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Mecca (sau)

Saudi Arabia

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Mecca ranks 117th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Brussels, Kraków, and Kolkata. Memorable people born in Mecca include Muhammad, Umar, and Fatimah. Memorable people who died in Mecca include Khadija bint Khuwaylid, Hagar, and Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib. Mecca has been the birth place of many religious figures, and politicians and the death place of many religious figures, and politicians. Mecca is located in Saudi Arabia.

Mecca is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia and the holiest city according to Islam. It is 70 km (43 mi) inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow valley 277 m (909 ft) above sea level. Its metropolitan population in 2022 was 2.4 million, making it the third-most populated city in Saudi Arabia after Riyadh and Jeddah. Around 44.5% of the population are Saudi citizens and around 55.5% are Muslim foreigners from other countries. Pilgrims more than triple the population number every year during the Ḥajj pilgrimage, observed in the twelfth Hijri month of Dhūl-Ḥijjah. With over 10.8 million international visitors in 2023, Mecca was one of the ten most visited cities in the world. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 1996, Mecca was the birth place of 95 globally memorable people, including Muhammad, Umar, and Fatimah. Additionaly, 19 globally memorable people have passed away in Mecca including Khadija bint Khuwaylid, Hagar, and Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib.

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Mecca were religious figures (35), politicians (24), companions (11), military personnels (9), and soccer players (8),  while most who died were religious figures (11), politicians (6), companions (1), and writers (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Mecca, including Mohammed Noor, Omar Hawsawi, and Osama Hawsawi. Whereas, throughout history, religious figures have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Mecca, including Muhammad, Ali, and Abu Bakr.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 11 globally memorable people born in Mecca since 1700.