Foshan
Foshan ranks 7,728th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Linyi County, Shanxi, Ypacaraí, and Osmangazi. Memorable people born in Foshan include Ip Man, and Gordon Liu. Foshan has been the birth place of many martial arts, and actors. Foshan is located in China.
Foshan is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. The entire prefecture covers 3,848 km2 (1,486 sq mi) and had a population of 9,498,863 as of the 2020 census. The city is part of the western side of the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone whose built-up area was home to 65,694,622 inhabitants as of 2020, making it the biggest urban area of the world. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1893 and 1951, Foshan was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including Ip Man, and Gordon Liu.
People Born in Foshan
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Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Foshan were martial arts (1), and actors (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Foshan, including Gordon Liu. Whereas, throughout history, martial arts have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Foshan, including Ip Man.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Foshan since 1700.
