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Benghazi ranks 4,289th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Nybro, Newark, Delaware, and Los Mochis. Memorable people born in Benghazi include Omar Mukhtar, Mahmoud Jibril, and Mohammed Magariaf. Memorable people who died in Benghazi include Omar Mukhtar, J. Christopher Stevens, and Abdul Fatah Younis. Benghazi has been the birth place of many politicians, and social activists and the death place of many politicians, and social activists. Benghazi is located in Libya.

Benghazi is the second-most-populous city in Libya as well as the largest city in Cyrenaica, with an estimated population of 859,000 in 2023. Located on the Gulf of Sidra in the Mediterranean, Benghazi is also a major seaport. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1858 and 1983, Benghazi was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including Omar Mukhtar, Mahmoud Jibril, and Mohammed Magariaf. Additionaly, 7 globally memorable people have passed away in Benghazi including Omar Mukhtar, J. Christopher Stevens, and Abdul Fatah Younis. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Benghazi than were born there.

People Born in Benghazi

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Benghazi were politicians (2), social activists (1), and journalists (1),  while most who died were politicians (3), social activists (1), diplomats (1), military personnels (1), and journalists (1).

Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Benghazi, including Mahmoud Jibril, and Mohammed Magariaf. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Benghazi, including Mahmoud Jibril, and Mohammed Magariaf.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Benghazi since 1700.