Possible Clues:

• Name hidden in 'white lies'
• Mario of the N.B.A.
• Lebanese designer Saab
• Veteran journalist ___ Abel
• Romanian writer Wiesel
• Mario of the Suns
• Biologist Metchnikoff
• Onetime newsman ___ Abel
• Wiesel who said, "Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil"
• Wiesel who wrote "The Night Trilogy"