Safed
Safed ranks 2,954th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Montrouge, Saint-Omer, and Lahr. Memorable people born in Safed include Mahmoud Abbas, Wadie Haddad, and Moses ben Jacob Cordovero. Memorable people who died in Safed include Hosea, Isaac Luria, and Joseph Karo. Safed has been the birth place of many politicians, and extremists and the death place of many religious figures, and writers. Safed is located in Israel.
Safed is a city in the Northern District of Israel. Located at an elevation of up to 937 m (3,074 ft), Safed is the highest city in the Galilee and in Israel. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1522 and 1941, Safed was the birth place of 5 globally memorable people, including Mahmoud Abbas, Wadie Haddad, and Moses ben Jacob Cordovero. Additionaly, 6 globally memorable people have passed away in Safed including Hosea, Isaac Luria, and Joseph Karo. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Safed than were born there.
People Born in Safed
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Mahmoud Abbas
POLITICIAN
1935 - Present
HPI: 81.05
Rank: 1
Wadie Haddad
EXTREMIST
1927 - 1978
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 2
Moses ben Jacob Cordovero
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1522 - 1570
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 3
Esther Ofarim
SINGER
1941 - Present
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 4
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
WRITER
1926 - 2023
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 5
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Hosea
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
784 BC - Present
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 1
Isaac Luria
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1534 - 1572
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 2
Joseph Karo
WRITER
1488 - 1575
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 3
Moses ben Jacob Cordovero
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1522 - 1570
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 4
Solomon Alkabetz
WRITER
1505 - 1584
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 5
Samih al-Qasim
WRITER
1939 - 2014
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 6
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Most individuals born in present day Safed were politicians (1), extremists (1), religious figures (1), singers (1), and writers (1), while most who died were religious figures (3), and writers (3).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Safed, including Mahmoud Abbas. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Safed, including Mahmoud Abbas.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Safed since 1700.
