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Split, Croatia ranks 103rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Antwerp, The Hague, and Zürich. Memorable people born in Split, Croatia include Pope Caius, Marko Marulić, and Franz von Suppé. Memorable people who died in Split, Croatia include Diocletian, Erasmus of Formia, and Marko Marulić. Split, Croatia has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many soccer players, and politicians. Split, Croatia is located in Croatia.

Split, historically known as Spalato, is the second-largest city of Croatia, after the capital Zagreb, the largest city in Dalmatia and the largest city on the Croatian coast. It lies on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea and is spread over a central peninsula and its surroundings. An intraregional transport hub and popular tourist destination, the city is linked to the Adriatic islands and the Apennine Peninsula. More than 900,000 tourists visit it each year. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 250 and 2003, Split, Croatia was the birth place of 107 globally memorable people, including Pope Caius, Marko Marulić, and Franz von Suppé. Additionaly, 18 globally memorable people have passed away in Split, Croatia including Diocletian, Erasmus of Formia, and Marko Marulić.

People Born in Split, Croatia

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People Deceased in Split, Croatia

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Split, Croatia were soccer players (48), athletes (13), basketball players (8), singers (8), and tennis players (7),  while most who died were soccer players (8), politicians (3), athletes (2), religious figures (1), and writers (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Split, Croatia, including Slaven Bilić, Ivan Perišić, and Ivica Šurjak. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Split, Croatia, including Slaven Bilić, Ivan Perišić, and Ivica Šurjak.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 19 globally memorable people born in Split, Croatia since 1700.