Muğla
Muğla ranks 5,560th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Balkhash (city), Dimitrovgrad, Russia, and La Ferté-sous-Jouarre. Memorable people born in Muğla include Basil Zaharoff, Ada of Caria, and Selda Bağcan. Muğla has been the birth place of many businesspeople, and politicians. Muğla is located in Türkiye.
Muğla is a city in southwestern Turkey. The city is the center of the district of Menteşe and Muğla Province, which stretches along Turkey's Aegean coast. Muğla's center is situated inland at an altitude of 660 m and lies at a distance of about 30 km (19 mi) from the nearest seacoast in the Gulf of Gökova to its south-west. Muğla (Menteşe) district area neighbors the district areas of Milas, Yatağan and Kavaklıdere to its north by north-west and those of Ula and Köyceğiz, all of whom are dependent districts. Muğla is the administrative capital of a province that incorporates internationally well-known and popular tourist resorts such as Bodrum, Marmaris, Datça, Dalyan, Fethiye, Ölüdeniz and also the smaller resort of Sarigerme. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 400 BC and 1948, Muğla was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Basil Zaharoff, Ada of Caria, and Selda Bağcan.
People Born in Muğla
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Basil Zaharoff
BUSINESSPERSON
1849 - 1936
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 3
Ada of Caria
POLITICIAN
400 BC - 326 BC
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 1
Selda Bağcan
MUSICIAN
1948 - Present
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Muğla were businesspeople (1), politicians (1), and musicians (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, musicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Muğla, including Selda Bağcan. Whereas, throughout history, businesspeople have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Muğla, including Basil Zaharoff.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Muğla since 1700.
