Asia Pacific People

Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer among the most successful of all time. Currently the World No. 1, he was the highest-paid professional athlete in 2008, having earned an estimated $110 million from...

Zhou Xiaochuan (Chinese: 周小川; pinyin: Zhōu Xiǎochuān) (born January 29, 1948) is a prominent Chinese economist, banker, reformist and bureaucrat. As governor of the People's Bank of China since December 2002, he has been in charge of the monetary policy of...

Joseph Ejercito Estrada (born Jose Marcelo Ejercito on April 19, 1937) was the 13th President of the Philippines, serving from 1998 until his ouster in the 2001 EDSA Revolution.

Taro Aso (麻生太郎, Asō Tarō?, born September 20, 1940) was the 59th Prime Minister of Japan serving from September 2008 to September 2009, and was defeated in the August 2009 election.

Maria Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (April 5, 1947) is the fourteenth and current president of the Philippines. Arroyo is the country's second female (after Aquino) and second longest serving (after Marcos) president, she is also the daughter of late former Philippine President...

Hu Jintao (simplified Chinese: 胡锦涛; traditional Chinese: 胡錦濤; pinyin: Hú Jǐntāo; Wade-Giles: Hu Chin-t'ao) (born 21 December 1942) is currently the Paramount Leader of the People's Republic of China, holding the titles of General Secretary...

Gerald Norman "Jerry" Springer (born February 13, 1944) is an American television presenter, best known as host of the tabloid talk show The Jerry Springer Show since its debut in 1991. He is a former Democratic mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio,...

Raúl Maravilla González, is the current Chief Presidential Legal Counsel and was the Former Secretary of Justice of the Philippines. He was replaced by Agnes Devanadera in 2009 by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

Karrie Anne Webb (born 21 December 1974) is Australia's most successful female golfer, and one of the top players in the history of global women's golf. She currently plays mainly on the U.S. based LPGA Tour and also turns out...

Joseph Yam Chi-kwong, GBM, GBS, CBE, JP (traditional Chinese: 任志剛; born 1947 in Hong Kong with family roots in Changping Town, Dongguan, Guangdong) is an Hong Kong statistician, economist and civil servant. Yam was the Chief Executive of the Hong...