Emir Fakhr-al-Din ibn Maan (1572–April 13, 1635) (Arabic: الامير فخر الدين بن معن‎) was the 1st prince of the State of Lebanon which has self-governed under the Ottoman Empire between the 17th and 19th centuries. Son of Prince Qorqmaz ibn Maan (Arabic: الامير قرقماز بن معن‎) and Sit Nasab (Arabic: الست نسب‎) of the Tanukhi family, he was given the title "Emir" or Prince in Arabic because the Maan dynasty reigned over Lebanon. His period was characterized by economic and cultural prosperity, and he had fought other Lebanese families to unite the people of Lebanon and seek independence from the Ottoman Empire. He is therefore considered by many to be the first "Man of Lebanon" to seek the sovereignty of modern-day Lebanon. However, the Ottomans had discovered his plot and executed him with three of his children on April 13, 1635.

Born in Baakline to a Druze family, he was raised by Sheikh Ibrahim Abou Sakr, a prominent Maronite from the Khazen family, in the Lebanese village of Ballouneh.

In 1608 Fakhr-al-Din forged an alliance with the Italian Grand Duchy of Tuscany. The alliance contained both a public economic section and a secret military one.

Dato' Mohamad Aziz is a Malaysian politician and is currently the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Sri Gading constituency in the State of Johor. He is a member of the United Malay National Organisation (UMNO) party in the governing Barisan Nasional coalition.

Mohamad caused controversy in 2009 when he called for two ministers in his Barisan Nasional government to resign.

Georges Amédée Saint-Clair Mathias (14 October 1826 – 14 October 1910) was a French composer, pianist and teacher.

Mathias was born in Paris. He studied at the Paris Conservatory with François Bazin, Auguste Barbereau, Augustin Savard and Fromental Halévy, composition with Friedrich Kalkbrenner and piano with Frédéric Chopin. He was the recipient of the Legion d'honneur (1872). After finishing his studies, he started teaching piano at the Conservatoire de Paris (from 1862 to 1893). Among his notable students are Erik Satie, Isidor Philipp, Paul Dukas, Raoul Pugno, Alberto Williams, Teresa Carreño, Ernest Schelling, Alfonso Rendano, James Huneker, José Tragó, Camille Chevillard, Camille Erlanger and Eugénie Satie-Barnetche. Mathias and another Chopin's student Karol Mikuli had an important impact on passing his style on the next generations of musicians. Besides teaching, he was also active as a concert pianist. On 14 March 1864, he was the principal pianist at the première of Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle.