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Yerevan ranks 180th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kobe, Palermo, and Columbus, Ohio. Memorable people born in Yerevan include Armen Sarkissian, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, and Arno Babajanian. Memorable people who died in Yerevan include Sergei Parajanov, Albert Azaryan, and Khachatur Abovian. Yerevan has been the birth place of many soccer players, and chess players and the death place of many writers, and singers. Yerevan is located in Armenia.

Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia, as well as one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country, as its primate city. It has been the capital since 1918, the fourteenth in the history of Armenia and the seventh located in or around the Ararat Plain. The city also serves as the seat of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese, which is the largest diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church and one of the oldest dioceses in the world. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2007, Yerevan was the birth place of 74 globally memorable people, including Armen Sarkissian, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, and Arno Babajanian. Additionaly, 44 globally memorable people have passed away in Yerevan including Sergei Parajanov, Albert Azaryan, and Khachatur Abovian.

People Born in Yerevan

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Yerevan were soccer players (18), chess players (9), singers (9), athletes (7), and politicians (5),  while most who died were writers (10), singers (6), politicians (5), painters (4), and composers (3).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Yerevan, including Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Khoren Oganesian, and Michel Der Zakarian. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Yerevan, including Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Khoren Oganesian, and Michel Der Zakarian.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 18 globally memorable people born in Yerevan since 1700.