Tuzla
Tuzla ranks 778th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Eindhoven, Prayagraj, and Miletus. Memorable people born in Tuzla include Biljana Plavšić, Meša Selimović, and Lepa Brena. Tuzla has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians. Tuzla is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Tuzla is the third-largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the administrative center of Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 110,979 inhabitants. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1910 and 1996, Tuzla was the birth place of 22 globally memorable people, including Biljana Plavšić, Meša Selimović, and Lepa Brena.
People Born in Tuzla
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Biljana Plavšić
POLITICIAN
1930 - Present
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 6
Meša Selimović
WRITER
1910 - 1982
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 20
Lepa Brena
SINGER
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 5
Mirza Delibašić
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1954 - 2001
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 21
Miralem Pjanić
SOCCER PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 3
Denis Bećirović
POLITICIAN
1975 - Present
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 11
Svetlana Kitić
HANDBALL PLAYER
1960 - Present
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 9
Andreja Pejić
MODEL
1991 - Present
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 10
Maya Sar
SINGER
1981 - Present
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 15
Zoran Pavlović
SOCCER PLAYER
1976 - Present
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 4
Andrea Petkovic
TENNIS PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 12
Damir Mulaomerović
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 13
Newly Added People Born in Tuzla
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Zorana Mihajlović
POLITICIAN
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 19
Mario Božić
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - 2023
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 18
Elmedin Kikanović
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1988 - Present
HPI: 33.85
Rank: 17
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Tuzla were soccer players (6), politicians (4), basketball players (4), singers (2), and tennis players (2), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Tuzla, including Miralem Pjanić, Zoran Pavlović, and Milan Đurić. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Tuzla, including Miralem Pjanić, Zoran Pavlović, and Milan Đurić.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Tuzla since 1700.
