İzmir
İzmir ranks 399th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Stavanger, Podgorica, and Cork (city). Memorable people born in İzmir include Polycarp, Sabbatai Zevi, and Édouard Balladur. Memorable people who died in İzmir include Zeki Müren, Quintus Servilius Caepio, and Diphilus. İzmir has been the birth place of many actors and soccer players and the death place of many writers and politicians. İzmir is located in Turkey.
İzmir, formerly also known as Smyrna, is a metropolitan city on the west coast of Anatolia, and capital of İzmir Province. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara, and the largest urban agglomeration on the Aegean Sea. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 300 BC and 1996, İzmir was the birth place of 29 globally memorable people, including Polycarp, Sabbatai Zevi, and Édouard Balladur. Additionaly, 9 globally memorable people have passed away in İzmir including Zeki Müren, Quintus Servilius Caepio, and Diphilus.
People Born in İzmir
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Polycarp
69 - 155
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 1
Sabbatai Zevi
1626 - 1676
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 2
Édouard Balladur
1929 - Present
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 3
Magali Noël
1931 - 2015
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 4
Theon of Smyrna
70 - 135
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 5
Vahide Perçin
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 6
Bion of Smyrna
300 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 7
Albinus
100 - 200
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 8
Metin Oktay
1936 - 1991
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 9
Haluk Bilginer
1954 - Present
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 10
Henri Langlois
1914 - 1977
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 11
Georgios Tsitas
1872 - 1940
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in İzmir
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Çolpan İlhan
1936 - 2014
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 16
Ezgi Asaroğlu
1987 - Present
HPI: 33.72
Rank: 26
Ferhat Arıcan
1993 - Present
HPI: 15.95
Rank: 29
People Deceased in İzmir
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Zeki Müren
1931 - 1996
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 1
Quintus Servilius Caepio
200 BC - 160 BC
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 2
Diphilus
350 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 3
Tigran Chukhajian
1837 - 1898
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 4
Trebonius
90 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 5
Carl Humann
1839 - 1896
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 6
Ekrem Akurgal
1911 - 2002
HPI: 46.21
Rank: 7
Yaşar Erkan
1911 - 1986
HPI: 44.64
Rank: 8
Ruhi Sarıalp
1924 - 2001
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 9
Newly Added People Deceased in İzmir
Go to all RankingsMost individuals born in present day İzmir were actors (7), soccer players (5), religious figures (2), politicians (2), and composers (2), while most who died were writers (2), politicians (2), composers (1), architects (1), and archaeologists (1).
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in İzmir, including Magali Noël, Vahide Perçin, and Haluk Bilginer. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day İzmir, including Magali Noël, Vahide Perçin, and Haluk Bilginer.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 10 globally memorable people born in İzmir since 1700.
