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 politicians 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 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 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, 281 globally memorable people have passed away in Budapest including Imre Nagy, Imre Kertész, and György Lukács.
1927 - 2006
HPI: 78.44
Rank: 1
1903 - 1957
HPI: 77.46
Rank: 2
1930 - Present
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 3
1874 - 1926
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 4
1929 - 2016
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 5
1913 - 1954
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 6
1885 - 1971
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 7
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 8
1951 - Present
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 9
1175 - 1235
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 10
1899 - 1985
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 11
1929 - 1979
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 12
1887 - 1985
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 39
1922 - 1998
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 66
1901 - 1962
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 126
1904 - 1983
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 139
1903 - 1986
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 144
1879 - 1964
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 147
1943 - 2021
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 158
1927 - 1998
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 162
1906 - 1993
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 169
1905 - 1977
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 170
1944 - Present
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 171
1890 - 1974
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 180
1896 - 1958
HPI: 73.67
Rank: 1
1929 - 2016
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 2
1885 - 1971
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 3
1912 - 1989
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 4
1882 - 1967
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 5
1897 - 1946
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 6
1941 - 2011
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 7
1922 - 2002
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 8
1873 - 1933
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 9
1832 - 1913
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 10
1883 - 1946
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 11
1850 - 1922
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 12
1922 - 1998
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 43
1904 - 1983
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 106
1905 - 1977
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 135
1890 - 1974
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 144
1810 - 1898
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 151
1928 - 2010
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 163
1845 - 1916
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 166
1928 - 2014
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 173
1942 - 2015
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 175
1850 - 1932
HPI: 46.85
Rank: 177
1893 - 1974
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 179
1864 - 1946
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 183
Most individuals born in present day Budapest were soccer players (57), politicians (49), athletes (42), writers (23), and fencers (22), while most who died were politicians (64), soccer players (51), writers (35), athletes (28), and chess players (12).
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.