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Famous People Homonymous to Countries

Can you guess the names of these famous people who have the same name as countries?
Using the same names as the Countries of the World quiz
Quiz by GuiAndriolo
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Last updated: February 4, 2021
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First submittedFebruary 4, 2021
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Average score50.0%
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Six times NBA champion with Chicago Bulls, often considered the best basketball player of all time
J
Michael Jordan
Former presenter of Discovery Channel's show Wheeler Dealers
C
Edd China
Hawaiian singer, known for his version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow
I
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
Founder of NASCAR
F
Bill France Sr.
Lead vocalist and guitarist of canadian rock band Nickelback
C
Chad Kroeger
Most capped player for the Spain women's basketball national team
P
Laia Palau
Actress and model, won the Miss USA pageant in 1993
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Kenya Moore
American painter, known as "Mother of American modernism"
G
Georgia O'Keeffe
Former guitarist of trash metal band Megadeth
P
Chris Poland
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, author of the iconic line "Show me the money!"
C
Cuba Gooding Jr.
R&B singer who has won four Grammy Awards and famously sang The Alphabet Song in Sesame Street
I
India Arie
Actor best known for his role as Ryan Wolfe in CSI: Miami
T
Jonathan Togo
Social activist, president of Harlem Children's Zone since 1990
C
Geoffrey Canada
British writer known for her modern schoolgirls' stories
B
Angela Brazil
Former model and actress, founder of her eponymous global brand
I
Kathy Ireland
Argentinian former tennis player with a career-high ranking of no. 10 in 2012
M
Juan Monaco
Only brazilian ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, in 1999
M
Fernanda Montenegro
Hangman who carried out Nuremberg executions in 1946, in which ten leaders of Nazi Germany were executed
M
Joseph Malta
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Level 62
Mar 10, 2023
Fab quiz; can't believe I actually tried "Cape Verde Kroeger."
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Level 37
Mar 10, 2023
I did try "Kazahkstan Moore" myself
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Level 84
Mar 10, 2023
I did pretty well considering that I've only heard of four of these people! I question that most of these people are famous. To be famous requires that people know who you are.
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Level 56
Mar 11, 2023
well, my criteria was that they've got a Wikipedia page (and also had to cut off some people)

if I went for actually famous people only this quiz wouldn't exist