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Taipei ranks 393rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Akron, Ohio, Mainz, and Bangalore. Memorable people born in Taipei include Takeshi Kaneshiro, Joan Lin, and Steve Chen. Memorable people who died in Taipei include Chiang Kai-shek, Subhas Chandra Bose, and Chiang Ching-kuo. Taipei has been the birth place of many actors, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and film directors. Taipei is located in Taiwan.

Taipei, officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan. Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of the northern port city of Keelung. Most of the city rests on the Taipei Basin, an ancient lakebed. The basin is bounded by the relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers, which join to form the Tamsui River along the city's western border. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2002, Taipei was the birth place of 41 globally memorable people, including Takeshi Kaneshiro, Joan Lin, and Steve Chen. Additionaly, 14 globally memorable people have passed away in Taipei including Chiang Kai-shek, Subhas Chandra Bose, and Chiang Ching-kuo.

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  • Photo of Lung Chien

    Lung Chien

    FILM DIRECTOR

    1916 - 1975

    HPI: 55.03

    Rank: 10

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Taipei were actors (12), athletes (8), politicians (4), singers (3), and businesspeople (2),  while most who died were politicians (9), film directors (2), military personnels (1), painters (1), and religious figures (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Taipei, including Joan Lin, Ruby Lin, and Chang Chen. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Taipei, including Joan Lin, Ruby Lin, and Chang Chen.

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Overlapping Lives

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