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Samarra ranks 7,397th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind New Hyde Park, New York, Tukums, and Merina Kingdom. Memorable people born in Samarra include Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun. Memorable people who died in Samarra include Muhammad al-Mahdi, Al-Battani, and Hasan al-Askari. Samarra has been the birth place of many extremists and politicians and the death place of many religious figures and mathematicians. Samarra is located in Iraq.

Samarra is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Saladin Governorate, 125 kilometers (78 mi) north of Baghdad. The modern city of Samarra was founded in 836 by the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim as a new administrative capital and military base. In 2003 the city had an estimated population of 348,700. During the Iraqi Civil War, Samarra was in the "Sunni Triangle" of resistance. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 864 and 1971, Samarra was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun. Additionaly, 5 globally memorable people have passed away in Samarra including Muhammad al-Mahdi, Al-Battani, and Hasan al-Askari. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Samarra than were born there.

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Most individuals born in present day Samarra were extremists (1) and politicians (1),  while most who died were religious figures (3), mathematicians (1), and social activists (1).

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Samarra since 1700.