Prayagraj
Prayagraj ranks 776th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Västerås, Jönköping, and Eindhoven. Memorable people born in Prayagraj include Amitabh Bachchan, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Indira Gandhi. Memorable people who died in Prayagraj include Chandra Shekhar Azad, Mahadevi Varma, and Sumitranandan Pant. Prayagraj has been the birth place of many politicians, and writers and the death place of many writers, and politicians. Prayagraj is located in India.
Prayagraj, formerly Allahabad is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of the Prayagraj district, the most populous district in the state and 13th most populous district in India and the Prayagraj division. The city is the judicial capital of Uttar Pradesh with the Allahabad High Court being the highest judicial body in the state. As of 2011, Prayagraj is the seventh most populous city in the state, thirteenth in Northern India and thirty-sixth in India, with an estimated population of 1.53 million in the city. In 2011, it was ranked the world's 40th fastest-growing city. The city, in 2016, was also ranked the third most liveable urban agglomeration in the state and sixteenth in the country. Hindi is the most widely spoken language in the city. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1400 and 1966, Prayagraj was the birth place of 18 globally memorable people, including Amitabh Bachchan, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Indira Gandhi. Additionaly, 5 globally memorable people have passed away in Prayagraj including Chandra Shekhar Azad, Mahadevi Varma, and Sumitranandan Pant.
People Born in Prayagraj
Go to all RankingsAmitabh Bachchan
ACTOR
1942 - Present
HPI: 79.15
Rank: 1
Jawaharlal Nehru
POLITICIAN
1889 - 1964
HPI: 76.79
Rank: 2
Indira Gandhi
POLITICIAN
1917 - 1984
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 3
Dhyan Chand
POLITICIAN
1905 - 1979
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 4
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1990
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 5
Madan Mohan Malaviya
POLITICIAN
1861 - 1946
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 6
Ramananda
PHILOSOPHER
1400 - Present
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 7
Vishwanath Pratap Singh
POLITICIAN
1931 - 2008
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 8
Subhadra Kumari Chauhan
WRITER
1904 - 1948
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 9
Dharamvir Bharati
WRITER
1926 - 1997
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 10
Purushottam Das Tandon
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1962
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 11
Hariprasad Chaurasia
MUSICIAN
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Prayagraj
Go to all RankingsKrishna Hutheesing
WRITER
1907 - 1967
HPI: 37.30
Rank: 15
Shubha Mudgal
MUSICIAN
1959 - Present
HPI: 28.08
Rank: 17
People Deceased in Prayagraj
Go to all RankingsChandra Shekhar Azad
POLITICIAN
1906 - 1931
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 1
Mahadevi Varma
WRITER
1907 - 1987
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 2
Sumitranandan Pant
WRITER
1900 - 1977
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 3
Suryakant Tripathi
WRITER
1899 - 1961
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 4
Purushottam Das Tandon
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1962
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 5
Newly Added People Deceased in Prayagraj
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Most individuals born in present day Prayagraj were politicians (8), writers (5), musicians (2), actors (1), and philosophers (1), while most who died were writers (3), and politicians (2).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, writers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Prayagraj, including Dharamvir Bharati, Nayantara Sahgal, and Meena Alexander. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Prayagraj, including Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Dhyan Chand.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 11 globally memorable people born in Prayagraj since 1700.