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Medina (sau)

Saudi Arabia

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Medina ranks 187th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Mannheim, Adelaide, and Karlsruhe. Memorable people born in Medina include Husayn ibn Ali, Hasan ibn Ali, and Ja'far al-Sadiq. Memorable people who died in Medina include Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy, Sa'd ibn Mu'adh, and Abu Sa'īd al-Khūdrī. Medina has been the birth place of many religious figures, and politicians and the death place of many religious figures, and companions. Medina is located in Saudi Arabia.

Medina, officially al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, also known as Taybah and known in pre-Islamic times as Yathrib (يَثْرِب), is the capital of Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia. It is one of the oldest and most important places in Islamic history. The second holiest city in Islam, the population as of 2022 is 1,411,599, making it the fourth-most populous city in the country. Around 58.5% of the population are Saudi citizens and 41.5% are foreigners. Located at the core of the Medina Province in the western reaches of the country, the city is distributed over 589 km2 (227 sq mi), of which 293 km2 (113 sq mi) constitutes the city's urban area, while the rest is occupied by the Hejaz Mountains, empty valleys, agricultural spaces and older dormant volcanoes. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 1989, Medina was the birth place of 64 globally memorable people, including Husayn ibn Ali, Hasan ibn Ali, and Ja'far al-Sadiq. Additionaly, 66 globally memorable people have passed away in Medina including Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy, Sa'd ibn Mu'adh, and Abu Sa'īd al-Khūdrī. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Medina than were born there.

People Born in Medina

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Medina were religious figures (36), politicians (10), soccer players (6), companions (4), and historians (3),  while most who died were religious figures (36), companions (13), politicians (10), military personnels (3), and writers (2).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Medina, including Salman Al-Faraj, Hamzah Saleh, and Redha Tukar. Whereas, throughout history, religious figures have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Medina, including Husayn ibn Ali, Hasan ibn Ali, and Malik ibn Anas.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Medina since 1700.