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Assen (nld)

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Assen ranks 3,499th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ravensburg, Farnworth, and Tsarskoye Selo. The most famous people from Assen are Eppie Wietzes, Peter Hoekstra, and Inge Dekker. Assen has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes. Assen is located in Netherlands.

Assen is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands, and is the capital of the province of Drenthe. It received city rights in 1809. Assen is known for TT Circuit Assen, the motorcycle racing circuit, where on the last Sunday in June the Dutch TT is run; and also for the annual Assen Dance Festival. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1938 and 2001, Assen was the birth place of 10 globally memorable people, including Eppie Wietzes, Peter Hoekstra, and Inge Dekker.

People Born in Assen

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Assen were soccer players (5), athletes (2), racing drivers (1), swimmers (1), and cyclists (1),  while most who died were .

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Assen, including Peter Hoekstra, Sergio van Dijk, and Daley Sinkgraven. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Assen, including Peter Hoekstra, Sergio van Dijk, and Daley Sinkgraven.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Assen since 1700.