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Dushanbe (tjk)

Tajikistan

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Dushanbe ranks 1,217th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bactria, Amberg, and Florianópolis. Memorable people born in Dushanbe include Viktor Bout, Vladimir Voinovich, and Svetlana Kitova. Memorable people who died in Dushanbe include Sadriddin Ayni, Qahhor Mahkamov, and Mirzo Tursunzoda. Dushanbe has been the birth place of many athletes, and soccer players and the death place of many writers, and politicians. Dushanbe is located in Tajikistan.

Dushanbe is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. As of March 2024, Dushanbe had a population of 1,564,700, with this population being largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe, and from 1929 to 1961 as Stalinabad, after Joseph Stalin. Dushanbe is located in the Gissar Valley, bounded by the Gissar Range in the north and east and the Babatag, Aktau, Rangontau and Karatau mountains in the south, and has an elevation of 750–930 m. The city is divided into four districts: Ismail Samani, Avicenna, Ferdowsi, and Shah Mansur. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2001, Dushanbe was the birth place of 20 globally memorable people, including Viktor Bout, Vladimir Voinovich, and Svetlana Kitova. Additionaly, 5 globally memorable people have passed away in Dushanbe including Sadriddin Ayni, Qahhor Mahkamov, and Mirzo Tursunzoda.

People Born in Dushanbe

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People Deceased in Dushanbe

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Dushanbe were athletes (8), soccer players (3), boxers (2), swimmers (2), and extremists (1),  while most who died were writers (2), politicians (1), social activists (1), and historians (1).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Dushanbe, including Svetlana Kitova, Dilshod Nazarov, and Rustamhodza Rahimov. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Dushanbe, including Svetlana Kitova, Dilshod Nazarov, and Rustamhodza Rahimov.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Dushanbe since 1700.