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Samsun

Türkiye

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Samsun ranks 2,607th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Veracruz (city), Misato, Saitama (city), and Zielona Góra. Memorable people born in Samsun include Nebahat Çehre, Orhan Gencebay, and Yaşar Doğu. Samsun has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors. Samsun is located in Türkiye.

Samsun, historically known as Sampsounta and Amisos, is a city on the north coast of Turkey and a major Black Sea port. Over 700,000 people live in the city. The city is the capital of Samsun Province which has a population of over 1,350,000. The city is home to Ondokuz Mayıs University, several hospitals, three large shopping malls, Samsunspor football club, an opera house and a large and modern manufacturing district. The city is best known as the place where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk began the Turkish War of Independence in 1919. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1913 and 1997, Samsun was the birth place of 8 globally memorable people, including Nebahat Çehre, Orhan Gencebay, and Yaşar Doğu.

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Samsun were soccer players (3), actors (1), musicians (1), wrestlers (1), and athletes (1),  while most who died were .

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Samsun, including Tanju Çolak, Gökhan Gönül, and Fuat Usta. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Samsun, including Tanju Çolak, Gökhan Gönül, and Fuat Usta.

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Overlapping Lives

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