Knidos
Knidos ranks 3,889th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Quimper, Voorburg, and Bareilly. Memorable people born in Knidos include Eudoxus of Cnidus, Ctesias, and Sostratus of Cnidus. Memorable people who died in Knidos include Eudoxus of Cnidus and Ctesias. Knidos has been the birth place of many mathematicians and physicians and the death place of many mathematicians and physicians. Knidos is located in Turkey.
Knidos or Cnidus was a Greek city in ancient Caria and part of the Dorian Hexapolis, in south-western Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey. It was situated on the Datça peninsula, which forms the southern side of the Sinus Ceramicus, now known as Gulf of Gökova. By the 4th century BC, Knidos was located at the site of modern Tekir, opposite Triopion Island. But earlier, it was probably at the site of modern Datça. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 440 BC and 208 BC, Knidos was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including Eudoxus of Cnidus, Ctesias, and Sostratus of Cnidus. Additionaly, 2 globally memorable people have passed away in Knidos including Eudoxus of Cnidus and Ctesias.
People Born in Knidos
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Eudoxus of Cnidus
408 BC - 355 BC
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 1
Ctesias
440 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 2
Sostratus of Cnidus
290 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 3
Agatharchides
208 BC - Present
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 4
People Deceased in Knidos
Go to all RankingsMost individuals born in present day Knidos were mathematicians (1), physicians (1), architects (1), and historians (1), while most who died were mathematicians (1) and physicians (1).
