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Singapore ranks 484th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Aix-en-Provence, Saratov, and Šibenik. Memorable people born in Singapore include Lee Kuan Yew, Halimah Yacob, and Goh Chok Tong. Memorable people who died in Singapore include Sydney Brenner, Yusof Ishak, and S. R. Nathan. Singapore has been the birth place of many athletes, and swimmers and the death place of many politicians, and biologists. Singapore is located in Singapore.

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree of latitude north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south along with the Riau Islands in Indonesia, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Johor along with the State of Johor in Malaysia to the north. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2006, Singapore was the birth place of 47 globally memorable people, including Lee Kuan Yew, Halimah Yacob, and Goh Chok Tong. Additionaly, 10 globally memorable people have passed away in Singapore including Sydney Brenner, Yusof Ishak, and S. R. Nathan.

People Born in Singapore

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Singapore were athletes (13), swimmers (7), actors (5), politicians (4), and musicians (2),  while most who died were politicians (6), biologists (1), architects (1), painters (1), and actors (1).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Singapore, including Catherine McArthur, Shanti Pereira, and Jonathan Chan. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Singapore, including Catherine McArthur, Shanti Pereira, and Marcelo Herrera.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Singapore since 1700.