Tunis
Tunis ranks 236th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind New Haven, Connecticut, Medellín, and Sacramento, California. Memorable people born in Tunis include Ibn Khaldun, Claudia Cardinale, and Georges Wolinski. Memorable people who died in Tunis include Louis IX of France, Leo Africanus, and Beji Caid Essebsi. Tunis has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians and the death place of many politicians and writers. Tunis is located in Tunisia.
Tunis is the capital and largest city of Tunisia. The greater metropolitan area of Tunis, often referred to as "Grand Tunis", has about 2,700,000 inhabitants. As of 2020, it is the third-largest city in the Maghreb region and the eleventh-largest in the Arab world. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1332 and 2002, Tunis was the birth place of 45 globally memorable people, including Ibn Khaldun, Claudia Cardinale, and Georges Wolinski. Additionaly, 14 globally memorable people have passed away in Tunis including Louis IX of France, Leo Africanus, and Beji Caid Essebsi.
People Born in Tunis
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Ibn Khaldun
1332 - 1406
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 1
Claudia Cardinale
1938 - Present
HPI: 75.95
Rank: 2
Georges Wolinski
1934 - 2015
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 3
Fouad Mebazaa
1933 - Present
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 4
Azzedine Alaïa
1935 - 2017
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 5
Kais Saied
1958 - Present
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 6
Albert Memmi
1920 - 2020
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 7
Abdellatif Kechiche
1960 - Present
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 8
Bertrand Delanoë
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 9
Sandra Milo
1933 - 2024
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 10
Nicola Pietrangeli
1933 - Present
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 11
Sadok Sassi
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Tunis
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Bahi Ladgham
1913 - 1998
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 15
Tommaso Costantino
1885 - 1950
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 19
Alberto Pellegrino
1930 - 1996
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 22
Mokhtar Naili
1953 - Present
HPI: 39.69
Rank: 27
Poorna Jagannathan
1972 - Present
HPI: 32.63
Rank: 34
Ahmed Hafnaoui
2002 - Present
HPI: 24.99
Rank: 43
People Deceased in Tunis
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Louis IX of France
1214 - 1270
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 1
Leo Africanus
1494 - 1554
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 2
Beji Caid Essebsi
1926 - 2019
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 3
Charles Nicolle
1866 - 1936
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 4
Gnassingbé Eyadéma
1935 - 2005
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 5
Muhammad VIII al-Amin
1881 - 1962
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 6
John Tristan, Count of Valois
1250 - 1270
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 7
Gerald Gardner
1884 - 1964
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 8
Khalil al-Wazir
1935 - 1988
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 9
Abdelmajid Lakhal
1939 - 2014
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 10
Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi
1213 - 1286
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 11
Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé
1948 - 2021
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Tunis
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1213 - 1286
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 11
Aboul-Qacem Echebbi
1909 - 1934
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 13
Charles Dancla
1817 - 1907
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 14
Most individuals born in present day Tunis were soccer players (17), politicians (9), actors (4), writers (2), and tennis players (2), while most who died were politicians (6), writers (3), physicians (1), military personnels (1), and actors (1).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Tunis, including Sadok Sassi, Tarak Dhiab, and Nabil Maâloul. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Tunis, including Sadok Sassi, Tarak Dhiab, and Nabil Maâloul.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 10 globally memorable people born in Tunis since 1700.
