Happy St George's day. Yep, St George, dragon slayer and patron saint of England is widely believed to have been a roman soldier. He is also patron saint of Aragon, Catalonia, England, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Lithuania, Palestine, Portugal, and Russia.
My first list for a while are people believed to be from one place but actually from somewhere else:
- Russell Crowe, famous "Australian" actor was born in New Zealand.
- Mel Gibson, also a famous "Australian" actor was born in New York, USA
- Nichole Kidman, "Australian" actress, was, like Barak Obama, born in Hawaii (although if you believe some scurriolous web sites, Obama was born in Kenya - which is untrue)
- and Olivia Newton John was born in Cambridge, England
- Erroll Flynn WAS born in Australia though
- Tony Blair, former British Prime Minister was born in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Freddie Mercury, lead singer of British rock institution Queen, was born in Zanzibar, Tanzania
- Cliff Richard, housewives' favourite singer, was born in India as was comedian, Spike Milligan
- Natalie Portman, "American" actress was actually born in Jerusalem, Israel
- Keanu Reeves , actor,was born in Beirut, Lebanon
- Emily Watson, the quintessentially "English" actress of Harry Potter fame was born in Paris
- Charlize Theron, "American" actress, is actually South African
- Donald Sutherland (actor born in Canada)'s son Kiefer (star of 24) was born in London, England
- Kim Cattrall, Sex and the City actress, was born in Widnes, England
- JJR Tolein, "British" writer, was actually South African
- Dominic Monaghan. "British" actor and Hobbit, was born in Berlin, Germany
- Joe Strummer, from The Clash was born in Ankara, Turkey
- Alessandro Del Piero, "Italian" World Cup winning footballer was born in Elgin, Scotland
- Adolf Hitler, as everyone knows, was Austrian not German
- Mother Theresa, altruistic "Indian" saint was born in Macedonia
- Yves Saint Laurent, "French" fashion designer was born in Algeria
- Joanna Lumley, posh "British" actress was born in India.
- Eric Liddell, "Scottish" athlete who refused to run on the Sabbath, was born in China
