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Sanaa (yem)

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Sanaa ranks 2,297th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ohrid, Prizren, and Bunkyō. Memorable people born in Sanaa include Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, Muhammad al-Badr, and Ahmad bin Yahya. Memorable people who died in Sanaa include Ali Abdullah Saleh, Wahb ibn Munabbih, and Ibrahim al-Hamdi. Sanaa has been the birth place of many politicians, and geographers and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Sanaa is located in Yemen.

Sanaa, officially the Sanaa Municipality, is the capital and largest city of Yemen. The city is the capital of the Sanaa Governorate, but is not part of the governorate, as it forms a separate administrative unit. According to the Yemeni constitution, Sanaa is the capital of the country, although the seat of the Yemeni government moved to Aden, the former capital of Democratic Yemen, in the aftermath of the Houthi occupation. Aden was declared the temporary capital by then-president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi in March 2015. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 893 and 1972, Sanaa was the birth place of 8 globally memorable people, including Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, Muhammad al-Badr, and Ahmad bin Yahya. Additionaly, 5 globally memorable people have passed away in Sanaa including Ali Abdullah Saleh, Wahb ibn Munabbih, and Ibrahim al-Hamdi.

People Born in Sanaa

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People Deceased in Sanaa

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Sanaa were politicians (5), geographers (1), film directors (1), and athletes (1),  while most who died were politicians (3), writers (1), and boxers (1).

Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Sanaa, including Muhammad al-Badr, and Abdul Qadir Bajamal. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Sanaa, including Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, Muhammad al-Badr, and Ahmad bin Yahya.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Sanaa since 1700.