Gottfried Helnwein was friends with Hans Janitschek since 1983, when he introduced Helnwein to Muhammad Ali, who appeared in the documentary "Helnwein", a co-production of ZDF and ORF (German and Austrian National Television).

Hans Janitschek was the founder and president of the United Nations Society of Writers and former Secretary General of the Socialist International.

James Mancham was the first President of the independent nation of Seychelles. He was born on August 11, 1939, the son of Richard and Evelyn (nee Tirant) Mancham, a wealthy family, on the island of Mahe, the largest island in the Seychelles archipelago which was then a colony of Great Britain. As a child and young man Mancham studied at schools in Seychelles and then later studied law in London and also at the University of Pari