Famous People Born in the -stans - Statistics

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  • The average score is 7 of 27
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Born in Lifespan Hint Person % Correct
Pakistan 1953–2007 exiled & assassinated 2-time female PM of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto
75%
Pakistan 1928–1979 executed Pakistani president / PM 1970–73, PPP founder Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
75%
Pakistan 1997– women's & human rights activist, youngest Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai
69%
Uzbekistan 1336–1405 brutal military leader & conqueror, eponymous empire Timur
56%
Afghanistan 1957– tribe leader and president of Afghanistan 2002–14 Hamid Karzai
50%
Pakistan 1542–1605 expansionist Mughal emperor who ruled most of India Akbar
38%
Pakistan 1932– economist, Sikh prime minister of India 2004–14 Manmohan Singh
31%
Afghanistan 1207–1273 Persian poet; Islamic scholar, mystic & spiritual leader Rumi
31%
Pakistan 1876–1948 first governor-general of Pakistan, Father of the Nation Muhammad Ali Jinnah
25%
Kazakhstan 1940– authoritarian first leader of Kazakhstan 1991–2019 Nursultan Nazarbayev
25%
Turkmenistan 780–850 Islamic Golden Age polymath, "father of algebra" Al-Khwarizmi
19%
Turkmenistan 1957– nacissistic authoritarian leader of Turkmenistan 2006–22 GurbangulyBerdimuhamedow
19%
Pakistan 1469–1539 founder of Sikhism, first of the ten Sikh gurus Guru Nanak
19%
Kyrgyzstan 701–762 legendary traditional Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty Li Bai
19%
Turkmenistan 1940–2006 repressive dictator of Turkmenistan 1991–2006, narcissist Saparmurat Niyazov
19%
Pakistan 1592–1666 heyday Mughal emperor 1628–58, built the Taj Mahal Shah Jahan
19%
Uzbekistan 980–1037 Islamic Golden Age physician, astronomer & philosopher Avicenna
13%
Uzbekistan 1483–1530 conqueror, amir and founder of the Mughal Empire Babur
13%
Uzbekistan 1938–2016 authoritarian first leader of Uzbekistan 1989/91–2016 Islam Karimov
13%
Pakistan 1955– unpopular president of Pakistan 2008–13, husband of #6 Asif Ali Zardari
6%
Pakistan -375–-283 Indian polymath, pioneer of economics & political science Chanakya
6%
Kyrgyzstan 1983– Ukrainian singer, won the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest Jamala
6%
Pakistan 1887–1938 Urdu poet, philosopher & scholar; Pakistani National Poet Muhammad Iqbal
6%
Pakistan 1926–1996 theoretical physicist (electroweak theory), Nobel 1979 Abdus Salam
0%
Uzbekistan 973–1048 Islamic Golden Age polymath, pioneer of various fields Al-Biruni
0%
Kyrgyzstan 1928–2008 writer of short stories & novels (Jamila) and diplomat Chinghiz Aitmatov
0%
Pakistan 1910–1995 theoretical astrophysicist (stellar evolution), Nobel 1983 SubrahmanyanChandrasekhar
0%
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