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Canberra (aus)

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Canberra ranks 1,210th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Hitchin, Slough, and Salerno. Memorable people born in Canberra include Alex O'Loughlin, Mia Wasikowska, and Josip Šimunić. Memorable people who died in Canberra include Colin Groves, John Curtin, and Mark Oliphant. Canberra has been the birth place of many athletes, and actors and the death place of many politicians, and archaeologists. Canberra is located in Australia.

Canberra is the capital city of Australia and the capital and largest city of the Australian Capital Territory. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city, and the eighth-largest Australian city by population. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory at the northern tip of the Australian Alps, the country's highest mountain range. As of June 2024, Canberra's estimated population was 473,855. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2005, Canberra was the birth place of 22 globally memorable people, including Alex O'Loughlin, Mia Wasikowska, and Josip Šimunić. Additionaly, 6 globally memorable people have passed away in Canberra including Colin Groves, John Curtin, and Mark Oliphant.

People Born in Canberra

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Canberra were athletes (8), actors (3), soccer players (3), cyclists (3), and basketball players (1),  while most who died were politicians (2), archaeologists (1), physicists (1), biologists (1), and writers (1).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Canberra, including Caleb Antill, Andrew Charter, and Kiri Tontodonati. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Canberra, including Luke Letcher, Caleb Antill, and Andrew Charter.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Canberra since 1700.