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Adelaide (aus)

Australia

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Adelaide ranks 185th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Nice, Salvador, Bahia, and Mannheim. Memorable people born in Adelaide include Lawrence Bragg, Sia, and Elton Mayo. Memorable people who died in Adelaide include Ronald Fisher, Géza Lakatos, and George Szekeres. Adelaide has been the birth place of many actors, and cyclists and the death place of many statisticians, and politicians. Adelaide is located in Australia.

Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. The name "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym Adelaidean is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. The traditional owners of the Adelaide region are the Kaurna. The area of the city centre and surrounding Park Lands is called Tarndanya in the Kaurna language. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1880 and 2001, Adelaide was the birth place of 70 globally memorable people, including Lawrence Bragg, Sia, and Elton Mayo. Additionaly, 5 globally memorable people have passed away in Adelaide including Ronald Fisher, Géza Lakatos, and George Szekeres.

People Born in Adelaide

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People Deceased in Adelaide

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Adelaide were actors (14), cyclists (11), athletes (9), soccer players (9), and tennis players (8),  while most who died were statisticians (1), politicians (1), mathematicians (1), cyclists (1), and athletes (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Adelaide, including Anthony LaPaglia, Keith Michell, and Teresa Palmer. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Adelaide, including Judith Anderson, Anthony LaPaglia, and Keith Michell.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 10 globally memorable people born in Adelaide since 1700.