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Budapest (hun)

Hungary

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Budapest ranks 10th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Chicago, Vienna, and Berlin. Memorable people born in Budapest include Ferenc Puskás, George Soros, and John von Neumann. Memorable people who died in Budapest include Ernő Gerő, Lajos Maszlay, and Endre Ady. Budapest has been the birth place of many athletes, and soccer players and the death place of many soccer players, and politicians. Budapest is located in Hungary.

Budapest is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the tenth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the river Danube. The estimated population of the city in 2025 is 1,782,240. This includes the city's population and surrounding suburban areas, over a land area of about 525 square kilometres. Budapest, which is both a city and municipality, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of 7,626 square kilometres and a population of 3,019,479. It is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2003, Budapest was the birth place of 542 globally memorable people, including Ferenc Puskás, George Soros, and John von Neumann. Additionaly, 356 globally memorable people have passed away in Budapest including Ernő Gerő, Lajos Maszlay, and Endre Ady.

People Born in Budapest

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Budapest were athletes (120), soccer players (69), politicians (40), fencers (35), and swimmers (28),  while most who died were soccer players (63), politicians (61), athletes (59), writers (34), and fencers (17).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Budapest, including Ferenc Mohácsi, Miklós Németh, and Éva Székely. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Budapest, including Ibolya Csák, Rudolf Bauer, and Ferenc Mohácsi.

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Overlapping Lives

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