Can you name the countries by the famous person born there?

created by TimeAndTide
  • Enter a country in the box below
  • Correctly named countries will show up below
  • Click any empty Famous Person or Country to answer for that location
  • Source: Link
  • In this quiz, birthplaces are associated with the present country in which that city/town is located (as of December 2009). Political and military leaders have intentionally not been used.
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Famous PersonCountryExtra Information
Tenzing NorgaySherpa (Mt. Everest)
Günter GrassAuthor (The Tin Drum)
Ang LeeFilmmaker (Brokeback Mountain)
Manut BolBasketball player (Philadelphia 76ers)
Eero SaarinenArchitect (Gateway Arch, St. Louis, USA)
Nadia ComaneciGymnast (Olympic gold medalist)
Ahmet ErtegunMusic producer (Atlantic Records)
Thor HeyerdahlExplorer (Kon-Tiki)
Bianca JaggerPolitical activist (former wife of Mick Jagger)
BjörkSinger-Songwriter (Oceania)
Sammy SosaBaseball player (Chicago Cubs)
Sade AduSinger-Songwriter (Smooth Operator)
Hana MandlikovaTennis player
Russell CroweActor (Gladiator)
Olga KorbutGymnast (Olympic gold medalist)
Colin FarrellActor (Alexander)
Billy OceanSinger-Songwriter (Caribbean Queen)
Georg SoltiConductor (Chicago Symphony Orch.)
Ismail MerchantFilm producer (A Room with a View)
Carmen MirandaSinger, Actress (fruit-covered headwear)
Omar SharifActor (Dr. Zhivago)
Cindy TaylorSupermodel
Mira FurlanActor (Babylon 5)
Samuel WanjiruMarathoner (Olympic gold medalist)
Famous PersonCountryExtra Information
Claudio ArrauPianist virtuoso
Sonia BragaActor (The Milagro Beanfield War)
Hugh JackmanActor (The Prestige)
Melina MercouriActor (Never on Sunday)
Jascha HeifetzViolinist virtuoso
Keanu ReevesActor (Speed)
Hector BabencoFilmmaker (Kiss of the Spider Woman)
Hideo NomoBaseball player (L.A. Dodgers)
Juliette BinocheActor (The English Patient)
Famke JanssenActor (X-Men)
Ingrid BergmanActor (Casablanca)
Jennifer LopezActor, Singer (If You Had My Love)
Jimmy ChooFashion designer
Natalie PortmanActor (Closer)
Aram KhachaturianComposer (Sabre Dance)
Mother TeresaRoman Catholic nun (Nobel laureate)
Maximilian SchellActor (Judgment at Nuremburg)
Milla JovovichModel, Actor (Resident Evil)
Kofi AnnanU.N. Secretary-General (1997-2007)
Penelope CruzActor (Volver)
Mikhail BaryshnikovBallet dancer, Actor (White Nights)
ShakiraSinger (Whenever, Wherever)
Yul BrynnerActor (The King and I)
Yma SumacSinger (Virgenes del Sol)
Famous PersonCountryExtra Information
Djimon HounsouActor (Amistad)
Salma HayekActor (Frida)
Ban Ki-moonU.N. Secretary-General (2007-)
Grace JonesSinger, Actor (A View to a Kill)
Khaled HosseiniNovelist (The Kite Runner)
ImanSupermodel
Joan ArmatradingSinger-Songwriter (Love and Affection)
Luciano PavarottiOperatic tenor
Cesaria EvoraSinger (Voz d'Amor - album)
Brigitte NielsenActor (Red Sonja)
Roger FedererTennis player
William ShatnerActor (Star Trek)
RihannaSinger (SOS, Umbrella)
Debbie FergusonTrack star (Olympic gold medalist)
Charlize TheronActor (Monster)
Sean ConneryActor (Goldfinger)
Rod CarewBaseball player (Minnesota Twins, Hall of Fame)
Haing S. NgorActor (The Killing Fields)
Andy GarciaActor (Ocean's Eleven)
Jean-Claude van DammeActor (Double Impact)
BasiaSinger-Songwriter (Time and Tide)
Doris LessingAuthor (The Golden Notebook)
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Countries by Famous Person Born There Quiz

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  • Created Dec 11, 2009 in Geography
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