Points of Origin

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[LEADERS]

CHUCK SCHUMER

Brooklyn

[PIONEERS]

KIRSTEN GREEN

Vandenberg AFB, Calif.

[ICONS]

RUPAUL

San Diego

[TITANS]

BERNARD J. TYSON

Vallejo, Calif.

[ARTISTS]

EMMA STONE

Scottsdale, Ariz.

[TITANS]

JEFF BEZOS

Albuquerque, N.M.

[PIONEERS]

BOB FERGUSON

Seattle

[ARTISTS]

BEN PLATT

Los Angeles

[ARTISTS]

RYAN REYNOLDS

Vancouver

[PIONEERS]

NATALIE BATALHA

Oakland, Calif.

[ARTISTS]

DONALD GLOVER

Edwards AFB, Calif.

[ARTISTS]

AVA DUVERNAY

Long Beach, Calif.

[ICONS]

SIMONE BILES

Columbus, Ohio

[TITANS]

EVAN SPIEGEL

Los Angeles

[PIONEERS]

CARMEN PEREZ

Oxnard, Calif.

[ARTISTS]

DEMI LOVATO

Albuquerque, N.M.

[TITANS]

TOM BRADY

San Mateo, Calif.

[ARTISTS]

COLSON WHITEHEAD

New York City

[LEADERS]

GENERAL JAMES MATTIS

Pullman, Wash.

[TITANS]

JASON BLUM

Los Angeles

[LEADERS]

ELIZABETH WARREN

Oklahoma City

[LEADERS]

SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR

El Paso, Texas

[ICONS]

JOHN LEGEND

Springfield, Ohio

[ARTISTS]

ALICIA KEYS

New York City

[LEADERS]

MELINDA GATES

Dallas

[PIONEERS]

CHANCE THE RAPPER

Chicago

[ICONS]

ASHLEY GRAHAM

Lincoln, Neb.

[TITANS]

JAMES ALLISON

Alice, Texas

[ICONS]

JEANETTE VIZGUERRA

Mexico City

[PIONEERS]

IVANKA TRUMP

New York City

[TITANS]

LEBRON JAMES

Akron, Ohio

[ICONS]

CINDY ARLETTE CONTRERAS BAUTISTA

Ayacucho, Peru

[ICONS]

GRETCHEN CARLSON

Anoka, Minn.

[ARTISTS]

LESLIE JONES

Memphis

[ICONS]

THELMA ALDANA

Zacapa, Guatemala

[ICONS]

COLIN KAEPERNICK

Milwaukee

[LEADERS]

JUAN MANUEL SANTOS

Bogotá

[PIONEERS]

SAMANTHA BEE

Toronto

[LEADERS]

DONALD TRUMP

Queens, N.Y.

[ICONS]

JOHN LEWIS

Troy, Ala.

[LEADERS]

TOM PEREZ

Buffalo, N.Y.

[ICONS]

VIOLA DAVIS

St. Matthews, S.C.

[ICONS]

MARGARET ATWOOD

Ottawa

[PIONEERS]

TAMIKA MALLORY

New York City

[LEADERS]

LINDA SARSOUR

Brooklyn

[ARTISTS]

KERRY JAMES MARSHALL

Birmingham, Ala.

[PIONEERS]

CELINA TURCHI

Goiânia, Brazil

[LEADERS]

THEO EPSTEIN

New York City

[TITANS]

JANET YELLEN

Brooklyn

[TITANS]

REBEKAH MERCER

Tarrytown, N.Y.

[LEADERS]

POPE FRANCIS

Buenos Aires

[ICONS]

NEYMAR

Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil

[PIONEERS]

BOB BLAND

Fairfax, Va.

[PIONEERS]

BARBARA LYNCH

Boston

[LEADERS]

REINCE PRIEBUS

Dover, N.J.

[PIONEERS]

CONSTANCE WU

Richmond, Va.

[PIONEERS]

JARED KUSHNER

Livingston, N.J.

[ICONS]

CINDY SHERMAN

Glen Ridge, N.J.

[PIONEERS]

JORDAN PEELE

New York City

[PIONEERS]

GAVIN GRIMM

Newport News, Va.

[LEADERS]

STEPHEN BANNON

Norfolk, Va.

[ICONS]

BIRAM DAH ABEID

Jidrel Mohguen, Mauritania

[PIONEERS]

CONOR MCGREGOR

Dublin

[ARTISTS]

BARRY JENKINS

Miami

[TITANS]

GEORGE CHURCH

MacDill AFB, Fla.

[ARTISTS]

ED SHEERAN

Halifax, England

[PIONEERS]

MICHAËL GILLON

Liège, Belgium

[ARTISTS]

SARAH PAULSON

Tampa

[PIONEERS]

DEMIS HASSABIS

London

[LEADERS]

JAMES COMEY

Yonkers, N.Y.

[ICONS]

FATOU BENSOUDA

Banjul, Gambia

[PIONEERS]

GUILLEM ANGLADA-ESCUDÉ

Terrassa, Spain

[LEADERS]

THERESA MAY

Eastbourne, England

[PIONEERS]

GUUS VELDERS

Tiel, The Netherlands

[LEADERS]

RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN

Istanbul

[ARTISTS]

ALESSANDRO MICHELE

Rome

[ICONS]

RAF SIMONS

Neerpelt, Belgium

[ARTISTS]

JAMES CORDEN

London

[PIONEERS]

GLENDA GRAY

Boksburg, South Africa

[TITANS]

DANIEL EK

Stockholm

[ICONS]

RAED SALEH

Jisr al-Shughur, Syria

[PIONEERS]

HAMDI ULUKAYA

Ilic, Turkey

[ICONS]

DAVID ADJAYE

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

[PIONEERS]

RIZ AHMED

London

[TITANS]

MARGRETHE VESTAGER

Glostrup, Denmark

[LEADERS]

MAJOR GENERAL QASEM SOLEIMANI

Qante-e Malek, Iran

[LEADERS]

VLADIMIR PUTIN

St. Petersburg

[LEADERS]

NARENDRA MODI

Vadnagar, India

[TITANS]

VIJAY SHEKHAR SHARMA

Aligarh, India

[LEADERS]

KING MAHA VAJIRALONGKORN

Bangkok

[LEADERS]

WANG QISHAN

Qingdao, China

[ICONS]

FAN BINGBING

Qingdao, China

[ICONS]

LEILA DE LIMA

Iriga City, Philippines

[LEADERS]

JULIAN ASSANGE

Townsville, Australia

[LEADERS]

KIM JONG UN

Pyongyang

[LEADERS]

RODRIGO DUTERTE

Maasin, Phillippines

[ARTISTS]

MARGOT ROBBIE

Dalby, Australia

[PIONEERS]

YURIKO KOIKE

Ashiya, Japan

[LEADERS]

XI JINPING

Beijing

[TITANS]

JEAN LIU

Beijing

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