People who became famous outside their country

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Alien_Papa
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17 Apr 2016, 12:31 am

Canadian Rafael Edward Cruz became famous in America:
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17 Apr 2016, 12:50 am

This is a tangential example, one for a family rather than an individual person. It's a plaque in Durham Cathedral in the UK, commemorating someone from the 1400s whose later relatives became famous elsewhere:

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22 Apr 2016, 11:16 am

Alien_Papa wrote:
Canadian Rafael Edward Cruz became famous in America:
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He's American citizen by birth, so that doesn't make sense as an example.



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22 Apr 2016, 11:18 am

Darmok wrote:
This is a tangential example, one for a family rather than an individual person. It's a plaque in Durham Cathedral in the UK, commemorating someone from the 1400s whose later relatives became famous elsewhere:

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Too tangential. After all, if we trace back to 1000 years, lots of famous people had ancestors in other countries as well. I heard that even John Kerry is a very indirect descendant of Ivan the Terrible.

But really, such a few examples, and mostly in performing arts?



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26 Jul 2016, 8:23 pm

Bret and Owen Hart

Andre the Giant ?



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26 Jul 2016, 8:28 pm

Andreger wrote:
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Eastwood (went to Italy)

Bruce Lee (went to H.K)


Bruce Lee spent almost all his childhood in Hong Kong, despite being born in San Francisco - family moved to H K when Bruce was 1 year old. So in fact it was his home country and his culture around there.


Actually they moved back to H.K from SF in early 1941 , he was just a few months old then. What I meant was that Lee moved to HK in 1970 and then a yr later success. Before Big Boss and Fist of Fury Hwood wasnt interested.



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27 Jul 2016, 1:51 pm

A large majority of the metal I listen to consists of bands that are largely known outside their countries of origin.

Such as these guys:
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Ghost

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