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Pretoria (zaf)

South Africa

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Pretoria ranks 395th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bangalore, Taipei, and Hollywood, Los Angeles. Memorable people born in Pretoria include Elon Musk, Max Theiler, and Glynis Johns. Memorable people who died in Pretoria include Steve Biko, Louis Botha, and Marais Viljoen. Pretoria has been the birth place of many cyclists, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and boxers. Pretoria is located in South Africa.

Pretoria, also known as Tshwane, is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1887 and 1992, Pretoria was the birth place of 34 globally memorable people, including Elon Musk, Max Theiler, and Glynis Johns. Additionaly, 17 globally memorable people have passed away in Pretoria including Steve Biko, Louis Botha, and Marais Viljoen.

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People Deceased in Pretoria

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Pretoria were cyclists (3), athletes (3), biologists (2), actors (2), and social activists (2),  while most who died were politicians (8), boxers (2), social activists (1), archaeologists (1), and companions (1).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Pretoria, including Daphne Hasenjäger, Karin Melis Mey, and Lawrence Brittain. Whereas, throughout history, cyclists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Pretoria, including Rudolph Lewis, Louis Meintjes, and Ashleigh Moolman Pasio.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 12 globally memorable people born in Pretoria since 1700.