Time Out's heroes of the world
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
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)
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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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