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2. Nelson Mandela
South Africa
4. Joseph Stalin
Russian Empire
5. Jane Austen
Great Britain
6. Freddie Mercury
Zanzibar (later to join Tanzania)
8. William Shatner
Canada
9. Beethoven
Bonn (Electorate of Cologne). This was part of the Holy Roman Empire, which did not have a national flag.
10. Harry Houdini
Hungary