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Compelling Example Of Unicode Usage
For Business Applications

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.

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Useful Links

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The names below are actual celebrities in their home countries. See how many you recognize.

Example Unicode Data
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 ប្រទេស​​​កម្ពុជា ព្រះ​ពុទ្ឋឃោសាចារ‌្យ​ជួន​ណាត
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.

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