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Damascus (syr)

Syria

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Damascus ranks 171st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Neuilly-sur-Seine, Sparta, and Brisbane. Memorable people born in Damascus include John of Damascus, Yazid I, and Bashar al-Assad. Memorable people who died in Damascus include Saladin, Al-Farabi, and Muawiyah I. Damascus has been the birth place of many politicians, and writers and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures. Damascus is located in Syria.

Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria, the oldest current capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam. Known colloquially in Syria as aš-Šām (الشَّام) and dubbed, poetically, the "City of Jasmine", Damascus is a major cultural center of the Levant and the Arab world. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1000 BC and 1994, Damascus was the birth place of 69 globally memorable people, including John of Damascus, Yazid I, and Bashar al-Assad. Additionaly, 57 globally memorable people have passed away in Damascus including Saladin, Al-Farabi, and Muawiyah I.

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Damascus were politicians (35), writers (8), religious figures (6), philosophers (3), and historians (3),  while most who died were politicians (27), religious figures (8), writers (6), historians (4), and philosophers (3).

Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Damascus, including Bashar al-Assad, Walid Muallem, and Dawoud Rajiha. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Damascus, including Yazid I, Bashar al-Assad, and Muawiya II.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 16 globally memorable people born in Damascus since 1700.