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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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The table now has 80 entries!
Useful Links
• Introduction To The Unicode Examples For Business Usage,
• Submitting additional examples,
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• Notes on Braille used on this page,
• Ethiopic fonts,
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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
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年06月17日.
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