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Cyprus

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Cyprus ranks 100th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Malaysia, Honduras, and Puerto Rico. Memorable people born in present day Cyprus include Theodora, Zeno of Citium, and Ptolemy XII Auletes. Memorable people who died in Cyprus include Solon, Guy of Lusignan, and Saint Spyridon. Cyprus has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures.

Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, located off the coast of the Levant in West Asia. Cyprus’ capital is Nicosia, while its largest municipality is Limassol. The northeast portion of the island is governed by the self-declared, largely unrecognised Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which is separated from the Republic of Cyprus by the United Nations Buffer Zone. In the south of the island of Cyprus are the British sovereign military bases of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The island is the third largest and third most populous in the Mediterranean, after Sicily and Sardinia. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 334 BC and 2004, present day Cyprus was the birth place of 99 globally memorable people, including Theodora, Zeno of Citium, and Ptolemy XII Auletes. Additionaly, 45 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Cyprus including Solon, Guy of Lusignan, and Saint Spyridon.

People Born in Present Day Cyprus

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People Deceased in Present Day Cyprus

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Cyprus were politicians (35), soccer players (15), singers (13), athletes (10), and religious figures (5),  while most who died were politicians (25), religious figures (7), noblemen (5), military personnels (3), and philosophers (2).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Cyprus, including Ioannis Okkas, Michalis Konstantinou, and Constantinos Charalambidis. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Cyprus, including Ptolemy XII Auletes, Makarios III, and Nicos Anastasiades.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 12 globally memorable people born in present day Cyprus since 1700.