Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (b. 6 July 1781, off Port Morant, Jamaica–d. 5 July 1826, Middlesex, England) is known as the founder of modern Singapore. Besides signing the treaty with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor on 6 February 1819 that gave the British East India ...

Jane Lee Zhen Zhen (b. 1984–) is the first woman from Southeast Asia to have scaled the Seven Summits – the highest summit on each of the seven continents of Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America. Lee was also the co-founder ...

Sophia Hull (b. 5 May 1786, London–d.12 December 1858, Middlesex, England) became the second wife of Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of modern Singapore, on 22 February 1817. She bore him five children and is famed for penning his biography, Memoir of the Life and ...