need help removing unwanted rows ( authors ) and uniform name format

reader6886

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  1. 2019
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  1. Windows
Hello all.
I have a excel worksheet like below . The name in the authors column are always mixed up ( firstname surname , surnam firstname etc , I will have a column in separate sheet with all the author name variation to compare like in second pic ). I have 2 questions.
1. Is there a way to standardize the authors column with one name format not different variation of the same name , like fistname surname all the time.
2. How can I delete the whole row if the author doesnot matches from the compare list .
Thank you so much .

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author compare.png
 

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