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Beijing (chn)

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Beijing ranks 105th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Zürich, Split, Croatia, and Yokohama. Memorable people born in Beijing include Xi Jinping, Empress Dowager Cixi, and Temür Khan. Memorable people who died in Beijing include Hu Yaobang, Xie Fuzhi, and Feng Menglong. Beijing has been the birth place of many politicians, and actors and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Beijing is located in China.

Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's most populous national capital city as well as China's second largest city by urban area after Shanghai. It is located in Northern China, and is governed as a municipality under the direct administration of the State Council with 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts. Beijing is mostly surrounded by Hebei Province and neighbors Tianjin to the southeast; together, the three divisions form the Jing-Jin-Ji cluster. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2004, Beijing was the birth place of 111 globally memorable people, including Xi Jinping, Empress Dowager Cixi, and Temür Khan. Additionaly, 130 globally memorable people have passed away in Beijing including Hu Yaobang, Xie Fuzhi, and Feng Menglong. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Beijing than were born there.

People Born in Beijing

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Beijing were politicians (26), actors (16), athletes (10), writers (9), and film directors (5),  while most who died were politicians (82), writers (16), mathematicians (5), philosophers (4), and religious figures (4).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Beijing, including Jet Li, Na Moon-hee, and Zhang Ziyi. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Beijing, including Xi Jinping, Empress Dowager Cixi, and Temür Khan.

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Overlapping Lives

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