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Syria ranks 64th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Tunisia, Azerbaijan, and Pakistan. Memorable people born in present day Syria include Elagabalus, Hafez al-Assad, and John of Damascus. Memorable people who died in Syria include Saladin, Bartholomew the Apostle, and Al-Farabi. Syria has been the birth place of many politicians and religious figures and the death place of many politicians and religious figures.
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a Western Asian country located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It is a unitary republic that consists of 14 governorates (subdivisions), and is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest. Cyprus lies to the west across the Mediterranean Sea. A country of fertile plains, high mountains, and deserts, Syria is home to diverse ethnic and religious groups, including the majority Syrian Arabs, Kurds, Turkmens, Assyrians, Armenians, Circassians, Albanians and Greeks. Religious groups include Muslims, Christians, Alawites, Druze, and Yazidis. The capital and largest city of Syria is Damascus. Arabs are the largest ethnic group, and Muslims are the largest religious group. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1800 BC and 1998, present day Syria was the birth place of 157 globally memorable people, including Elagabalus, Hafez al-Assad, and John of Damascus. Additionaly, 113 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Syria including Saladin, Bartholomew the Apostle, and Al-Farabi.
203 - 222
HPI: 81.81
Rank: 1
1930 - 2000
HPI: 80.48
Rank: 2
676 - 749
HPI: 80.47
Rank: 3
240 - 275
HPI: 79.82
Rank: 4
647 - 683
HPI: 79.59
Rank: 5
204 - 249
HPI: 78.64
Rank: 6
731 - 788
HPI: 78.00
Rank: 7
70 - 168
HPI: 77.96
Rank: 8
1965 - Present
HPI: 76.74
Rank: 9
50 - 130
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 10
700 - 741
HPI: 76.37
Rank: 11
579 - 649
HPI: 76.05
Rank: 12
1105 - 1176
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 68
1389 - 1450
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 82
1204 - 1269
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 97
1170 - 1225
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 100
1950 - 2012
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 109
1948 - 2004
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 114
1907 - 2000
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 115
1848 - 1919
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 118
1899 - 1968
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 119
1000 BC - 900 BC
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 120
633 - 708
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 121
1931 - Present
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 126
1138 - 1193
HPI: 90.87
Rank: 1
100 BC - 100
HPI: 84.51
Rank: 2
872 - 951
HPI: 84.41
Rank: 3
603 - 680
HPI: 82.97
Rank: 4
670 - 720
HPI: 80.84
Rank: 5
550 BC - 522 BC
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 6
1930 - 2000
HPI: 80.48
Rank: 7
580 - 642
HPI: 80.00
Rank: 8
1223 - 1277
HPI: 79.94
Rank: 9
1263 - 1328
HPI: 79.65
Rank: 10
647 - 683
HPI: 79.59
Rank: 11
646 - 705
HPI: 79.33
Rank: 12
1105 - 1176
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 67
1929 - 2013
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 72
1080 - 1170
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 73
916 - 967
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 84
1204 - 1269
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 88
1145 - 1234
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 92
1950 - 2012
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 96
1848 - 1919
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 100
1983 - 2012
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 112
1997 - 2011
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 113
Most individuals born in present day Syria were politicians (70), religious figures (21), writers (19), philosophers (6), and military personnels (5), while most who died were politicians (56), religious figures (12), writers (12), philosophers (7), and military personnels (5).
Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Syria, including Hafez al-Assad, Bashar al-Assad, and Levon Ter-Petrosyan. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Syria, including Elagabalus, Hafez al-Assad, and Zenobia.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Syria since 1700.