Famous People with Name Numa

Numa Morikazu            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Numa Morikazu: was a government official and journalist in Meiji period Japan.Numa was involved in scholarship at an early age. He learned English from James Curtis Hepburn in Yokohama, and was later sent to study western military science at Nagasaki. He translated a text on English-style infantry warfare in 1866, and in 1867, he was commissioned as a hohei-gashira nami (????; roughly equivalent to a lieutenant) in the Shogunate's elite Denshutai unit. Numa fought on the Tokugawa side in the Boshin War.

Numa Andoire            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Numa Andoire: was a French football defender and a manager. He participated at the 1930 FIFA World Cup, but never gained any caps with the French football team. He played for FC Antibes, OGC Nice, Red Star Olympique,[1][2] AS Cannes, FC Nancy, Toulouse and FC Antibes again.

Numa Sadoul            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Numa Sadoul: is a French writer, actor, and director, who has been a resident of France since 1966. As a student, Sadoul interviewed and befriended the famous Belgian comic artist Hergé, famous for his Adventures of Tintin — an unexpected coup, as Hergé gave few interviews.[1] The interviews were recorded on 14 hours of tape, and, after heavy editing by Hergé, released as a book: Tintin et moi / entretiens avec Hergé (Tintin and I: Interviews with Hergé), in 1975. In 2003, the book was used as a basis for a documentary film Tintin and I, directed by Anders Østergaard.

Numan Gumaa            Origin/Culture/Country: Egyptian

Numan Gumaa: an attorney in Cairo and is the former chairman of the liberal New Wafd Party. He was nominated in 2005 for presidential election and came in third place.