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Tbilisi (geo)

Tbilisi ranks 43rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Detroit, Oslo, and Belgrade. The most famous people from Tbilisi are Aram Khachaturian, Tigran Petrosian, and Zviad Gamsakhurdia. The most famous people who died in Tbilisi are Eduard Shevardnadze, Djemal Pasha, and Niko Pirosmani. Tbilisi has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Tbilisi is located in Georgia.

Between 250 BC and 2005, Tbilisi was the birth place of 241 globally memorable people, including Aram Khachaturian, Tigran Petrosian, and Zviad Gamsakhurdia. Additionaly, 88 globally memorable people have passed away in Tbilisi including Eduard Shevardnadze, Djemal Pasha, and Niko Pirosmani.

Aram Khachaturian
COMPOSER
1903 - 1978
HPI: 79.24
Rank: 1
Tigran Petrosian
CHESS PLAYER
1929 - 1984
HPI: 74.52
Rank: 2
Zviad Gamsakhurdia
POLITICIAN
1939 - 1993
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 3
Sergei Parajanov
FILM DIRECTOR
1924 - 1990
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 4
Sayat-Nova
WRITER
1712 - 1795
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 5
Aleksei Brusilov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1853 - 1926
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 6
Mikheil Saakashvili
POLITICIAN
1967 - Present
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 7
Sergei Witte
POLITICIAN
1849 - 1915
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 8
Giya Kancheli
MUSICIAN
1935 - 2019
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 9
Mirian III of Iberia
POLITICIAN
265 - 361
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 10
Victor Ambartsumian
ASTRONOMER
1908 - 1996
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 11
Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia
POLITICIAN
1866 - 1933
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 12