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Riyadh (sau)

Saudi Arabia

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Riyadh ranks 222nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Austria-Hungary, Liège, and Kinshasa. Memorable people born in Riyadh include Osama bin Laden, Salman of Saudi Arabia, and Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. Memorable people who died in Riyadh include Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Faisal of Saudi Arabia, and Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy. Riyadh has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Riyadh is located in Saudi Arabia.

Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the Riyadh Governorate. The current form of the metropolis emerged as an offshoot of the eponymous walled town following the dismantling of its defensive fortifications in the 1950s, after which the city underwent several phases of expansion and urbanization. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2001, Riyadh was the birth place of 62 globally memorable people, including Osama bin Laden, Salman of Saudi Arabia, and Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. Additionaly, 8 globally memorable people have passed away in Riyadh including Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Faisal of Saudi Arabia, and Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy.

People Born in Riyadh

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Riyadh were soccer players (34), politicians (16), extremists (3), athletes (3), and religious figures (1),  while most who died were politicians (5), writers (1), social activists (1), and soccer players (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Riyadh, including Saeed Al-Owairan, Sami Al-Jaber, and Yousuf Al-Thunayan. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Riyadh, including Saeed Al-Owairan, Sami Al-Jaber, and Yousuf Al-Thunayan.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 12 globally memorable people born in Riyadh since 1700.