Notable Person by City #4

Can you name the most notable person from the following 24 cities, according to this site?

You are given the profession and the lifespan of the notable person as a hint

'notable' often meaning being born here

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Last updated: January 16, 2023

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City	Profession	Lifespan	Famous Person
Baku	chess grandmaster	1963 -	Garry Kasparov
Bay City, Mich.	singer-songwriter (Queen of Pop)	1958 -	Madonna
Berlin	Emperor of Germany	1859 - 1941	Wilhelm II
Bloemfontein	fantasy writer	1892 - 1973	J.R.R. Tolkien
Cambridge	economist (macroeconomics)	1883 - 1946	John Maynard Keynes
Denver	U.S. candidate for president	1943 -	John Kerry
Duluth	singer-songwriter, literature nobelist	1941 -	Bob Dylan
Gori, Georgia	Soviet leader	1878 - 1953	Joseph Stalin
Handan, China	first emperor of a unified China	259 BC - 210 BC	Qin Shi Huang
Lagos	basketball player (Rockets)	1963 -	Hakeem Olajuwon
Little Rock	U.S. General of the Army	1880 - 1964	Douglas MacArthur
London, Canada	singer (Baby)	1994 -	Justin Bieber
Munich	main architect of the Holocaust	1900 - 1945	Heinrich Himmler
Plains, Ga.	President of the United States	1924 -	Jimmy Carter
Port-of-Spain	rapper, singer-songwriter (Anaconda)	1982 -	Nicki Minaj
Reykjavík	singer-songwriter	1965 -	Björk
Rio de Janeiro	lyricist, novelist	1947 -	Paulo Coelho
Saint Petersburg	writer, philosopher	1905 - 1982	Ayn Rand
Syracuse, Italy	mathematician	c. 287 BC - 212 BC	Archimedes
Syracuse, N.Y.	actor (Top Gun)	1962 -	Tom Cruise
Townsville	whistleblower	1971 -	Julian Assange
Venice	explorer, merchant	c. 1254 - 1324	Marco Polo
Washington, D.C.	U.S. candidate for president	1948 -	Al Gore
Wellington	film director (Lord of the Rings)	1961 -	Peter Jackson

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