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Present Day

Istanbul

Türkiye

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Istanbul ranks 35th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Florence, Mexico City, and San Francisco. Memorable people born in Istanbul include Selim II, Şehzade Mehmed, and Orhan Pamuk. Memorable people who died in Istanbul include Mustafa I, Safiye Sultan, and Adam Mickiewicz. Istanbul has been the birth place of many politicians, and actors and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Istanbul is located in Türkiye.

Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, straddling the Bosporus Strait, the boundary between Europe and Asia. It is considered the country's economic, cultural and historic capital. The city has a population of over 15 million residents, comprising 19% of the population of Turkey, and is the most populous city in Europe and the world's sixteenth-largest city. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2003, Istanbul was the birth place of 242 globally memorable people, including Selim II, Şehzade Mehmed, and Orhan Pamuk. Additionaly, 185 globally memorable people have passed away in Istanbul including Mustafa I, Safiye Sultan, and Adam Mickiewicz.

People Born in Istanbul

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Istanbul were politicians (64), actors (36), writers (30), soccer players (19), and singers (13),  while most who died were politicians (86), writers (36), soccer players (9), actors (8), and religious figures (6).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Istanbul, including Halit Ergenç, Tchéky Karyo, and Kemal Sunal. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Istanbul, including Selim II, Stefan Dušan, and Enver Pasha.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Istanbul since 1700.