Gadara
Gadara ranks 4,760th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Backnang, Ōzu, Kumamoto, and Kikuyō, Kumamoto. Memorable people born in Gadara include Menippus, Philodemus, and Meleager of Gadara. Gadara has been the birth place of many writers, and philosophers. Gadara is located in Jordan.
Gadara, in some texts Gedaris, was an ancient Hellenistic city in what is now Jordan, for a long time member of the Decapolis city league, a former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 290 BC and 110 BC, Gadara was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Menippus, Philodemus, and Meleager of Gadara.
People Born in Gadara
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Menippus
WRITER
290 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 1
Philodemus
PHILOSOPHER
110 BC - 35 BC
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 2
Meleager of Gadara
WRITER
130 BC - 60 BC
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Gadara were writers (2), and philosophers (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Throughout history writers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Gadara, including Menippus, and Meleager of Gadara.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Gadara since 1700.
