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Babylon ranks 1,404th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Newport, Rhode Island, Aschaffenburg, and Osnabrück. Memorable people born in Babylon include Ezra, Alexander IV of Macedon, and Belshazzar. Memorable people who died in Babylon include Amytis of Media, Ezekiel, and Yazid ibn al-Muhallab. Babylon has been the birth place of many politicians, and religious figures and the death place of many politicians, and military personnels. Babylon is located in Iraq.

Babylon was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85 kilometres south of modern-day Baghdad. Babylon functioned as the main cultural and political centre of the Akkadian-speaking region of Babylonia. Its rulers established two important empires in antiquity, the 19th–16th century BC Old Babylonian Empire, and the 7th–6th century BC Neo-Babylonian Empire. Babylon was also used as a regional capital of other empires, such as the Achaemenid Empire. Babylon was one of the most important urban centres of the ancient Near East, until its decline during the Hellenistic period. Nearby ancient sites are Kish, Borsippa, Dilbat, and Kutha. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1700 BC and 110 BC, Babylon was the birth place of 9 globally memorable people, including Ezra, Alexander IV of Macedon, and Belshazzar. Additionaly, 23 globally memorable people have passed away in Babylon including Amytis of Media, Ezekiel, and Yazid ibn al-Muhallab. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Babylon than were born there.

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Babylon were politicians (4), religious figures (3), writers (1), and astronomers (1),  while most who died were politicians (17), military personnels (4), and religious figures (2).

Throughout history politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Babylon, including Alexander IV of Macedon, Antiochus I Soter, and Ammi-Saduqa.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Babylon since 1700.