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Cyprus ranks 97th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Luxembourg, Bolivia, and Malaysia. Memorable people born in present day Cyprus include Zeno of Citium, Theodora, and Ptolemy XII Auletes. Memorable people who died in Cyprus include Solon, Guy of Lusignan, and Cimon. 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
Between 334 BC and 1998, present day Cyprus was the birth place of 73 globally memorable people, including Zeno of Citium, Theodora, and Ptolemy XII Auletes. Additionaly, 38 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Cyprus including Solon, Guy of Lusignan, and Cimon.
334 BC - 263 BC
HPI: 74.66
Rank: 1
500 - 548
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 2
117 BC - 51 BC
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 3
1913 - 1977
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 4
270 - 348
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 5
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 6
550 - 619
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 7
1922 - 2011
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 8
1934 - 2008
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 9
1924 - 2012
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 10
1919 - 2013
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 11
1917 - 1997
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 12
1300 - 1344
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 26
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 30
1294 - 1359
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 31
1273 - 1322
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 33
306 BC - 243 BC
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 35
1956 - Present
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 38
1949 - Present
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 40
1960 - Present
HPI: 36.66
Rank: 44
1998 - Present
HPI: 25.52
Rank: 66
638 BC - 558 BC
HPI: 76.06
Rank: 1
1150 - 1194
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 2
510 BC - 450 BC
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 3
1922 - 2001
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 4
1913 - 1977
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 5
270 - 348
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 6
1055 - 1103
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 7
550 - 619
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 8
1946 - 2019
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 9
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 10
217 BC - 144 BC
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 11
1934 - 2008
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 12
1294 - 1359
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 34
1431 - 1457
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 35
Most individuals born in present day Cyprus were politicians (29), singers (16), soccer players (10), religious figures (3), and philosophers (2), while most who died were politicians (23), religious figures (6), military personnels (3), philosophers (2), and physicians (1).
Over the past 100 years, singers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Cyprus, including Anna Vissi, Evridiki, and Ziynet Sali. 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.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 11 globally memorable people born in present day Cyprus since 1700.