Guo Shoujing
Guo Shoujing( 1231–1316), courtesy name Ruosi( 若思), was a Chinese astronomer, hydraulic engineer, mathematician, and politician who lived during the Yuan Dynasty( 1271 – 1368).
The later Johann Adam Schall von Bell( 1591 – 1666) was so impressed with the preserved astronomical instruments of Guo that he called him" the Tycho Brahe of China."
Jamal ad- Din cooperated with him.
Knut Hagrup
Knut Hagrup( né Hagerup- Svendsen; 13 November 1913 – 15 May 2003) was a Norwegian aviator.
He was born in Bergen to Henry Lie- Svendsen and Ebba Hagerup.
He served with the exiled Norwegian Armed Forces and the Royal Norwegian Air Force in the United Kingdom from 1941 to 1945, as a pilot and a technical officer.
He was assigned with the Scandinavian Airlines from 1946, and was manager of the company from 1969 to 1978.
After his retirement he was appointed professor at the Northrop University in Inglewood, California.
Among his publications are" Flyet i fare" from 1975, and his thesis" How the aerospace- industry of western Europe will survive" from 1981.
Catherine of Pfalz-Zweibrücken (1661–1720)
Catherine of Pfalz- Zweibrücken( 10 December 1661 – 27 May 1720), was the daughter of Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg and Countess Elsa Elisabeth Brahe of Wisingsborg, cousin of Charles XI of Sweden and the sister of Adolph John II, Count Palatine of Kleeburg and Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken.
She is foremost known for the scandal involving herself and her siblings, when she, after a long ongoing conflict in 1686- 88, escaped from the authority of her parents.
Melanie Lubbe
Melanie Lubbe( born 23 June 1990), née Ohme, is a German chess player who holds the title of Woman grandmaster( WGM, 2012).
Per Brahe the Elder
Per Brahe the Elder( 1520 – 1590) was a Swedish statesman.
Brahe was the son of Joakim Brahe( died 1520 in the Stockholm Bloodbath) and Margareta Eriksdotter Vasa, the sister of Gustav Eriksson Vasa, who became King of Sweden in 1523.
Brahe was thus the cousin of three future kings, Eric XIV, John III and Charles IX, all of them sons of Gustav Vasa.
Brahe was among the first members of the Swedish nobility to be created a count when titles of nobility were introduced by King Eric XIV on the occasion of his coronation in 1561.
Brahe was given the county of Visingsborg, situated on Visingsö, the next year.
He had been member of the Privy Council of Sweden and Governor of Stockholm Castle from 1540.
At the accession of King John III, he was appointed the Lord High Justiciar of Sweden(" riksdrots") and Governor of Norrland as well as Governor of Stockholm Castle again.
He married Beata Stenbock( 1533 – 1583), daughter of Gustaf Olofsson Stenbock and Brita Eriksdotter Leijonhufvud, and elder sister of Gustav Vasa's third wife, Katarina Stenbock.
Brahe's mother- in- law was the daughter of Erik Abrahamsson Leijonhufvud and Ebba Eriksdotter Vasa, the mother of Gustav Vasa's second wife, Margaret Eriksdotter Leijonhufvud.
( Ebba Eriksdotter Vasa was herself a second cousin of Gustav Vasa.)
Brahe was the father of Erik Brahe( 1552 – 1614), Gustaf Brahe( 1558 – 1615), Margareta Brahe( 1559 – 1638), Magnus Brahe( 1564 – 1633), Sigrid Brahe and Abraham Brahe( 1569 – 1630), and the grandfather of Per Brahe the Younger( 1602 – 1680), Ebba Brahe and Margareta Brahe.
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.
Lars Lönnroth
Lars Lönnroth( born 4 June 1935) is a Swedish literary scholar.
He was born in Gothenburg to Erik Lönnroth and Ebba Lagercrantz.
His academic career include professorships at the University of California Berkeley, University of Aalborg and the University of Gothenburg.
Most of his scholarly publications are in Swedish but the following two books are in English:" Njáls saga: A Critical Introduction"( 1976) and" The Academy of Odin: Selected Papers on Old Norse Literature"( 2011).
He was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 2005.
Elisabeth Gyllenstierna
Elisabeth Gyllenstierna( 1581-1646) was a Swedish court official.
She was the" överhovmästarinna" to queen Christina of Sweden from 1634 until 1639.
She was the daughter of the" riksdrots" baron Nils Göransson Gyllenstierna af Lundholm and Ebba Bielke af Åkerö.
In 1608, she married the admiral and" riksråd" nobleman Hans Claesson Bielkenstierna( d. 1620).
She was appointed head lady in waiting in 1634.
During her tenure, she is known to have made use of her position to recommend relatives to offices, and it is noted that she had her daughters Ebba and Karin and her niece Ebba Gyllenstierna to maids- of- honours.
Ebba Brahe
Ebba Magnusdotter Brahe( 16 March 1596 – 5 January 1674) was a Swedish countess, landowner, and courtier.
She is foremost known for being the love object of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, and because he wished to marry her prior to his marriage, plans which were however never realized.
Their love affair has been famous in the Swedish romantic history and the subject of fiction, and are documented in their preserved correspondence.
Axel Julius De la Gardie
Axel Julius de la Gardie( 1637 – 1710) was a Swedish Field Marshal and was appointed Governor- General over Estonia.
Axel Julius was the son of military commander Jacob De la Gardie and Ebba Brahe.
He became colonel of an infantry regiment and a cavalry regiment and in 1684 he attained the rank of major general in the cavalry, and was a colonel in the Royal Guard.
In 1668 he became lieutenant general and finally, later, Field Marshal.
Upon the threat of war with Russia, he received orders to command the troops in Finland and Ingria and take necessary defensive actions.
At the" landtag" he held in 1676 in Åbo, the government granted the request of new war efforts.
He married Sofia Juliana Arvidsdotter Forbus in 1664

Question: Are Melanie Lubbe and Ebba Brahe of the same nationality?
Answer: no