Axel (name)

Axel (also spelled Aksel) is a name for boys used in Scandinavian, German, French, and Dutch cultures. In Estonia, Denmark, and Norway, the spelling Aksel is more common. In Finland, the name is spelled Akseli, and in France, a feminine version is Axelle.

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Florence Cassez

Florence Marie Louise Cassez Crépin was born on November 17, 1974. She is a French citizen who was found guilty in Mexico for being accused of helping a kidnapping group called Los Zodíacos. She was sentenced to 60 years in prison for crimes including kidnapping, organized crime, and having illegal weapons.

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Alexandra David-Néel

Alexandra David-Néel (born Louise Eugénie Alexandrine Marie David; 24 October 1868 – 8 September 1969) was a French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, anarchist, opera singer, and author. She is best known for visiting Lhasa, Tibet in 1924, a time when foreigners were not allowed there. David-Néel wrote more than 30 books about Eastern religions, philosophy, and her travels.

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Kim Guldstrand Larsen

Kim Guldstrand Larsen (born 1957) is a Danish scientist and professor of computer science at Aalborg University in Denmark. His research focuses on modeling, validation, and verification of real-time systems. He also studies performance analysis and the development of embedded and cyber-physical systems.

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Wang Yi

Wang Yi (Chinese: 王毅; pinyin: Wáng Yì; born October 19, 1953) is a Chinese diplomat and politician. He currently serves as the Director of the Foreign Affairs Commission Office under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee and as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Wang was born in Beijing.

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Kim Larsen

Kim Mellius Flyvholm Larsen (23 October 1945 – 30 September 2018) was a Danish singer, songwriter, author, and guitarist. He started his music career in 1968 after working as an elementary school teacher for a short time. He became known from 1969 as a member of the rock group Gasolin.

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Claire Redfield

Claire Redfield is a character in Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan), a survival horror video game series created by the Japanese company Capcom. Claire was first introduced in 1998 with Leon S. Kennedy.

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Susanne Graf

Susanne Graf was born on August 15, 1992, in Berlin. She is a German politician and a member of the Pirate Party Berlin, which is part of the national Pirate Party. In the Berlin state election on September 18, 2011, she was elected to the Berlin state parliament.

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Doron A. Peled

Doron A. Peled (Hebrew: דורון אנשל פלד; born in 1962) is a computer science professor at Bar-Ilan University. His research areas include formal methods, model checking, program synthesis, and runtime verification.

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