Random Famous People by Country

Can you name these five famous people from six randomly-changing countries?

Fictional characters are included

For the sake of this quiz, we separate the "countries" of the UK. Northern Ireland included in Ireland

You may think some of these people are from another country, rather than the other. Please keep that to yourself

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Algeria	Algeria
Famous footballer named Karim	Karim Benzema
Bishop who wrote "Confessions"	St. Augustine
Author of "The Stranger"	Albert Camus
Football national team captain	Riyad Mahrez
Dictator since 1999 who was overthrown in 2019	Abdelaziz Bouteflika

Cuba	Cuba
Dictator overthrown in 1959	Fulgencio Batista
Dictator and cigar aficionado	Fidel Castro
Miami Sound Machine singer	Gloria Estefan
Latin band leader and husband of Lucille Ball	Desi Arnaz
Half of her "heart is in Havana"	Camila Cabello

United States	United States
World's richest person until 2017	Bill Gates
"King of Rock and Roll"	Elvis Presley
Refused to give up her bus seat	Rosa Parks
Military general who became the First President	George Washington
Aviatrix who disappeared in 1937	Amelia Earhart

Serbia	Serbia
Alternating Current inventor	Nikola Tesla
"Benevolent dictator" of Yugoslavia, 1953-80	Josip Broz Tito
Winner of 17 tennis Grand Slams	Novak Djokovic
First President, 1991-97	Slobodan Milošević
Franz Ferdinand assassin	Gavrilo Princip

Taiwan	Taiwan
Kuomintang leader	Chiang Kai-shek
Director of "Life of Pi"	Ang Lee
Currency President of Taiwan	Tsai Ing-wen
Basketball player who sparked "insanity" in New York	Jeremy Lin
Founder of Foxconn	Terry Gou

Scotland	Scotland
Hero portrayed in "Braveheart"	William Wallace
16th century Queen of Scots	Mary
Young Obi-Wan Kenobi actor	Ewan McGregor
Creator of Sherlock Holmes, first mentioned it in "A Study in Scarlet"	Arthur Conan Doyle
Discovered penicillin	Alexander Fleming

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