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Karachi (pak)

Pakistan

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Karachi ranks 379th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Fez, Morocco, Bonn, and Braunschweig. Memorable people born in Karachi include Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Arif Alvi, and Benazir Bhutto. Memorable people who died in Karachi include Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Mamnoon Hussain, and Chaudhry Muhammad Ali. Karachi has been the birth place of many actors, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and actors. Karachi is located in Pakistan.

Karachi is the capital city of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the largest city in Pakistan and 12th largest in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast and formerly served as the country's capital from 1947 to 1959. Ranked as a beta-global city, it is Pakistan's premier industrial and financial centre, with an estimated GDP of over $200 billion (PPP) as of 2021. Karachi is a major metropolitan area and is considered Pakistan's most cosmopolitan city, and among the country's most linguistically, ethnically, and religiously diverse regions, as well as one of the country's most progressive and socially liberal cities. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1876 and 2002, Karachi was the birth place of 43 globally memorable people, including Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Arif Alvi, and Benazir Bhutto. Additionaly, 14 globally memorable people have passed away in Karachi including Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Mamnoon Hussain, and Chaudhry Muhammad Ali.

People Born in Karachi

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Karachi were actors (18), politicians (11), writers (3), film directors (3), and singers (2),  while most who died were politicians (7), actors (2), physicians (1), social activists (1), and writers (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Karachi, including Babita, Kumail Nanjiani, and Sadhana Shivdasani. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Karachi, including Babita, Kumail Nanjiani, and Margaret Lockwood.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 10 globally memorable people born in Karachi since 1700.