Allahabad ranks 856th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Perugia, Maebashi, and Piraeus. Memorable people born in Allahabad include Amitabh Bachchan, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Indira Gandhi. Memorable people who died in Allahabad include Chandra Shekhar Azad, Mahadevi Varma, and Madan Mohan Malaviya. Allahabad has been the birth place of many politicians and writers and the death place of many politicians and writers. Allahabad is located in India.
Prayagraj, formerly known as Allahabad or Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of the Prayagraj district, the most populous district in the state and 13th most populous district in India and the Prayagraj division. The city is the judicial capital of Uttar Pradesh with the Allahabad High Court being the highest judicial body in the state. As of 2011, Prayagraj is the seventh most populous city in the state, thirteenth in Northern India and thirty-sixth in India, with an estimated population of 1.53 million in the city. In 2011, it was ranked the world's 40th fastest-growing city. The city, in 2016, was also ranked the third most liveable urban agglomeration in the state and sixteenth in the country. Hindi is the most widely spoken language in the city. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1400 and 1966, Allahabad was the birth place of 15 globally memorable people, including Amitabh Bachchan, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Indira Gandhi. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in Allahabad including Chandra Shekhar Azad, Mahadevi Varma, and Madan Mohan Malaviya.
1942 - Present
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 1
1889 - 1964
HPI: 78.07
Rank: 2
1917 - 1984
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 3
1905 - 1979
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 4
1861 - 1946
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 5
1900 - 1990
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 6
1931 - 2008
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 7
1926 - 1997
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 8
1400 - Present
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 9
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 10
1882 - 1962
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 11
1927 - Present
HPI: 38.24
Rank: 12
1926 - 1997
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 8
1927 - Present
HPI: 38.24
Rank: 12
1951 - 2018
HPI: 25.51
Rank: 14
1906 - 1931
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 1
1907 - 1987
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 2
1861 - 1946
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 3
1900 - 1977
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 4
Most individuals born in present day Allahabad were politicians (8), writers (3), actors (1), philosophers (1), and musicians (1), while most who died were politicians (2) and writers (2).
Over the past 100 years, writers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Allahabad, including Dharamvir Bharati, Nayantara Sahgal, and Meena Alexander. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Allahabad, including Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Dhyan Chand.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 9 globally memorable people born in Allahabad since 1700.