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Aleppo (syr)

Syria

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Aleppo ranks 550th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Gelsenkirchen, Cluj-Napoca, and Chelsea, London. Memorable people born in Aleppo include Imad ad-Din Zengi, Émile Benveniste, and Moustapha Akkad. Memorable people who died in Aleppo include Şehzade Cihangir, Simeon Stylites, and Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik. Aleppo has been the birth place of many politicians, and religious figures and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Aleppo is located in Syria.

Aleppo is a city in Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous governorate of Syria. With an estimated population of 2,098,000 residents as of 2021, it was Syria's largest city until its population was surpassed by Damascus, the capital of Syria, the largest in Syria's northern governorates and also one of the largest cities in the Levant region. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2000, Aleppo was the birth place of 30 globally memorable people, including Imad ad-Din Zengi, Émile Benveniste, and Moustapha Akkad. Additionaly, 19 globally memorable people have passed away in Aleppo including Şehzade Cihangir, Simeon Stylites, and Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik.

People Born in Aleppo

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People Deceased in Aleppo

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Aleppo were politicians (10), religious figures (4), writers (4), athletes (2), and film directors (1),  while most who died were politicians (10), writers (2), religious figures (1), explorers (1), and philosophers (1).

Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Aleppo, including Levon Ter-Petrosyan, and Muhammad Naji al-Otari. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Aleppo, including Imad ad-Din Zengi, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, and Tuman bay II.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 16 globally memorable people born in Aleppo since 1700.