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Visakhapatnam (ind)

India

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Visakhapatnam ranks 6,133rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Emirate of Granada, Lens, Pas-de-Calais, and Clearwater, Florida. Memorable people born in Visakhapatnam include Devika Rani, Renuka Chowdhury, and Zarina Wahab. Visakhapatnam has been the birth place of many actors, and politicians. Visakhapatnam is located in India.

Visakhapatnam is the largest and most populous metropolitan city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is between the Eastern Ghats and the coast of the Bay of Bengal. It is the second largest city on the east coast of India after Chennai, and the fourth largest in South India. It is one of the four smart cities of Andhra Pradesh selected under the Smart Cities Mission and is the headquarters of Visakhapatnam district. Vizag is popularly known as shipbuilding capital of India due to presence of multiple shipyards such as Hindustan Shipyard, Naval Dockyard and being the central naval command of the east coast. As the economic hub of Andhra Pradesh, the city hosts diversified economy with the presence of Heavy industries, Ports, Logistics, Pharmaceuticals, Medtech, Biotechnology, Energy production, Tourism, Textiles, R&D and a growing Information Technology & Financial Technology ecosystem. It is also described as the City of Destiny and the Jewel of the East Coast. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1908 and 1959, Visakhapatnam was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Devika Rani, Renuka Chowdhury, and Zarina Wahab.

People Born in Visakhapatnam

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Visakhapatnam were actors (2), and politicians (1),  while most who died were .

Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Visakhapatnam, including Renuka Chowdhury. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Visakhapatnam, including Devika Rani, and Zarina Wahab.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Visakhapatnam since 1700.