Lives connected to places

49th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism Muslims

117th pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church (1923–2012)

Chinese inventor, novelist and philosopher (1895–1976)

molecular biologist, neuroscientist, and Nobel laureate 2021

Israeli-American violinist and conductor (born 1945)

Queen of Portugal (r. 1826–1828; 1834–1853)

Lithuanian swimmer

German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary (1754-1794)

16th and current Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia & 6th and current Sultan of Pahang

Jamaican athletics competitor

First Lady of Syrian Arab Republic (2000-2024)

British-Cypriot economist

American athlete

Ukrainian folk art painter (1909–1997)

Iranian lawyer and human right activist

Turkish-American economist and receiver of the 2024 Nobel Prize in economic sciences (born 1967)

Irish writer

Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright (1923-1964)

Belarusian biathlete and coach

Empress Consort of Iran (1921–2013)

Saudi Arabian activist

Brazilian tennis player

South African middle-distance runner

Witold Lutosławski — classical composer

Samuel Barber — classical composer

Slovak tennis player

Georgian artist (1862-1918)

Vietnamese monk who self-immolated in 1963

Uzbekistani chess player

Ghanaian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (1948-)