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European Heritage #1

In one way or another, europeans made history; do you know three of the most famous people of some countries from Europe. The first 6 countries are: Portugal, Spain, France, Italy; UK, Sweden.
Counting their native nations, not where they lived the most.
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Last updated: December 27, 2023
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the first european explorer to reach the coast of India via the Cape of Good Hope.
Vasco da Gama
one of the greatest football/soccer player ever, he won 5 ballon d'or.
Cristiano Ronaldo
an author,"cegueira" (blindness) is his masterpiece; winner of a Nobel Prize in literature in 1998.
José Saramago
one of the biggest tennis player of all time; he won 19 Big Slam.
Rafael Nadal
artist of 1700's, primarily a portrait painter of the Spanish royal family and aristocracy.
Francisco Goya
known all over the world for his perfumes and fashion designs; real name: Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo.
Paco Rabanne
a french politician protagonist of the "Treaty of Versailles" after WWI.
Georges Clemencau
friend of Voltaire, one of the greatest exponents of the French Enlightenment.
Denis Diderot
a chemist and a physicist, a sterilization process has been named after him.
Louis Pasteur
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the inventor of the telegraph; was also a politician.
Guglielmo Marconi
an entrepreneur, his symbol is the "Prancing Horse".
Enzo Ferrari
the main character of "La vita è bella" (Life is beatiful).
Roberto Benigni
the british Prime minister in 1980's.
Margaret Thatcher
a singer and an actor, a recent success is his song "As it was"
Harry Styles
the one who discovered the "particle of God".
Peter Higgs
wtriter of "Pippi Longstocking" and many other stories for children.
Astrid Lingdren
founder of IKEA.
Ingvar Kamprad
the one who established the most prestigious award from the academic world.
Alfred Nobel
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