M’s Famous People
The Royals
- Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
- Queen Sirikit of Thailand
- The Princesses of Thailand
- Prince Michael of Kent
- The Princess of Denmark
- Prince Joachim of Denmark
- The Crown Prince of Holland, Willem Alexander
- The Princes of Belgium
- The Grand Duke of Luxembourg
- HRH Prince Andrew of Great Britain
The Politicians
- President of Finland, Tarja Halone
- Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Jan Peter Balkennede
- Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
- Former German Chancellor, Helmut Kohl
- Former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke
- Former Prime Minister of Canada, Jean Chretienne
- Former President of Ireland, Mary McAleese
- Former Prime Minister of Denmark, Mr Anders Fogh Rasmussen
- Chancellor, Oxford University and the last Governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten
- European Commission Presidents Romano Prodi and JM Barosso
- Former Prime Minister of France, Mr Edouard Balladur
- Former State Department spokesman James P. Rubin
- Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger
- Ministers from around the world, including Australia, Holland, the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Denmark, Ireland, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and the European Commission.
- Senators and governors from around the United States
- Ambassadors and consuls general from around the world
The Captains of Industry
- Rupert Murdoch, media mogul
- Richard Branson, Virgin
- Sumner Redfern, Viacom
- Steve Van Andel, Amway
- Sir Terry Leahy, Tesco
- Rodd Eddington, British Airways
- Susan Jung, Avon
- Suze Orman, financial columnist
The Fashionistas
- Luciano Benetton
- Giorgio Armani
- Miuccia Prada
- Anna Sui
- Pierre Cardin
- Frida Giannini, Gucci
- Kate Mossl
- John Galliano
- Vivienne Tam, Vivienne Tam
- The Ferragamo family, Salvatore Ferragamo
- The Bulgari family
- The Zegna family, Ermenegildo Zegna
- Gemma Ward
- Patrick Demarchelier
- David Tang, Shanghai Tang
- Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana
- Linda Evangelista
- Victoria Beckham
The Stars of Stage & Screen
- Halle Berry
- Quincy Jones
- Sophie Marceau
- Clive Owen
- Diana Krall
- Kenny Gee
- Gong Li
- Darryl Hannah
- Baz Lurhman
- Natasha Richardson
- Ralph Fiennes
- Kate Moss
- Sigourney Weaver
- Andie McDowell
- Hugh Jackman
- Jude Law
- Daniel Radcliffe
- Liam Neeson
- Oliver Stone
- Tim Robbins
- Ismail Merchant
- James Ivory
- Catherine Deneuve
- Naomi Watts
- Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave
- Linda Evangelista
- Kylie Minogue
- Tyra Banks
- Zhang Ziyi
- Matt Dillon
- Susan Sarandon
- Pierce Brosnan
- Chris Doyle
The Sports Celebrities
- Jackie Stewart, race car champion
- Bobby Charlton, English football hero
- Andre Agassi, tennis champion
- Leighton Hewitt, tennis champion
- Maria Sharapova, tennis champion
- Nick Doohan
- Jenson Button, Formula 1 driver
- Pier Luigi Collina, former football referee, considered “the best of all time”.
The Food & Wine People
- Jancis Robinson, wine writer
- Angelo Gaja, Gaja wines
- Stephen and Prue Henschke
- Dr Ernst Loosen, Dr Loosen wines
- Ken Hom, chef and cookbook writer
- Kylie Kwong, chef and cookbook author
- Georges Blanc, Restaurant George Blanc
- Monsieur Troisgros, Troisgros Restaurant
- Marc Veyrat, chef and restaurateur
- Sir Terence Conran, restaurateur and owner of Conran’s
- James Halliday, wine writer
- James Oliver, wine writer
- Maggie Beer, cookbook writer
The Literati
- Gore Vidal
- Amy Tan
- Simon Schama
- Orhan Pamuk
- Thomas Keneally, 1982 Booker Prize winner
- Maxine Hong Kingston, author
- Pico Iyer, author
- Alan Hollinghurst, 2004 Man Booker Prize winner
- John Banville, 2005 Man Booker Prize winner
- Kiran Desai, 2006 Man Booker Prize winner
- Madhur Jaffrey, author
- ….and all the Shanghai International Literary Festival authors (which includes most of the names above!)