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Sanaa ranks 2,561st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Huntingdon, Bahia, and Chernigov Governorate. Memorable people born in Sanaa include Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, Muhammad al-Badr, and Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani. Memorable people who died in Sanaa include Ali Abdullah Saleh, Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani, and Ali Raymi. Sanaa has been the birth place of many politicians and geographers and the death place of many politicians and geographers. Sanaa is located in Yemen.

Sanaa, also spelled Sana'a and Sana, is the capital and largest city of Yemen and the capital of the Sanaa Governorate. The city is not part of the Governorate but forms the separate administrative district of ʾAmānat al-ʿĀṣimah. 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 South Yemen, in the aftermath of the Houthi occupation. Aden was declared as the temporary capital by then-president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi in March 2015. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 893 and 1946, Sanaa was the birth place of 5 globally memorable people, including Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, Muhammad al-Badr, and Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Sanaa including Ali Abdullah Saleh, Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani, and Ali Raymi.

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Most individuals born in present day Sanaa were politicians (4) and geographers (1),  while most who died were politicians (1), geographers (1), and boxers (1).

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Sanaa since 1700.