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Jakarta ranks 613th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Sabadell, Saint-Étienne, and Giessen. Memorable people born in Jakarta include Anggun, Hella Haasse, and Prabowo Subianto. Memorable people who died in Jakarta include Sukarno, Suharto, and B. J. Habibie. Jakarta has been the birth place of many actors and singers and the death place of many politicians and writers. Jakarta is located in Indonesia.

Jakarta, officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta and formerly known as Batavia until 1949, is the nation's capital city and the centre of the largest metropolis of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta is the largest metropole in Southeast Asia, and serves as the diplomatic capital of ASEAN. Jakarta is bordered by two provinces: West Java to the south and east; and Banten to the west. Its coastline faces the Java Sea to the north, and it shares a maritime border with Lampung to the west. Jakarta's metropolitan area is ASEAN's second largest economy after Singapore. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 1865 and 1999, Jakarta was the birth place of 20 globally memorable people, including Anggun, Hella Haasse, and Prabowo Subianto. Additionaly, 14 globally memorable people have passed away in Jakarta including Sukarno, Suharto, and B. J. Habibie.

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Most individuals born in present day Jakarta were actors (6), singers (4), badminton players (4), writers (1), and politicians (1),  while most who died were politicians (8), writers (3), military personnels (1), musicians (1), and actors (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Jakarta, including Agnez Mo, Iko Uwais, and Julia Perez. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Jakarta, including Agnez Mo, Iko Uwais, and Julia Perez.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 6 globally memorable people born in Jakarta since 1700.