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[–] 35 points 1 month ago (4 children)

The most famous German is Australian.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 month ago

    The most famous German was Austrian

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    How is Napoleon Italian, when Italy the nation didn't exist at the time, and sovereignty over Corsica was officially exercised by the French?

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    Most famous American was British

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Jesus was my first thought for the most famous American

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  • [–] 16 points 1 month ago

    The most famous Greek is Macedonian /runs

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (10 children)

    Pardon my ignorance but who is the middle one?

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    He doesn't seem to have been turkish and I honestly can't find whoever else it's supposed to be. I was thinking Confucius but he wasn't turkish either.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    Turkic not Turkish. Pedantic distinction but this includes the Uyghurs, Golden Horde, amongst others. The late tang was Turkic. But still unsure of who they are supposed to be in the picture

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Oooooooh that explains a lot.. probably ghengis khan then.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (2 children)

    Mongolic and Turkic are separate

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago

    This week, someone posted here about Jára Cimrman, and well, let me just quote Wikipedia:

    In 2005, Jára Cimrman won a public vote for the title of "The Greatest Czech" (he was subsequently disqualified due to being a fictional character).

    But also, "Cimrman" is a transliteration of the German surname/word "Zimmermann" (carpenter).
    So, Czech people made up a tongue-in-cheek national hero that apparently has German heritage. 😅

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    The most famous Argentinian was possibly Uruguayan.

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