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Rijeka ranks 405th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kiel, Bradford, and Santander, Spain. Memorable people born in Rijeka include Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, and Robert Ludvigovich Bartini. Memorable people who died in Rijeka include Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria. Rijeka has been the birth place of many soccer players and athletes and the death place of many military personnels. Rijeka is located in Croatia.

Rijeka, also known as Fiume, is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia. It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea and in 2021 had a population of 108,622 inhabitants. Historically, because of its strategic position and its excellent deep-water port, the city was fiercely contested, especially between the Holy Roman Empire, Italy and Croatia, changing rulers and demographics many times over centuries. According to the 2011 census data, the majority of its citizens are Croats, along with small numbers of Serbs, Bosniaks and Italians. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 1832 and 1993, Rijeka was the birth place of 29 globally memorable people, including Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, and Robert Ludvigovich Bartini. Additionaly, 1 globally memorable people have passed away in Rijeka including Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria.

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Most individuals born in present day Rijeka were soccer players (11), athletes (4), handball players (3), basketball players (2), and psychologists (1),  while most who died were military personnels (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Rijeka, including Mladen Mladenović, Šime Vrsaljko, and Boško Balaban. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Rijeka, including Mario Varglien, Mladen Mladenović, and Šime Vrsaljko.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Rijeka since 1700.