“Did you know that Freddie Mercury was born in Zanzibar and Barack Obama was born in Honolulu? Who is the most famous person in your city? I made a map of the most remarkable characters from all over the world“. This is the message that Topi Tjukanov, a map fan, announced on Twitter a few days ago and added his new work, 17,000 followers.
To consult the smallest towns, he used data from Morgane Laouenan, a researcher at the Sorbonne Center for Economics, to detail the map itself, which can be moved and scaled up, according to what he said on his website. Target, continues Tjukanov, match each character with their birthplace. The database used for this collects personalities from all domains from 3,500 BC to 2018.
And here comes the surprise. Because if the world map is enlarged, it is possible to distinguish it. names appearing on the island Ibiza astonishment morrocotudo. Who is the most notable person in Ibiza? The one with the capital letters almost right in the middle of the island? Sergio Ramos. Yes, football player. Pilar Rubio’s husband. A professional Ibizan, go. Although he was born in Camas, Seville. Then, in smaller letters, other well-known islanders emerge: businessman Abel Matutes, philosopher and cultural supporter Bartomeu Marí Ribas, former football player Antoni Arabí Serra, still active football player Marcos García Barreno, former vice-president of the Catalonian Parliament Desk Josep Costa i Rosselló, historical socialist Toni Costa Costa and Francesc Torres Torres, rector of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) until a year ago.
About the map Formentera only one name appears: Patrick Roscoe. He is a Canadian novelist whose parents live in many places and was born precisely on the island in 1967. There is not a single woman on either island. It’s nothing exceptional. It’s even one of the most repeated criticisms of Tjukanov’s followers on Twitter.
The authors of the database used by map enthusiasts for this latest occurrence, which has garnered media attention from various parts of the planet, say they passed the information they found on Wikipedia for their data, and Wikidata. As they explain, it’s a base that recruits one out of every 43,000 people “alive or dead”. Scholars point out that there has always been an interest in popular characters, and they cite the 23 biographies of Plutarch’s ‘Parallel Lives’ or the epic poem of King Gilgamesh, written around 2000 BC, to prove it. In fact, Plutarch is one of the prominent figures in Greece, though smaller than Philip of Edinburgh, but understandable given the weight of Anglo-Saxon culture on Wikipedia. Only Plato is at the typographic height of the world’s common husband. queen of england.
Fifty people are emerging in Mallorca, five of which are women (Catalina Tomàs, a 16th-century nun, actress Llum Barrera, president Francina Armengol, Olympic cyclist Marga Fullana, and football player Virginia Torrecita). The biggest letters were received by tennis player Rafa Nadal, who was not overshadowed by the famous artist Miquel Barceló or a great Catalan writer like Ramon Llull.
Inside There are seven “important personalities” in Menorca among them are scientist Mateu Orfila, basketball player Jan Orfila or scientist Maria Angels Cardona Florit.
“Did you know that Freddie Mercury was born in Zanzibar and Barack Obama was born in Honolulu? Who is the most famous person in your city? I made a map of the most remarkable characters from all over the world“. This is the message that Topi Tjukanov, a map fan, announced on Twitter a few days ago and added his new work, 17,000 followers.
To consult the smallest towns, he used data from Morgane Laouenan, a researcher at the Sorbonne Center for Economics, to detail the map itself, which can be moved and scaled up, according to what he said on his website. Target, continues Tjukanov, match each character with their birthplace. The database used for this collects personalities from all domains from 3,500 BC to 2018.
And here comes the surprise. Because if the world map is enlarged, it is possible to distinguish it. names appearing on the island Ibiza astonishment morrocotudo. Who is the most notable person in Ibiza? The one with the capital letters almost right in the middle of the island? Sergio Ramos. Yes, football player. Pilar Rubio’s husband. A professional Ibizan, go. Although he was born in Camas, Seville. Then, in smaller letters, other well-known islanders emerge: businessman Abel Matutes, philosopher and cultural supporter Bartomeu Marí Ribas, former football player Antoni Arabí Serra, still active football player Marcos García Barreno, former vice-president of the Catalonian Parliament Desk Josep Costa i Rosselló, historical socialist Toni Costa Costa and Francesc Torres Torres, rector of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) until a year ago.
About the map Formentera only one name appears: Patrick Roscoe. He is a Canadian novelist whose parents live in many places and was born precisely on the island in 1967. There is not a single woman on either island. It’s nothing exceptional. It’s even one of the most repeated criticisms of Tjukanov’s followers on Twitter.
The authors of the database used by map enthusiasts for this latest occurrence, which has garnered media attention from various parts of the planet, say they passed the information they found on Wikipedia for their data, and Wikidata. As they explain, it’s a base that recruits one out of every 43,000 people “alive or dead”. Scholars point out that there has always been an interest in popular characters, and they cite the 23 biographies of Plutarch’s ‘Parallel Lives’ or the epic poem of King Gilgamesh, written around 2000 BC, to prove it. In fact, Plutarch is one of the prominent figures in Greece, though smaller than Philip of Edinburgh, but understandable given the weight of Anglo-Saxon culture on Wikipedia. Only Plato is at the typographic height of the world’s common husband. queen of england.
Fifty people are emerging in Mallorca, five of which are women (Catalina Tomàs, a 16th-century nun, actress Llum Barrera, president Francina Armengol, Olympic cyclist Marga Fullana, and football player Virginia Torrecita). The biggest letters were received by tennis player Rafa Nadal, who was not overshadowed by the famous artist Miquel Barceló or a great Catalan writer like Ramon Llull.
Inside There are seven “important personalities” in Menorca among them are scientist Mateu Orfila, basketball player Jan Orfila or scientist Maria Angels Cardona Florit.