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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.

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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.