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Singapore

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Singapore ranks 122nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, and Guatemala. Memorable people born in present day Singapore include Lee Kuan Yew, Halimah Yacob, and Tony Tan. Memorable people who died in Singapore include Lee Kuan Yew, Robert Mugabe, and Sydney Brenner. Singapore has been the birth place of many politicians, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and biologists.

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree of latitude north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south along with the Riau Islands in Indonesia, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Johor along with the State of Johor in Malaysia to the north. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2006, present day Singapore was the birth place of 61 globally memorable people, including Lee Kuan Yew, Halimah Yacob, and Tony Tan. Additionaly, 16 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Singapore including Lee Kuan Yew, Robert Mugabe, and Sydney Brenner.

People Born in Present Day Singapore

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Singapore were politicians (14), athletes (13), swimmers (7), actors (5), and soccer players (3),  while most who died were politicians (11), biologists (2), architects (1), painters (1), and actors (1).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Singapore, including Jonathan Chan, Shanti Pereira, and Catherine McArthur. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Singapore, including Lee Kuan Yew, Halimah Yacob, and Tony Tan.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 10 globally memorable people born in present day Singapore since 1700.