This page demonstrates the use of the Unicode Character Standard to store names and places from anywhere in the world, in any language. Unicode is therefore the best choice for a database character set for companies that do business internationally. Unicode is also useful for creating multilingual documents, or simply to print forms (mailing labels, tickets, invoices) that might address customers of any ethnicity by their native name, anywhere in the world. (Also see: Benefits of Unicode.)
Look at the third and fourth columns in the table below. These are the birthplaces and native names of celebrities (actors, singers, sports figures, etc.). Only Unicode can be used to produce this list, store the names in a database, or address mail to everyone on the list. The first two columns tell you the English transliteration of the name and location.
This page displays well with the following browser versions
IE 5.5+, Mozilla 1.1b+, Netscape 6.2+, Opera 6+.
This page is encoded in Unicode UTF-8.
Some characters may require fonts that are not installed on your system.
If the display does not seem correct, see:
displaying this encoding and
required fonts and display details.
Data for this table is available as a comma-separated, UTF-8 text file. This, and other examples, including examples for Supplementary Plane characters can be found in the navigation table in the "Introduction To The Unicode Examples For Business Usage".
The table now has 80 entries!
• Introduction To The Unicode Examples For Business Usage,
• Submitting additional examples,
• Other web pages with Unicode examples,
• Solutions for problems displaying Unicode,
• Notes on Braille used on this page,
• Ethiopic fonts,
• James Kass' Code2000 font zip file.
The names below are actual celebrities in their home countries. See how many you recognize.
|
Origin
(in English) |
Name
(English transliteration) |
Origin
(in native language) |
Name
(in native language) |
| Armenia | Aram Khachatryan (composer) | Հայաստան | Արամ Խաչատրյան |
| Australia | Nicole Kidman (actress) | Australia | Nicole Kidman |
| Austria | Johann Strauss (The "waltz king") |
Österreich | Johann Strauß |
| Azerbaijan (Latin Script) |
Vagif Samadoghlu (author) | Azərbaycan | Vaqif Səmədoğlu |
| Azerbaijan (Cyrillic Script) |
Vagif Samadoghlu (author) | Азәрбајҹан | Вагиф Сәмәдоғлу |
| Azerbaijan (Latin script) |
Heydar Aliyev (president) | Azərbaycan | Heydər Əliyev |
| Azerbaijan (Cyrillic script) |
Heydar Aliyev (president) | Азәрбајҹан | Һејдәр Әлијев |
| Belgium (Flemish) |
Rene Magritte (painter) | België | René Magritte |
| Belgium (French) |
Rene Magritte (painter) | Belgique | René Magritte |
| Belgium (German) |
Rene Magritte (painter) | Belgien | René Magritte |
| Bengal | Sukumar Ray | বাংলা | সুকুমার রায় |
| Bhutan | Gonpo Dorji (film actor) | འབྲུག་ཡུལ། | མགོན་པོ་རྡོ་རྗེ། |
| Cambodia (Khmer) |
Venerable PreahBuddhaghosachar Chuon Nath | ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា | ព្រះពុទ្ឋឃោសាចារ្យជួនណាត |
| Canada | Celine Dion (singer) | Canada | Céline Dion |
| Canada - Nunavut (Inuktitut language) |
Susan Aglukark (singer) | ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦ | ᓱᓴᓐ ᐊᒡᓗᒃᑲᖅ |
| Southeast USA (Cherokee Nation) |
Sequoyah (invented syllabary) | ᏣᎳᎩ (Tsalagi) |
ᏍᏏᏉᏯ |
| People's Rep. of China | ZHANG Ziyi (actress) | 中国 | 章子怡 |
| People's Rep. of China | WONG Faye (singer) | 中国 | 王菲 |
| Czechia (Czech Republic) |
Antonin Dvorak (composer) | Česko (Česká republika) |
Antonín Dvořák |
| Denmark | Soren Hauch-Fausboll | Danmark | Søren Hauch-Fausbøll |
| Denmark | Soren Kierkegaard (theologian 1813-1855) |
Danmark | Søren Kierkegård |
| Egypt (Masr) |
Abdel Halim Hafez (singer) |
مصر | عبدالحليم حافظ |
| Egypt (Masr) |
Om Kolthoum (singer) | مصر | أم كلثوم |
| Eritrea | Berhane Zeray | ኤርትራ | ብርሃነ ዘርኣይ |
| Ethiopia | Haile Gebreselassie
(Fastest man) |
ኢትዮጵያ | ኃይሌ ገብረሥላሴ |
| Finland | Mika Hakkinen (Formula 1 driver) |
Suomi | Mika Häkkinen |
| France | Gerard Depardieu (actor) | France | Gérard Depardieu |
| France | Jean Reno (actor) | France | Jean Réno |
| France | Camille Saint-Saens (composer) | France | Camille Saint-Saëns |
| France | Mylene Demongeot (actress) | France | Mylène Demongeot |
| France | Francois Truffaut (film director) |
France | François Truffaut |
| France (Braille) |
Louis Braille | ⠋⠗⠁⠝⠉⠑ | ⠇⠕⠥⠊⠎⠀ ⠃⠗⠁⠊⠇⠇⠑ |
| Georgia | Eduard Shevardnadze | საქართველო | ედუარდ შევარდნაძე |
| Germany | Juergen Klinsmann (soccer coach) |
Deutschland | Jürgen Klinsmann |
| Germany | Walter Schultheiss (Actor) |
Deutschland | Walter Schultheiß |
| Greece (Hellas) |
George Dalaras (Giorgos Dalaras) |
Ελλάς | Γιώργος Νταλάρας |
| Hungary | Andras Suto (author) | Magyarország | András Sütő |
| Iceland | Bjork Gudmundsdottir (singer) |
Ísland | Björk Guðmundsdóttir |
| India (Hindi) |
Madhuri Dixit (movie star) | भारत | माधुरी दीक्षित |
| Iran (Persian/Farsi) |
Mohsen Makhmalbaf (writer/director) |
ایران | محسن مخملباف |
| Ireland (Eire) |
Sinead O’Connor (singer) |
Éire | Sinéad O’Connor |
| Israel | Yehoram Gaon (singer, actor) |
ישראל | יהורם גאון |
| Italy | Fabrizio DeAndre (poet, singer) |
Italia | Fabrizio De André |
| Japan | KUBOTA Toshinobu (singer) | 日本 | 久保田 利伸 |
| Japan (kanji+hiragana) |
HAYASHIBARA Megumi (voice actress) |
日本 | 林原 めぐみ |
| Japan (kanji) |
MIYAZAKI Hayao (animated-film director) | 日本 | 宮崎 駿 |
| Japan (kanji) |
MORI Ogai (author) | 日本 | 森鷗外 |
| Japan (katakana) |
Tex Texin (te-ku-su ・ te-ku-sa-n) |
日本 | テクス・テクサン |
| Democratic People's Rep. of Korea
(N. Korea) |
LEE Sol-Hee (actress) | 조선 민주주의 인민 공화국 | 이설희 |
| Rep. of Korea (S. Korea) |
AHN Sung-Gi (actor) | 대한민국 | 안성기 |
| Rep. of Korea (S. Korea) |
SHIM Eun-Ha (actress) | 대한민국 | 심은하 |
| Korea (Chosun) | Sejong (King, inventor of Korean script, Hangul) |
조선 | 솅조ᇰ (세종대왕) |
| Republic of Malta | Trevor Zahra (author) | Repubblika ta' Malta | Trevor Żahra |
| Norway | Tor Age Bringsvaerd (author) |
Norge (bokmål) |
Tor Åge Bringsværd |
| Norway | Herbjorn Sorebo (author) | Noreg (nynorsk) |
Herbjørn Sørebø |
| Pakistan (Urdu) |
Nusrat Fatah Ali Khan (singer) |
پاکستان | نصرت فتح علی خان |
| Peru | Nicomedes Santa Cruz (singer) |
Perú | Nicómedes Santa Cruz |
| Poland | Lech Walesa | Polska | Lech Wałęsa |
| Portugal | Amalia Rodrigues (singer) | Portugal | Amália Rodrigues |
| Puerto Rico | Olga Tanon (singer, merenguera) |
Puerto Rico | Olga Tañón |
| Ancient Rome | Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
(general & politician, 236-183 B.C.) |
Rōma | Pūblius Cornēlius Scīpiō Africānus |
| Russia | Mikhail Gorbachev | Россия | Михаил Горбачёв |
| Russia | Boris Grebenshchikov
(musician) |
Россия | Борис Гребенщиков |
| Russia (Yiddish, Hebrew Script) |
Sholom Aleichem (Author) |
רוסלאַנד | שלום עליכם |
| Samiland (Sami language) |
Nils Aslak Valkeapaa (singer) |
Sápmi | Áillohaš (aka Nils Aslak Valkeapää) |
| Slovakia | Ludovit Stur | Slovensko | Ľudovít Štúr |
| Slovenia | Frane "Jezek" Milcinski (actor, singer) |
Slovenija | Frane Milčinski - Ježek |
| Sweden | Bjorn Borg (Tennis player) |
Sverige | Björn Borg |
| Syracuse (Sicily) |
Archimedes (physicist c. 287-212 BC) |
Συρακούσα | Ἀρχιμήδης |
| Tajikistan (Arabic script) |
Sadriddin Aini (poet) | تاجيكستان | صدر الدين عيني |
| Tajikistan (Cyrillic script) |
Sadriddin Aini (poet) | Тоҷикистон | Садриддин Айнӣ |
| Tamil Nadu | Sivaji Ganesan (actor) | தமிழ் நாடு | சிவாஜி கனேசன் |
| Rep. of China | Hsu Chi (actress) | 臺灣 | 舒淇 |
| Rep. of China | Ang Lee (movie director) | 臺灣 | 李安 |
| Thailand | Thongchai McIntai | ประเทศไทย | ธงไชย แม็คอินไตย์ |
| Ukraine | Nina Matviyenko (singer) | Україна | Ніна Матвієнко |
| U.S.A. | Brad Pitt (actor) | U.S.A. | Brad Pitt |
| Uzbekistan (Cyrillic script) |
Solizhon Sharipov (cosmonaut) |
Ўзбекистон | Солижон Шарипов |
| Uzbekistan (Latin script) |
Ali Sher ibn Ghiyas ad-Din Nava'i (poet) | O'zbekiston | Alisher ibn G'iyosiddin Navoiy |
| Viet Nam | Trinh Cong Son (singer/composer) | Việt Nam | Trịnh Công Sơn |
| Yugoslavia (Latin script) |
Djordje Balasevic (singer) |
Jugoslavija | Đorđe Balašević |
| Yugoslavia (Cyrillic script) |
Djordje Balasevic (singer) |
Југославија | Ђорђе Балашевић |
Contributors
The following people contributed to the entries in the table:
| Sajjad Raza Abidi, | Mike Ayers, | Edward Cherlin, | Marco Cimarosti, | Frank da Cruz, |
| Magda Danish, | Jacline Deridder, | Donald Figge, | Chris Fynn, | Mikael Hjerpe, |
| Juuichiketajin, | Nigel Kerr, | Lars Kristan, | Akekarat Lekpornprasert (เอกรัตน์ เล็กพรประเสริฐ), | |
| David Perry, | Toby Phipps, | Audun Lona, | Roozbeh Pournader (روزبه پورنادر), | |
| Yaap Raaf, | Herman Ranes, | Graham Rhind, | Ken Robinson, | Jony Rosenne, |
| Jungshik Shin, | Thierry Sourbier, | Otto Stolz, | Marie-Anne de Warren, | Daniel Yacob, |
| Maurice Bauhahn, | James Do, | Deborah Goldsmith, | Michael Kaplan, | Muthu Nedumaran, |
| Radovan Garabík, | Philipp Reichmuth, | Andrew Dunbar, | Steven R. Loomis, | Kaushik Ghose, |
| Chris Pratley, | Gavin Nesbitt, | Alex Morotsky (Олександр Мороцький), | Tex Texin | |
(Created by Tex Texin)
This page was last updated 2005-06-17.