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Notable Person by City #6

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
Quiz by Gassu
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Last updated: January 16, 2023
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First submittedJanuary 16, 2023
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City
Profession
Lifespan
Famous Person
Aberdeen, Washington
lead singer of Nirvana
1967 - 1994
Kurt Cobain
Ajaccio
Emperor of average height
1769 - 1821
Napoléon Bonaparte
Dijon
writer (Les Misérables)
1802 - 1885
Victor Hugo
Ferrol, Spain
general, dictator
1892 - 1975
Francisco Franco
Kirkcaldy, Scotland
economist (Wealth of Nations)
1723 - 1790
Adam Smith
Klushino, Russia
cosmonaut
1934 - 1968
Yuri Gagarin
Ladysmith, Canada
actress (Baywatch)
1967 -
Pamela Anderson
Leipzig
composer (Tristan and Isolde)
1813 - 1883
Richard Wagner
Madrid
singer (King of Latin Pop)
1975 -
Enrique Iglesias
Manacor, Mallorca
tennis player (clay)
1986 -
Rafael Nadal
Odense
author (The Little Mermaid)
1805 - 1875
Hans Christian Andersen
Oxford
wheelchair-bound physicist
1942 - 2018
Stephen Hawking
Pella, Greece
Macedon conqueror
356 BC - 323 BC
Alexander the Great
Pisa
astronomer, scientist
1564 - 1642
Galileo Galilei
Portsmouth
writer (Oliver Twist)
1812 - 1870
Charles Dickens
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
prophet, seer of future events
1503 - 1566
Nostradamus
Sandringham, England
Princess of Wales
1961 - 1997
Princess Diana
Stratford-upon-Avon
bard, playwright, dramatist
1564 - 1616
William Shakespeare
Szczecin
'Great' empress of Russia
1729 - 1796
Catherine the Great
Thal, Austria
bodybuilder, governor
1947 -
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Toruń
heliocentric astronomer
1473 - 1543
Nicolaus Copernicus
Versailles
King of France
1754 - 1793
Louis XVI of France
Vimmerby, Sweden
writer (Pippi Longstocking)
1907 - 2002
Astrid Lindgren
Wadowice, Poland
Pope
1920 - 2005
John Paul II
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