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A Bulgarian version, The Great Bulgarians (Великите българи), finished in February 2007. A Czech version called The Greatest Czech (Největší Čech) aired in June 2005. Freddie Mercury, who was born (to British Indian Parsi parents) in Zanzibar when it was a British colony, was included. In addition to the British natives who dominated the poll, some notable non-British entrants were listed as well. In Belgium.: De Grootste Belg and Le plus grand belge. In Finland, YLE ran Suuret Suomalaiset (Great Finns).[2] In France Le Plus Grand Français (The Greatest Frenchman) ran on France 2. In Portugal, RTP chose dictator António de Oliveira Salazar as the Greatest Portuguese. In Romania, the show called "Mari Români" (Great Romanians) started in May 2006; on July 8, Televiziunea Română (TVR) presented the 100 Greatest Romanians, and on October 21 the Greatest Romanian of all the times. In Spain, Antena 3 chose the current head of state, King Juan Carlos I, as the The Most Important Spaniard in History, on May 22nd, 2007.[3] Argentina ran their version on Telefe and called it El Gen Argentino (The Argentine Gene). It concluded with a debate.[edit] The Greatest Britons ListDue to the nature of the poll used to select and rank the Britons, the results do not pretend to be an objective assessment. KRO (part of the Netherlands Public Broadcasting) ran the De Grootste Nederlander (The Greatest Dutchman). Over half (60) had lived in the twentieth century.The resulting series, Great Britons, included individual programmes on the top ten, with viewers having further opportunities to vote after each programme. Started on August 27, 2007.[4] Ukraine ran their version on Inter (TV channel) and called it Великі українці (The Great Ukrainians). The CBC ran The Greatest Canadian in 2004. The Discovery Channel (in conjunction with AOL) ran The Greatest American in May 2005.[1] The South African Broadcasting Corporation ran the Great South Africans. The highest-placed Scottish entry was Alexander Fleming in 20th place, with the highest Welsh entry, Owain Glyndŵr, at number 23. These include two Irish nationals, (Bono and Bob Geldof).