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Karachi ranks 414th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Palma de Mallorca, Braunschweig, and Mainz. Memorable people born in Karachi include Benazir Bhutto, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and Aga Khan III. Memorable people who died in Karachi include Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Mamnoon Hussain, and Ruth Pfau. Karachi has been the birth place of many politicians and actors and the death place of many politicians and physicians. Karachi is located in Pakistan.

Karachi is the capital city of the Pakistani province of Sindh. It is the largest city in Pakistan and the 12th largest in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast and formerly served as the capital of Pakistan. Ranked as a beta-global city, it is Pakistan's premier industrial and financial centre, with an estimated GDP of over $200 billion (PPP) as of 2021. Karachi is a metropolitan city and is considered Pakistan's most cosmopolitan city, and among the country's most linguistically, ethnically-, and religiously-diverse regions, as well as one of the country's most progressive and socially liberal cities. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 1876 and 1988, Karachi was the birth place of 29 globally memorable people, including Benazir Bhutto, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and Aga Khan III. Additionaly, 11 globally memorable people have passed away in Karachi including Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Mamnoon Hussain, and Ruth Pfau.

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Most individuals born in present day Karachi were politicians (11), actors (9), writers (2), film directors (2), and singers (2),  while most who died were politicians (5), physicians (1), social activists (1), writers (1), and actors (1).

Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Karachi, including Benazir Bhutto, Arif Alvi, and Asif Ali Zardari. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Karachi, including Benazir Bhutto, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and Aga Khan III.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 10 globally memorable people born in Karachi since 1700.