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Turkey ranks 16th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Netherlands, China, and Canada. Memorable people born in present day Turkey include Herodotus, Paul the Apostle, and Suleiman the Magnificent. Memorable people who died in Turkey include Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Thales of Miletus, and Constantine the Great. Turkey has been the birth place of many politicians and religious figures and the death place of many politicians and religious figures.
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west. Turkey is home to over 85 million people; most are ethnic Turks, while ethnic Kurds are the largest ethnic minority. Officially a secular state, Turkey has a Muslim-majority population. Ankara is Turkey's capital and second-largest city; Istanbul is its largest city, and its economic and financial center, as well as the largest city in Europe. Other major cities include İzmir, Bursa, Antalya, Konya and Adana. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 3500 BC and 2001, present day Turkey was the birth place of 1,301 globally memorable people, including Herodotus, Paul the Apostle, and Suleiman the Magnificent. Additionaly, 900 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Turkey including Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Thales of Miletus, and Constantine the Great.
484 BC - 425 BC
HPI: 89.51
Rank: 1
5 - 66
HPI: 89.29
Rank: 2
1494 - 1566
HPI: 88.38
Rank: 3
623 BC - 546 BC
HPI: 87.23
Rank: 4
270 - 342
HPI: 85.95
Rank: 5
1254 - 1327
HPI: 85.24
Rank: 6
1524 - 1574
HPI: 84.70
Rank: 7
280 - 303
HPI: 84.03
Rank: 8
1590 - 1617
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 9
1432 - 1481
HPI: 83.37
Rank: 10
535 BC - 470 BC
HPI: 82.80
Rank: 11
1546 - 1595
HPI: 82.69
Rank: 12
1292 - 1383
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 205
1541 - Present
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 217
1540 - 1592
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 256
1776 - 1849
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 274
1605 - 1660
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 325
1605 - 1621
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 326
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 353
1544 - Present
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 358
1605 - 1660
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 382
1544 - 1577
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 384
1453 - 1505
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 400
87 - 202
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 403
1881 - 1938
HPI: 88.95
Rank: 1
623 BC - 546 BC
HPI: 87.23
Rank: 2
272 - 337
HPI: 86.83
Rank: 3
183 BC - 183 BC
HPI: 86.56
Rank: 4
1502 - 1558
HPI: 85.98
Rank: 5
270 - 342
HPI: 85.95
Rank: 6
1254 - 1327
HPI: 85.24
Rank: 7
482 - 565
HPI: 84.93
Rank: 8
1524 - 1574
HPI: 84.70
Rank: 9
280 - 303
HPI: 84.03
Rank: 10
1590 - 1617
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 11
1432 - 1481
HPI: 83.37
Rank: 12
1541 - Present
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 204
1540 - 1592
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 239
1605 - 1660
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 290
1605 - 1621
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 291
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 317
1544 - Present
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 319
1605 - 1660
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 344
1544 - 1577
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 346
1453 - 1505
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 358
87 - 202
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 360
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 365
1466 - 1513
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 374
Most individuals born in present day Turkey were politicians (468), religious figures (141), writers (141), soccer players (93), and actors (79), while most who died were politicians (502), religious figures (133), writers (77), military personnels (34), and companions (23).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Turkey, including Hakan Şükür, Rüştü Reçber, and Lefter Küçükandonyadis. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Turkey, including Suleiman the Magnificent, Osman I, and Selim II.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Turkey since 1700.