Thessaloniki ranks 214th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Córdoba, Spain, Kingston, Jamaica, and Brno. Memorable people born in Thessaloniki include Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Demetrius of Thessaloniki, and Galla Placidia. Memorable people who died in Thessaloniki include George I of Greece, Licinius, and Demetrius of Thessaloniki. Thessaloniki has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians and the death place of many politicians and companions. Thessaloniki is located in Greece.
Thessaloniki, also known as Thessalonica, Saloniki, Salonika, Salonicco, 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
Between 450 BC and 2002, Thessaloniki was the birth place of 50 globally memorable people, including Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Demetrius of Thessaloniki, and Galla Placidia. Additionaly, 24 globally memorable people have passed away in Thessaloniki including George I of Greece, Licinius, and Demetrius of Thessaloniki.
1881 - 1938
HPI: 88.95
Rank: 1
270 - 306
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 2
388 - 450
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 3
1902 - 1963
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 4
1956 - Present
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 5
1929 - 2022
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 6
305 BC - 248 BC
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 7
1322 - 1391
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 8
450 BC - 365 BC
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 9
1874 - 1939
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 10
1908 - 1985
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 11
5 - 100
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 12
1874 - 1939
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 10
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 26
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.75
Rank: 28
1962 - Present
HPI: 43.09
Rank: 30
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 31
2002 - Present
HPI: 21.36
Rank: 50
1845 - 1913
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 1
263 - 325
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 2
270 - 306
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 3
1296 - 1359
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 4
1277 - 1320
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 5
1370 - 1408
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 6
1168 - 1207
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 7
1876 - 1917
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 8
998 - 1043
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 9
1180 - 1253
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 10
1306 - 1365
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 11
300 - 315
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 12
Most individuals born in present day Thessaloniki were soccer players (12), politicians (10), religious figures (8), basketball players (4), and writers (2), while most who died were politicians (13), companions (3), religious figures (2), 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.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 9 globally memorable people born in Thessaloniki since 1700.