Originally published at: This world map shows the most notable person in every town from 3500BC-2018AD | Boing Boing
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Interesting criteria. I had been trying to find some Native Americans in there, and it wasn’t easy. After zooming out and then back in on Montana, I located a couple. The name “Pretty Eagle” was one I hadn’t heard, and his death, burial, exhumation, reclamation, and re-burial story is incredibly sad, and triumphant…
TIL. Thanks @frauenfelder!!
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Questionable data. Jean-Paul Sartre doesn’t belong in the middle of Colombia!
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Nobody from my village but as municipality borders have changed I can claim this guy:
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I’m glad that I come from Ozzy Osbourne rather than those poor folk growing up in Gary Glitter.
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The 50,000’ view of England and Wales and bit of Ireland is an interesting snapshot of both British history and current pop culture
. I recognize almost every one of these names
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Well, I, for one, am surprised that Alan Moore isn’t visible from 50,000’.
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Small tip- use chrome for this, I’ve found it to produce some very odd artefacts if you view it in Firefox.
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New Mexico: The land of two Demis
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I got Joss Stone. Yay.
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It’s a travesty that Henry Kissinger in Fürth eclipses Albrecht Dürer in Nuremberg until you zoom in quite closely. And not just because of the legendary rivalry between the cities.
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Classic club banger!
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An alleged pop singer I have never heard of. Even we can do better than that.
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I couldn’t figure out how to zoom it in. Or, there’s some script blocking going on, maybe.
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TIL that the most famous product of my podunk hometown was a kid I barely remember a couple years behind me in school who is now a big YouTuber with 1.1 million subscribers.
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I seem to be able to find places of relative obscurity; no one notable was born in my home town or the town where I now reside. Or within about 20 miles, either.
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I think Samantha Smith should have been the most notable person from Manchester, Maine.
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Blinky the Clown weirded me out when I was a kid. Not a fan.
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