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.
Odilon Goyette
Odilon Goyette( November 3, 1842 – September 5, 1921) was a farmer and political figure in Quebec.
He represented La Prairie in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1887 to 1890 as a member of the Parti national.
He was born in Saint- Constant, Canada East, the son of Joseph Goyette and Henriette Delorier.
Goyette served on the municipal council for Saint- Constant, also serving as mayor.
He was elected to the Quebec assembly in an 1887 by-election held following the death of Léon -Benoît- Alfred Charlebois.
His election was overturned by the Quebec Superior Court in 1889 but he won the subsequent by-election held later that year.
Goyette died in Saint- Constant at the age of 78.
Howard Crosby (minister)
Howard Crosby( 27 February 1826 – 29 March 1891) was an American Presbyterian preacher, scholar and professor, great- grandson of Judge Joseph Crosby of Massachusetts and of Gen. William Floyd of New York, a signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, and the father of Ernest Howard Crosby, and a relative of Fanny Crosby.
Crosby was also a descendant of Rip Van Dam and Matthias Nicoll.
Nora Aslan
Nora Aslan( 19 December 1937) is an Argentine visual artist and photographer, known for tapestry design and collage.
Her work has been compared to that of Max Ernst, Fred Tomaselli, Hieronymus Bosch, and Matthias Grünewald.
Martha Randall
Martha Irene Randall( born June 12, 1948) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder.
As a 16- year- old, Randall competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
She received a bronze medal for her third- place performance in the 400- meter individual medley, finishing in 5:24.2.
The U.S. women's team swept the 400- meter event with Randall's fellow American teammates, Donna de Varona and Sharon Finneran, who finished first and second.
Randall helped set a new world record time of 4:34.6 in the 4×100- meter medley relay as a member of a U.S. team that included Cathy Ferguson, Cynthia Goyette, and Kathy Ellis on September 28, 1964.
The record was broken twenty days later by another U.S. team at the 1964 Olympics.
Gustl Müller
Gustav" Gustl" Müller( 23 October 1903 – 20 September 1989) was a German Nordic combined and cross-country skier.
Müller was born in Bayrischzell.
At the age of 24 years, he participated at Nordic combined of the 1928 Winter Olympics, where he placed 21st in the final ranking.
He also participated at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1933, and was member of the Bronze teams at the first and second edition of the legendary Trofeo Mezzalama race, in 1933 together with Willy Bogner and Matthias Wörndle, and in 1934 together with Franz Fischer and Matthias Wörndle.
Further notable results:
Melchior von Hatzfeldt
Melchior Graf von
Gleichen und Hatzfeldt (Westerwald, 20 October 1593 – Powitzko, 9 January 1658) was an Imperial Field Marshal, who fought in the Thirty Years' War under Albrecht von Wallenstein and Matthias Gallas.
Martin Waldseemüller
Martin Waldseemüller (Latinized as Martinus Ilacomylus, Ilacomilus or Hylacomylus; c. 1470 – 16 March 1520) was a German cartographer.
He and Matthias Ringmann are credited with the first recorded usage of the word "America", on the 1507 map "Universalis Cosmographia" in honour of the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci.
Quintiliano de Mesquita
Quintiliano H. de Mesquita (Quintiliano H. Guedes de Mesquita) (1918 – October 28, 2000), Brazilian physician and scientist, was born in João Pessoa, state of Paraíba.
His parents were Odilon Martins de Mesquita, trader, and Nathália Guedes Pereira.
Matthias Benesch
Matthias Benesch( born 1968) is a German bobsledder who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
He is best known for his third- place finish in the four- man event during the 2000- 1 Bobsleigh World Cup championships.

Question: Were Odilon Goyette and Matthias Benesch of the same nationality?
Answer: no