Occupation

HANDBALL PLAYERS

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With 420 biographies, Handball Players are the 41st most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Coaches, Chess Players, and Inventors.

People

Pantheon has 556 people classified as handball players born between 1908 and 2002. Of these 556, 516 (92.81%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living handball players include Veselin Vujović, Talant Duyshebaev, and Abaz Arslanagić. The most famous deceased handball players include Franz Brunner, Gheorghe Gruia, and Ștefan Birtalan. As of April 2024, 38 new handball players have been added to Pantheon including Emil Nielsen, Daniel Dujshebaev, and Luc Steins.

Living Handball Players

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Deceased Handball Players

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Newly Added Handball Players (2025)

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Places

Most handball players were born in Denmark (56), Sweden (49), and Norway (47). By city, the most common birth places were Oslo (12), Podgorica (9), and Gothenburg (8).

Places Over Time

The earliest biographies classified as handball players in Pantheon are Wilhelm Müller, Fritz Spengler, and Max Bloesch.  The concentration of handball players was largest during the Television Era, which lasted from 1950 to 1989. Some birth or death locations for earlier handball players are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.

Lifespans

Which Handball Players were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 24 most globally memorable Handball Players since 1700.