48.1447° N, 17.1128° E

BRATISLAVA

Most Famous People Born in Bratislava, Slovakia

Notable people
943
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1958
Most distinctive
Rabbi 8.5×

Old Pressburg has a character split between the Danube and the ice rink — a Canoe, Hockey and Skater bench all running several times the global baseline, fed by the river and the old Slovan arena. The outsized Composer signal is the quieter inheritance, from Hummel and the Esterházy court musicians who cycled through on their way between Vienna and Budapest.

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What Bratislava Is Known For

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Football is Bratislava's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (146).

Bratislava over-indexes on rabbi 8.5× the global rate.

Bratislava under-produces politician — only 0.7× the global rate.

  1. Football 146 1.4×
  2. Politician 77 0.7×
  3. Hockey 75 6.7×
  4. Player 58 3.1×
  5. Actor 47 0.9×
  6. Basket 30 2.5×
  7. Composer 26 2.1×
  8. Singer 24 1.2×
  1. Rabbi 9 8.5×
  2. Canoe 12 7.0×
  3. Hockey 75 6.7×
  4. Skater 15 6.6×
  5. Player 58 3.1×
  6. Swimmer 12 2.6×
  7. Basket 30 2.5×
  8. Composer 26 2.1×
  1. Politician 77 0.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Bratislava's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

1800 1850 1900 1950 2000
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  • Politics & Law
  • Music
  • Film & TV
  • Writing
  • Science
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Showing 14 of 943 notable people

0082 PHYSICIAN

Bernard Jean Bettelheim

1811 - 1870

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0148 RABBI

Samuel Benjamin Sofer

1815 - 1871

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0157 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Flóris Rómer

1815 - 1889

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0226 LITERARY

Leopold Dukes

1810 - 1891

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0292 DENTIST

Adolf Zsigmondy

1816 - 1880

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0318 THEOLOGIAN

Georg Gustav Roskoff

1814 - 1889

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0375 TEACHER

Albert Cohn (scholar)

1814 - 1877

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0385 POLITICIAN

György Majláth (1818–1883)

1818 - 1883

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0624 PRIEST

Karl Heiller

1811 - 1889

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0654 POLITICIAN

Ferenc Zichy (diplomat)

1811 - 1900

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0697 MARSCHALL

Friedrich von Bianchi

1812 - 1865

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0710 PHYSICIAN

Ignác Schlesinger

1810 - 1849

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0731 DESIGNER

Ludovicus Piglhein

1814 - 1876

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0916 RABBI

Yozef Yozpa Sofer

1819 - 1883

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