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Thessaloniki ranks 210th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Delhi, Nashville, Tennessee, and Bogotá. Memorable people born in Thessaloniki include Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Demetrius of Thessaloniki, and Galla Placidia. Memorable people who died in Thessaloniki include Licinius, George I of Greece, and Demetrius of Thessaloniki. Thessaloniki has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures. Thessaloniki is located in Greece.

Thessaloniki, also known as Thessalonica, Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece, with slightly over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of Macedonia, the administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace. It is also known in Greek as "η Συμπρωτεύουσα", literally "the co-capital", a reference to its historical status as the Συμβασιλεύουσα or "co-reigning" city of the Byzantine Empire alongside Constantinople. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 450 BC and 2002, Thessaloniki was the birth place of 68 globally memorable people, including Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Demetrius of Thessaloniki, and Galla Placidia. Additionaly, 28 globally memorable people have passed away in Thessaloniki including Licinius, George I of Greece, and Demetrius of Thessaloniki.

People Born in Thessaloniki

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People Deceased in Thessaloniki

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Thessaloniki were soccer players (14), politicians (13), religious figures (10), athletes (9), and writers (4),  while most who died were politicians (15), religious figures (3), companions (3), writers (2), and social activists (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Thessaloniki, including Alketas Panagoulias, Traianos Dellas, and Giorgos Koudas. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Thessaloniki, including Alketas Panagoulias, Traianos Dellas, and Giorgos Koudas.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 11 globally memorable people born in Thessaloniki since 1700.