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Most Famous People from Nepal
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Nepal 227
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By the numbers
227 notable people in this slice of the dataset.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Nepal during each.
Notable births in Nepal peaked in the 1980s with 31 people.
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Politics & Law is Nepal's biggest group — 34% of all notables (78).
Nepal over-indexes on exploration — 4.3× the global rate.
Nepal under-produces sports — only 0.7× the global rate.
Each band shows a profession family's share of Nepal's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.