On: Map showing birthplaces of "notable people" around...

[jiggywiggy]

The difference between the EU and US is wild. EU is mostly historical figures, Picasso, Da Vinci, Erasmus, Van Gogh, and of course Adolf. But US, even though some old presidents, it's mostly pop & movie stars.

[LewisVerstappen → jiggywiggy]

Yeah, EU has a much richer history since we don't know much about the US pre-1750.

Go over the Levant and you start seeing Paul the Apostle, Diogenes, Ptolemy, etc. which makes Voltaire look like a modern political commentator.

[jiggywiggy → LewisVerstappen]

There are also a lot of historical figures in EU from 1750 - 1945. It's more that US has taken over the cultural dominance after the second world war.

And that it hasn't done so with philosophers, artists, scientist or dictators. But mostly with entertainers.

[mkl → LewisVerstappen]

> Go over the Levant and you start seeing Paul the Apostle, Diogenes, Ptolemy, etc.

And Keanu Reeves! I had no idea.

[taink → jiggywiggy]

Well, the linked study[1] does note an anglo-saxon bias:

> We document an Anglo-Saxon bias present in the English edition of Wikipedia, and document when it matters and when not.

Regardless of these biases, Europe has much more historical background than the US.

Finally, this data is based upon Wikipedia and Wikidata. I gather datasets from India or China would provide much different results.

Interesting project nonetheless!

[1] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01369-4