Born in Constantinople
Constantinople
Capital of the Eastern Roman, Latin and Ottoman Empires, currently Istanbul, Turkey
Constantinople as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. Byzantine Emperor (401–450) (401-450), 18th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1640 to 1648, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1612-1640) (r. 1623-1640)): Theodosius II, Ibrahim I, Murad IV and some more.
Celebrities from ConstantinopleCelebrities from Constantinople
49 Theodosius II
Byzantine Emperor (401–450) (401-450)
*April 10th, 0401 †July 28th, 0450, Constantinople
32 Ibrahim I
18th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1640 to 1648
*November 5th, 1615 †August 18th, 1648, Constantinople
27 Murad IV
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1612-1640) (r. 1623-1640)
*July 27th, 1612 †February 8th, 1640, Constantinople.jpg "Mehmed IV")
51 Mehmed IV
19th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687
*January 2nd, 1642 †January 6th, 1693, Edirne
47 Mustafa I
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1617 to 1618 and from 1622 to 1623
*June 24th, 1591 †January 20th, 1639, Istanbul
49 Suleiman II
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1687 to 1691
*April 15th, 1642 †June 22nd, 1691, Edirne
49 Konstantinos XI Palaiologos
Last Byzantine emperor, from 1449 to 1453
*February 9th, 1404 †May 29th, 1453, Constantinople
51 Ahmed II
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1691 to 1695
*February 25th, 1643 †February 6th, 1695, Edirne
37 Constans II
Byzantine Emperor from 641 to 668
*November 7th, 0630 †September 15th, 0668, Syracuse 53
Mahmud II
30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 to 1839
*July 20th, 1785 †July 1st, 1839, Constantinople
75 Manuel II Palaiologos
Byzantine emperor (1350-1425)
*June 27th, 1350 †July 21st, 1425, Constantinople.jpg "Pulcheria"){kind=small}
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Elia Kazan
American film and theatre director (1909–2003)
*September 7th, 1909 †September 28th, 2003, New York City 46
Abdülaziz
32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1861 to 1876
*February 8th, 1830 †June 4th, 1876, Constantinople 73
Alice Sapritch
French actress (1916-1990)
*July 29th, 1916 †March 24th, 1990, 6th arrondissement of Paris
44 Andronikos III Palaiologos
Byzantine emperor (r. 1328–1341)
*March 25th, 1297 †June 15th, 1341, Constantinople
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Mustafa III
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774
*January 28th, 1717 †January 21st, 1774, Constantinople
60 Midhat Pasha
Ottoman grand vizier, reformist, and creator of the first Ottoman constitution (1822-1883)
*October 18th, 1822 †April 26th, 1883, Ta'if
74 Richard von Kühlmann
German diplomat and industrialist (1873-1948)
*May 3rd, 1873 †February 16th, 1948, Ohlstadt
50 Nicholas Mavrocordatos
Phanariote Prince of Wallachia, Grand Dragoman of the Gate (1680-1730)
*May 3rd, 1680 †September 3rd, 1730, Bucharest 69
Anna Komnene
Byzantine princess and historian
*December 1st, 1083 †January 1st, 1153, Constantinople
82 Alexandros Rizos Rangavis
Greek diplomat (1809-1892)
*December 27th, 1809 †June 28th, 1892, Athens
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19 Theodosius
Byzantine emperor; son of Byzantine Emperor Maurice
*August 4th, 0583 †November 27th, 0602 56
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
French naturalist (1783-1840)
*October 22nd, 1783 †September 18th, 1840, Philadelphia 55
John II Komnenos
Byzantine Emperor from 1118 to 1144
*September 13th, 1087 †April 8th, 1143, Cilicia 14
Alexios II Komnenos
Byzantine emperor
*September 10th, 1169 †September 24th, 1183, Constantinople 73
E. M. Antoniadi
Greek astronomer
*March 1st, 1870 †February 10th, 1944, 14th arrondissement of Paris
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Safiye Ayla
Turkish female singer (1907-1998)
*September 13th, 1907 †January 14th, 1998, Istanbul 67
Srpuhi Kalfayan
American philanthropist (1822-1889)
*February 17th, 1822 †July 4th, 1889, Constantinople 69
Esma Sultan
Daughter of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid I (1778–1848)
*July 17th, 1778 †June 9th, 1848, Constantinople 77
Malachia Ormanian
Patriarch of Constantinople
*February 23rd, 1841 †November 19th, 1918, Constantinople 41
Alexios Komnenos
Byzantine aristocrat and courtier; (1141-1183)
*March 30th, 1141 †November 30th, 1182, Constantinople 38
Guillaume Emmanuel Guignard, vicomte de Saint-Priest
Russian army commander
*March 4th, 1776 †March 29th, 1814, Laon 75
Moïse de Camondo
Jewish banker of Ottoman-Italian origin
*March 15th, 1860 †November 14th, 1935, 8th arrondissement of Paris 71
Nasuhi Ertegün
Turkish-American record producer
*November 26th, 1917 †April 15th, 1989, New York City 54
Laskarina Bouboulina
Heroine of the Greek War of Independence
*May 11th, 1771 †May 22nd, 1825, Spetses 73
Louis Riffardeau de Rivière
French politician (1817-1890)
*July 8th, 1817 †August 31st, 1890, Cher 90
Sergei Chakhotin
Russian microbiologist and sociologist
*September 13th, 1883 †December 24th, 1973, Moscow 61
Tigran Chukhajian
Ottoman Armenian composer, conductor, and writer
*January 1st, 1837 †March 23rd, 1898, İzmir 77
Patriarch Demetrios I of Constantinople
Patriarch of Constantinople (1914-1991)
*September 8th, 1914 †October 2nd, 1991, Istanbul
90 Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor
American photojournalist and magazine editor
*October 28th, 1875 †February 4th, 1966, Cape Breton Island 46
Marie-Joseph Chénier
French poet, dramatist and politician (1764-1811)
*February 11th, 1764 †January 10th, 1811, Paris 38
Andronikos Komnenos
Byzantine prince (1091-1130/31)
*September 18th, 1091 †January 1st, 1130, Anatolia 85
Patriarch Germanus V of Constantinople
Patriarch of Constantinople (1835-1920)
*December 6th, 1835 †December 19th, 1920, Istanbul 57
Irene Doukaina
Empress consort of the Byzantine Empire
*November 30th, 1065 †February 19th, 1123, Constantinople 89
Stefanos Skouloudis
Greek banker, politician and diplomat (1838–1928)
*November 23rd, 1838 †August 19th, 1928, Athens 70
Jacques Rémy
French film director, screenwriter and dialogue writer
*June 21st, 1911 †December 1st, 1981, 13th arrondissement of Paris 93
Laura Margolis Jarblum
American social worker (1903-1997)
*October 19th, 1903 †September 9th, 1997, Brookline 67
Bernard Cornfeld
American financier playboy (1927-1995)
*August 17th, 1927 †February 27th, 1995, LondonBirthdays of famous people
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