Ashkelon
Ashkelon ranks 1,864th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Redwood City, California, Douai, and Bandung. Memorable people born in Ashkelon include Herod the Great, Antiochus of Ascalon, and Eutocius of Ascalon. Memorable people who died in Ashkelon include Abdallah ibn Sa'd, Bernard de Tremelay, and Albert IV, Count of Habsburg. Ashkelon has been the birth place of many politicians and philosophers and the death place of many politicians and military personnels. Ashkelon is located in Israel.
Ashkelon or Ashqelon is a coastal city in the Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast, 50 kilometres (30 mi) south of Tel Aviv, and 13 kilometres (8 mi) north of the border with the Gaza Strip. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 130 BC and 1970, Ashkelon was the birth place of 7 globally memorable people, including Herod the Great, Antiochus of Ascalon, and Eutocius of Ascalon. Additionaly, 5 globally memorable people have passed away in Ashkelon including Abdallah ibn Sa'd, Bernard de Tremelay, and Albert IV, Count of Habsburg.
People Born in Ashkelon
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Herod the Great
73 BC - 3 BC
HPI: 80.86
Rank: 1
Antiochus of Ascalon
130 BC - 68 BC
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 2
Eutocius of Ascalon
480 - 600
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 3
Al-Hafiz
1074 - 1149
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 4
Israel Katz
1955 - Present
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 5
Yael Abecassis
1967 - Present
HPI: 40.43
Rank: 6
Gilad Erdan
1970 - Present
HPI: 35.61
Rank: 7
People Deceased in Ashkelon
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Abdallah ibn Sa'd
650 - 656
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 1
Bernard de Tremelay
1100 - 1153
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 2
Albert IV, Count of Habsburg
1188 - 1239
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 3
William of Montferrat, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon
1140 - 1177
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 4
Tatiana Zatulovskaya
1935 - 2017
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 5
Most individuals born in present day Ashkelon were politicians (4), philosophers (1), mathematicians (1), and models (1), while most who died were politicians (2), military personnels (1), noblemen (1), and chess players (1).
