Can you name the modern day countries in which these famous figures (alive and dead) were born?

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  • Enter a country in the box below
  • Correctly named countries will show up below
  • Click any empty Person or Country to answer for that location
  • Each of the people here are known for careers or events in countries other than the one they were born in. Can you name their birthplaces (modern country names)?
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PersonCountryCountry best known for
Albert Camus, AuthorFrance
Leif EricsonNorway and Canada
Anne Frank, Holocaust diaristThe Netherlands
Mother Teresa, missionaryIndia
Kublai Khan, Emperor of ChinaChina
Marcus Garvey, Black nationalistUnited States
Catherine the Great, Empress of RussiaRussia
Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, RevolutionaryCuba and Bolivia
PersonCountryCountry best known for
John A. Macdonald, First Prime Minister of CanadaCanada
Golda Meir, Prime Minister of IsraelIsrael
George Orwell, author and journalistUnited Kingdom
Adolph Hitler, Fuhrer of Nazi GermanyGermany
Christopher Columbus, ExplorerSpain
Bert Blyleven, Pitcher for the Minnesota TwinsUnited States
John McCain, Senator from ArizonaUnited States
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Father of Modern TurkeyTurkey
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Unexpected Birthplaces Quiz

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  • Created May 29, 2010 in Geography
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