User:Loukinho/Lists
This is the the page where I will organize all of the little "lists" that I accumulated of Wikipedia articles.
Think of this as some sort of "playlist" for songs except that instead of songs you have Articles.
It was created initially to help me organize my own watchlist.
Expatriate/Foreign Born People.
Business/Enterpreneurs
- David Neeleman, born in Brazil to Dutch parents. Former CEO of JetBlue in the United States. Current CEO of Azul Airlines in Brazil.
- Carlos Ghosn, born in Brazil to Lebanese and Nigerian parents. CEO of Renault-Nissan in France and Japan. Fluent in 4 languages.
Celebrities
- Jordana Brewster, born in Panama. Brazilian Mother and American Father. Actress in the United States.
- Natalie Morales, born in Taiwan. Brazilian Mother and Puerto Rican Father. NBC Host in the United States.
- Wilber Pan, born in The United States. Pop star in Taiwan.
- Olivia de Havilland, born in Japan to Brisith parents. American actess from the movie Gone with the Wind (among others).
- Daniel Henney, born in The United States. Model and actor in South Korea.
Beauty Pageants (BP)
- Deborah Priya Henry, born in Ireland. BP Malaysia (2011).
- Rozalia Mancewicz, born in Australia. BP Poland (2011).
- Laetitia Darche, born in Belgium. BP Mauritius (2011).
- Jung So-ra, born in The United States. BP South Korea (2011).
- Anastagia Pierre, born in The United States. BP Bahamas (2011).
- Gillain Berry, born in Jamaica. BP Aruba (2011).
- Nadine Ames, born in England. BP Indonesia (2011).
- Afërdita Dreshaj, born in The United States. BP Kosovo (2011)
Politicians
In the United States (List of foreign-born United States politicians):
- John McCain, born in Panama. Politician in the United States.
- Jennifer Granholm, born in Canada. Governor of Michigan.
- Jon Heese [1], born in Canada. Politician in Japan.
- Anthony Bianchi, born in the United States. Politician in Japan.
- Marutei Tsurunen, born in Finland. Politician in Japan.
Scientists / Intelectuals
- Richard Dawkins, born in Kenya. Evolutionaray biologist and author in The United Kingdom.
- Peter Medawar, born in Brazil. Nobel laureate in Medicine in 1960. British Mother and Lebanese father.
Foreign born footballers who defended a national team.
Similar category:[2]
- Anfilogino Guarisi, born in Brazil. Defended Italy in its victory at the 1934 World Cup. Possibly the first Brazilian to ever win a World Cup.
- Alberto Spencer, born in Ecuador. Defended both Ecuador and Uruguay concurrently for a brief period. Died in 2006 in the United States.
- Alcides Ghiggia, born in Uruguay. Culprit of the "Maracanazo" later defended Italy.
- Nery Castillo, born in Mexico. Had 4 choices of countries to defend as a national football team (Mexico, Uruguay, Italy and Greece).
UFC fighters who hold college degrees.
- Shane Carwin, graduated in Mechanical Engineering at Colorado School of Mines and Environmental Technology at Western State College, Colorado.
- Rashad Evans, graduated in Psychology at Michigan State University
- Urijah Faber, graduated in Human Development from UC Davis.
- Rich Franklin, graduated in Mathematics at the Bachelor's and Master's Level from University of Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Forrest Griffin, graduated in Political Science (BA) from the University of Georgia.
- Tim Hague, graduated in Elementary Education from the University of Alberta. Also has a BA from Augustana University College.
- Josh Koscheck, graduated in Criminal Justice from Edinboro University, Pennsylvania.
- Takeya Mizugaki, graduated in Electrical Engineering (Master's) at Kanto Gakuin University.
- Mark Muñoz, graduated in Health Science from Oklahoma State University.
- Cain Velasquez, graduated in Education at Arizona State University
Amazing/Extraordinaty people
- Kobe Bryant, elite basketball player. Speaks fluent Italian and Spanish.
- Klitschko brothers. Both hold all of the top 5 heavyweight championships in boxing and both hold PhD. degrees. Both are polyglots and were born in a different country from their citizenship (Ukraine).
Aries Calendar
It seems to me, at least, that many of the greatest minds and figures of mankind were born around these astrological days (Mar 20 - Apr 20). They are usually characters who have to be extremely intelligent to perform their functions, defy the establishment and/or have visionary/revolutionary ideas. Particularly true for the limited mentions of actors/entertainers in the list. Oddly enough, these listed here are some of my favorite people. Though credit should also be given to people born in october (Lennon, Ghandi, Garrincha, Pelé, Lula, Andre Geim, Nietzsche, Niels Bohr, Bill Gates, Mario Capecchi...).
- Mar 21 - Ayrton Senna
- Mar 24 - Harry Houdini
- Mar 25 - Wladmir Klitchko
- Mar 26 - Richard Dawkins, Larry Page
- Mar 27 - Quentin Tarantino
- Mar 29 - Mohamed Bouazizi, Sam Walton
- Mar 30 - Vincent van Gogh
- Mar 31 - Al Gore
- Apr 1 - Wangari Maathai, Vitor Belfort, Otto von Bismarck
- Apr 3 - Jane Goodall, Eddie Murphy
- Apr 4 - David Blaine
- Apr 6 - Raphael,James D. Watson
- Apr 8 - Kofi Annan
- Apr 10 - Bernardo Houssay
- Apr 11 - James Parkinson
- Apr 12 - Keiko Fukuda, David Letterman
- Apr 13 - Thomas Jefferson, Garry Kasparov
- Apr 14 - Anderson Silva
- Apr 15 - Leonardo Da Vinci
- Apr 16 - Charlie Chaplin, Martin Lawrence
- Apr 17 - J. P. Morgan
- Apr 18 - Conan O'Brien
- Apr 19 - Getulio Vargas
- Apr 20 - Adolf Hitler, Aubrey de Grey
- Apr 21 - Tiradentes, Max Weber (although technically a Taurus, still adds to the math as being born around these days)
- Apr 22 - Immanuel Kant, Mano Brown (Ditto)
May seems to be the month of the people I'd love to be but know I wont: John Kennedy, Vladmir Putin, Salvador Dali, George Carlin, Ai Weiwei, Tony Hawk, Ronnie Coleman, Niccolo Machiavelli, Mark Zuckerberg, Bob Dylan, Bono, Jack Johnson, people who by the way, are often very humble.
June-July seems to be the month of the Actors/Actresses that are good at that. Many of which I happen to like. Tom Hanks, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp, Natalie Portman, Marilyn Monroe, Tom Cruise, Arnold Schwarznegger (and other successful people that gain a living "looking like something without truly being some" such as top model Gisele Bündchen, Jessica Simpson, Lindsay Lohan and both George Bushes. This vagueness and pursuit of appearances also applies intellectually such is the case of Karl Popper )
Articles/contributions that "smell funny"
If you happen to agree and decide to step forward, please make me aware. I do realize some of these articles have supporters that go beyond of what me, a wikignome, can handle.