Cizre
Cizre ranks 9,445th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Švenčionys, Miracema, and Şebinkarahisar. Memorable people born in Cizre include Ali ibn al-Athir, and Tahir Elçi. Cizre has been the birth place of many historians, and politicians. Cizre is located in Türkiye.
Cizre is a city in the Cizre District of Şırnak Province in Turkey. It is located on the river Tigris by the Syria–Turkey border and close to the Iraq–Turkey border. Cizre is in the historical region of Upper Mesopotamia and the cultural region of Turkish Kurdistan. The city had a population of 130,916 in 2021. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1160 and 1966, Cizre was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including Ali ibn al-Athir, and Tahir Elçi.
People Born in Cizre
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Ali ibn al-Athir
HISTORIAN
1160 - 1233
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 1
Tahir Elçi
POLITICIAN
1966 - 2015
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Cizre were historians (1), and politicians (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Cizre, including Tahir Elçi. Whereas, throughout history, historians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Cizre, including Ali ibn al-Athir.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Cizre since 1700.
