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Birthplace

This dimension names the place where a historical figure was born. Wikipedia notes that history "analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened," narratives that for a biography always begin with where its subject was actually born. Browsing this way collects every figure born in the same place.

Birthplace

Aki, Tosa Province (present-day Kōchi Prefecture, Japan)

Augsburg, Holy Roman Empire (Free Imperial City of Augsburg)

Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Buttenheim, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Confederation

Central Bridge, New York

Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Free City of Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire

Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland

Lengnau, Aargau, Switzerland

Navsari, Bombay Presidency, India

Richford, New York

Soroki or Otaci, Bessarabia, Russian Empire (now Moldova)

Staten Island, New York

Wasamura, now part of Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Zanzibar