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Random Famous People by Country

Can you name these five famous people from six randomly-changing countries?
Fictional characters are included
For the sake of this quiz, we separate the "countries" of the UK. Northern Ireland included in Ireland
You may think some of these people are from another country, rather than the other. Please keep that to yourself
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Last updated: January 6, 2021
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First submittedSeptember 27, 2020
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Romania
Romania
Medieval ruler known for
impaling his enemies
Vlad the Impaler
Count inspired by the above
Count Dracula
Most famous gymnast
Nadia Comăneci
Communist leader, 1965-89
Nicolae Ceaușescu
Last king of Romania
Michael
 
 
Portugal
Portugal
Most famous footballer
Cristiano Ronaldo
Sailed from Europe to India
Vasco da Gama
Explorer who started world's
first circumnavigation
Ferdinand
Magellan
2000-01 footballer of the year
Luìs Figo
Current General-Secretary of UN
António Guterres
 
 
Hungary
Hungary
"Hungarian Rhapsody"
Franz Liszt
Billionaire who is frequently
blamed for all the world's ills
George Soros
Actress who married 9-times
Zsa Zsa Gábor
First king of Hungary
Stephen I
Prime Minister since 2010
Viktor Orbán
Russia
Russia
"Great" female tsar
Catherine II
First Premier of the USSR
Vladimir Lenin
"Crime and Punishment"
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Photogenic winner of 5 tennis
Grand Slam titles
Maria Sharapova
Current President
Vladimir Putin
 
 
Algeria
Algeria
Famous footballer named Karim
Karim Benzema
Bishop who wrote "Confessions"
St. Augustine
Author of "The Stranger"
Albert Camus
Football national team captain
Riyad Mahrez
Dictator since 1999 who was
overthrown in 2019
Abdelaziz
Bouteflika
 
 
Scotland
Scotland
Hero portrayed in "Braveheart"
William Wallace
16th century Queen of Scots
Mary
Young Obi-Wan Kenobi actor
Ewan McGregor
Creator of Sherlock Holmes, first
mentioned it in "A Study in Scarlet"
Arthur Conan
Doyle
Discovered penicillin
Alexander Fleming
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