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Zagreb ranks 71st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Dallas, Pittsburgh, and Saitama Prefecture. Memorable people born in Zagreb include Aloysius Stepinac, Stjepan Radić, and Miroslav Krleža. 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 politicians 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 urban agglomeration is slightly above one million people. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 1811 and 2002, Zagreb was the birth place of 127 globally memorable people, including Aloysius Stepinac, Stjepan Radić, and Miroslav Krleža. Additionaly, 74 globally memorable people have passed away in Zagreb including Franjo Tuđman, Josip Jelačić, and Andrija Mohorovičić.

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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.

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