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Tyre, Lebanon ranks 1,317th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Samos, Piracicaba, and Ducal Palace of Modena. Memorable people born in Tyre, Lebanon include Dido, Ulpian, and Porphyry. Memorable people who died in Tyre, Lebanon include Origen, William of Tyre, and Conrad of Montferrat. Tyre, Lebanon has been the birth place of many religious figures and politicians and the death place of many politicians and philosophers. Tyre, Lebanon is located in Lebanon.

Tyre is a city in Lebanon, one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, though in medieval times for some centuries by just a small population. It was one of the earliest Phoenician metropolises and the legendary birthplace of Europa, her brothers Cadmus and Phoenix, as well as Carthage's founder Dido (Elissa). The city has many ancient sites, including the Tyre Hippodrome, and was added as a whole to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1984. The historian Ernest Renan noted that "One can call Tyre a city of ruins, built out of ruins". Read more on Wikipedia

Between 1000 BC and 664, Tyre, Lebanon was the birth place of 10 globally memorable people, including Dido, Ulpian, and Porphyry. Additionaly, 6 globally memorable people have passed away in Tyre, Lebanon including Origen, William of Tyre, and Conrad of Montferrat.

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Most individuals born in present day Tyre, Lebanon were religious figures (4), politicians (2), philosophers (2), lawyers (1), and geographers (1),  while most who died were politicians (3), philosophers (1), historians (1), and companions (1).