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.
1898 - 1960
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 1
1871 - 1928
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 2
1893 - 1981
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 3
1966 - Present
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 4
1933 - 1994
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 5
1923 - 2010
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 6
1957 - Present
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 7
1929 - 1988
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 8
1923 - 1998
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 9
1948 - 1995
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 10
1955 - 2021
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 11
1970 - Present
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 12
1930 - 2007
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 25
1811 - 1872
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 29
1963 - Present
HPI: 38.33
Rank: 58
1973 - Present
HPI: 34.26
Rank: 76
1998 - Present
HPI: 30.73
Rank: 93
2002 - Present
HPI: 30.52
Rank: 94
1996 - Present
HPI: 29.72
Rank: 99
1998 - Present
HPI: 28.79
Rank: 102
1993 - Present
HPI: 28.60
Rank: 103
1995 - Present
HPI: 24.62
Rank: 117
1994 - Present
HPI: 18.72
Rank: 124
1995 - Present
HPI: 17.96
Rank: 126
1922 - 1999
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 1
1801 - 1859
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 2
1857 - 1936
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 3
1935 - 2023
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 4
1881 - 1968
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 5
1871 - 1928
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 6
1936 - 2008
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 7
1924 - 2011
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 8
1809 - 1872
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 9
1878 - 1947
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 10
1924 - 2010
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 11
1538 - 1573
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 12
1538 - 1573
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 12
1889 - 1945
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 22
1943 - 2020
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 29
1928 - 2020
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 51
1944 - 2020
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 54
1811 - 1872
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 64
1935 - 2021
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 67
1885 - 1913
HPI: 44.51
Rank: 70
1933 - 1992
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 73
Most individuals born in present day Zagreb were soccer players (55), politicians (10), handball players (7), basketball players (6), and singers (6), while most who died were politicians (20), writers (14), soccer players (6), singers (5), and composers (5).
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.