Lives connected to places

Argentine writer (1914-1984)

Chinese medical scientist

Nigerian writer (born 1977)

Cuban chess player (1888-1942)

sultan of Oman from 1970 to 2020 (1940–2020)

Indian-American astrophysicist

19th-century Russian mathematician

German philosopher (1775–1854)

Italian writer and journalist (1907-1990)

Dutch exotic dancer, courtesan and spy (1876-1917)

French novelist and essayist (1903-1987)

Belgian writer (1903–1986)

Romanian gymnast and five-time Olympic gold medalist

Italian journalist and writer (1923-1985)

Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, artist, and rōnin (1584–1645)

Swedish chemist (1779–1848)

German Romantic landscape painter (1774–1840)

Canadian physicist, Nobel laurate

Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar (1911–1980)

Israeli chemist

Iranian human rights activist (born 1972)

French-born American author (1903–1977)

Dutch graphic artist (1898–1972)

Russian physicist (1916–2009)

Nobel Prize-winning physicist and inventor of holography

Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer (1914-2002)

Swedish poet (1864–1931)

Swiss mathematician (1700-1782)

Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer (1746–1827)

Turkish preacher and imam (1941–2024)