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Present Day
Jordan
Jordan
Jordan ranks 110th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Mongolia, Angola, and Kyrgyzstan. Memorable people born in present day Jordan include Aaron, Al-Mansur, and As-Saffah. Memorable people who died in Jordan include Moses, John the Baptist, and Simon the Zealot. Jordan has been the birth place of many politicians, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures.
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories to the west. The Jordan River, flowing into the Dead Sea, is located along the country's western border within the Jordan Rift Valley. Jordan has a small coastline along the Red Sea in its southwest, separated by the Gulf of Aqaba from Egypt. Amman is the country's capital and largest city, as well as the most populous city in the Levant. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1396 BC and 2001, present day Jordan was the birth place of 65 globally memorable people, including Aaron, Al-Mansur, and As-Saffah. Additionaly, 35 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Jordan including Moses, John the Baptist, and Simon the Zealot.
People Born in Present Day Jordan
Go to all RankingsAaron
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1396 BC - 1274 BC
HPI: 84.82
Rank: 1
Al-Mansur
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
714 - 775
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 2
As-Saffah
POLITICIAN
722 - 754
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 3
Hussein of Jordan
POLITICIAN
1935 - 1999
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 4
Jephthah
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1118 BC - 1080 BC
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 5
Al-Mahdi
POLITICIAN
744 - 785
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 6
Abdullah II of Jordan
POLITICIAN
1962 - Present
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 7
Nicomachus
MATHEMATICIAN
60 - 120
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 8
Menippus
WRITER
290 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 9
Philodemus
PHILOSOPHER
110 BC - 35 BC
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 10
Marouf al-Bakhit
POLITICIAN
1947 - 2023
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 11
Balak
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Present Day Jordan
Go to all RankingsAbdul Rahman Munif
WRITER
1933 - 2004
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 25
Mudar Badran
POLITICIAN
1934 - 2023
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 27
Prince Faisal bin Hussein
NOBLEMAN
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 34
Princess Alia bint Hussein
POLITICIAN
1956 - Present
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 37
Hamzah bin Hussein
NOBLEMAN
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.97
Rank: 45
Princess Iman bint Abdullah
NOBLEMAN
1996 - Present
HPI: 33.79
Rank: 49
Eva Abu Halaweh
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1975 - Present
HPI: 33.26
Rank: 50
Yazan Al-Naimat
SOCCER PLAYER
1999 - Present
HPI: 33.02
Rank: 51
Lubna Tahtamouni
BIOLOGIST
1976 - Present
HPI: 29.26
Rank: 52
Princess Salma bint Abdullah
MILITARY PERSONNEL
2000 - Present
HPI: 29.20
Rank: 53
Anas Bani Yaseen
SOCCER PLAYER
1988 - Present
HPI: 29.13
Rank: 54
Abdallah Deeb
SOCCER PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 27.63
Rank: 56
People Deceased in Present Day Jordan
Go to all RankingsMoses
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1393 BC - 1273 BC
HPI: 91.99
Rank: 1
John the Baptist
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
20 BC - 31
HPI: 86.59
Rank: 2
Simon the Zealot
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1 - 107
HPI: 76.35
Rank: 3
Moses in Islam
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1392 BC - 1272 BC
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 4
Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah
POLITICIAN
582 - 639
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 5
Ahab
POLITICIAN
900 BC - 852 BC
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 6
Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca
POLITICIAN
1853 - 1931
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 7
Zayd ibn Harithah
COMPANION
581 - 629
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 8
Hussein of Jordan
POLITICIAN
1935 - 1999
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 9
Faisal II of Iraq
POLITICIAN
1935 - 1958
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 10
Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
589 - 629
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 11
George Habash
EXTREMIST
1926 - 2008
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Present Day Jordan
Go to all RankingsMudar Badran
POLITICIAN
1934 - 2023
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 31
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
WRITER
1926 - 2023
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 33
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Jordan were politicians (23), athletes (9), religious figures (8), soccer players (6), and writers (5), while most who died were politicians (17), religious figures (8), writers (3), companions (2), and extremists (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Jordan, including Hussein of Jordan, Abdullah II of Jordan, and Marouf al-Bakhit. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Jordan, including As-Saffah, Hussein of Jordan, and Al-Mahdi.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 11 globally memorable people born in present day Jordan since 1700.