Cultural Production in
Present Day
Libya
Libya
Libya ranks 101st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Honduras, Puerto Rico, and Cyprus. Memorable people born in present day Libya include Eratosthenes, Muammar Gaddafi, and Mark the Evangelist. Memorable people who died in Libya include Muammar Gaddafi, Omar Mukhtar, and Agesilaus II. Libya has been the birth place of many politicians, and philosophers and the death place of many politicians, and philosophers. The top cities in Libya by number of biographies are Tripoli, Libya, Cyrene, Libya, Libya, Benghazi, and Leptis Magna.
People
Between 900 BC and 2000, present day Libya was the birth place of 86 globally memorable people, including Eratosthenes, Muammar Gaddafi, and Mark the Evangelist. Additionaly, 31 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Libya including Muammar Gaddafi, Omar Mukhtar, and Agesilaus II.
People Born in Present Day Libya
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Eratosthenes
GEOGRAPHER
276 BC - 194 BC
HPI: 85.80
Rank: 1
Muammar Gaddafi
POLITICIAN
1942 - 2011
HPI: 85.50
Rank: 2
Mark the Evangelist
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
10 - 68
HPI: 85.33
Rank: 3
Septimius Severus
POLITICIAN
145 - 211
HPI: 82.04
Rank: 4
Arius
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
256 - 336
HPI: 81.19
Rank: 5
Aristippus
PHILOSOPHER
434 BC - 355 BC
HPI: 79.14
Rank: 6
Simon of Cyrene
POLITICIAN
100 BC - 100
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 7
Callimachus
WRITER
310 BC - 240 BC
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 8
Berenice II of Egypt
COMPANION
267 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 9
Pope Victor I
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
100 - 199
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 10
Omar Mukhtar
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1858 - 1931
HPI: 74.73
Rank: 11
Idris of Libya
POLITICIAN
1889 - 1983
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Present Day Libya
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Safia Farkash
COMPANION
1952 - Present
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 31
Fathi Bashagha
POLITICIAN
1962 - Present
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 71
Ahmed Maiteeq
POLITICIAN
1972 - Present
HPI: 42.56
Rank: 77
Ahmed Saad Osman
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.42
Rank: 79
Mohammed Assaf
SINGER
1990 - Present
HPI: 39.37
Rank: 80
Moussa Ibrahim
POLITICIAN
1974 - Present
HPI: 37.83
Rank: 81
Reham Khan
WRITER
1973 - Present
HPI: 32.85
Rank: 83
Daniel Bogdanović
SOCCER PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 31.89
Rank: 84
Mohamed El Monir
SOCCER PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 31.65
Rank: 85
Fathi Terbil
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
2000 - Present
HPI: 31.08
Rank: 86
People Deceased in Present Day Libya
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POLITICIAN
1942 - 2011
HPI: 85.50
Rank: 1
Omar Mukhtar
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1858 - 1931
HPI: 74.73
Rank: 2
Agesilaus II
POLITICIAN
444 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 3
Synesius
PHILOSOPHER
370 - 413
HPI: 70.59
Rank: 4
Italo Balbo
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1896 - 1940
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 5
Musa al-Sadr
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1928 - 1978
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 6
Theodorus the Atheist
PHILOSOPHER
340 BC - 250 BC
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 7
J. Christopher Stevens
DIPLOMAT
1960 - 2012
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 8
Theodorus of Cyrene
MATHEMATICIAN
465 BC - 398 BC
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 9
Arete of Cyrene
PHILOSOPHER
400 BC - 340 BC
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 10
Alexandrine Tinné
EXPLORER
1835 - 1869
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 11
Domitius Alexander
POLITICIAN
300 - 309
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Libyawere politicians (46), philosophers (9), soccer players (6), writers (4), and military personnels (4), while most who died were politicians (17), philosophers (3), social activists (2), military personnels (2), and diplomats (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Libya, including Muammar Gaddafi, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, and Aguila Saleh Issa. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Libya, including Muammar Gaddafi, Septimius Severus, and Simon of Cyrene.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 22 globally memorable people born in present day Libya since 1700.
