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Kos (grc)

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Kos ranks 2,741st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Medford, Massachusetts, Springfield, Ohio, and Somerville, Massachusetts. Memorable people born in Kos include Hippocrates, Ptolemy II Philadelphus, and Ptolemy III Euergetes. Memorable people who died in Kos include Apelles, Meleager of Gadara, and Herodas. Kos has been the birth place of many politicians, and physicians and the death place of many writers, and painters. Kos is located in Greece.

Kos or Cos is a Greek island, which is part of the Dodecanese island chain in the southeastern Aegean Sea. Kos is the third largest island of the Dodecanese, after Rhodes and Karpathos; it has a population of 37,089, making it the second most populous of the Dodecanese after Rhodes. The island measures 42.1 by 11.5 kilometres. Administratively, Kos constitutes a municipality within the Kos regional unit, which is part of the South Aegean region. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is the town of Kos. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 460 BC and 1957, Kos was the birth place of 6 globally memorable people, including Hippocrates, Ptolemy II Philadelphus, and Ptolemy III Euergetes. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in Kos including Apelles, Meleager of Gadara, and Herodas.

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Kos were politicians (4), physicians (1), and writers (1),  while most who died were writers (3), and painters (1).

Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Kos, including Ioannis Sarmas. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kos, including Ptolemy II Philadelphus, Ptolemy III Euergetes, and Theramenes.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Kos since 1700.