Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, 1st Baron Gladwyn was a prominent British civil servant, diplomat and politician who served as the acting secretary-general of the United Nations between 1945 and 1946.

Joël de Rosnay, is a Mauritius-born French scientist and writer, presently President of Biotics International, a consulting company specialized in the impact of new technologies on industries, and Special Advisor to the President of the Universcience of which he was Director of Forecasting and Assessment until June 2002.