Gundeshapur
Gundeshapur ranks 15,952nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Shoranur, Bandon, County Cork, and Great Barr. Memorable people born in Gundeshapur include Masawaiyh. Memorable people who died in Gundeshapur include Mani, and Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar. Gundeshapur has been the birth place of many physicians and the death place of many religious figures, and politicians. Gundeshapur is located in Iran.
Gundeshapur was the intellectual centre of the Sasanian Empire founded by the Sasanian emperor Shapur I. Gundeshapur was home to a teaching hospital and had a library and an ancient higher-learning institution, the Academy of Gondishapur. It has been identified with extensive ruins south of Jandi Shapur, a village 14 km southeast of Dezful, along the road to Shushtar in Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran. Read more on Wikipedia
People
In 777, Gundeshapur was the birth place of 1 globally memorable people, including Masawaiyh. Additionaly, 2 globally memorable people have passed away in Gundeshapur including Mani, and Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Gundeshapur than were born there.
People Born in Gundeshapur
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People Deceased in Gundeshapur
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Mani
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
216 - 274
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 1
Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar
POLITICIAN
840 - 879
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Gundeshapur were physicians (1), while most who died were religious figures (1), and politicians (1).
Occupational Trends
Throughout history physicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Gundeshapur, including Masawaiyh.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Gundeshapur since 1700.
