Sven Hedin
Explorer
A highly accomplished Swedish explorer who published books about his travels all over Asia and the Middle East.
After graduating primary school, he took a year to travel and live in Persia.
He opposed Nazism, but to keep his friends alive, agreed to support it in writing.
He grew up around Stockholm, Sweden.
Like Oscar Schindler, he helped out Jews persecuted by Germany in WWII.