Bengal ranks 5,618th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Codogno, Fareham, and Nanaimo. Memorable people born in Bengal include Tilopa, Gupta, and Kumaragupta I. Bengal has been the birth place of many politicians and religious figures. Bengal is located in India.
Bengal or endonym Bangla is a historical geographical, ethnolinguistic and cultural term referring to a region in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. The region of Bengal proper is divided between modern-day Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal. The Indian states of Assam, Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattishgarh and Tripura as well as the union territory of Andaman and Nicobar islands have a sizeable Bengali population. A large Bengali diaspora exists across the world. Bengali is the sixth-most spoken language in the world. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 240 and 928, Bengal was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Tilopa, Gupta, and Kumaragupta I.
928 - 1009
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 1
240 - 280
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 2
400 - 455
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 3
Most individuals born in present day Bengal were politicians (2) and religious figures (1), while most who died were .