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Pretoria (zaf)

South Africa

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Pretoria ranks 395th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bangalore, Taipei, and Hollywood, Los Angeles. Memorable people born in Pretoria include Elon Musk, Michael Levitt, and Max Theiler. Memorable people who died in Pretoria include Steve Biko, Rudolph Lewis, and Marais Viljoen. Pretoria has been the birth place of many athletes, and swimmers and the death place of many politicians, and boxers. Pretoria is located in South Africa.

Pretoria is the administrative capital of South Africa, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to the country. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2004, Pretoria was the birth place of 40 globally memorable people, including Elon Musk, Michael Levitt, and Max Theiler. Additionaly, 19 globally memorable people have passed away in Pretoria including Steve Biko, Rudolph Lewis, and Marais Viljoen.

People Born in Pretoria

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People Deceased in Pretoria

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Pretoria were athletes (6), swimmers (4), cyclists (3), biologists (2), and actors (2),  while most who died were politicians (9), boxers (2), social activists (1), cyclists (1), and archaeologists (1).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Pretoria, including Daphne Hasenjäger, Karin Melis Mey, and Lawrence Brittain. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Pretoria, including Daphne Hasenjäger, Karin Melis Mey, and Lawrence Brittain.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 12 globally memorable people born in Pretoria since 1700.