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Budapest (hun)

Hungary

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Budapest ranks 10th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Chicago, Vienna, and Berlin. Memorable people born in Budapest include Ferenc Puskás, Edward Teller, and Harry Houdini. Memorable people who died in Budapest include Ferenc Puskás, Imre Nagy, and Imre Kertész. Budapest has been the birth place of many athletes, and soccer players and the death place of many soccer players, and politicians. Budapest is located in Hungary.

Budapest is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the tenth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second largest city on the Danube river. The city has an estimated population of 1,752,286 over a land area of about 525 square kilometres. Budapest, which is both a city and municipality, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of 7,626 square kilometres and a population of 3,303,786. It is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2003, Budapest was the birth place of 542 globally memorable people, including Ferenc Puskás, Edward Teller, and Harry Houdini. Additionaly, 354 globally memorable people have passed away in Budapest including Ferenc Puskás, Imre Nagy, and Imre Kertész.

People Born in Budapest

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People Deceased in Budapest

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Budapest were athletes (120), soccer players (69), politicians (40), fencers (35), and swimmers (28),  while most who died were soccer players (63), politicians (61), athletes (58), writers (34), and fencers (17).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Budapest, including Éva Székely, Miklós Németh, and Angéla Németh. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Budapest, including Ibolya Csák, Rudolf Bauer, and Gyula Kellner.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Budapest since 1700.