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Most Famous People By Occupation (MIT’s Pantheon) – Choose Country

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First choose any country or territory from the drop-down list by typing it – MIT’s Pantheon separates dependent territories so it’s both countries and territories listed. Then, name the top-ranking person by each profession that was born in that country. Profession and year of birth, along with ‘*’ for female shown.

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erlking

20 hours ago

I do find this MIT list very dubious, for example it includes Bizet for France but not Bach for Germany. No shade on Bizet, but Bach feels a little more important.

Klinkhamer

2 months ago

Obey Giant

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