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Kazakhstan ranks 69th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Paraguay, Venezuela, and Thailand. Memorable people born in present day Kazakhstan include Tomyris, Nursultan Nazarbayev, and Baibars. Memorable people who died in Kazakhstan include Timur, Cyrus the Great, and Jochi. Kazakhstan has been the birth place of many politicians and athletes and the death place of many politicians and writers.
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbekistan to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southwest, with a coastline along the Caspian Sea. Its capital is Astana, known as Nur-Sultan from 2019 to 2022. Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city, was the country's capital until 1997. Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country, the largest and northernmost Muslim-majority country by land area, and the ninth-largest country in the world. It has a population of 19 million people, and one of the lowest population densities in the world, at fewer than 6 people per square kilometre. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 600 BC and 2006, present day Kazakhstan was the birth place of 154 globally memorable people, including Tomyris, Nursultan Nazarbayev, and Baibars. Additionaly, 33 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Kazakhstan including Timur, Cyrus the Great, and Jochi.
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 77.64
Rank: 1
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.59
Rank: 2
1223 - 1277
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 3
1953 - Present
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 4
1103 - 1166
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 5
902 - 1038
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 6
1870 - 1918
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 7
1951 - 2004
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 8
1951 - 2005
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 9
1845 - 1904
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 10
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 11
1835 - 1865
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 12
1872 - 1937
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 17
1329 - 1363
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 20
1894 - 1938
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 35
1891 - 1977
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 47
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 57
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 63
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.23
Rank: 67
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 68
1928 - 1999
HPI: 42.06
Rank: 70
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 72
1967 - Present
HPI: 40.70
Rank: 73
1950 - Present
HPI: 38.71
Rank: 79
1336 - 1405
HPI: 87.75
Rank: 1
600 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 2
1181 - 1227
HPI: 75.99
Rank: 3
1103 - 1166
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 4
902 - 1038
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 5
1845 - 1904
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 6
1835 - 1865
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 7
1912 - 1993
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 8
1887 - 1919
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 9
1200 - 1266
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 10
1872 - 1937
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 11
1841 - 1889
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 12
1872 - 1937
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 11
1894 - 1938
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 18
1886 - 1941
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 24
1982 - 2021
HPI: 31.52
Rank: 32
Most individuals born in present day Kazakhstan were politicians (41), athletes (20), boxers (15), soccer players (12), and cyclists (9), while most who died were politicians (9), writers (6), military personnels (4), linguists (2), and wrestlers (2).
Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Kazakhstan, including Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, and Akhmad Kadyrov. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kazakhstan, including Tomyris, Nursultan Nazarbayev, and Baibars.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Kazakhstan since 1700.