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Cairo (egy)

Egypt

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Cairo ranks 52nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Melbourne, Naples, and St. Louis. Memorable people born in Cairo include Khufu, Yasser Arafat, and Khafra. Memorable people who died in Cairo include Ibn Khaldun, Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, and Gustave Le Gray. Cairo has been the birth place of many politicians, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Cairo is located in Egypt.

Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world, and the Middle East. The Greater Cairo metropolitan area is one of the largest in the world by population with over 22.1 million people. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 3200 BC and 2005, Cairo was the birth place of 199 globally memorable people, including Khufu, Yasser Arafat, and Khafra. Additionaly, 156 globally memorable people have passed away in Cairo including Ibn Khaldun, Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, and Gustave Le Gray.

People Born in Cairo

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Cairo were politicians (65), athletes (23), writers (20), soccer players (20), and singers (9),  while most who died were politicians (63), writers (27), religious figures (8), actors (7), and military personnels (7).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Cairo, including Mohamed Elsayed, Feryal Abdelaziz, and Abdelrahman Wael. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Cairo, including Yasser Arafat, Khafra, and Menkaure.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Cairo since 1700.