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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 Homer, Paul the Apostle, and Herodotus. Memorable people who died in Turkey include Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Constantine the Great, and Hannibal. Turkey has been the birth place of many politicians and writers and the death place of many politicians and religious figures.
Turkey, officially the Republic of Turkey, is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. Turkey is bordered on its northwest by Greece and Bulgaria; north by the Black Sea; northeast by Georgia; east by Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran; southeast by Iraq; south by Syria and the Mediterranean Sea; and west by the Aegean Sea. Approximately 70 to 80 percent of the country's citizens are ethnic Turks. Istanbul, which straddles Europe and Asia, is the country's largest city, while Ankara is the capital. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 3500 BC and 2000, present day Turkey was the birth place of 1,130 globally memorable people, including Homer, Paul the Apostle, and Herodotus. Additionaly, 769 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Turkey including Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Constantine the Great, and Hannibal.
800 BC - 750 BC
HPI: 92.32
Rank: 1
5 - 66
HPI: 92.16
Rank: 2
484 BC - 425 BC
HPI: 90.91
Rank: 3
1494 - 1566
HPI: 90.22
Rank: 4
280 - 303
HPI: 88.41
Rank: 5
535 BC - 470 BC
HPI: 87.83
Rank: 6
623 BC - 546 BC
HPI: 87.50
Rank: 7
1524 - 1574
HPI: 86.45
Rank: 8
1432 - 1481
HPI: 86.30
Rank: 9
1254 - 1327
HPI: 86.19
Rank: 10
1470 - 1520
HPI: 86.18
Rank: 11
404 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 86.10
Rank: 12
1522 - 1543
HPI: 77.65
Rank: 108
361 - 440
HPI: 76.42
Rank: 152
1500 - 1561
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 222
1500 - 1573
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 253
100 - 100
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 302
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 317
1544 - 1585
HPI: 70.80
Rank: 332
259 - 275
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 390
1633 - 1659
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 441
1609 - 1640
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 476
1458 - 1532
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 486
1937 - Present
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 488
1881 - 1938
HPI: 91.37
Rank: 1
272 - 337
HPI: 90.76
Rank: 2
183 BC - 183 BC
HPI: 90.14
Rank: 3
482 - 565
HPI: 88.45
Rank: 4
280 - 303
HPI: 88.41
Rank: 5
535 BC - 470 BC
HPI: 87.83
Rank: 6
623 BC - 546 BC
HPI: 87.50
Rank: 7
53 - 117
HPI: 87.46
Rank: 8
1502 - 1558
HPI: 87.13
Rank: 9
1122 - 1190
HPI: 86.62
Rank: 10
1207 - 1273
HPI: 86.53
Rank: 11
1524 - 1574
HPI: 86.45
Rank: 12
1522 - 1543
HPI: 77.65
Rank: 115
1500 - 1561
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 201
1500 - 1573
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 229
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 278
1544 - 1585
HPI: 70.80
Rank: 290
1176 - Present
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 319
1490 - 1574
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 328
259 - 275
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 336
1510 - 1569
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 342
1633 - 1659
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 374
1300 - 1308
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 394
1458 - 1532
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 405
Most individuals born in present day Turkey were politicians (422), writers (124), religious figures (120), soccer players (81), and actors (60), while most who died were politicians (437), religious figures (107), writers (64), military personnels (30), and philosophers (22).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Turkey, including Rüştü Reçber, Hakan Şükür, 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, Selim II, and Mehmed the Conqueror.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Turkey since 1700.