated in translations into Russian of the works of K. Kautsky, K. Marx, J. Meslier and a number of other social writers.
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.

Question: Were Jacques Meslier and Ernest Ansermet from the same country?
Answer: no