M’s Famous People
The Royals
- Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
- Queen Sirikit of Thailand
- The Princesses of Thailan
- Prince Michael of Kent
- The Princess of Denmark
- Prince Joachim of Denmark
- The Crown Prince of Holland
- The Princes of Belgium
- The Grand Duke of Luxembourg
- HRH Prince Andrew of Great Britain
The Politicians
- Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
- Former German Chancellor, Helmut Kohl
- Former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke
- Former Prime Minister of Canada, Jean Chretienne
- The President of Ireland, Mary McAleese
- Former Prime Minister of Denmark, Mr Anders Fogh Rasmussen
- EU Commissioner for External Affairs, 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
- John Galliano, Galliano
- Luciano Benetton, Benetton
- Giorgio Armani, Armani
- Anna Sui, Anna Sui
- Miuccia Prada, Prada
- Pierre Cardin, Pierre Cardin
- Frida Giannini, designer, Gucci
- Kate Moss, model
- Vivienne Tam, Vivienne Tam
- The Ferragamo family, Salvatore Ferragamo
- The Zegna family, Ermenegildo Zegna
- Gemma Ward, model/actress
- Patrick Demarchelier, fashion photographer
- David Tang, Shanghai Tang
- Dolce and Gabbana, Dolce & Gabbana
The Stars of Stage & Screen
- Halle Berry, actress
- Quincy Jones, producer/musician
- Sophie Marceau, actress
- Clive Owen, actor
- Diana Krall, Grammy-award winning singer
- Kenny Gee, singer
- Gong Li, actress
- Darryl Hannah, actress
- Baz Lurhman, director
- Natasha Richardson, actress
- Ralph Fiennes, actor
- Kate Moss, model
- Sigourney Weaver, actress
- Andie McDowell, actress
- Hugh Jackman, actor
- Jude Law, actor
- Daniel Radcliffe (“Harry Potter”), actor
- Liam Neeson, actor
- Oliver Stone, director
- Tim Robbins, actor
- Ismail Merchant, director
- James Ivory, director
- Catherine Deneuve, actress
- Naomi Watts, actress
- Bette Midler, actress/singer
- Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave, actresses
- Linda Evangelista, model
- Posh Spice, singer
- Kylie Minogue, actress/singer
- Tyra Banks, model/talk show personality
- Zhang Ziyi, actress
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!)