Who is the most famous person to come from your country?

i come from China this is a list of the most famous person to come from China: Ziyi Zhang ,Li Gong--actress Jackie Chen--actor (gongfu) Zedong Mao,Xiaoping Deng--politician,revolutionist Lang Lang--pianist An li,Yimou Zhang--director Xueqin Cao,Zhongshu Qian,Ailin Zhang--writer Lemin Be--architect ........ ^-^

Oh wow thats a tough question and really impossible to answer IMO...I'm from Canada and we've had and have numerous famous ppl..Jim Carrey being one of them, the band Rush being another, then there is Mike Myers Wayne Gretzky Kurt Browning Pam Anderson Keanu Reeves Bobby Orr The Guess Who Lenord Cohen Neil Young Tragically Hip Peter Jennings Avril Lavigne Shania Twain Shannon Tweed Tommy Chong Dan Akroyd Howie Mandel Rick Moranis John Candy Kim Catrall Margo Kidder Fay Wray Nelly Furtato Carrie Anne Moss OMG LOL the list just goes on and on....

Where do I start? From the UK we have William Shakespeare The Beatles Richard Burton I'm sure there will be others along to add to the list.