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Ashgabat ranks 1,055th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Chongqing, Shrewsbury, and Willemstad. Memorable people born in Ashgabat include Dmitri Shepilov, Kurban Berdyev, and Raşit Meredow. Memorable people who died in Ashgabat include Saparmurat Niyazov, Berdi Kerbabayev, and Durdy Bayramov. Ashgabat has been the birth place of many politicians and athletes and the death place of many politicians and writers. Ashgabat is located in Turkmenistan.

Ashgabat or Asgabat, formerly named Poltoratsk between 1919 and 1927, is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Kopetdag mountain range in Central Asia, near the Iran-Turkmenistan border. The city has a population of 1,030,063. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 1905 and 1999, Ashgabat was the birth place of 12 globally memorable people, including Dmitri Shepilov, Kurban Berdyev, and Raşit Meredow. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in Ashgabat including Saparmurat Niyazov, Berdi Kerbabayev, and Durdy Bayramov.

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Most individuals born in present day Ashgabat were politicians (3), athletes (3), soccer players (3), coaches (1), and actors (1),  while most who died were politicians (2), writers (1), and painters (1).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Ashgabat, including Inha Babakova, Polina Guryeva, and Danil Burkenya. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Ashgabat, including Dmitri Shepilov, Raşit Meredow, and Serdar Berdimuhamedow.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Ashgabat since 1700.