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Faroe Islands

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Faroe Islands ranks 144th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Monaco, The Bahamas, and Rwanda. Memorable people born in present day Faroe Islands include Niels Ryberg Finsen, William Heinesen, and Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb. Memorable people who died in Faroe Islands include William Heinesen, Naddodd, and Sigmundur Brestisson. Faroe Islands has been the birth place of many soccer players, and writers and the death place of many writers, and explorers.

The Faroe or Faeroe Islands, or simply the Faroes, are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. The official language of the country is Faroese, which is closely related to and partially mutually intelligible with Icelandic. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1819 and 1997, present day Faroe Islands was the birth place of 28 globally memorable people, including Niels Ryberg Finsen, William Heinesen, and Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb. Additionaly, 8 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Faroe Islands including William Heinesen, Naddodd, and Sigmundur Brestisson.

People Born in Present Day Faroe Islands

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People Deceased in Present Day Faroe Islands

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Faroe Islands were soccer players (10), writers (8), politicians (4), singers (2), and physicians (1),  while most who died were writers (4), explorers (2), religious figures (1), and politicians (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Faroe Islands, including Aksel V. Johannesen, Abraham Løkin, and Jens Martin Knudsen. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Faroe Islands, including Aksel V. Johannesen, Abraham Løkin, and Jens Martin Knudsen.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 9 globally memorable people born in present day Faroe Islands since 1700.