Cultural Production in

Present Day

Zagreb (hrv)

Croatia

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Zagreb ranks 59th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Manhattan, The Bronx, and Kanagawa Prefecture. Memorable people born in Zagreb include Aloysius Stepinac, Miroslav Krleža, and Stjepan Radić. Memorable people who died in Zagreb include Franjo Tuđman, Josip Jelačić, and Andrija Mohorovičić. Zagreb has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Zagreb is located in Croatia.

Zagreb is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slovenia at an elevation of approximately 158 m (518 ft) above sea level. At the 2021 census, the city itself had a population of 767,131, while the population of Zagreb metropolitan area is 1,217,150. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2002, Zagreb was the birth place of 169 globally memorable people, including Aloysius Stepinac, Miroslav Krleža, and Stjepan Radić. Additionaly, 100 globally memorable people have passed away in Zagreb including Franjo Tuđman, Josip Jelačić, and Andrija Mohorovičić.

People Born in Zagreb

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People Deceased in Zagreb

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Zagreb were soccer players (63), athletes (21), politicians (14), basketball players (8), and writers (7),  while most who died were politicians (24), writers (17), soccer players (10), coaches (6), and athletes (6).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Zagreb, including Branko Zebec, Bernard Vukas, and Željko Čajkovski. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Zagreb, including Stjepan Bobek, Branko Zebec, and Zlatko Čajkovski.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Zagreb since 1700.