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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.

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...

Manuel Leuterio de Castro, Jr. (born July 6, 1949), better known as Noli de Castro or "Kabayan" Noli de Castro, is the current Vice President of the Philippines, since 2004. A former broadcast journalist in the Philippines, De Castro was...

Stephen Robert Irwin (22 February 1962 – 4 September 2006), known simply as Steve Irwin and nicknamed "The Crocodile Hunter", was an iconic Australian television personality, wildlife expert, and conservationist. He achieved worldwide fame from the television program The Crocodile...

Theresa Penelope Irwin (née Raines), AM (born July 20, 1964) is an American-born naturalist, author, the widow of Australian naturalist Steve Irwin, and owner of Australia Zoo at Beerwah, Queensland, Australia. She co-starred with her husband on The Crocodile Hunter,...

York Chow Yat-ngok, SBS, JP (traditional Chinese: 周一嶽; born 1947, Hong Kong) is the Secretary for Food and Health of Hong Kong. He is a member of the Executive Council. He was appointed to his current position in 2004.

Hong Seok-hyun (b. 1949) is a noted figure in South Korean business. He served as South Korea's ambassador to the United States from December 2004 until his resignation on July 26, 2005. The resignation was sparked by media reports that...

Pat O'Brien, born February 14, 1948 (1948-02-14) (age 61) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is the former host of The Insider, a spin-off of Entertainment Tonight. Prior to that, O'Brien spent 7 years as co-anchor of Access Hollywood and was an...

Ann Margaret Veneman (born June 29, 1949) is currently the Executive Director of UNICEF. She was the first woman to become the United States Secretary of Agriculture. She announced her resignation as Secretary on November 15, 2004, which took effect...

Wangari Muta Maathai (born April 1, 1940 in Ihithe village, Tetu division, Nyeri District of Kenya) is a Kenyan environmental and political activist. She was educated in the United States at Mount St. Scholastica College and the University of Pittsburgh,...