Singapore
Singapore ranks 484th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Aix-en-Provence, Saratov, and Šibenik. Memorable people born in Singapore include Lee Kuan Yew, Halimah Yacob, and Goh Chok Tong. Memorable people who died in Singapore include Wee Kim Wee, Pacita Abad, and Olga Syahputra. Singapore has been the birth place of many athletes, and swimmers and the death place of many politicians, and painters. Singapore is located in Singapore.
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree of latitude north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south along with the Riau Islands in Indonesia, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Johor along with the State of Johor in Malaysia to the north. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2006, Singapore was the birth place of 47 globally memorable people, including Lee Kuan Yew, Halimah Yacob, and Goh Chok Tong. Additionaly, 10 globally memorable people have passed away in Singapore including Wee Kim Wee, Pacita Abad, and Olga Syahputra.
People Born in Singapore
Go to all RankingsLee Kuan Yew
POLITICIAN
1923 - 2015
HPI: 83.27
Rank: 47
Halimah Yacob
POLITICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 31
Goh Chok Tong
POLITICIAN
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 27
Tharman Shanmugaratnam
POLITICIAN
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 19
Julia Nickson
ACTOR
1958 - Present
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 26
Vanessa-Mae
MUSICIAN
1978 - Present
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 43
Chin Han
ACTOR
1969 - Present
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 35
Kygo
MUSICIAN
1991 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 20
Brad Cooper
SWIMMER
1954 - Present
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 21
William Goh
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 18
Leslie Charteris
WRITER
1907 - 1993
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 2
Edward Craven Walker
INVENTOR
1918 - 2000
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 1
People Deceased in Singapore
Go to all RankingsWee Kim Wee
POLITICIAN
1915 - 2005
HPI: NaN
Rank: 1
Pacita Abad
PAINTER
1946 - 2004
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Olga Syahputra
ACTOR
1983 - 2015
HPI: NaN
Rank: 3
David Marshall
POLITICIAN
1908 - 1995
HPI: NaN
Rank: 4
Ong Teng Cheong
ARCHITECT
1936 - 2002
HPI: NaN
Rank: 5
Benjamin Sheares
POLITICIAN
1907 - 1981
HPI: NaN
Rank: 6
S. R. Nathan
POLITICIAN
1924 - 2016
HPI: NaN
Rank: 7
Sydney Brenner
BIOLOGIST
1927 - 2019
HPI: NaN
Rank: 8
Yusof Ishak
POLITICIAN
1910 - 1970
HPI: NaN
Rank: 9
Moudud Ahmed
POLITICIAN
1940 - 2021
HPI: NaN
Rank: 10
Newly Added People Deceased in Singapore
Go to all RankingsWee Kim Wee
POLITICIAN
1915 - 2005
HPI: NaN
Rank: 1
Pacita Abad
PAINTER
1946 - 2004
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Olga Syahputra
ACTOR
1983 - 2015
HPI: NaN
Rank: 3
David Marshall
POLITICIAN
1908 - 1995
HPI: NaN
Rank: 4
Ong Teng Cheong
ARCHITECT
1936 - 2002
HPI: NaN
Rank: 5
Benjamin Sheares
POLITICIAN
1907 - 1981
HPI: NaN
Rank: 6
S. R. Nathan
POLITICIAN
1924 - 2016
HPI: NaN
Rank: 7
Sydney Brenner
BIOLOGIST
1927 - 2019
HPI: NaN
Rank: 8
Yusof Ishak
POLITICIAN
1910 - 1970
HPI: NaN
Rank: 9
Moudud Ahmed
POLITICIAN
1940 - 2021
HPI: NaN
Rank: 10
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Singapore were athletes (13), swimmers (7), actors (5), politicians (4), and singers (3), while most who died were politicians (6), painters (1), actors (1), architects (1), and biologists (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Singapore, including Shanti Pereira, Thomas Koechlin, and Alston Ryan. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Singapore, including Marcelo Herrera, Shanti Pereira, and Thomas Koechlin.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Singapore since 1700.