Pontus (region) ranks 2,345th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Godalming, Barnsley, and Tottenham. Memorable people born in Pontus (region) include Phorcys, Mithridates I of Pontus, and Pharnaces I of Pontus. Memorable people who died in Pontus (region) include Gregory Thaumaturgus, Macrina the Younger, and Ariobarzanes of Pontus. Pontus (region) has been the birth place of many politicians and the death place of many religious figures and politicians. Pontus (region) is located in Turkey.
Pontus or Pontos is a region on the southern coast of the Black Sea, located in the modern-day eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey. The name was applied to the coastal region and its mountainous hinterland by the Greeks who colonized the area in the Archaic period and derived from the Greek name of the Black Sea: Εύξεινος Πόντος (Eúxinos Póntos), "Hospitable Sea", or simply Pontos as early as the Aeschylean Persians and Herodotus' Histories. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 400 BC and 0, Pontus (region) was the birth place of 6 globally memorable people, including Phorcys, Mithridates I of Pontus, and Pharnaces I of Pontus. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Pontus (region) including Gregory Thaumaturgus, Macrina the Younger, and Ariobarzanes of Pontus.
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 1
400 BC - 266 BC
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 2
300 BC - 159 BC
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 3
300 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 4
250 BC - 250 BC
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 5
150 BC - 96 BC
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 6
213 - 270
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 1
324 - 379
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 2
250 BC - 250 BC
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 3
Most individuals born in present day Pontus (region) were politicians (6), while most who died were religious figures (2) and politicians (1).