thumbnail

Every Country by Notable People Born There

You are given one notable/famous person from every country on Earth. Try to guess the (modern day) country!
Does not include Vatican City
Very Hard!
Person must have been BORN in that country!
Quiz by theguv29
Rate:
Last updated: January 16, 2023
You have not attempted this quiz yet.
First submittedMarch 23, 2021
Times taken1,472
Average score25.6%
Rating4.25
Report this quizReport
30:00
Enter answer here
0
 / 195 guessed
The quiz is paused. You have remaining.
Scoring
You scored / = %
This beats or equals % of test takers also scored 100%
The average score is
Your high score is
Your fastest time is
Keep scrolling down for answers and more stats ...
Notable Person
Country
Wayne Gretzky
Canada
Oscar Isaac
Guatemala
Rihanna
Barbados
Claudia Schiffer
Germany
Novak Djokovic
Serbia
Carl Jung
Switzerland
Óscar Sonejee
Andorra
Monrad Metzgen
Belize
Teimour Radjabov
Azerbaijan
Djimon Hounsou
Benin
Genghis Khan
Mongolia
Dimitar Berbatov
Bulgaria
Mandy Minella
Luxembourg
Mohamed Tchité
Burundi
Didier Drogba
Côte d'Ivoire
Frédéric Chopin
Poland
Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
John Leguizamo
Colombia
Gregor Mendel
Czech Republic
Dikembe Mutombo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Manny Pacquiao
Philippines
Kofi Annan
Ghana
Mads Mikkelsen
Denmark
Manuela Sáenz
Ecuador
Jose Canseco
Cuba
Hugh Jackman
Australia
Simón Bolívar
Venezuela
Barnabas
Cyprus
Hussein Ahmed Salah
Djibouti
Franklin Chang Díaz
Costa Rica
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
Bhutan
Bernardo O'Higgins
Chile
Tacko Fall
Senegal
Serge Ibaka
Republic of the Congo
Pascal Siakam
Cameroon
Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel
Equatorial Guinea
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Somalia
Zersenay Tadese
Eritrea
Adolphe Sax
Belgium
Khaled Hosseini
Afghanistan
Leila Lopes
Angola
Mashrafe Mortaza
Bangladesh
Tutankhamun
Egypt
Titi Camara
Guinea
Cecil Rawle
Dominica
Derek Boyer
Fiji
Kirani James
Grenada
Festus Mogae
Botswana
Robert Earnshaw
Zambia
Rainier III
Monaco
Joan of Arc
France
Confucius
China
Thomas Sankara
Burkina Faso
Muhammad
Saudi Arabia
Harry Houdini
Hungary
Jean Ping
Gabon
Arvo Pärt
Estonia
Tenzing Norgay
Nepal
Irving Berlin
Belarus
Mohammed Al Barwani
Oman
Frida Kahlo
Mexico
Valerie Amos
Guyana
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austria
Barack Obama Sr.
Kenya
Roald Amundsen
Norway
Carlos Mencia
Honduras
Niko Pirosmani
Georgia
Angie Brooks
Liberia
Jaime Escalante
Bolivia
Agnez Mo
Indonesia
Golshifteh Farahani
Iran
Amal Clooney
Lebanon
Bar Refaeli
Israel
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Latvia
Mohamed bin Hajj Ali Thukkala
Maldives
Gavrilo Princip
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bob Marley
Jamaica
Chiaki Mukai
Japan
Lorde
New Zealand
Björk
Iceland
Albert Camus
Algeria
Mila Kunis
Ukraine
Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein
Jordan
Evgeni Nabokov
Kazakhstan
Idriss Déby
Chad
Bong Joon-ho
South Korea
Fatou Bensouda
Gambia
Anote Tong
Kiribati
Florence Kasumba
Uganda
Davidson Nicol
Sierra Leone
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Vitali Klitschko
Kyrgyzstan
Mee Moua
Laos
Jamaica Kincaid
Antigua and Barbuda
Mohandas Gandhi
India
Andreas Wenzel
Liechtenstein
Nikola Tesla
Croatia
Tony Jaa
Thailand
Notable Person
Country
José Cardozo
Paraguay
Valentina Monetta
San Marino
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
Italy
Mark Knowles
Bahamas
Claudio Gentile
Libya
Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Lithuania
Abdulhadi al-Khawaja
Bahrain
Alicia Nash
El Salvador
Claude Simon
Madagascar
Hô Chi Minh
Vietnam
Vera Chirwa
Malawi
Uli'uli Fifita (Haku)
Tonga
Joseph Calleia
Malta
Todd Lyght
Marshall Islands
Kamuta Latasi
Tuvalu
Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard
Mauritius
Mosito Lehata
Lesotho
Michael Jones McKean
Federated States of Micronesia
Maria Cebotari
Moldova
Eugénio Tavares
Cape Verde
Pelé
Brazil
Aristotle
Greece
Mehmed II
Turkey
Derek Chisora
Zimbabwe
Aung Sang Suu Kyi
Myanmar
Diego Maradona
Argentina
Sobhuza II
Eswatini
Wavel Ramkalawan
Seychelles
Azali Assoumani
Comoros
Frankie Fredericks
Namibia
Toussaint Louverture
Haiti
Reanna Solomon
Nauru
Hammurabi
Iraq
Nicki Minaj
Trinidad and Tobago
Kim Collins
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Eddie Van Halen
Netherlands
Mamadou Tandja
Niger
Adonal Foyle
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Victor Moses
Nigeria
Michael Ansara
Syria
Kim Il-sung
North Korea
Eduard Asadov
Turkmenistan
Carmen Pereira
Guinea-Bissau
Julius Nyerere
Tanzania
Martin Luther King Jr.
United States of America
Jerrlyn Uduch Sengebau Senior
Palau
Victoriano Lorenzo
Panama
Lee Kuan Yew
Singapore
Marcus Bai
Papua New Guinea
Michelle Yeoh
Malaysia
Roi Mata
Vanuatu
Túpac Amaru II
Peru
Jean Reno
Morocco
Vasco da Gama
Portugal
Bader Al-Mutawa
Kuwait
Ali bin Towar al-Kuwari
Qatar
Nadia Comăneci
Romania
Petar Petrović Njegoš
Montenegro
Tawakkol Karman
Yemen
David Tua
Samoa
Shavo Odadjian
Armenia
Nuno Espírito Santo
São Tomé and Príncipe
Ali Farka Touré
Mali
Saku Koivu
Finland
Oscar de la Renta
Dominican Republic
Mikhail Gorbachev
Russia
Zdeno Chára
Slovakia
Ahmed Khalil
United Arab Emirates
Melania Trump
Slovenia
Bianca Pérez-Mora Macías
Nicaragua
Nelson Mandela
South Africa
Alek Wek
South Sudan
Pablo Picasso
Spain
Anagarika Dharmapala
Sri Lanka
Manute Bol
Sudan
Ingmar Bergman
Sweden
Rus Yusupov
Tajikistan
Benazir Bhutto
Pakistan
Moktar Ould Daddah
Mauritania
Stephen Hawking
United Kingdom
José Ramos-Horta
East Timor
Emmanuel Adebayor
Togo
Daren Sammy
Saint Lucia
Hannibal
Tunisia
Sinéad O'Connor
Ireland
Agathe Uwilingiyimana
Rwanda
Mother Teresa
North Macedonia
Hassanal Bolkiah
Brunei
Edgar Davids
Suriname
Luis Suárez
Uruguay
Ismail Kadare
Albania
Milana Vayntrub
Uzbekistan
Benjamin Totori
Solomon Islands
Maria Mutola
Mozambique
Jean-Bédel Bokassa
Central African Republic
Rita Ora
Kosovo
Ang Lee
Taiwan
+3
Level 76
Feb 21, 2022
According to Sidney Poitier's Wikipedia page, he was born in the States (Miami). Although he was raised in the Bahamas, he cannot represent that country in this quiz. Still, a great idea for a quiz!
+2
Level 86
Feb 24, 2022
Oops! Missed that one somehow, have since corrected it.
+2
Level 66
Jan 13, 2023
It's still wrong, given the word 'born' in the quiz title
+3
Level 58
Feb 21, 2022
Great quiz idea

But Botswana is spelt wrong and Rohff was born in Madagascar, not Comoros

+2
Level 86
Feb 24, 2022
You're right! Botswana now corrected and an actual Comoros-born person has replaced Rohff.
+1
Level 49
Aug 28, 2022
Actually the change didn't take, probably because you already have Claude Simon for Madagascar ;)
+2
Level 67
Feb 21, 2022
Whoops missed Gandhi.
+2
Level 37
Feb 21, 2022
"Bostwana" should be spelled "Botswana".
+2
Level 86
Feb 24, 2022
You're right! Made a typo.
+1
Level 49
Aug 28, 2022
At first I thought "where´s Japan?" - but I'm glad to learn about the first Japanese woman in space!
+1
Level 49
Aug 28, 2022
By the way, I think your choice for Georgia is a little unfair,it would be like choosing Hitler for Austria. May I suggest Pirosmani?
+1
Level 67
Jan 13, 2023
"Bostwana" should be Botswana. Great quiz! :)