Find 4 or 5 famous French...

In this activity you´ll have to try to find four or five important people from different countries in the world.I´ll give you a short list of countries and you´ll have to think of some people who represent that country.They may be living or dead.
In Europe: France, U.K. Belgium,Italy, Greece, Ireland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, etc..
In America: U.S.A., Argentina, Brasil, Mexico, Chile, Venezuela,Cuba, Uruguay, Paraguay,etc..
In Africa: Morocco, Egypt, Libia, South Africa, Kenia,Algeria,etc.. 
In Asia: China, Japan,India, Vietnam, The Philippines,etc..

The most likely thing to happen is that after some research you come up with four or five male characters.
The task will get harder if you try to find five famous women from every country above-mentioned.

As a Spaniard and by way of an example let me give you a list and you´ll have to find out
WHO_ WHAT_WHEN_ WHERE_ WHY

CERVANTES

VELÁZQUEZ

GOYA

PICASSO

RAFAEL NADAL

Our culture is so pervasively male-dominated that it looks as if women had not contributed to our history, when in fact it´s the other way round.
Here´s the five famous Spanish women:

ISABEL LA CATÓLICA

TERESA DE JESÚS

AGUSTINA DE ARAGÓN

FERNÁN CABALLERO

MONTSERRAT CABALLÉ 

DO THIS PIECE OF RESEARCH RELATED TO OTHER COUNTRIES AND LET´S SEE YOUR RESULTS Instead of people, you can mention towns and cities, rivers, sights, famous monuments,etc..