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New Delhi ranks 164th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bratislava, Lagos, and Malmö. Memorable people born in New Delhi include Shah Rukh Khan, Bahadur Shah Zafar, and Akshay Kumar. Memorable people who died in New Delhi include Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Indira Gandhi. New Delhi has been the birth place of many actors, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and writers. New Delhi is located in India.

New Delhi, historically known as Indraprastha, is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the Government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Sansad Bhavan, and the Supreme Court. New Delhi is a municipality within the NCT, administered by the NDMC, which covers mostly Lutyens' Delhi and a few adjacent areas. The municipal area is part of a larger administrative district, the New Delhi district. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 1993, New Delhi was the birth place of 70 globally memorable people, including Shah Rukh Khan, Bahadur Shah Zafar, and Akshay Kumar. Additionaly, 58 globally memorable people have passed away in New Delhi including Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Indira Gandhi.

People Born in New Delhi

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day New Delhi were actors (32), politicians (16), writers (3), singers (3), and producers (2),  while most who died were politicians (36), writers (7), social activists (5), religious figures (3), and chemists (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in New Delhi, including Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar, and Ajay Devgn. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day New Delhi, including Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar, and Ajay Devgn.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 8 globally memorable people born in New Delhi since 1700.