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Peshawar (pak)

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Peshawar ranks 2,303rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Gateshead, Saarlouis, and Langenburg. Memorable people born in Peshawar include Vasubandhu, Asanga, and Dilip Kumar. Memorable people who died in Peshawar include Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Kanishka, and Bacha Khan. Peshawar has been the birth place of many writers, and actors and the death place of many politicians, and social activists. Peshawar is located in Pakistan.

Peshawar is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is the sixth most populous city of Pakistan, with a district population of over 4.7 million in the 2023 census. It is situated in the north-west of the country, lying in the Valley of Peshawar. Peshawar is primarily populated by Pashtuns, who comprise the second-largest ethnic group in the country. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 300 and 1946, Peshawar was the birth place of 7 globally memorable people, including Vasubandhu, Asanga, and Dilip Kumar. Additionaly, 7 globally memorable people have passed away in Peshawar including Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Kanishka, and Bacha Khan.

People Born in Peshawar

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Peshawar were writers (3), actors (3), and philosophers (1),  while most who died were politicians (4), social activists (1), writers (1), and singers (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Peshawar, including Vinod Khanna. Whereas, throughout history, writers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Peshawar, including Vasubandhu, Rahman Baba, and Mulk Raj Anand.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Peshawar since 1700.