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Budapest ranks 13th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Tokyo, Berlin, and Saint Petersburg. Memorable people born in Budapest include Ferenc Puskás, John von Neumann, and George Soros. Memorable people who died in Budapest include Imre Nagy, Imre Kertész, and György Lukács. Budapest has been the birth place of many soccer players and athletes and the death place of many politicians and soccer players. Budapest is located in Hungary.

Budapest is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and it was the largest city on the Danube river; today it is the second largest one. 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 county, 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

Between 1147 and 2000, Budapest was the birth place of 395 globally memorable people, including Ferenc Puskás, John von Neumann, and George Soros. Additionaly, 283 globally memorable people have passed away in Budapest including Imre Nagy, Imre Kertész, and György Lukács.

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Most individuals born in present day Budapest were soccer players (57), athletes (46), politicians (35), fencers (24), and writers (23),  while most who died were politicians (51), soccer players (49), athletes (36), writers (34), and chess players (13).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Budapest, including Ferenc Puskás, Sándor Kocsis, and László Kubala. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Budapest, including Ferenc Puskás, Sándor Kocsis, and László Kubala.

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