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Gaza City (pse)

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Gaza City ranks 2,803rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Albury, Godalming, and Barnsley. Memorable people born in Gaza City include Al-Shafi‘i, Mahmoud al-Zahar, and Hilarion. Memorable people who died in Gaza City include Samson, Ahmed Yassin, and Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi. Gaza City has been the birth place of many lawyers, and politicians and the death place of many religious figures, and politicians. Gaza City is located in Palestine.

Gaza, also called Gaza City, is a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. As of 2022, it was the largest city in the State of Palestine, with 590,481 inhabitants in 2017. The city is spread across an area of 45 square kilometres (17 sq mi). Gaza is one of the principal coastal cities in the country, home to Palestine's only port. Located some 76.6 kilometres (47.6 mi) southwest of the country's proclaimed capital East Jerusalem, the city is located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Prior to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, it was the most populous city in the State of Palestine, when massive displacement happened during the war. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 291 and 1960, Gaza City was the birth place of 6 globally memorable people, including Al-Shafi‘i, Mahmoud al-Zahar, and Hilarion. Additionaly, 10 globally memorable people have passed away in Gaza City including Samson, Ahmed Yassin, and Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Gaza City than were born there.

People Born in Gaza City

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People Deceased in Gaza City

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Gaza City were lawyers (1), politicians (1), religious figures (1), philosophers (1), and extremists (1),  while most who died were religious figures (6), politicians (1), writers (1), athletes (1), and noblemen (1).

Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Gaza City, including Mahmoud al-Zahar. Whereas, throughout history, lawyers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Gaza City, including Al-Shafi‘i.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Gaza City since 1700.