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Rhodes ranks 1,283rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Grozny, Bobo-Dioulasso, and Campo Grande. Memorable people born in Rhodes include Panaetius, Andronicus of Rhodes, and Memnon of Rhodes. Memorable people who died in Rhodes include Eudemus of Rhodes, Aristomenes, and Hipparchus. Rhodes has been the birth place of many philosophers, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and philosophers. Rhodes is located in Greece.

Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese islands of Greece and is their historical capital; it is the ninth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Administratively, the island forms a separate municipality within the Rhodes regional unit, which is part of the South Aegean administrative region. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is the city of Rhodes, which had 50,636 inhabitants in 2011. In 2022, the island had a population of 125,113 people. It is located northeast of Crete and southeast of Athens. Rhodes has several nicknames, such as "Island of the Sun" due to its patron sun god Helios, "The Pearl Island", and "The Island of the Knights", named after the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem, who ruled the island from 1310 to 1522. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 400 BC and 1995, Rhodes was the birth place of 13 globally memorable people, including Panaetius, Andronicus of Rhodes, and Memnon of Rhodes. Additionaly, 13 globally memorable people have passed away in Rhodes including Eudemus of Rhodes, Aristomenes, and Hipparchus.

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Rhodes were philosophers (3), athletes (3), noblemen (1), architects (1), and writers (1),  while most who died were politicians (6), philosophers (2), writers (2), astronomers (1), and military personnels (1).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Rhodes, including Niki Xanthou, and Rafaéla Spanoudaki-Hatziriga. Whereas, throughout history, philosophers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Rhodes, including Panaetius, Andronicus of Rhodes, and Eudemus of Rhodes.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Rhodes since 1700.