Kuching
Kuching ranks 3,176th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Roanoke, Virginia, Kankakee, Illinois, and Sevenoaks. Memorable people born in Kuching include James Wan, Tsai Ming-liang, and Nicholas Teo. Kuching has been the birth place of many film directors, and singers. Kuching is located in Malaysia.
Kuching, officially the City of Kuching, is the capital and the most populous city in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia. It is also the capital of Kuching Division. The city is on the Sarawak River at the southwest tip of Sarawak on the island of Borneo and covers an area of 431 km2 (166 sq mi) with a population about 165,642 in the Kuching North administrative region and 159,490 in the Kuching South administrative region—a total of 325,132 people. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1957 and 1996, Kuching was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including James Wan, Tsai Ming-liang, and Nicholas Teo.
People Born in Kuching
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James Wan
FILM DIRECTOR
1977 - Present
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 1
Tsai Ming-liang
FILM DIRECTOR
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 2
Nicholas Teo
SINGER
1981 - Present
HPI: 33.97
Rank: 3
Dion Cools
SOCCER PLAYER
1996 - Present
HPI: 24.94
Rank: 4
Newly Added People Born in Kuching
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Most individuals born in present day Kuching were film directors (2), singers (1), and soccer players (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, film directors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Kuching, including James Wan, and Tsai Ming-liang. Whereas, throughout history, film directors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kuching, including James Wan, and Tsai Ming-liang.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Kuching since 1700.
