birthplace

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Blaenau Gwent is the birthplace of the NHS and its founder Aneurin Bevan, but 67% of adults in the area are now overweight, leaving locals with a new health battle.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

The roughly 60-mile journey adds to the hundreds of miles she’s already traveled from her birthplace in Plumas County, in the far northeastern corner of California.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Burslem is the birthplace of the late Motorhead frontman Lemmy, while another famous singer grew up here.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Once a classic American success story—he came from a family of striving Italian immigrants who ran Perry’s Grill on North Street in Endicott, N.Y.—Luciano’s life ended in Endicott, the birthplace of IBM.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

The Mona Lisa had come back to its birthplace.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day