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Baghdad (irq)

Iraq

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Baghdad ranks 91st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Tallinn, San Diego, and Seattle. Memorable people born in Baghdad include Sargon of Akkad, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, and Zaha Hadid. Memorable people who died in Baghdad include Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, Abu Hanifa, and Abu Nuwas. Baghdad has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures. Baghdad is located in Iraq.

Baghdad is the capital and largest city of Iraq. Situated on the Tigris, it is part of the Baghdad Governorate and is located near the Diyala River. With a population variously estimated at 6 or over 7 million, Baghdad forms 22% of Iraq's total population. In comparison to its large population, the city has a small area at just 673 square kilometers. It is the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo, and the second-largest city in West Asia after Tehran. Baghdad is historically known as a global cultural hub. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 2300 BC and 2000, Baghdad was the birth place of 117 globally memorable people, including Sargon of Akkad, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, and Zaha Hadid. Additionaly, 114 globally memorable people have passed away in Baghdad including Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, Abu Hanifa, and Abu Nuwas.

People Born in Baghdad

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Baghdad were politicians (52), soccer players (17), writers (12), religious figures (5), and mathematicians (5),  while most who died were politicians (39), religious figures (15), writers (12), philosophers (11), and mathematicians (10).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Baghdad, including Ahmed Radhi, Raad Hammoudi, and Ali Adnan Kadhim. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Baghdad, including Sargon of Akkad, Al-Ma'mun, and Al-Musta'sim.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Baghdad since 1700.