Malmö ranks 187th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Pamplona, Fukuoka Prefecture, and Sheffield. Memorable people born in Malmö include Anita Ekberg, Zlatan Ibrahimović, and Magnus I of Sweden. Memorable people who died in Malmö include Charles XV of Sweden, Per Wahlöö, and Ingvar Wixell. Malmö has been the birth place of many soccer players and actors and the death place of many soccer players and athletes. Malmö is located in Sweden.
Malmö is the largest city in the Swedish county of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal population of 357,377 in 2022. The Malmö Metropolitan Region is home to over 700,000 people, and the Öresund Region, which includes Malmö and Copenhagen, is home to four million people. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1106 and 2002, Malmö was the birth place of 56 globally memorable people, including Anita Ekberg, Zlatan Ibrahimović, and Magnus I of Sweden. Additionaly, 26 globally memorable people have passed away in Malmö including Charles XV of Sweden, Per Wahlöö, and Ingvar Wixell.
1931 - 2015
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 1
1981 - Present
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 2
1106 - 1134
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 3
1718 - 1793
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 4
1885 - 1946
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 5
1616 - 1680
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 6
1949 - 2022
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 7
1930 - 1997
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 8
1931 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 9
1585 - 1629
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 10
1929 - 2015
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 11
1944 - 2023
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 12
1922 - 1973
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 20
1921 - 2004
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 26
1952 - 2017
HPI: 39.52
Rank: 33
1992 - Present
HPI: 32.09
Rank: 40
1999 - Present
HPI: 30.37
Rank: 43
1985 - Present
HPI: 30.10
Rank: 44
1999 - Present
HPI: 29.43
Rank: 45
2002 - Present
HPI: 28.02
Rank: 50
1980 - Present
HPI: 26.83
Rank: 52
1996 - Present
HPI: 26.02
Rank: 53
1998 - Present
HPI: 23.70
Rank: 55
1826 - 1872
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 1
1926 - 1975
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 2
1931 - 2011
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 3
1929 - 2015
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 4
1944 - 2023
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 5
1895 - 1958
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 6
1922 - 2017
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 7
1922 - 2003
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 8
1872 - 1947
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 9
1927 - 2002
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 10
1886 - 1958
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 11
1917 - 2009
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 12
1922 - 2017
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 7
1898 - 1983
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 14
1922 - 1973
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 16
1901 - 1982
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 19
1887 - 1933
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 21
1888 - 1973
HPI: 43.77
Rank: 23
1921 - 2004
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 24
Most individuals born in present day Malmö were soccer players (27), actors (3), politicians (3), wrestlers (3), and musicians (3), while most who died were soccer players (8), athletes (4), gymnasts (4), wrestlers (3), and writers (2).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Malmö, including Zlatan Ibrahimović, Ronnie Hellström, and Karl-Erik Palmér. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Malmö, including Zlatan Ibrahimović, Ronnie Hellström, and Karl-Erik Palmér.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 16 globally memorable people born in Malmö since 1700.