Notable people

French-Algerian racing driver

Iraqi Islamic State leader (1976–2022)

Zimbabwean tennis player

President of Costa Rica (2018-2022)

Angolan Roman Catholic archbishop and university teacher

Angolan journalist, writer

Botswana sprinter

Honduran environmental activist

Estonian philologist and Fennophile (1880–1973)

Slovenian basketball player

neuroscientist and professor at the University of Southern California (born 1944)

Chilean pianist (1903-1991)

Cuban poet, journalist, political activist, and writer (1902–1989)

Pakistani philanthropist, social activist, ascetic and humanitarian

Franco-Uruguayan poet (1860–1887)

Uruguayan writer

French-Brazilian-Lebanese businessman

Lebanese Maronite monk and saint (1828–1898)

Ethiopian long-distance runner

Palestinian activist

Romanian high jumper (1936-2016)

Romanian conductor (1912–1996)

Czech director, animator and artist (born 1934)

Czech tennis player

Czech tennis player

Czech poet, playwright, exil writer, film director, politic writer and bookwriter

Czech playwright, author, publicist, and university educator

Czech film director (1929–2014)

French-born Mexican journalist and author

ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1886–1972)