Frode Alnæs
Frode Alnæs( born 3 March 1959) is a Norwegian jazz guitarist and composer, known from cooperation with international artists like Morten Harket, Magne Furuholmen, Arild Andersen, Jon Balke, Ole Edvard Antonsen, Ketil Bjørnstad, Henning Sommerro, Ray Charles, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ian Hunter, Bjørn Alterhaug, Sissel Kyrkjebø, Gustav Lorentzen, and Jan Erik Vold, and appearances in bands like Dance with a Stranger, Masqualero, Jazzpønkensemblet, and Sidsel Endresen Quartet.
John Cassidy (author)
John Cassidy is the chief executive and co-founder of Klutz Press and author of over 200 instructional and children's books, including" Juggling for the Complete Klutz The Klutz Book of Inventions", and" The Klutz Book of Brilliantly Ridiculous Inventions".
Cassidy attended Stanford University, where he studied English and Education.
While at Stanford he also became a friend of Darrell Lorentzen and B.C. Rimbeaux, with whom he would eventually found Klutz Press.
In 1977, while working as a student teacher at a high school in Mountain View, California, Cassidy began his career as a juggling pedagogue by handing out 75 tennis balls to his sophomore remedial- reading class, along with instructions on juggling.
Pleased with his students' response, Cassidy, along with his college friends Lorentzen and Rimbeaux, wrote and published" Juggling for the Complete Klutz".
The book did well, selling 50,000 copies by the end of 1978.
That same year Cassidy, Lorentzen, and Rimbeaux co -founded Klutz Press in Palo Alto, California.
Cassidy has remained the chief executive and" creative force" of the company since its founding.
In that time he has written over 200 books for Klutz.
" Juggling for the Complete Klutz", the company's most popular title, has sold over 2.5 million copies.
In May, 2006, the Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose awarded Cassidy the seventh annual Legacy for Children Award, which honors" an individual or organization whose work has significantly benefited the learning and lives of children."
Previous awardees included Dr. Seuss, Bil Keane, and Fred Rogers.
In 2018, Cassidy became a Board member of the nonprofit rafting company, ARTA River Trips.
Frithjof Lorentzen
Frithjof Lorentzen (7 September 1896 – 13 July 1965) was a Norwegian fencer.
He competed at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics.
Finn Høffding
Niels Finn Høffding( 10 March 1899 in Copenhagen – 3 March 1997 in Copenhagen) was a Danish composer.
Høffding studied composition under Knud Jeppesen and Thomas Laub, and then under Joseph Marx in Vienna from 1921- 22.
His works first became well known in Denmark in the 1920s, particularly the piece" Karlsvognen"( chorus and orchestra, 1924).
He began to study folk music about 1930, and founded the Copenhagen School of Folk Music in 1931.
From 1931 he also taught at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, where he served as director after 1954.
In 1956 and 1958 he was awarded the Nielsen Prize.
His pupils include Pelle Gudmundsen- Holmgreen, Vagn Holmboe, Bent Lorentzen, and Leif Thybo.
In addition to composing, Høffding also wrote several theoretical treatises.
Povl Erik Carstensen
Povl Erik Carstensen( born June 8, 1960 in Vangede) is a Danish comedian, actor and jazz double bassist.
Appearing both on film and TV and as a live stand- up, he is best known for his role as Aage in the comic duo of John and Aage on TV 2, alongside Morten Lorentzen and for his work with Thomas Wivel.
He directed and starred in the film" Holes in the Soup" in 1988 featuring John and Aage.
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.
Usha S. Kakade
Usha S. Kakade is an Indian Social activist and the founder and president of Gravittus Foundation( previously known as USK Foundation).
The organization works for underprivileged children and women in Maharashtra state.
Usha Kakade is honored with Paul Harris Fellow recognition by Rotary International organization.
In 2019, she was also felicitated with" Pride of the Nation" honor by Rajnath Singh.
She is the wife of Indian politician and businessman Sanjay Kakade.
In 2019, Usha Kakade and" Gravittus Foundation" launched a book' Gravittus Ratna' written by Megha Shimpi and Parag Potdar.
Every year, Usha and her organization conduct' URJA Awards' ceremony.
Usha is also the chairwoman of Gravittus Corporation.
Gustav Lorentzen (scientist)
Gustav Fredrik Lorentzen( 13 January 1915 – 7 August 1995) was a thermodynamic scientist from Norway.
< br> Gustav Lorentzen was a professor at Norwegian Institute of Technology, and Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
In the late 1980s, Gustav Lorentzen rediscovered how CO could be used as a refrigerant in heating and cooling applications.
He developed the modern thermodynamic transcritical cycle in 1988- 1991.
In 1988 Lorentzen designed a concept for a new, but simple and efficient way of regulating CO systems.
This idea became the turning point in the re-invention of CO cooling technology.
Meanwhile, the Japanese corporation Denso had familiarized itself with Lorentzen's dissertation in 1993, and was evaluating the concept as a basis for a new air-condition application in cars.
A series of communications between Lorentzen and Denso followed and the result of the collaboration between Lorentzen and Denso was a fundamental step in the innovation of EcoCute which was commercialized in 2000s.
Gyan Singh Sohanpal
Gyan Singh Sohanpal (11 January 1925 – 8 August 2017), was an Indian politician affiliated with the Indian National Congress and a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.
He is affectionately known as Chacha Ji ("Uncle" in English) in his constituency of Kharagpur Sadar.
He won his seat Kharagpur Sadar in 1969,1971,1972,1982, 1987,1991, 1996, 2001,2006,2011
Since 1969, He only lost elections in 1977 and 2016.
He was MLA for 10 terms
He contested his first election in 1962 and became a minister in 1969 in Ajoy Mukherjee’s cabinet, taking charge of Small Industries and Jails.
In Siddhartha Shankar Ray’s cabinet, he was the Minister for Transport, Jail and Parliamentary Affairs.
He has represented Khragpur since 1982, and in the 2011 election, he defeated Anil Kumar Das of the CPI(M) by over 32,000 votes.
Following that election, he was the most senior Member of the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal and served briefly as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
He was sworn in as the Speaker by Governor M. K. Narayanan on May 18, 2011.
Parag Das
Parag Das( born 1 January 1974 in Gauhati, Assam) is an Indian cricketer who played domestic cricket for Assam cricket team.
He is a right- handed batsman who bowled right- arm medium pace.
Das made his first- class debut for Assam in the 1993/94 Ranji Trophy.
He played 43 first- class matches with highest score of 118 and 32 List A matches.
His son is Riyan Parag, who also plays cricket for Assam.

Question: Were Frithjof Lorentzen and Parag Das of the same nationality?
Answer: no