Groningen
Groningen ranks 444th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Chelyabinsk, Jersey City, New Jersey, and Haifa. The most famous people from Groningen are Daniel Bernoulli, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, and Johan Huizinga. The most famous people who died in Groningen are Adriaan Blaauw, Franciscus Gomarus, and Albert Eckhout. Groningen has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many astronomers, and philosophers. Groningen is located in Netherlands.
People
Between 1534 and 2004, Groningen was the birth place of 38 globally memorable people, including Daniel Bernoulli, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, and Johan Huizinga. Additionaly, 6 globally memorable people have passed away in Groningen including Adriaan Blaauw, Franciscus Gomarus, and Albert Eckhout.
People Born in Groningen
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Daniel Bernoulli
PHYSICIST
1700 - 1782
HPI: 80.97
Rank: 1
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
PHYSICIST
1853 - 1926
HPI: 78.07
Rank: 2
Johan Huizinga
HISTORIAN
1872 - 1945
HPI: 74.64
Rank: 3
John Goodricke
ASTRONOMER
1764 - 1786
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 4
Geert Adriaans Boomgaard
POLITICIAN
1788 - 1899
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 5
Jozef Israëls
PAINTER
1824 - 1911
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 6
Dick Nanninga
SOCCER PLAYER
1949 - 2015
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 7
Roche Braziliano
PIRATE
1630 - 1671
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 8
Dirk Jan de Geer
POLITICIAN
1870 - 1960
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 9
Maarten Schmidt
ASTRONOMER
1929 - 2022
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 10
Albert Eckhout
PAINTER
1610 - 1666
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 11
Hendrik Willem Mesdag
PAINTER
1831 - 1915
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Groningen
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Nicolette Hellemans
ATHLETE
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 18
Niels van Steenis
ATHLETE
1969 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 21
Stephan Veen
HOCKEY PLAYER
1970 - Present
HPI: 38.70
Rank: 29
Jenning de Boo
SKATER
2004 - Present
HPI: 37.72
Rank: 33
Sophie Polkamp
ATHLETE
1984 - Present
HPI: 34.72
Rank: 35
Sofie Dokter
ATHLETE
2002 - Present
HPI: 34.62
Rank: 36
Arianne Hartono
TENNIS PLAYER
1996 - Present
HPI: 31.37
Rank: 38
People Deceased in Groningen
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Adriaan Blaauw
ASTRONOMER
1914 - 2010
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 1
Franciscus Gomarus
PHILOSOPHER
1563 - 1641
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 2
Albert Eckhout
PAINTER
1610 - 1666
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 3
Ubbo Emmius
HISTORIAN
1547 - 1625
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 4
Dirk Coster
PHYSICIST
1889 - 1950
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 5
Erwin Olaf
PHOTOGRAPHER
1959 - 2023
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 6
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Groningenwere soccer players (9), athletes (6), politicians (4), painters (3), and skaters (3), while most who died were astronomers (1), philosophers (1), painters (1), historians (1), and physicists (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Groningen, including Dick Nanninga, Hugo Hovenkamp, and Leandro Bacuna. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Groningen, including Dick Nanninga, Jaap Eden, and Hugo Hovenkamp.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 12 globally memorable people born in Groningen since 1700.
