# Where were globally known Film Directors born?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-globally-known-film-directors-born/827823>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 15, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-globally-known-film-directors-born/827823 "2019-01-15T21:25:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-globally-known-film-directors-born/827823/1 "2019-01-15T21:25:47Z")

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> **[Pantheon](https://pantheon.world)**
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> Pantheon is an observatory of human collective memory. With data on more than 85,000 biographies, Pantheon helps you explore the geography and dynamics of the most memorable people in our planet's history.

This site is REALLY cool, but I just heard about it 5 minutes ago…

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-globally-known-film-directors-born/827823/2 "2019-01-16T03:45:36Z")

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Why is this a topic of interest?

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**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-globally-known-film-directors-born/827823/3 "2019-01-16T05:08:38Z")

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YES! USA ranks #1 with the Top 3 “Where were globally known Extremists born?”  
[http://pantheon.media.mit.edu/treemap/domain\_exports\_to/EXTREMIST/all/1900/1980/H15/pantheon](http://pantheon.media.mit.edu/treemap/domain_exports_to/EXTREMIST/all/1900/1980/H15/pantheon)

Trash site, utter trash!
