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Yemen

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Yemen ranks 135th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Mozambique, Gabon, and Madagascar. Memorable people born in present day Yemen include Ali Abdullah Saleh, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, and Uwais al-Qarani. Memorable people who died in Yemen include Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, and Peter Forsskål. Yemen has been the birth place of many politicians, and religious figures and the death place of many politicians, and biologists.

Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a sovereign state in West Asia. Located in the southern Arabian Peninsula, it borders Saudi Arabia to the north, Oman to the northeast, and the Indian Ocean to the south, sharing maritime borders with Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia across the Horn of Africa. Covering roughly 528,000 square kilometres, with a coastline of approximately 2,000 kilometres, Yemen is the second largest country on the Arabian Peninsula. Sanaa is its constitutional capital and largest city. Yemen's estimated population is 34.7 million, comprised mostly of Arab Muslims. It is a member of the Arab League, the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 585 and 1998, present day Yemen was the birth place of 35 globally memorable people, including Ali Abdullah Saleh, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, and Uwais al-Qarani. Additionaly, 13 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Yemen including Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, and Peter Forsskål.

People Born in Present Day Yemen

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People Deceased in Present Day Yemen

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Yemen were politicians (22), religious figures (3), businesspeople (2), writers (2), and companions (1),  while most who died were politicians (7), biologists (1), writers (1), geographers (1), and military personnels (1).

Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Yemen, including Ali Abdullah Saleh, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, and Rashad al-Alimi. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Yemen, including Ali Abdullah Saleh, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, and Abu Musa al-Ash'ari.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 12 globally memorable people born in present day Yemen since 1700.