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Rotterdam ( , ; ) is the second-largest city in the Netherlands by population and the largest by area (319.4 km2). It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the New Meuse inland shipping channel, dug to connect to the Meuse at first and now to the Rhine.

Chinese politician, physician, and revolutionary (1866–1925)

Patrice Émery Lumumba was a Congolese politician and independence leader who served as the first prime minister of the First Congolese Republic from June until September 1960, following the May 1960 election. Lumumba was the leader of the Congolese National Movement (MNC) from 1958 until his assassination in 1961. Ideologically an African nationalist and pan-Africanist, he played a significant role in the transformation of the Congo from a colony of Belgium into an independent republic.

Soviet politician, statesman and diplomat (1890–1986)

26th Prime Minister of Australia

Ukrainian politician & 1rd President of Ukraine

British statesman (1759–1806)

Gjergj Kastrioti (also known as Skanderbeg; – 17 January 1468) was an Albanian nobleman and military leader who led the League of Lezhë in the Ottoman-Albanian Wars until his death. Skanderbeg is considered to be a major figure of medieval Albanian history and today is the national hero of Albania.

Swiss physicist (1905-1983)

1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (1896–1968)

Russian politician (1946–2022)

American astronaut, first American in space, lunar explorer (1923–1998)

Serbian writer (1873–1908)

Norwegian politician and Nazi collaborator (1887–1945)

President of Angola (1975-1979)

Ukrainian military, political and statesman, Hetman of the Zaporizhzhya Army, head of Ukraine (1648–1657) during the Hetmanship

Spanish Republican leader of the Spanish Civil War and communist politician (1895-1989)

President of Guinea (1922-1984)

king of Iberia and Colchis

Austrian politician (1950-2008)

diplomat, educator, civil rights activist and the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner (1904–1971)

prime minister of Spain, president of Spain (1880-1940)

1st President of Mozambique (1933–1986)

Hungarian politician (1802–1894)

Jordanian jihadist (1966–2006)

German politician and member of the Free Democratic Party (1927-2016)

Ukrainian military leader (1879–1926)

American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer (1883–1939)

Soviet politician (1893–1991)

Croatian fascist general and military dictator (1889–1959)

English politician and abolitionist (1759–1833)

German communist politician, president of GDR (1876-1960)

Grand Duke of Lithuania

1st and former President of Kyrgyzstan

Stilicho (; – 22 August 408) was a military commander in the Roman army who, for a time, became the most powerful man in the Western Roman Empire. He was partly of Vandal origins and married to Serena, the niece of emperor Theodosius I. He became guardian for the underage Honorius. After years of struggle against barbarian and Roman enemies, political and military disasters finally allowed his enemies in the court of Honorius to remove him from power. His fall culminated in his arrest and execution in 408.

first President of Nigeria (1904-1996)

President of the Republic of Macedonia (1917–2012)

first ruler of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia

Iraqi president (1914–1982)

Czech politician, political prisoner, lawyer, translator and judge (1872-1945)

Congolese politician

Đorđe Petrović (; ;  – ), known by the sobriquet Karađorđe (; ), was a Serbian revolutionary leader who led a struggle against the Ottoman Empire during the First Serbian Uprising. Karađorđe Petrović held the title of Grand Vožd of Serbia from 14 February 1804 to 3 October 1813.

Prime Minister of France (1832–1834, 1834–1839, 1840–1847) and French Marshal (born 1769–1851)

English scientist and astronomer (1836–1920)

King of Saxony (1806-1827)

Japanese admiral

Marshal of the Soviet Union (1892-1970)

Spanish politician (1926–2008)

2nd Prime Minister of Canada (1822-1892)

Burmese nationalist and political figure (1907-1995)

South Asian Islamic scholar, Founder of Jamaat-e-Islami (1903–1979)

Prime Minister of Hungary (1879–1941)

father of Indian space programme (1919–1971)

founding emperor of the Song Dynasty (reigned 960-976)

Spanish politician and Bourbon Restoration architect (1828–1897)

king of Bhutan (1862-1926)

German politician (1894–1964)

American astronaut (1924–1993)

German lawyer and left-wing politician

Hungarian nobleman, writer, politician and national revivalist (1791–1860)