Cyrene, Libya ranks 920th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Fortaleza, Tuzla, and Suzhou. Memorable people born in Cyrene, Libya include Eratosthenes, Mark the Evangelist, and Aristippus. Memorable people who died in Cyrene, Libya include Synesius, Theodorus of Cyrene, and Arete of Cyrene. Cyrene, Libya has been the birth place of many philosophers and politicians and the death place of many politicians and philosophers. Cyrene, Libya is located in Libya.
Cyrene, also sometimes anglicized as Kyrene, was an ancient Greek colony and Roman city near present-day Shahhat in northeastern Libya in North Africa. It was part of the Pentapolis, an important group of five cities in the region, and gave the area its classical and early modern name Cyrenaica. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 637 BC and 370, Cyrene, Libya was the birth place of 14 globally memorable people, including Eratosthenes, Mark the Evangelist, and Aristippus. Additionaly, 7 globally memorable people have passed away in Cyrene, Libya including Synesius, Theodorus of Cyrene, and Arete of Cyrene.
276 BC - 194 BC
HPI: 84.59
Rank: 1
10 - 68
HPI: 77.73
Rank: 2
434 BC - 355 BC
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 3
310 BC - 240 BC
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 4
100 BC - 100
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 5
214 BC - 129 BC
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 6
370 - 413
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 7
267 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 8
465 BC - 398 BC
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 9
400 BC - 340 BC
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 10
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 11
101 BC - 96 BC
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 12
370 - 413
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 1
465 BC - 398 BC
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 2
400 BC - 340 BC
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 3
285 BC - 250 BC
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 4
580 BC - 520 BC
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 5
301 BC - 250 BC
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 6
637 BC - 583 BC
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 7
Most individuals born in present day Cyrene, Libya were philosophers (5), politicians (4), geographers (1), religious figures (1), and writers (1), while most who died were politicians (4), philosophers (2), and mathematicians (1).
Throughout history philosophers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Cyrene, Libya, including Aristippus, Carneades, and Synesius.