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Nanjing (chn)

China

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Nanjing ranks 670th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Saint-Étienne, Yaroslavl, and Czechoslovakia. Memorable people born in Nanjing include Yongle Emperor, Jianwen Emperor, and Cao Xueqin. Memorable people who died in Nanjing include Zheng He, Jianwen Emperor, and Emperor Yang of Sui. Nanjing has been the birth place of many politicians, and writers and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Nanjing is located in China.

Nanjing is the capital of Jiangsu, a province in East China. The city, which is located in the southwestern corner of the province, has 11 districts, an administrative area of 6,600 km2 (2,500 sq mi), and as of 2021 a population of 9,423,400. Situated in the Yangtze River Delta, Nanjing has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having served as the capital of various Chinese dynasties, kingdoms and republican governments dating from the 3rd century to 1949, and has thus long been a major center of culture, education, research, politics, economy, transport networks and tourism, being the home to one of the world's largest inland ports. The city is also one of the fifteen sub-provincial cities in the People's Republic of China's administrative structure, enjoying jurisdictional and economic autonomy only slightly less than that of a province. It has also been awarded the title of 2008 Habitat Scroll of Honor of China, Special UN Habitat Scroll of Honor Award and National Civilized City. Nanjing is also considered a Beta city classification, together with Chongqing, Hangzhou and Tianjin by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, and ranked as one of the world's top 100 cities in the Global Financial Centres Index. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 429 and 1994, Nanjing was the birth place of 23 globally memorable people, including Yongle Emperor, Jianwen Emperor, and Cao Xueqin. Additionaly, 17 globally memorable people have passed away in Nanjing including Zheng He, Jianwen Emperor, and Emperor Yang of Sui.

People Born in Nanjing

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Nanjing were politicians (4), writers (2), actors (2), athletes (2), and chess players (2),  while most who died were politicians (8), writers (2), painters (2), explorers (1), and economists (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Nanjing, including Yuen Biao, and Ni Ni. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Nanjing, including Yongle Emperor, Jianwen Emperor, and Li Yu.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Nanjing since 1700.