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International ambassadors

• Sir Richard Attenborough
• Emmanuelle Beart
• David Beckham
• Harry Belafonte
• Jackie Chan
• Judy Collins
• Mia Farrow
• Whoopi Goldberg
• Angelique Kidjo
• Johann Olav Koss
• Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
• Femi Kuti
• Leon Lai
• Lang Lang
• Jessica Lange
• Ricky Martin
• Sir Roger Moore
• Nana Mouskouri
• Youssou N'Dour
• Vanessa Redgrave
• Sebastião Salgado
• Susan Sarandon
• Shakira
• Vendela Thommessen
• Maxim Vengerov

Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough (born August 29, 1923 in Cambridge, England) is an actor, director and film producer. ... Emmanuelle Béart (born August 14, 1965) is a French actress. ... David Beckham David Robert Joseph Beckham OBE (born May 2, 1975) is an English footballer born in Leytonstone, London. ... Harry Belafonte in Almanac, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1954 Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Belafonte on March 1, 1927 in Harlem, New York, United States) is a Jamaican-American calypso musician and actor who used his fame as an entertainer in the cause of human rights. ... Jackie Chan, born Chan Kong-sang on April 7, 1954, is a Hong Kong martial artist, film actor, director and stuntman. ... Judy Collins (born May 1, 1939 in Seattle, Washington) is an American folksinger. ... Farrow on the cover of Glamour, 1968 Mia Farrow (born February 9, 1945 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. ... Sarafina movie poster featuring Whoopi Goldberg Caryn Elaine Johnson, better known by her stage name, Whoopi Goldberg (born November 13, 1955 in Chelsea, Manhattan New York), is a well-known American movie actress, comedian, and singer. ... Ang lique Kidjo (Born July 14, 1960) is a Grammy nominated Beninese-French singer songwriter, noted for her diverse musical influences and creative music videos. ... Johann Olav Koss (born October 29, 1968, in Drammen) is a Norwegian speed skater, considered to be one of the best in history. ... Tetsuko Kuroyanagi ( born August 9, 1933 ) is a well-known Japanese TV personality. ... Femi Kuti was born in London on 16 June 1962; although he grew up in the former Nigerian capital Lagos. ... Leon Lai Ming Leon Lai (黎明; pinyin: Lǐ Míng; Cantonese: lai4 ming4, but his real name is 黎捷 (Lai Chit, Alexander)) (born December 11, 1966) is a Cantopop singer and star of several Hong Kong movies. ... Lang Lang (郎朗,pinyin: Láng Lǎng) (b. ... Jessica Lange in Blue Sky (1994) Jessica Lange (born April 20, 1949) is an American actress. ... Ricky Martin is a popular music singer, born in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico on December 24, 1971. ... Moore and Curtis in The Persuaders! (1971/72) Sir Roger George Moore (born October 14, 1927) is an English actor known for his suave and witty demeanor. ... Nana Mouskouri at the Albert Hall (1975) Nana Mouskouri (born Ioanna Mouskouri on October 13, 1934 in Crete, Greece) is a Greek singer and politician. ... Picture of artist (PHOTO BY GALILEA NIN) Youssou Ndour (born October 11, 1959) is a singer who was born in Dakar, Senegal. ... Redgrave in Michelangelo Antonionis Blowup (1966) Vanessa Redgrave (born January 30, 1937) is an English actress, a member of the Redgrave acting dynasty. ... Sebastião Salgado at the World Social Forum 2003. ... Susan Sarandon Susan Sarandon (born October 4, 1946) is an Academy Award winning American actress. ... Shakira Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, born in Barranquilla, Colombia on February 2, 1977, known simply as Shakira (meaning Woman of Grace in Arabic), is an internationally famous singer and songwriter. ... Maxim Vengerov (born August 20, 1974 in the Siberian Federal District capital, Novosibirsk) is a Russian violinist. ...

Regional ambassadors

• Mahmoud Kabil (Egypt)
• Mercedes Sosa (Argentina)
• Anatoly Karpov (Russia)
• Milena Zupancic (Slovenia)

Mercedes Sosa (born 9 July 1935) is an Argentine singer immensely popular throughout Latin America. ... Anatoli Karpov Anatoli Yevgenyevich Karpov (Анато́лий Евге́ньевич Ка́рпов) (born May 23, 1951) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. ...

National ambassadors

Argentina

• Julián Weich

Australia

• John Doyle
• Jimmy Barnes (2004)
• Nicole Kidman (1994)
• Gretel Killeen (2002)
• Norman Swan (2003)
• Anna Volska
• John Bell
• Yvonne Kenny (2003)
• Greig Pickhaver
• Marcus Einfeld
• Layne Beachley (2004)
• Geoffrey Rush
• Ken Done (1988)
• Cate Blanchett (2004)

People named John Doyle: John Doyle (comedian), Australian comedian John Doyle (lawyer), Chief Justice of South Australia John Doyle (soccer), an American soccer player John Doyle (critic), a Canadian television critic John Doyle (baseball player), a Canadian Major League Baseball player John Doyle (announcer), whos voice is used by the... Two Fires (1990) Jimmy Barnes (born April 28, 1956 as James Dixon Swan) is a popular rock/soul singer, born in Scotland, but long-time resident in Australia. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nicole Kidman Nicole Mary Kidman (born June 20, 1967) is an Academy Award winning Australian actress, producer, and singer. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Gretel Killeen, host of Big Brother Australia Gretel Killeen is an Australian famous author, newspaper columnist, TV personality and the current Host of Australian Big Brother. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Bell is a common name. ... Yvonne Kenny is an Australian soprano who sang the Olympic Hymn at the Closing Ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics. ... Actor and comedian Greig Pickhaver (also known as H.G. Nelson) is one half on the Australian sports comedy duo Roy and HG. The duo originally teamed up in 1986 for the Triple J radio comedy program This Sporting Life, which is still on air after 18 years and has... Layne Beachley (born May 24, 1972) is a professional surfer from Manly in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Geoffrey Rush (born July 6, 1951) is an Australian actor. ... Ken Done (born 29 June 1940) is an Australian artist probably best known for his design work; his simple, brightly coloured images of Australian landmarks have adorned a very popular range of clothing and homewares sold under the Done Design brand. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cate Blanchett Cate Blanchett (born May 14, 1969) is an Australian actress. ...

Austria

• Thomas Brezina
• Christiane Hörbiger

Thomas Brezina 2004 Thomas Brezina (born January 30, 1963 in Vienna), is an Austrian writer of childrens books. ... Christiane Hörbiger in Schimanski muss leiden (2000) Christiane Hörbiger (born October 13, 1938 in Vienna, Austria) is a very popular Austrian actress. ...

Belgium

• Salvatore Adamo
• Dixie Dansercoer
• Frank De Winne
• Jean-Michel Folon
• Alain Hubert
• Helmut Lotti
• Khadja Nin
• Axelle Red

Salvatore Adamo (born Nov 1, 1943 in Comiso, Italy) is one of the most commercially successful singers in Europe. ... Frank De Winne is a Belgian astronaut of the European Space Agency. ... Khadja Nin (born June 27, 1959) is an Burundi singer and musician. ...

Brazil

• Renato Aragao
• Daniela Mercury

Daniela Mercury (born in Salvador, Bahia, 28 July 1965) is a Brazilian singer whose styles include MPB and axé music. ...

Canada

• Beckie Scott
• Sally Armstrong
• Roch Voisine
• Lloyd Axworthy
• Don Harron
• Catherine McKinnon
• Albert Shultz
• Amy Sky
• Marc Jordan
• Sheree Fitch
• Charlotte Diamond
• Leslie Nielsen
• Veronica Tennant
• Sharon, Lois and Bram
• Andrea Martin

Beckie Scott Beckie Scott (born January 8, 1974 in Vegreville, Alberta) is a Canadian athlete. ... Roch Voisine (born March 26, 1963) is an Acadian-Quebecois singer-songwriter, actor, radio and TV host. ... The Honourable Lloyd Norman Axworthy, OC, PC (born December 21, 1939, in North Battleford, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian politician. ... Donald H. Harron (born September 19, 1924 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian comedian, actor, director, journalist, author and composer. ... Catherine McKinnon (born May 14, 1944 in Saint John, New Brunswick) is a Canadian actress and folk/pop singer. ... Marc Jordan (born 1949 in New York, New York, U.S.A.), is a multi-genre Canadian musician known both as a songwriter and session musician for other artists, and as a singer in his own right. ... Sheree Fitch (December 3, 1956) is a Canadian childrens author who currently resides in Washington D.C. in the United States. ... Nielsen as Frank Drebin finds himself in an awkward situation with British Queen Elizabeth II (Jeannette Charles) in The Naked Gun. ... Veronica Tennant (born January 15, 1946) is a Canadian prima ballerina. ... Sharon, Lois & Bram are a Canadian childrens musical trio composed of Sharon Trostin Hampson (born March 31, 1943, Toronto, Ontario), Lois Ada Lilienstein (born July 10, 1936, Chicago, Illinois), and Bramwell Morrison (born December 18, 1940, Toronto, Ontario). ... Andrea Martin (born January 15, 1947 in Portland, Maine) is an American actress and comedienne of Armenian descent. ...

Chile

• Iván Zamorano

Iván Luis Zamorano Zamora (born January 18, 1967) is a former Chilean football (soccer) player. ...

Colombia

• Margarita Rosa de Francisco

Côte d'Ivoire

• Basile Boli

Croatia

• Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni
• Bojana Gregorić

Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni is a Croatian singer, musician and composer from Split. ...

Czech Republic

• Jirina Jiraskova

Denmark

• Princess Alexandra
• Kurt Flemming
• Jesper Klein
• Bubber

Estonia

• Eri Klas
• Erki Nool
• Maarja-Liis Ilus

Erki Nool (born June 25, 1970) is an Estonian decathlete and winner of the gold medal for Decathlon in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. ...

Ethiopia

• Berhane Adere
• Kenenisa Bekele

Kenenisa Bekele (ቀነኒሳ በቀለ) (born June 13, 1982 in Bekoji/Arsi) is an Ethiopian distance runner who took gold in the 10,000 m at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics and bronze at the 5,000 m. ...

Finland

• Micke Rejstrom
• Jorma Uotinen
• Juha Laukkanen
• Anna Hanski
• Eija Vilpas
• TRIO TOYKEAT
• Rainer Kaunisto
• Katri-Helena Kalaoja
• Pave Maijanen
• Eppu Nuotio
• Eija Ahvo
• Susanna Haavisto
• Arsi Harju

France

• Patrick Poivre d'Arvor
• Yves Duteil
• Christophe Malavoy

PPDA in his TF1 office © Olivier Roller Patrick Poivre dArvor (real name: Patrick Poivre) (born September 20, 1947) is a French TV journalist and writer. ...

Germany

• Sabine Christiansen
• Joachim Fuchsberger

Greece

• Helene Glykatzi-Ahrweiler

Hong Kong (SAR)

• Kelly Chen
• Daniel Chan
• Charlie Yeung

Kelly Chen (陳慧琳) Kelly Chen (陳慧琳 (born Wai Man Chen 陳慧汶 on September 13, 1973) is a Hong Kong based singer and actress. ...

Hungary

• Judit Halász
• Gábor Presser

India

• Ravi Shastri

Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri (born 1962-05-27 in Mumbai (Bombay), India ) is a former Indian cricketer. ...

Indonesia

• Christine Hakim (2004)
• Ferry Salim (2004)

Ireland

• Pierce Brosnan
• Gabriel Byrne
• Maxi
• Mike McCarthy
• Liam Neeson
• Samantha Mumba

Pierce Brosnan Pierce Brendan Brosnan, OBE (born May 16, 1953) is an Anglo-Irish film actor and producer. ... Gabriel Byrne is an Irish actor. ... Maxi can refer to: Maxi Pad - A sanitary towel used by women. ... The 2003 California recall was a special election permitted under California law. ... Liam Neeson Liam Neeson (born 7 June 1952) is a Northern Irish actor. ... Samantha Mumba is an Irish pop singer and actress. ...

Israel

• David Broza

David Broza is an Israeli pop singer. ...

Italy

• Francesco Totti
• Amii Stewart
• Daniela Poggi
• Bianca Pitzorno
• Lino Banfi
• Leo Nucci
• Vincenzo La Scola
• Paolo Maldini
• Roberto Bolle
• Milly Carlucci
• Vigili del Fuoco
• Simona Marchini

Francesco Totti (born 27 September 1976 in Rome) is an Italian football player, who currently plays for AS Roma in Serie A and the Italian national team. ... Amy Nicole Stewart (born January 29, 1956 in Washington D.C.) is an American singer. ... Paolo Maldini (born June 26, 1968 in Milan) is an Italian football player. ...

Japan

• Agnes Chan Miling

Kenya

• Effie Owour

South Korea

• Pum-Soo Sohn
• Si Won Ryu
• Mee-Hwa Kim
• Myung-Hwa Chung
• Dooly
• Byung-Ki Hwang
• Sung Ki Ahn
• Wan Suh Park

Macedonia (FYR)

• Tose Proeski

Mexico

• César Costa

Mongolia

• Tumur Ariuna
• Asashoryu Dagvador

Morocco

• Naïma Elmecherqui
• Rajae Belemlih
• Nawal El Moutawakel
• Hicham El Guerrouj

Nawal El Moutawakel is a Moroccan hurdler, born on 15 April 1962 in Casablanca. ... El Guerrouj after winning his second medal in 5000 m, Athens 2004 Hicham El Guerrouj (born September 14, 1974, Berkane, Morocco) is a world record setting middle distance athlete and credited by some as the greatest middle-distance runner of all time as well as the King of the Mile...

Netherlands

• Monique van de Ven
• Paul van Vliet
• Sipke Bousema
• Rintje Ritsma
• Edwin Evers
• Trijntje Oosterhuis
• Jurgen Raymann

New Zealand

• Hayley Westenra

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Norway

• Ole Gunnar Solskjær
• Gustav Lorentzen

Ole Gunnar Solskjær (born February 26, 1973) is a Norwegian football player who currently plays for Manchester United (since July 1996). ...

Panama

• Danilo Pérez

Paraguay

• Gloria Criscioni

Philippines

• Gary Valenciano

Poland

• Andrzej Szcypiorski
• Katarzyna Frank-Niemczycka
• Piotr Fronczewski
• Wieslaw Ochman
• José Carreras
• Majka Jezowska

Piotr Fronczewski (born June 8, 1946 in Lodz, Poland), very popular Polish singing actor. ... José Carreras The Catalan tenor José Carreras (born December 5, 1946) is a famous opera singer much admired for his Verdi and Puccini roles. ...

Portugal

• Pedro Couceiro
• Luis Figo

Figo and his wife, the Swedish super-model Helen Svedin Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo, born November 4, 1972 in Lisbon, Portugal, is a Portuguese international footballer, who plays as a midfielder and winger, currently for Inter Milan. ...

Russia

• Alla Pugachova

Alla on the Star Factory television show, 2004 Alla Borisovna Pugacheva (А́лла Бори́совна Пугачё́ва), pronounced Pougachyova, born April 15, 1949 in Moscow, Russia, is perhaps the best known musical performer in Russia, her career having started in 1965 and continuing to this day. ...

Serbia and Montenegro

• Emir Kusturica

Emir Kusturica Emir Kusturica (pronounced koo-stûr-ÉT-sä) (born November 24, 1954) is a Bosnian filmmaker born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...

Slovakia

• Kamila Magalova
• Peter Dvorsky
• Vaso Patejdl

Slovenia

• Tone Pavèek
• Lado Leskovar
• Milena Zupanèiè
• Boris Cavazza
• Zlatko Zahovic
• Vita Mavric
• Marko Simeunovic

Zlatko Zahovič (born February 1, 1971) is a Slovenian football player. ...

South Africa

• Quinton Fortune

Quinton Fortune (born May 21, 1977 in Cape Town) is an South African football player. ...

Spain

• Emilio Aragón
• Imanol Arias
• Pedro Delgado
• Joaquín Cortés
• Joan Manuel Serrat

Perico on the front cover of his book A Golpe de Pedal. ... Joaquín Cortés (born 1969) is a world famous flamenco dancer from Spain. ... Joan Manuel Serrat Teresa (born December 27, 1943 in Barcelona) is a Catalan singer and songwriter. ...

Sweden

• Lars Berghagen
• Robyn
• Lill Lindfors

Lars Nils Berghagen (born May 15, 1945 in Enskede, Sweden) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, composer and actor. ... Robyn Carlsson (born June 12, 1979) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. ...

Switzerland

• James Galway
• Natascha Badmann

Sir James Galway (born December 8, 1939) is an Irish flute player from Belfast, often called The Man With the Golden Flute. ...

Thailand

• Kathleeya McIntosh
• H.E. Anand Panyarachun

Turkey

• Nilufer Yumlu

United Kingdom

• Andrew O'Hagan
• Martin Bell
• Lord Bill Deedes (1998)
• Robbie Williams (2000)
• Jemima Khan (2001)
• Manchester United Football Club
• Ralph Fiennes (2001)
• Sir Alex Ferguson (2002)
• Trudie Styler (2004)

Andrew OHagan Andrew OHagan (1968 - ) is a Scottish writer and novelist. ... Martin Bell (born August 31, 1938) is a British former broadcast news reporter and politician. ... William Francis Deedes, Baron Deedes of Aldington, KBE, MC, DL, PC (Bill Deedes, born Kent, England, 1 June 1913), is a veteran British journalist and a former politician. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Robbie Williams, 2005 Brit Awards Robert Peter Williams (born February 13, 1974 in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire) is a British pop singer. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Jemima Marcelle Goldsmith, also referred to as Jemima Khan (born January 30, 1974, London), ex-wife of cricketer Imran Khan is the daughter of billionaire Sir James Goldsmith and Lady Annabel Vane Tempest Stewart. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Ralph Fiennes in Spider Ralph Nathaniel Fiennes (pronounced Raif Nathaniel Fines, born December 22, 1962) is a British actor. ... Alex Ferguson Sir Alex Ferguson (born Alexander Chapman Ferguson December 31, 1941 in Govan, Glasgow) is a Scottish football manager and former player, currently managing Manchester United F.C.. He has won more trophies than any other manager in the history of English football and been in charge of Manchester... Sting circa 1987 Gordon Matthew Sumner, CBE (born October 2, 1951), best known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician and formerly bassist and lead singer of The Police. ...

United States

• Laurence Fishburne
• Angela Bassett
• James Kiberd
• Alyssa Milano
• Katie Couric
• Jane Curtin
• Sarah Jessica Parker
• Claudia Schiffer
• Téa Leoni
• Summer Sanders
• Marcus Samuelsson
• Annette Roque Lauer
• Isabella Rossellini
• Liv Tyler
• Courtney B. Vance

Fishburne as Morpheus in The Matrix Revolutions Laurence Fishburne (born July 30, 1961 in Augusta, Georgia, USA) is a notable United States movie actor. ... Angela Bassett Angela Bassett (born August 16, 1958 in New York City) is an African-American film actress. ... James Kiberd, in a still from All My Children. ... Alyssa Milano peering out her window in Charmed Alyssa Milano speaking to sailors Alyssa Milano being seduced in Embrace of the Vampire (1994) Alyssa Jayne Milano (born December 19, 1972 in New York City) is an American actress. ... Katie Couric with troops at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia Katherine Anne Couric, better known as Katie Couric (born January 7, 1957) is an American journalist and media personality. ... Jane Therese Curtin (born September 6, 1947) is an American actress and comedian, from Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... As Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City Sarah Jessica Parker (born March 25, 1965) is an American actress, best known for her portrayal of Manhattan sex columnist Carrie Bradshaw on the HBO television series Sex and the City. ... One of the images that made her famous, from the Guess? jeans advertising campaign Claudia Schiffer on the cover of TIME magazine. ... Téa Leoni Téa Leoni (born Elizabeth Téa Pantaleoni, February 25, 1966 in New York City) is an American television and film actress. ... Summer Elisabeth Sanders (b. ... Marcus Samuelsson is a Swedish chef, born 1970 in Ethiopia. ... Isabella Rossellini, 1990 Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini, born in Rome on June 18, 1952, is a model and an actress, daughter of Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini. ... Liv Tyler in Wellington (New Zealand) Liv Tyler (born Liv Rundgren on July 1, 1977 in New York City, New York, USA) is an American actress most famous for her role in the 1998 blockbuster movie Armageddon and the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-2003). ... Courtney B. Vance as Assistant District Attorney Ron Carver in Law & Order: Criminal Intent Courtney B. Vance (born March 12, 1960 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American actor. ...

Uruguay

• Diego Forlán
• Enzo Francescoli

Diego Forlán (born May 19, 1979) is a Uruguayan footballer who currently plays for Villarreal. ... Enzo Francéscoli Uriarte (born November 12, 1961 in Montevideo) was a Uruguayan football player until his retirement in 1997. ...

Vietnam

• Le Huynh Duc

See also

• UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
• UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador
• UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
• UNIDO Goodwill Ambassador
• WHO Goodwill Ambassador

UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors are celebrity advocates of UNESCO and utilize their talent or fame to spread the UNESCO ideals. ... UNFPA Goodwill Ambassadors are celebrity advocates of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and utilize their talent and fame to advocate for the human right of reproductive health. ... UNHCR Goodwill Ambassadors are celebrity advocates of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and utilize their talent and fame to advocate for refugees. ... UNIDO Goodwill Ambassadors are expert advocates of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and utilize their talent and experience to advocate for sustainable industrial development in developing countries. ... WHO Goodwill Ambassadors are celebrity advocates of the World Health Organization (WHO) and utilize their talent and fame to advocate for health and well-being. ...

Reference

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External links

• UNICEF Goodwill ambassadors
• UNICEF.org