Timișoara ranks 574th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Santa Fe, Argentina, Avignon, and Flint, Michigan. Memorable people born in Timișoara include Ion Ivanovici, Ștefan Kovács, and Iolanda Balaș. Memorable people who died in Timișoara include György Dózsa, Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia, and Beatrice of Luxembourg. Timișoara has been the birth place of many soccer players and athletes and the death place of many soccer players and politicians. Timișoara is located in Romania.
Timișoara is the capital city of Timiș County, Banat, and the main economic, social and cultural centre in Western Romania. Located on the Bega River, Timișoara is considered the informal capital city of the historical Banat region. From 1848 to 1860 it was the capital of the Serbian Vojvodina and the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar. With 250,849 inhabitants at the 2021 census, Timișoara is the country's fifth most populous city. It is home to around 400,000 inhabitants in its metropolitan area, while the Timișoara–Arad metropolis concentrates more than 70% of the population of Timiș and Arad counties. Timișoara is a multicultural city, home to 21 ethnic groups and 18 religious denominations. Historically, the most numerous were the Swabian Germans, Jews and Hungarians, who still make up 6% of the population here. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1845 and 1995, Timișoara was the birth place of 21 globally memorable people, including Ion Ivanovici, Ștefan Kovács, and Iolanda Balaș. Additionaly, 8 globally memorable people have passed away in Timișoara including György Dózsa, Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia, and Beatrice of Luxembourg.
1845 - 1902
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 1
1920 - 1995
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 2
1936 - 2016
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 3
1892 - 1978
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 4
1897 - 1973
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 5
1854 - 1924
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 6
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 7
1942 - 2006
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 8
1908 - 1980
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 9
1975 - Present
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 10
1906 - 1996
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 11
1901 - 1993
HPI: 46.84
Rank: 12
1470 - 1514
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 1
1806 - 1885
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 2
1305 - 1319
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 3
1911 - 1977
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 4
1909 - 1937
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 5
1908 - 1980
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 6
1911 - 1994
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 7
1967 - 2017
HPI: 32.29
Rank: 8
Most individuals born in present day Timișoara were soccer players (11), athletes (2), writers (2), composers (1), and historians (1), while most who died were soccer players (4), politicians (3), and chess players (1).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Timișoara, including Cosmin Contra, Gabriel Torje, and Paul Codrea. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Timișoara, including Ștefan Kovács, Rudolf Bürger, and Cosmin Contra.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 15 globally memorable people born in Timișoara since 1700.