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Baghdad (irq)

Iraq

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Baghdad ranks 96th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind New Orleans, Yokohama, 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 Al-Kindi. 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 of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris river. In 762 AD, Baghdad was chosen as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, and became its most notable major development project. Within a short time, the city evolved into a significant cultural, commercial, and intellectual center of the Muslim world. This, in addition to housing several key academic institutions, including the House of Wisdom, as well as a multi-ethnic and multi-religious environment, garnered it a worldwide reputation as the "Center of Learning". Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 2300 BC and 2000, Baghdad was the birth place of 98 globally memorable people, including Sargon of Akkad, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, and Zaha Hadid. Additionaly, 100 globally memorable people have passed away in Baghdad including Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, Abu Hanifa, and Al-Kindi. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Baghdad than were born there.

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Occupations

Occupational Trends

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 Faisal II of Iraq.

Death Places

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 24 globally memorable people born in Baghdad since 1700.

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