Banja Luka
Banja Luka ranks 585th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Troyes, Hangzhou, and Kingdom of Portugal. Memorable people born in Banja Luka include Milorad Dodik, Mustafa Nadarević, and Vinko Puljić. Memorable people who died in Banja Luka include Momčilo Krajišnik, Jadranka Stojaković, and Marijan Beneš. Banja Luka has been the birth place of many soccer players, and handball players and the death place of many politicians, and musicians. Banja Luka is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Banja Luka or Banjaluka is the second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the largest city in Republika Srpska. Banja Luka is the traditional centre of the densely-forested Bosanska Krajina region of northwestern Bosnia. According to the 2013 census, the city proper has a population of 138,963, while its administrative area comprises a total of 185,042 inhabitants. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1896 and 2001, Banja Luka was the birth place of 25 globally memorable people, including Milorad Dodik, Mustafa Nadarević, and Vinko Puljić. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Banja Luka including Momčilo Krajišnik, Jadranka Stojaković, and Marijan Beneš.
People Born in Banja Luka
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Milorad Dodik
POLITICIAN
1959 - Present
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 1
Mustafa Nadarević
ACTOR
1943 - 2020
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 2
Vinko Puljić
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 3
Stanislav Galić
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 4
Guido del Mestri
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1911 - 1993
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 5
Ilija Pantelić
SOCCER PLAYER
1942 - 2014
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 6
Ivan Merz
PHILOSOPHER
1896 - 1928
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 7
Tomislav Knez
SOCCER PLAYER
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 8
Ivan Ljubičić
TENNIS PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 9
Anton Josipović
BOXER
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 10
Velimir Sombolac
SOCCER PLAYER
1939 - 2016
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 11
Irfan Smajlagić
HANDBALL PLAYER
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Banja Luka
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MILITARY PERSONNEL
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 4
Sinisa Malesevic
POLITICIAN
1969 - Present
HPI: 30.14
Rank: 22
Stojan Vranješ
SOCCER PLAYER
1986 - Present
HPI: 26.99
Rank: 23
Dimitrije Levajac
ATHLETE
2001 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 25
People Deceased in Banja Luka
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Momčilo Krajišnik
POLITICIAN
1945 - 2020
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 1
Jadranka Stojaković
MUSICIAN
1950 - 2016
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 2
Marijan Beneš
BOXER
1951 - 2018
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Banja Luka were soccer players (9), handball players (4), politicians (2), actors (2), and religious figures (2), while most who died were politicians (1), musicians (1), and boxers (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Banja Luka, including Ilija Pantelić, Tomislav Knez, and Velimir Sombolac. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Banja Luka, including Ilija Pantelić, Tomislav Knez, and Velimir Sombolac.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 6 globally memorable people born in Banja Luka since 1700.
