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Best-known for her surreal and digressive stand-up, British comedian and actor Eddie Izzard was born on February 7, 1962, in Aden, Yemen, where her English parents -- Dorothy Ella, a nurse and midwife, and Harold John Izzard, an accountant -- worked for British Petroleum.
Izzard worked as a street performer and in smaller comedy venues throughout the mid-to-late 1980s; her big break came when she appeared in Hysteria III, a 1991 AIDS fundraiser held at the London Palladium, and did her now-famous "Raised by wolves" sketch. After that, she drew bigger and bigger audiences, and in 1993 hired the Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End for the first of many successful solo shows. With Eddie Izzard: Live at the Ambassadors (1993), she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award (outstanding achievement) and won her first British Comedy Award for top stand-up comedian. She returned to the West End the next year with her second solo show, Eddie Izzard: Unrepeatable (1994), and soon thereafter made her West End debut in a drama, as the lead in the world premiere of David Mamet's "The Cryptogram" with Lindsay Duncan; her success led to her second starring role, in "900 Oneonta".
Izzard appeared in 1995 as the title character in Christopher Marlowe's groundbreaking "Edward II". In 1996, she made her big-screen debut alongside Bob Hoskins and Robin Williams in The Secret Agent (1996); she also staged another solo show, Eddie Izzard: Definite Article (1996), for which she received her second British Comedy Award. She then took "Definite Article" to major cities outside the UK, including New York, and returned to the West End with a new show, Eddie Izzard: Glorious (1997), which included a month in New York City at PS122.
In 1998, Izzard appeared in another film, Velvet Goldmine (1998), with Ewan McGregor, and also staged her breakthrough solo U.S. show, Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill (1998) which aired on HBO and earned Izzard two Emmy Awards. Izzard next took on the challenge of appearing as Lenny Bruce in Peter Hall's West End production of "Lenny."
Izzard started 2000 touring the world with Eddie Izzard: Circle (2002) and continued to act in films, among them The Criminal (1999); Shadow of the Vampire (2000) with John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe; and Peter Bogdanovich's The Cat's Meow (2001), in which she played Charles Chaplin. She returned to the stage, in London and later in New York (her Broadway debut), with A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (2002), a version of which was televised.
In 2003, Izzard was seen on the big screen in Alex Cox's Revengers Tragedy (2002) and on the small screen in a BBC mini-series _40 (2002)(TV)_. Her other films include The Avengers (1998), 12 Tên Cướp Thế Kỷ (2004), Yêu Nhầm Hoạn Thư (2006), 13 Tên Cướp Thế Kỷ (2007) and Điệp Vụ Valkyrie (2008), and she has voiced roles in a handful of movies, including Vùng Hoang Dã (2006), Biên Niên Sử Narnia: Hoàng Tử Caspian (2008) and Vương Quốc Xe Hơi 2 (2011).
Izzard also has appeared in several television series, including a starring role in The Riches (2007), which lasted for two seasons on FX (from 2007-2008), and recurring roles in Giáo Sư Ăn Thịt Người (2013) and United States of Tara (2009).- Aden Gillett was born on 8 November 1958 in Aden, Yemen. He is an actor, known for Shadow of the Vampire (2000), Kẻ Ngoại Tộc (2017) and Ivanhoe (1997).
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Forever winning in Chinese is Yong Sheng. Vincent Lyn's Chinese name. He was born to a Chinese father and a British mother. His English name is Sir Vincent Raymond Percival Lyn. Vincent is the kind of individual whom you instinctively know when you meet him that he is someone worth finding out more about and the more you peel away layers of the onion, the more impressed you'll be. He was born in Aden, Yemen his father an aircraft engineer was stationed there with the British Royal Air Force (R.A.F). At two years old Vincent and his family moved to Ethiopia, Khartoum (Sudan), Algeria, Netherlands, then England. He emigrated to the United States at age 16 and then to Hong Kong after his university studies. Martial Arts: He started studying martial arts at age 8. He learned Tai Chi from his uncle and later mastered his family style Ling Gar Kung Fu (or Lyn). Kung Fu looks pretty and is often thought of as a martial art that is performed for its artistry. Vincent has excelled in not just the art of Kung Fu but in its application as well. He is a 10th degree Black Sash Grandmaster who has been invited to teach martial art workshops around the world. In 2016, he taught 700 people Tai Chi and Ling Gar Kung Fu in a soccer stadium in Portugal. Jackie Chan has said that Vincent was one of the best fighters he had ever worked with. In 2007 Vincent was invited as a special guest to the first Martial Arts Olympics East-West Open in St. Petersburg, Russia. In the opening ceremony, he demonstrated his superb martial art skills in front of 20,000 spectators and also performed a piano solo, which surprised and dazzled the audience. He has been inducted into many Martial Arts Hall of Fame including an award for Grandmaster of the Year from the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Action Martial Arts Magazine Hall of Fame. Most recently in 2019 Vincent received a Legend Award for Who's Who in the Martial Arts - a high level accomplishment in the Martial Arts world. Acting: As a young lad, Vincent studied poetry, prose and elocution at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in England. After moving to the United States, he studied acting in New York for a couple of years and after graduating university, moved to Hong Kong to try his hand at an acting career. Vincent made use of his martial arts training in his transition to the movies. He landed his first movie role in Tiger Cage - made by internationally acclaimed film director Yuen Woo Ping. Ping has been involved in such movies as The Matrix, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Charlie's Angels and Kill Bill. This movie was a big hit in the Asian market; Vincent was in high demand which fortunately led to him playing roles in more than 25 movies, including "Blond Fury" (with Cynthia Rothrock). His film career has included playing a lead villain fighting superstar Jackie Chan in Operation Condor. Dr. Lyn has been awarded the Fists of Legends "Hong Kong Legends Cinema Award" at the Urban Action Showcase Expo in New York sponsored by HBO/Cinemax. He was inducted into the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame as the Best Martial Arts Actor of the Year. Music: While Vincent related to martial arts from his paternal side, he also developed an affinity for music from his maternal side - his mother being a classical pianist. He started studying piano at age 11, which is a little old for a concert pianist, but not too old for Vincent. He graduated from the prestigious Boston Conservatory of Music majoring in piano performance and composition. Lyn wrote Canto-pop songs for recording artists with PolyGram Records, two of which became top ten hits. In 2011 Vincent gave his debut performance (the first of many) to a sold-out crowd at Carnegie Hall in connection with the release of his CD Heaven Bound, which were up for two Grammy nominations for Best Improvisation Jazz Solo and Best Instrumental Jazz Album. The album was voted in the Top Ten Album of the Year for Unsigned Artists and Top 40 Jazz Album of the Year. Lyn released his second jazz album Wing Sing which received four nominations in the Grammy Ballot. The Wall Street Journal called him a "Master of martial and musical arts." His CD Vincent Lyn Live in New York City (from Carnegie Hall) won 5-star reviews and was #12 for 8 weeks on the World Jazz Charts and received 4 Grammy Nominations. In 2015 Vincent teamed up with Grammy Award-winning flutist Wouter Kellerman and other outstanding musicians to perform music from around the world at Carnegie Hall. His most recent Carnegie Hall concert was December 2, 2022 a benefit for orphaned and displaced children on Ukraine. Social Justice: Director of Creative Development for African Views, an NGO charitable organization with the United Nations and whose mission includes: identifying and bridging cultural gaps, facilitating improvement of social and economic ties and promoting global partnerships for the advancement in the humanities. Focusing on cultural sustainability and cultural harmony, their projects include: cultural exchange programs and panel discussions in the areas of health, education, environment and economy. In this role, Vincent has presented his "on the ground" observations and research to African Views. Humanitarian: On a bodyguard mission for a VIP in Ghana, Vincent visited a shelter where 20 children (ages 5 - 15) had just been rescued from slavery. He recalls seeing the fear in their eyes, how that look stayed with him and inspired him to become involved - offering help, in some way. He started promoting awareness and raising money for rescue and recovery projects of these trafficked children. Contacted by many people and local CBO (community-based organizations) in Africa looking for help; one of these contacts was in Uganda. Wanting to see the situation in person (Vincent adheres to the philosophy of "being active on the ground level to get things done, not just talk about it.") he traveled to Kampala and witnessed children starving to death and struggling to survive. He knew that helping alleviate this suffering was to become a life mission. Since that time Vincent has become the Director of Creative Development & Board of Directors for African Views Organization Economic & Social Council at U.N.,(leading conferences at Parliament and the United Nations). He started a nonprofit organization - We Can Save Children- whose mission is to rescue and recover children in Africa and the Middle East. Whether these children are orphans, refugees, or poverty-stricken, the goal is to protect and provide aid (funds, resources and guidance) to help these children survive. Vincent is truly making a life-saving difference in the lives of these children - not just donating money, but being there for months at a time, personally helping save children from slavery, starvation, and dying from disease. His We Can Save Children organization provides them access to an education and an opportunity for a better future and for the first time in their lives - hope! On December 10, 2019 he was voted the 'Top 100 Human Rights Defenders' along with his esteemed colleagues from around then world by the IHRC International Human Rights Commission. World Human Rights Day. In 2022 he was recently appointed Deputy Ambassador of IHRC-hq.org. His recent projects involves over 1,200 orphaned children from Rwanda, South Sudan and Uganda in 3 different orphanages in Uganda. Vincent's foundation provides food, shelter, medications, clothing and an education as well as important vocational skills. He has also purchased agricultural land, so they can be self-sustainable in terms of food. His newest initiative is to build a sports complex in Lebanon to help the Palestinian refugees incorporating a Chinese martial arts program as part of the curriculum. In April and July 2022 he was on a Humanitarian Aid & Rescue Mission in Ukraine partnering with two NGO's in Latvia and Ukraine to bring medical supplies and rescuing families bringing them to safety in Latvia. He spoke at the Houses of Parliament in London on the atrocities that have been committed against the civilian population of Ukraine. He will be returning to Ukraine in the spring of 2023 on another Humanitarian Mission. He partnered with a UK based foundation 'Help Children Now' in facilitating the logistics in the rescue & recovery of 30 members of an Afghan female cycling team from Pakistan to safety in England. "Stories of Survival" - My personal story of survival has been included as part of collaborations between survivors from different cultures and backgrounds. Taking a united stand on the issues that affect our world.- Mukesh Ambani was born on 19 April 1957 in Aden, Yemen. He is an executive. He has been married to Nita Ambani since 1985. They have three children.
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Jennifer Gibbons was born on 11 April 1963 in Aden, Yemen. She died on 9 March 1993 in Bridgend, Wales, UK.- Keith Vaz was born on 26 November 1956 in Aden, Yemen. He is an actor, known for Jadoo (2013), Midlands Today (1964) and The Garden Party (1988).
- Saber Wasel (b. 2000, Aden) is a Filmmaker, Street Photographer and Viusal Artist, working as Freelance Filmmaker. Saber has been working in the Film industry for years now, His first Film ' Made Of Gold ' was screened in Several Countries including the Karama Yemen Film Festival 2020, it was also nominated for best Yemeni Film. His work mostly shows the intimate details of unnoticed scenes in the streets and the contrast in age/colors/situations in Yemen especially in the city he lives in Aden. Saber also worked on his second Documentary " WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE" project that has already won Arabia Fleix competition in the Documentary Section. And was screened in multiple cities in Yemen.
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June Gibbons was born on 11 April 1963 in Aden, Yemen.