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Afghanistan
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Declared independence of the Loy Kandahar region and became the first Emir of what is today, Afghanistan.
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Mirwais Hotak
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Albania
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He served as the youngest Prime Minister of Albania before becoming the first King of the Albanians.
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Zog I
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Algeria
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Bishop of Hippo Regius who influenced the development of Western philosophy and Western Christianity.
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Augustine of Hippo
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Andorra
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Former Archbishop of Burgos and Co-Prince of Andorra who wrote the country's national anthem.
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Juan Baptista Benlloch i Vivó
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Angola
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Regent Queen who had her 7 year old nephew murdered to become the ruling Queen of the Kingdom of Ndongo.
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Nzinga Mbande
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Antigua and Barbuda
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First Prime Minister of the country.
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Vere Bird
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Argentina
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Soccer player who won the Ballon D'or a record of seven times.
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Lionel Messi
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Armenia
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Declared Cilicia independent from the Byzantine Empire and became Lord of Armenian Cilicia.
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Ruben I
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Australia
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First Prime Minister of Australia.
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Edmund Barton
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Austria
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Composer, one of the most prolific of the Classical period and known for his work such as 'Requiem' and 'Symphony no.41'.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Azerbaijan
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Poet who is considered the greatest romantic poet in Persian literature.
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Nizami Ganjavi
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Bahamas
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One of the founders of the Republic of Pirates in Nassau and mentor to Edward Teach.
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Benjamin Hornigold
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Bahrain
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First Hakim of Bahrain.
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Ahmed ibn Muhammad ibn Khalifa
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Bangladesh
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First President of Bangladesh.
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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
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Barbados
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Best-selling music artist based on total certified units.
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Rihanna
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Belarus
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Writer who was the first from the country to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Svetlana Alexievich
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Belgium
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King of the Belgians who founded and owned the Congo Free State.
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Leopold II
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Belize
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First Prime Minister of Belize.
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George Cadle Price
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Benin
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Five-time Grammy winning singer dubbed 'Africa's premier diva' by Time Magazine.
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Angélique Kidjo
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Bhutan
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First Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan.
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Ugyen Wangchuck
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Bolivia
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Supreme Protector of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation.
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Andrés de Santa Cruz
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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First King of Bosnia.
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Tvrtko I
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Botswana
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First Prime Minister and President of Botswana.
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Seretse Khama
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Brazil
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Soccer player who won the FIFA World Cup three times.
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Pelé
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Brunei
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Sultan of Brunei who had a massive car collection that landed the royal family in financial crisis.
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Hassanal Bolkiah
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Bulgaria
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Slave and gladiator who led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic.
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Spartacus
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Burkina Faso
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First President of the country.
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Thomas Sankara
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Burundi
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Former President of Burundi who introduced multi-party system and non-ethnic government.
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Pierre Buyoya
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Cambodia
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Leader of the Khmer Rouge and perpetrator of the Cambodian genocide.
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Pol Pot
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Cameroon
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Soccer forward player who is the highest goal scorer for the Cameroon national team and won the UEFA Champions League on four occasions.
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Samuel Eto'o
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Canada
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Former Premier of Saskatchewan and introduced the first single-payer, universal health care program in North America.
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Tommy Douglas
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Cape Verde
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First President of the country.
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Aristides Pereira
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Central African Republic
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Self-proclaimed Emperor of Central Africa.
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Jean-Bédel Bokassa
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Chad
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Former President of Chad who made petroleum production the driving force of the country's economy after it was discovered in the early 2000s.
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Idriss Déby
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Chile
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Former President of Chile who seized power in a coup d'état with the help of the United States.
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Augusto Pinochet
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China
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Philosopher who is the most well known oriental philosopher.
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Confucius
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Colombia
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Drug lord who is the wealthiest criminal in history.
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Pablo Escobar
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Comoros
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First President of the country.
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Ahmed Abdallah Abderemane
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Costa Rica
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Former President of the country who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end Central American Crisis.
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Óscar Arias Sánchez
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Croatia
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Engineer best known for designing the modern alternating current electricity supply system.
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Nikola Tesla
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Cuba
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Revolutionary who became the leader of Cuba and made it into a one-party communist state.
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Fidel Castro
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Cyprus
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Philosopher who founded the Stoic school of philosophy.
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Zeno of Citium
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Czech Republic
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First King of Bohemia to become Holy Roman Emperor.
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Charles IV
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Dictator of Zaire.
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Mobutu Sese Seko
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Denmark
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Author most famous for his fairy tales such as 'The Little Mermaid', 'The Ugly Duckling' and 'The Little Match Girl' among others.
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Hans Christian Andersen
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Djibouti
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First President of Djibouti.
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Hassan Gouled Aptidon
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Dominica
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Novelist known for the 'Wide Sargasso Sea' novel.
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Jean Rhys
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Dominican Republic
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Military Leader who led the country during the Dominican war of independence.
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Juan Pablo Duarte
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East Timor
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First Prime Minister and second President of the country who was assassinated during an Indonesian invasion.
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Nicolau dos Reis Lobato
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Ecuador
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First President of Ecuador who is referred to as the Founder of the Republic.
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Juan José Flores
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Egypt
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Pharaoh regarded as the most powerful of the New Kingdom.
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Ramesses II
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El Salvador
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Former Archbishop of San Salvador and regarded as the unofficial patron saint of the Americas and El Salvador.
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Óscar Romero
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Equatorial Guinea
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First President of the country.
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Francisco Macías Nguema
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Eritrea
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First and still the President of the country.
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Isaias Afwerki
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Estonia
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First President of Estonia.
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Konstantin Päts
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Eswatini
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King of Eswatini who had the country changed its name from Swaziland to mark its 50th anniversary of independence.
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Mswati III
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Ethiopia
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Last true Emperor of Ethiopia who was a member of the Solomonic dynasty.
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Haile Selassie
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Federated States of Micronesia
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First President of the country.
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Tosiwo Nakayama
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Fiji
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First President of Fiji.
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Penaia Ganilau
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Finland
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Composer whose music helped developed the country's national identity during its struggle for independence from Russia.
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Jean Sibelius
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France
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First Emperor of the French.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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Gabon
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Second President of Gabon.
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Omar Bongo
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Gambia
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First President of Gambia.
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Dawda Jawara
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Georgia
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First King of of the Kingdom of Georgia.
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Bagrat III
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Germany
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Führer of Germany who invaded Poland that initiated WWII in Europe.
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Adolf Hitler
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Ghana
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First Prime Minister and President of Ghana.
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Kwame Nkrumah
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Greece
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Philosopher who is considered to the founder of Western Philosophy.
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Socrates
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Grenada
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Former Governor-General of Grenada who was involved in the United States invasion of the country.
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Paul Scoon
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Guatemala
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First President of Guatemala and its second non-acting Head of State following independence.
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Rafael Carrera
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Guinea
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First President of Guinea.
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Ahmed Sékou Touré
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Guinea-Bissau
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First President of Guinea-Bissau.
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Luís Cabral
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Guyana
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First President of Guyana.
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Arthur Chung
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Haiti
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General who led the Haitian Revolution for independence.
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Toussaint Louverture
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Honduras
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First President of independent Honduras.
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Juan Francisco de Molina
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Hungary
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Last Grand Prince of the Hungarians and first King of Hungary.
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Stephen I
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Iceland
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Norse explorer who is thought of as the first European to set foot on continental North America.
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Leif Erikson
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India
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Individual who achieved full enlightenment and founder of one of the world's biggest religion.
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Gautama Buddha
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Indonesia
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First President of Indonesia.
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Sukarno
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Iran
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Iranian Prophet who founded a religious movement that became the staple religion in ancient Iran.
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Zoroaster
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Iraq
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Sultan of Egypt and Syria who commanded the army that was victorious against the Crusaders in the Battle of Hattin.
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Saladin
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Ireland
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Patron Saint of the country and apparently rid the country of snakes.
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Saint Patrick
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Israel
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Most important figure in Christianity and a great Prophet in Islam.
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Jesus
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Italy
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He became the Dictator of Rome after defeating Pompey in a civil war.
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Julius Caesar
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Ivory Coast
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Soccer forward player who played for Chelsea FC and won the UEFA Champions League in 2012.
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Didier Drogba
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Jamaica
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Arguably the most famous reggae artist.
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Bob Marley
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Japan
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Emperor of Japan during WWII.
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Hirohito
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Jordan
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First Emir of Transjordan and then first King of Jordan.
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Abdullah I
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Kazakhstan
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First President of Kazakhstan
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Nursultan Nazarbayev
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Kenya
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First President of Kenya.
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Jomo Kenyatta
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Kiribati
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Former President of the country dubbed the Gandhi of the Pacific.
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Anote Tong
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Kosovo
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First President of the Republic of Kosovo.
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Fatmir Sejdiu
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Kuwait
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Former ruler of Kuwait who assassinated his half-brother to ascend to the throne.
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Mubarak Al-Sabah
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Kyrgyzstan
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First President of Kyrgyzstan
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Askar Akayev
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Laos
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First President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
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Souphanouvong
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Latvia
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First President of Latvia.
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Jānis Čakste
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Lebanon
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Queen of Tyre who fled and founded Carthage.
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Dido
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Lesotho
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First King of Lesotho following independence.
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Moshoeshoe II
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Liberia
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First President of Liberia.
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Joseph Jenkins Roberts
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Libya
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Former leader of Libya who created the Third International Theory.
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Muammar Gaddafi
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Liechtenstein
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First Prince of Liechtenstein.
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Karl I
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Lithuania
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Painter who contributed to Symbolism and Art Nouveau and is considered to be a pioneer of Abstract Art in Europe.
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Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
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Luxembourg
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Founder and first Ruler of the Castle of Luxembourg.
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Sigfried
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Madagascar
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Former King of Imerina who united two-thirds of the Island of Madagascar and also ended the international slave trade.
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Radama I
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Malawi
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First President of Malawi.
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Hastings Banda
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Malaysia
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First Prime Minister of Malaysia.
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Tunku Abdul Rahman
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Maldives
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Second King to rule the whole of Maldives and the first ruler of the Theemuge Dynasty following his conversion to Islam.
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Dhovemi
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Mali
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Mansa of the Mali Empire during its territorial peak.
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Mansa Musa
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Malta
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Grand Master of the Knights Hospitalier when the headquarters was moved to Malta due to the Ottoman siege of Rhodes.
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Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam
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Marshall Islands
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First President of Marshall Islands.
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Amata Kabua
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Mauritania
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First President of Mauritania.
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Moktar Ould Daddah
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Mauritius
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First Prime Minister of Mauritius.
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Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
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Mexico
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Founder of the Aztec Empire through the Triple Alliance with Tetzcoco and Tlacopan.
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Itzcoatl
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Moldova
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First President of the Republic of Moldova.
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Mircea Snegur
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Monaco
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Captured The Rock of Monaco and held it for 4 years before being chased out.
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François Grimaldi
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Mongolia
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Founder and first Great Khan of the Mongol Empire.
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Genghis Khan
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Montenegro
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First King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and later the first King of Yugoslavia.
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Alexander I
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Morocco
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Explorer whose 70,000+ miles voyage he dictated in 'The Rihla' and he is the explorer of pre-modern history to have travel the most distance.
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Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Battutah
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Mozambique
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Second President of Mozambique who transformed the country from a war-torn state into one of the most successful democracy of Africa.
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Joaquim Chissano
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Myanmar
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Founder of the Pagan Empire and considered the father of the Burmese Nation.
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Anawrahta Minsaw
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Namibia
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First President of Namibia.
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Sam Nujoma
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Nauru
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Former weightlifter who became the 11th President of Nauru.
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Marcus Stephen
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Nepal
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First Monarch of the Kingdom of Nepal
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Prithvi Narayan Shah
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Netherlands
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Artist famous for cutting his ear and for 'The Starry Night' painting.
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Vincent van Gogh
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New Zealand
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First person to reach both the North Pole and South Pole and also one of the first two climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
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Edmund Hillary
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Nicaragua
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Poet who initiated the 'modernismo' literary movement.
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Rubén Darío
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Niger
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Former President who left his post after his second term based on the constitutional limit and this was the first democratic transition of power in the country.
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Mahamadou Issoufou
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Nigeria
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First President of Nigeria.
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Nnamdi Azikiwe
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North Korea
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Second supreme leader of North Korea who during his rule, the country faced a lot a famine and food scarcity issues.
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Kim Jong-il
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North Macedonia
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Byzantine Emperor who is known for the uniform rewriting of Roman Law and is known as the "Last Roman".
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Justinian I
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Norway
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Explorer who was the first to reach the South Pole and to navigate the Northwest Passage.
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Roald Amundsen
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Oman
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Lexicographer who made the first Arabic dictionary.
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Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi
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Pakistan
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Founder of Pakistan and the first Governor-General of Pakistan.
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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Palau
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First President of Palau.
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Haruo Remeliik
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Panama
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Baseball pitcher who holds the MLB's record for most career saves at 652.
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Mariano Rivera
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Papua New Guinea
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First Prime Minister of the country.
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Michael Somare
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Paraguay
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Dictator of Paraguay who suspended constitutional and civil rights and was later overthrown by his most trusted Major General.
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Alfredo Stroessner
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Peru
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Last Saba Inca of the Inca Empire and was captured and executed by the Spaniards.
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Atahualpa
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Philippines
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Second President of the Philippines and the first Filipino to be Head of Government of the entire Philippines.
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Manuel L. Quezon
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Poland
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Polymath who formulated the Heliocentric model of the Solar System.
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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Portugal
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Soccer player who is the highest goalscorer of the UEFA Champions League and has won the Ballon D'Or five times.
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Cristiano Ronaldo
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Qatar
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First Hakim of the whole Qatar Peninsula and brought Qatar its independence.
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Mohammed bin Thani
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Republic of the Congo
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First Prime Minister of the Country who was also the President at the time.
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Alphonse Massamba-Débat
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Romania
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Ruler of Wallachia known for using a specific method of execution.
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Vlad III
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Russia
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Founder of Soviet Russia and the USSR and developed his own ideology based on Marxism.
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Vladimir Lenin
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Rwanda
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Recognized as the organizer of the Rwandan Genocide.
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Théoneste Bagosora
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
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First Premier of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
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Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw
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Saint Lucia
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Economist who introduced the dual sector model and wrote 'The Theory of Economic Growth'.
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William Arthur Lewis
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Founder of the New Democratic Party and the second Prime Minister of the country.
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James Fitz-Allen Mitchell
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Samoa
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First Prime Minister of Western Samoa.
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Fiamē Mataʻafa Faumuina Mulinuʻu II
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San Marino
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Founder of a monastery that later became the state of San Marino.
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Saint Marinus
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São Tomé and Príncipe
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First President of São Tomé and Príncipe.
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Manuel Pinto da Costa
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Saudi Arabia
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Last Prophet of Islam.
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Muhammad
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Senegal
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Soccer player who is the top scorer for Senegal's Men National Team.
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Sadio Mané
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Serbia
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First Christian Roman Emperor.
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Constantine I
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Seychelles
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Second President of Seychelles who overthrew the first President and became a benevolent dictator known as "The Boss".
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France-Albert René
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Sierra Leone
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First President of Sierra Leone.
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Siaka Stevens
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Singapore
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First Prime Minister of Singapore.
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Lee Kuan Yew
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Slovakia
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He was the first Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and was forced to resigned following the Warsaw Pact Invasion due to his liberal reforms.
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Alexander Dubček
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Slovenia
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He became the first President of the Republic of Slovenia after he had served as the last President of the Presidency of SR Slovenia.
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Milan Kučan
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Solomon Islands
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First Prime Minister of Solomon Islands.
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Peter Kenilorea
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Somalia
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First President of Somalia.
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Aden Adde
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South Africa
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Anti-apartheid political leader who became the first President of the Republic of South Africa.
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Nelson Mandela
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South Korea
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K-pop singer whose song became the first video to hit 1 billion views on YouTube.
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PSY
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South Sudan
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First President of South Sudan.
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Salva Kiir Mayardit
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Spain
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First governor of New Castille and founder of the city of Lima in Peru.
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Francisco Pizarro
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Sri Lanka
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First Prime Minister of Ceylon.
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Don Stephen Senanayake
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Sudan
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Sufi Leader who claimed to be the Mahdi and created an Islamic State that became known as the Mahdist State.
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Muhammad Ahmad
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Suriname
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President of Suriname who was convicted for the December Murders which happened when he was the leader in a military rule.
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Dési Bouterse
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Sweden
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Inventor of the dynamite and donated the majority of his wealth to found a prize that would be awarded to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to Humankind.
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Alfred Nobel
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Switzerland
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Tennis player ranked world No.1 for a record of 237 consecutive weeks.
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Roger Federer
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Syria
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One of the twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ and regarded as the first Bishop of Rome.
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Saint Peter
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Taiwan
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President of the Republic of China who retreated to Taiwan during the Chinese civil war.
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Chiang Kai-shek
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Tajikistan
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13th century poet and Islamic scholar who is widely regarded as one of the best poets in the Persian language.
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Rumi
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Tanzania
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First President of Tanganyika and first President of Tanzania after the union with Zanzibar.
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Julius Nyerere
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Thailand
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He is the founder of the Rattanakosin Kingdom and the first monarch of the Chakri Dynasty.
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Rama I
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Togo
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Third President of Togo who is rumored to have killed the first President in coup d'état.
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Gnassingbé Eyadéma
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Tonga
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First King of modern Tonga.
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George Tupou I
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Cricketer who is considered one of the greatest batsmen and holds the record for the highest individual score in first-class cricket.
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Brian Lara
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Tunisia
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General who invaded Rome by crossing the Alps with war elephants.
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Hannibal
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Turkey
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First President of Turkey.
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
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Turkmenistan
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First President of Turkmenistan.
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Saparmurat Niyazov
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Tuvalu
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First Chief Minister and Prime Minister of Tuvalu.
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Toaripi Lauti
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Uganda
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First President of Uganda.
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Edward Mutesa
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Ukraine
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Former professional boxer who held the world heavyweight championship twice.
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Wladimir Klitschko
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United Arab Emirates
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United the seven Emirates and became the first President of the UAE.
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Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
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United Kingdom
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British Monarch who ruled the largest empire in history.
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George V
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United States
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First President of the United States.
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George Washington
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Uruguay
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Soccer player known for biting his opponents.
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Luis Suárez
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Uzbekistan
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Founder of the Timurid Empire.
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Timur
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Vanuatu
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Anglican Priest who became the first Prime Minister of Vanuatu.
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Walter Lin̄i
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Vatican City
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He signed the Lateran Treaty with Italy thus establishing Vatican City as a sovereign state.
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Pope Pius XI
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Venezuela
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He is known as 'El Libertador' and has led multiple South American countries to independence.
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Simón Bolívar
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Vietnam
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First President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
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Hồ Chí Minh
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Yemen
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First President of Yemen Arab Republic.
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Abdullah al-Sallal
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Zambia
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First President of Zambia.
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Kenneth Kaunda
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Zimbabwe
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Second President of Zimbabwe.
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Robert Mugabe
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