Cultural Production in

Present Day

Cyprus

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Cyprus ranks 100th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Malaysia, Honduras, and Puerto Rico. Memorable people born in present day Cyprus include Zeno of Citium, Ptolemy XII Auletes, and Theodora. Memorable people who died in Cyprus include Solon, Guy of Lusignan, and Saint Spyridon. Cyprus has been the birth place of many politicians, and singers and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures.

Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, north of the Sinai Peninsula, south of the Anatolian Peninsula, and west of the Levant. It is geographically a part of West Asia, but its cultural ties and geopolitics are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the third-largest and third-most populous island in the Mediterranean. It is east of Greece, north of Egypt, south of Turkey, and west of Lebanon and Syria. Its capital and largest city is Nicosia. The northeast portion of the island is de facto governed by the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 334 BC and 1998, present day Cyprus was the birth place of 77 globally memorable people, including Zeno of Citium, Ptolemy XII Auletes, and Theodora. Additionaly, 44 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Cyprus including Solon, Guy of Lusignan, and Saint Spyridon.

People Born in Present Day Cyprus

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People Deceased in Present Day Cyprus

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Cyprus were politicians (32), singers (13), soccer players (11), religious figures (5), and philosophers (2),  while most who died were politicians (24), religious figures (7), noblemen (5), military personnels (3), and philosophers (2).

Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Cyprus, including Nicos Anastasiades, Rauf Denktaş, and Tassos Papadopoulos. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Cyprus, including Ptolemy XII Auletes, Makarios III, and Nicos Anastasiades.

Places

Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 12 globally memorable people born in present day Cyprus since 1700.