20 Questions #263

[Hominidae]

Born in the United States or Europe?

No.

[Hominidae]

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7: Real living human male
6: primarily famous for something or some things related to politics, government, the military or multiple militaries, royalty or being royalty, nobility or being nobility, religion or multiple religions, or philosophy
8. Born before 1980
9. Not primarily known for a crime or major controversy
10. Born in neither the United States nor Europe

[Wattsthematter]

Born in East Asia, as defined by Britannica, or India?

[Hominidae]

Born in East Asia, as defined by Britannica, or India?

No.

For reference:

[Hominidae]

I will be away for about seven hours or so, but feel free to ask questions. Just be careful because you only have nine left.

[JECE]

Born in South Asia (including Myanmar, excluding Afghanistan), Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding those born in the Sahel who are not Black) or Tokelau?

[Wattsthematter]

Kind of want to wait to figure out where they're from before I ask about their claim to fame

[Wattsthematter]

Born before 1966?

[wintergreen]

Born in South Asia (including Myanmar, excluding Afghanistan), Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding those born in the Sahel who are not Black) or Tokelau?

If yes to this and Watt's question, free guess: Imran Khan.

[Hominidae]

Born in South Asia (including Myanmar, excluding Afghanistan), Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding those born in the Sahel who are not Black) or Tokelau?

No.

Born before 1966?

Yes.

[Hominidae]

For the record, I'm assuming we're using the green Wikipedia map of South Asia, but with Afghanistan and Burma/Myanmar switched. I also can't tell if the Maldives are included or not. At any rate, this person was not born in the Maldives.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asia

[wintergreen]

Born in the Levant?

[Hominidae]

Born in the Levant?

No. Counting any area that's any shade of green as the Levant (this is an absurdly broad definition, but I felt like being generous): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levant

Only six questions left. It might be more advantageous to ask about broader regions, or ask about a different topic altogether.

[wintergreen]

Served as head of state or head of government of a sovereign state?

[Hominidae]

Served as head of state or head of government of a sovereign state?

Yes. This person served as the head of state and/or head of government of a sovereign state at some point in the past (and may still do so).

[JECE]

Born anywhere on this map that isn't colored grey? (Note that the light blue and yellow are not land.)



Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Diachronic_map_of_the_Spanish_Empire.svg

[Hominidae]

Born anywhere on this map that isn't colored grey? (Note that the light blue and yellow are not land.)



Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Diachronic_map_of_the_Spanish_Empire.svg

Yes. This person's birthplace is not gray on that map.

[Hominidae]

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7: Real living human male
6: Primarily famous for something or some things related to politics, government, the military or multiple militaries, royalty or being royalty, nobility or being nobility, religion or multiple religions, or philosophy
8,13. Born before 1966
9. Not primarily known for a crime or major controversy
10,11,12,14. Not born in the United States, Europe, East Asia, South Asia (including Myanmar but not Afghanistan), sub-Saharan Africa, Tokelau, or the Levant (including Turkey, Iraq, Egypt, Cyprus, and eastern Libya)
15. Current or former head of state and/or government of a sovereign state
16. Born in a location that was at one point controlled or claimed by the Spanish Empire, according to JECE's map

[JECE]

Born in the Southern Hemisphere before 1950?

[Hominidae]

Born in the Southern Hemisphere before 1950?

Yes.