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Notable Person by City #4

Can you name the most notable person from the following 24 cities, according to this site?
You are given the profession and the lifespan of the notable person as a hint
'notable' often meaning being born here
Quiz by Gassu
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Last updated: January 16, 2023
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First submittedJanuary 16, 2023
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City
Profession
Lifespan
Famous Person
Baku
chess grandmaster
1963 -
Garry Kasparov
Bay City, Mich.
singer-songwriter (Queen of Pop)
1958 -
Madonna
Berlin
Emperor of Germany
1859 - 1941
Wilhelm II
Bloemfontein
fantasy writer
1892 - 1973
J.R.R. Tolkien
Cambridge
economist (macroeconomics)
1883 - 1946
John Maynard Keynes
Denver
U.S. candidate for president
1943 -
John Kerry
Duluth
singer-songwriter, literature nobelist
1941 -
Bob Dylan
Gori, Georgia
Soviet leader
1878 - 1953
Joseph Stalin
Handan, China
first emperor of a unified China
259 BC - 210 BC
Qin Shi Huang
Lagos
basketball player (Rockets)
1963 -
Hakeem Olajuwon
Little Rock
U.S. General of the Army
1880 - 1964
Douglas MacArthur
London, Canada
singer (Baby)
1994 -
Justin Bieber
Munich
main architect of the Holocaust
1900 - 1945
Heinrich Himmler
Plains, Ga.
President of the United States
1924 -
Jimmy Carter
Port-of-Spain
rapper, singer-songwriter (Anaconda)
1982 -
Nicki Minaj
Reykjavík
singer-songwriter
1965 -
Björk
Rio de Janeiro
lyricist, novelist
1947 -
Paulo Coelho
Saint Petersburg
writer, philosopher
1905 - 1982
Ayn Rand
Syracuse, Italy
mathematician
c. 287 BC - 212 BC
Archimedes
Syracuse, N.Y.
actor (Top Gun)
1962 -
Tom Cruise
Townsville
whistleblower
1971 -
Julian Assange
Venice
explorer, merchant
c. 1254 - 1324
Marco Polo
Washington, D.C.
U.S. candidate for president
1948 -
Al Gore
Wellington
film director (Lord of the Rings)
1961 -
Peter Jackson
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