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  • Time Out’s 40th birthday international heroes

  • By Time Out international editors

  • When Time Out asked its magazines around the world to interview their local heroes we never expected the amazing diversity of the responses. Here are the results: figures from art, politics, sport, music, fashion and a host of other fields, all with one thing in common: they are Time Out’s 40th birthday international heroes

    Time Out’s 40th birthday international heroes

    Time Out's heroes of the world


  • By city | A-Z

    Amsterdam
    Henk Schiffmacher (tattoo artist), Mariska Majoor (activist), Rineke Dijkstra (photographer)

    Barcelona
    Calixto Bieto (theatre director), Jaume Plensa (sculptor), Quim Monzó (writer)

    Beijing
    Ai Weiwei (artist), Gia (musician), Xander Zhou (designer) Feature continues

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    Beirut
    Ellie Saab (designer), Bernard Khoury (architect)

    Chicago
    Billy Corgan (musician), Lupe Fiasco (musician), Roger Ebert (film critic)

    Cyprus
    Marcos Baghdatis (tennis player), Michalis Hatzigiannis (musician), Spiros Pisinos (conductor)

    Delhi
    Amit Saigal (music impresario), Laila Tyabji (crafts revivalist), Anjali Gopalan (LGBTI activist)

    Dubai and Abu Dhabi

    Bernie Ecclestone (F1 executive), Frankie Dettori (jockey), Gordon Ramsay (chef), Lateefa bint Maktoum (curator), Sulaiman Al-Fahim (entrepreneur)

    Hong Kong
    David Tang (businessman), John Woo (filmmaker), Vivienne Tam (designer)

    Istanbul
    Elif Şafak (writer), Nuri Bilge Ceylan (filmmaker), Sezen Aksu (musician)

    Kiev
    Ivan Marchuk (artist), Wladimir Klitschko (boxing champion)

    Kuala Lumpur
    Noor Adlan Bin Zulkifli (athlete)

    Lisbon
    Joana Vasconcelos (artist), Jorge Palma (musician), Jorge Silva Melo (film director)

    Moscow
    Alexy Chadov (actor), Vladimir Polunin (clown), Vladimir Sorokin (writer)

    Mumbai
    Amitabh Bachchan (actor), MF Husain (artist), Salman Rushdie (writer), Zubin Mehta (conductor)

    New York
    Tina Fey (comedian), Michael Bloomberg (Mayor of New York), Jay-Z (musician), Tony Kushner (playwright)

    Singapore
    Donna Ong (artist), Jing Quek (photographer), Stefanie Sun (musician)

    St Petersburg
    Andrey Arshavin (footballer), Liza Boyarskaya (actor), Sergey Shnurov (musician)

    Sydney

    Clive James (writer and broadcaster)

    Tel Aviv
    Dana International (musician), Etgar Keret (writer), Ohad Naharin (choreographer)

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