Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea ranks 10,828th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Lake Balaton, Laconia, and Manitoba. Memorable people born in Mediterranean Sea include Asmahan. Memorable people who died in Mediterranean Sea include Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Ramon Llull, and Mago Barca. Mediterranean Sea has been the birth place of many singers and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Mediterranean Sea is located in .
The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea situated between Europe, Asia, and Africa. It is surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern Europe, and on the south by North Africa. To its west it is connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Strait of Gibraltar that separates the Iberian Peninsula in Europe from Morocco in Africa by only 14 km (9 mi); additionally, it is connected to the Black Sea through the Bosporus strait that intersects Turkey in the northeast and the Red Sea via the Suez Canal in the southeast. Read more on Wikipedia
People
In 1917, Mediterranean Sea was the birth place of 1 globally memorable people, including Asmahan. Additionaly, 11 globally memorable people have passed away in Mediterranean Sea including Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Ramon Llull, and Mago Barca. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Mediterranean Sea than were born there.
People Born in Mediterranean Sea
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Go to all RankingsAntoine de Saint-Exupéry
WRITER
1900 - 1944
HPI: 86.21
Rank: 10
Ramon Llull
PHILOSOPHER
1232 - 1316
HPI: 77.38
Rank: 11
Mago Barca
POLITICIAN
243 BC - 203 BC
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 4
Epiphanius of Salamis
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
315 - 403
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 3
Kemal Reis
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1451 - 1511
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 7
Marcus Claudius Marcellus
POLITICIAN
209 BC - 148 BC
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 6
Louis III, Landgrave of Thuringia
POLITICIAN
1151 - 1190
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 8
Ramón Franco
POLITICIAN
1896 - 1938
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 9
Jerzy Różycki
MATHEMATICIAN
1909 - 1942
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 1
David Frost
PRESENTER
1939 - 2013
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 5
Samia Yusuf Omar
ATHLETE
1991 - 2012
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Mediterranean Sea were singers (1), while most who died were politicians (4), writers (1), philosophers (1), religious figures (1), and military personnels (1).
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Mediterranean Sea since 1700.