Cultural Production in

Present Day

Luoyang (chn)

China

Icon of placeLuoyang

Luoyang ranks 713th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Salamanca, Suwon, and Kaduna. Memorable people born in Luoyang include Xuanzang, Emperor Taizu of Song, and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. Memorable people who died in Luoyang include Wu Zetian, Cao Cao, and Cai Lun. Luoyang has been the birth place of many politicians, and writers and the death place of many politicians, and military personnels. Luoyang is located in China.

Luoyang is a city located in the confluence area of the Luo River and the Yellow River in the west of Henan province, China. Governed as a prefecture-level city, it borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the east, Pingdingshan to the southeast, Nanyang to the south, Sanmenxia to the west, Jiyuan to the north, and Jiaozuo to the northeast. As of December 31, 2018, Luoyang had a population of 6,888,500 inhabitants with 2,751,400 people living in the built-up area made of the city's five out of six urban districts and Yanshi District, now being conurbated. By the end of 2022, Luoyang Municipality had jurisdiction over 7 municipal districts, 7 counties and 1 development zone. The permanent population is 7.079 million. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 200 BC and 1997, Luoyang was the birth place of 21 globally memorable people, including Xuanzang, Emperor Taizu of Song, and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. Additionaly, 37 globally memorable people have passed away in Luoyang including Wu Zetian, Cao Cao, and Cai Lun. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Luoyang than were born there.

People Born in Luoyang

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Newly Added People Born in Luoyang

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

People Deceased in Luoyang

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Newly Added People Deceased in Luoyang

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Luoyang were politicians (12), writers (2), soccer players (2), explorers (1), and philosophers (1),  while most who died were politicians (24), military personnels (4), writers (4), inventors (1), and mathematicians (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Luoyang, including Yu Hai, and Du Wei. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Luoyang, including Emperor Taizu of Song, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, and Emperor Xian of Han.

Places

Overlapping Lives

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