Barbara Swan
Barbara Swan( 1922–2003), also known by her married name, Barbara Swan Fink, was an American painter, illustrator, and lithographer.
Her early work is associated with the Boston Expressionist school; later she became known for her still- life paintings in which light is refracted through glass and water, and for her portraits.
She is also known for her collaboration with the poets Anne Sexton and Maxine Kumin, and for her archived correspondence with various artists and writers.
Tommy Sexton
Thomas" Tommy" Sexton( July 3, 1957 – December 13, 1993) was a Canadian comedian.
Born in St. John's, Newfoundland, he was the youngest member of the" CODCO" comedy troupe.
Educated in St. John's, he was an honours student before quitting after Grade 10 to pursue an acting career in Toronto.
After briefly working on a children's touring theatre show, he landed his first television role in the drama series" Police Surgeon".
Sexton and colleague Diane Olsen subsequently wrote" Cod on a Stick", a comedic play which launched CODCO.
In 1975, Sexton took a brief sabbatical from CODCO to study at the Toronto Dance Theatre.
He subsequently returned, working on other shows with CODCO and subsequently touring with colleague Greg Malone in two co-written works," The Wonderful Grand Band" and" Two Foolish to Talk About".
In 1985 and 1986, Sexton and Malone wrote and performed in a series of television specials for the CBC, called" The S and M Comic Book", which in turn led to CODCO landing its own series in 1987.
After CODCO's run concluded in 1992, Sexton and Malone wrote and starred in a CBC television special," The National Doubt", satirizing the constitutional debates of the early 1990s.
Sexton subsequently wrote a semi-autobiographical film," Adult Children of Alcoholics: The Musical", which was in production in November 1993 when Sexton, who was openly gay, fell ill due to complications from AIDS.
He died on December 13 of that year.
Malone subsequently campaigned for HIV and AIDS education in Sexton's memory.
His sister, filmmaker Mary Sexton, produced a documentary film about him," Tommy ... A Family Portrait", in 2001.
Along with Malone and their" CODCO" co-star Andy Jones, Sexton was a posthumous recipient of the Earle Grey Award, the lifetime achievement award of Canadian television's Gemini Awards, in 2002.
The Tommy Sexton Centre, a new assisted housing complex for people living with HIV and AIDS, was opened in St. John's in 2006.
In 2009, several drag queens in the city put together" Ravishing in Red", a tribute show to Sexton, as a fundraiser for the Sexton Centre.
One performer, Betty" Boo" Kakke, singled him out as Newfoundland's" clown prince".
Sexton's mother, Sara Sexton, became a major figure in HIV/ AIDS awareness in Newfoundland and Labrador following her son's death.
Sara Sexton was announced as an inductee to the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2013, and was inducted in February 2014.
Yuliyan Strogov
Yuliyan Mikhaylov Strogov( born March 28, 1972) is a boxer from Bulgaria.
He was born in Dobrich.
At the 1992 Summer Olympics he was stopped in the second round of the Men's Flyweight( 51 kg) division by eventual bronze medalist Timothy Austin of the United States.
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in the Men's Flyweight division, he was stopped in the first round by Ireland's Damaen Kelly.
Strogov had won a silver medal in the same division earlier the same year, at the 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Vejle.
Michael Hawkins (footballer)
Michael Hawkins( born 18 September 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League( VFL).
Hawkins is the brother of Jack and Robb Hawkins and the uncle of current Geelong player Tom Hawkins.
Originally from Finley, New South Wales, he played two games for Geelong in 1973.
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.
Robb Austin
Robb Austin was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
He is now a political and media affairs consultant in the United States.
He was born December 22, 1950 in Cleveland, Ohio and graduated from The George Washington University in Washington D. C.
He is a former newspaper reporter for" The McKeesport Daily News"( Pa.) and now works as a media affairs consultant.
Robert Dennison (politician)
Robert Dennison( 14 December 1879 – 10 November 1951) was a British Labour Party politician.
He served as the Member of Parliament for Birmingham King's Norton for five years from 1924- 29.
He gained the seat from automotive engineer Sir Herbert Austin of the Conservative Party at the 1924 general election, with a small majority of 133 votes.
Dennison lost his seat to Lionel Beaumont- Thomas; also a Conservative, at the 1929 general election by 491 votes.
He previously stood at Walsall and Cleveland, albeit unsuccessfully.
Tobe Sexton
Tobe Sexton( born September 6, 1968) is an American actor and producer.
Sexton was born in Fort Worth, Texas, he studied acting and directing for theatre as well as film at The California Institute of the Arts from which he earned a BFA.
He appeared as a teenage Freddy Kreuger in. In 1995 Sexton co -founded the Bauhaus Film Group.
Around 2000 he moved underground to Indie film and created The TCS or The Technological City State, Productions.
Affiliates include The International High IQ Society, Mandalay Entertainment, Apogee Magic, the Entertainment Technology Center- USC as well as several indie production companies and filmmakers.
Sexton produced the feature" The Metrosexual".
Nils Hilsen
Nils Nilsen Hilsen( 20 May 1794 – 25 July 1872) was a Norwegian teacher and politician.
He hailed from Snarum in Modum, but worked as a sexton and teacher in Lier.
Among others he served as mayor and director of the loval savings bank.
He was a brother of fellow politician Hans Nilsen Gubberud.
He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1847.
He then had a one- term hiatus before being steadily re-elected in 1853, 1856, 1859 and 1862.
He represented the constituency of Buskeruds Amt.
Brian O'Meara (rugby union)
Brian O'Meara( born 5 April 1976, Co. Cork) is an Irish rugby union footballer.
Currently playing with Highfield RFC, he has played for Leinster, Munster.
He has also been awarded 9 caps for Ireland between 1997 and 2003, including two appearances at the 1999 Rugby World Cup finals.
He is the 4th highest point scorer for Leinster rugby behind Ian Madigan, Jonathan Sexton and Felipe Contepomi.

Question: Were Tobe Sexton and Robb Austin of the same nationality?
Answer: yes