Erich's Most Famous

For each country, I list my most famous person. The choice is by my perceived name-recognition now. If you feel a better choice can be made, please send me email.
CountryMost (in-)famous personRunner upsWoman (if not listed before)
AustriaWolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sigmund Freud, Hitler, Arnold Schwarzenegger Marie Antoinette, daughter of empress Maria Theresa
AustraliaRussell Crowe Greg Norman
Evonne Goolagong
ArgentinaJuan Peron Diego Maradonna Evita
BrazilPele Supermodel Gisele Bündchen
Carmen Miranda
CanadaPierre Trudeau Wayne Gretzky, Ben Johnson Celine Dion
ChinaMao Confucius Hua Mulan
England William Shakespeare Churchill, Newton, Princess Diana Queen Elizabeth II
FranceNapoleon
Joan of Arc
Germany Karl Marx Einstein, Bach, Beethoven, Luther, Gutenberg Marlene Dietrich
Ghana Kwame Nkrumah Kofi-Anan (UN Sec Gen) Yaa Asantewaa
GreeceSocrates Aristoteles Maria Callas
IndiaGandhi
Indira Gandhi
IsraelYitzhak Rabin
Golda Meir
ItalyLeonardo da Vinci Columbus, Michelangelo Sophia Loren
JapanAdmiral Yamamoto Akio Morita Yoko Ono, wife of John Lennon
NetherlandsVincent van Gogh Rembrandt Anne Frank
PolandPope John Paul II Chopin, Walesa Marie Curie
RussiaLenin Tschaikowski, Stalin; note: Catherine the Great was a German Princess Princess Anastasia
South AfricaNelson Mandela
Zola Budd
SpainPablo Picasso
Queen Isabella
SwedenAlfred Nobel Bjorn Borg Ingrid Bergman
SwitzerlandJean Henri Dunant Euler, Pestalozzi Martina Hingis
USAMichael Jordan J. F. Kennedy, Washington, Lincoln, Reagan, Edison, Monica Lewinsky, mistress of president Clinton Marilyn Monroe
VietnamHo Chi Minh
Madam Nhu, sister-in-law of assassinated prime minister Diem
February 1, 2001