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Yemen

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Yemen ranks 135th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Mozambique, Gabon, and Madagascar. Memorable people born in present day Yemen include Ali Abdullah Saleh, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, and Uwais al-Qarani. Memorable people who died in Yemen include Ali Abdullah Saleh, Peter Forsskål, and Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din. Yemen has been the birth place of many politicians, and religious figures and the death place of many politicians, and extremists.

Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Including the Socotra Archipelago, mainland Yemen is located in southern Arabia; bordering Saudi Arabia to the north, Oman to the northeast, the south-eastern part of the Arabian Sea to the east, the Gulf of Aden to the south, and the Red Sea to the west, sharing maritime borders with Djibouti, Eritrea, and Somalia across the Horn of Africa. Covering roughly 455,503 square kilometres, with a coastline of approximately 2,000 kilometres, Yemen is the second largest country on the Arabian Peninsula. Sanaa is its constitutional capital and largest city. Yemen's estimated population is 34.7 million, mostly Arab Muslims. It is a member of the Arab League, the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 1998, present day Yemen was the birth place of 45 globally memorable people, including Ali Abdullah Saleh, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, and Uwais al-Qarani. Additionaly, 15 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Yemen including Ali Abdullah Saleh, Peter Forsskål, and Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din.

People Born in Present Day Yemen

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People Deceased in Present Day Yemen

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Yemen were politicians (24), religious figures (3), extremists (3), businesspeople (2), and social activists (2),  while most who died were politicians (7), extremists (3), biologists (1), writers (1), and military personnels (1).

Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Yemen, including Ali Abdullah Saleh, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, and Rashad al-Alimi. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Yemen, including Ali Abdullah Saleh, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, and Abu Musa al-Ash'ari.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 15 globally memorable people born in present day Yemen since 1700.