5 Historical people from every continent

Name the modern-day country that each person is from.

Only modern-day countries count

Oceania and Antarctica are excluded for obvious reasons

Countries only feature once

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Name	Continent	Country
Frederick the Great	Europe	Germany
Christopher Columbus	Europe	Italy
Vladimir Lenin	Europe	Russia
Franz Kafka	Europe	Czech Republic
Charles Darwin	Europe	United Kingdom
Fidel Castro	North America	Cuba
Abraham Lincoln	North America	United States
Frida Kahlo	North America	Mexico
Bob Marley	North America	Jamaica
Manuel Noriega	North America	Panama
Simón Bolívar	South America	Venezuela
Che Guevara	South America	Argentina
Augusto Pinochet	South America	Chile

Name	Continent	Country
Pablo Escobar	South America	Colombia
Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui	South America	Peru
Genghis Khan	Asia	Mongolia
Kim Il-Sung	Asia	North Korea
Ho Chi Minh	Asia	Vietnam
Confucius	Asia	China
Muhammed	Asia	Saudi Arabia
Cleopatra	Africa	Egypt
Mansa Musa	Africa	Mali
Nelson Mandela	Africa	South Africa
Haile Selassie	Africa	Ethiopia
Robert Mugabe	Africa	Zimbabwe

Level 70

Mar 20, 2022

Great quiz!

Level 47

Mar 20, 2022

Thank you!

Level 72

Mar 20, 2022

Amazing quiz! I really enjoyed this and was surprised to know all of them. Thank you for such a great idea.

Level 47

Mar 20, 2022

Thanks!!

Level 72

Mar 20, 2022

Some ideas if you wanted to add Oceania:

Shane Warne: Australia

PeterJackson: New Zealand

Fiji “Superfly Jimmy Snuka

Samoa: Jimmy Thunder (former IBO World Heavyweight Champion).

Tonga: Haku, aka Meng (Tonga ‘Uli’uli Fifita)

Level 72

Mar 20, 2022

Also Alexander Frater for Vanuatu. Bit niche, but I reckon a few Jetpunkers would get it.

Level 47

Mar 20, 2022

Appreciate it! I think it would make the quiz quite a lot harder though.

Level 73

Mar 20, 2022

What's the obvious reason that Oceania is excluded?

Level 47

Mar 20, 2022

A lack of truly famous people, especially ones that have actually had an impact on history.

Level 66

Mar 20, 2022

Yeah, I was thinking that it shouldn't be too hard to find people from Australia and New Zealand, but then that leaves you with three more people to find from some very tiny countries.

Level 81

Mar 20, 2022

Good quiz but it would be much improved if some famous Antarcticans were added :)

Level 47

Mar 20, 2022

This quiz only includes humans. Maybe I could make another with penguins :)

Level 69

Mar 20, 2022

Nils Olav should be in that one lol

Level 60

Mar 20, 2022

Famous people from Antarctica: