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Pakistan ranks 63rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Algeria, Syria, and Iceland. Memorable people born in present day Pakistan include Akbar, Shah Jahan, and Chanakya. Memorable people who died in Pakistan include Osama bin Laden, Guru Nanak, and Abdullah Yusuf Azzam. Pakistan has been the birth place of many politicians and actors and the death place of many politicians and writers.

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and financial centre. Pakistan is the 33rd-largest country by area, 9th largest in Asia and the second-largest in South Asia. Bounded by the Arabian Sea on the south, the Gulf of Oman on the southwest, and the Sir Creek on the southeast, it shares land borders with India to the east; Afghanistan to the west; Iran to the southwest; and China to the northeast. It shares a maritime border with Oman in the Gulf of Oman, and is separated from Tajikistan in the northwest by Afghanistan's narrow Wakhan Corridor. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 550 BC and 1997, present day Pakistan was the birth place of 180 globally memorable people, including Akbar, Shah Jahan, and Chanakya. Additionaly, 86 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Pakistan including Osama bin Laden, Guru Nanak, and Abdullah Yusuf Azzam.

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Most individuals born in present day Pakistan were politicians (56), actors (33), writers (16), singers (9), and cricketers (8),  while most who died were politicians (46), writers (8), social activists (7), religious figures (5), and singers (5).

Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Pakistan, including Benazir Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, and Imran Khan. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Pakistan, including Akbar, Shah Jahan, and Benazir Bhutto.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Pakistan since 1700.