Pondicherry
Pondicherry ranks 7,708th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Finsbury, Garça, and Elista. Memorable people born in Pondicherry include Jacques Lauriston, and Kalki Koechlin. Memorable people who died in Pondicherry include Sri Aurobindo, Mirra Alfassa, and Margaret Woodrow Wilson. Pondicherry has been the birth place of many politicians, and actors and the death place of many philosophers, and writers. Pondicherry is located in India.
Pondicherry, officially known as Puducherry, is the capital and most populous city of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the southeast coast of India and is surrounded by the Bay of Bengal to the east and the state of Tamil Nadu, with which it shares most of its culture, heritage, and language. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1768 and 1984, Pondicherry was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including Jacques Lauriston, and Kalki Koechlin. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Pondicherry including Sri Aurobindo, Mirra Alfassa, and Margaret Woodrow Wilson. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Pondicherry than were born there.
People Born in Pondicherry
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Jacques Lauriston
POLITICIAN
1768 - 1828
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 1
Kalki Koechlin
ACTOR
1984 - Present
HPI: 37.40
Rank: 2
People Deceased in Pondicherry
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Sri Aurobindo
PHILOSOPHER
1872 - 1950
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 1
Mirra Alfassa
WRITER
1878 - 1973
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 3
Margaret Woodrow Wilson
POLITICIAN
1886 - 1944
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Pondicherry were politicians (1), and actors (1), while most who died were philosophers (1), writers (1), and politicians (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Pondicherry, including Kalki Koechlin. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Pondicherry, including Jacques Lauriston.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Pondicherry since 1700.
