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Antioch ranks 288th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind San José, Costa Rica, Tartu, and Pyongyang. Memorable people born in Antioch include Luke the Evangelist, John Chrysostom, and Constantine IX Monomachos. Memorable people who died in Antioch include Germanicus, Julia Domna, and Suleiman ibn Qutulmish. Antioch has been the birth place of many politicians and religious figures and the death place of many politicians and religious figures. Antioch is located in Turkey.

Antioch on the Orontes was a Hellenistic Greek city founded by Seleucus I Nicator in 300 BC. It was one of the greatest and most important Greek cities of the Hellenistic period. The city served as the capital of the Seleucid Empire and later as regional capital to both the Roman and Byzantine Empire. During the Crusades, Antioch served as the capital of the Principality of Antioch, one of four Crusader states that were founded in the Levant. Its inhabitants were known as Antiochenes. The modern city of Antakya, in Hatay Province of Turkey, was named after the ancient city, which lies in ruins on the Orontes River and did not overlap in habitation with the modern city. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 346 BC and 1876, Antioch was the birth place of 39 globally memorable people, including Luke the Evangelist, John Chrysostom, and Constantine IX Monomachos. Additionaly, 24 globally memorable people have passed away in Antioch including Germanicus, Julia Domna, and Suleiman ibn Qutulmish.

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Throughout history politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Antioch, including Constantine IX Monomachos, Stateira II, and Ptolemy Philadelphus.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Antioch since 1700.