Basel
Basel ranks 165th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Lagos, Malmö, and New Delhi. Memorable people born in Basel include Leonhard Euler, Johann Bernoulli, and Arnold Böcklin. Memorable people who died in Basel include Erasmus, Karl Jaspers, and Daniel Bernoulli. Basel has been the birth place of many soccer players, and mathematicians and the death place of many writers, and mathematicians. Basel is located in Switzerland.
Basel, also known as Basle, is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the River Rhine. Basel is Switzerland's third-most-populous city, with 177,595 inhabitants within the city municipality limits. The official language of Basel is Swiss Standard German and the main spoken language is the local Basel German dialect. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 1999, Basel was the birth place of 75 globally memorable people, including Leonhard Euler, Johann Bernoulli, and Arnold Böcklin. Additionaly, 56 globally memorable people have passed away in Basel including Erasmus, Karl Jaspers, and Daniel Bernoulli.
People Born in Basel
Go to all RankingsLeonhard Euler
MATHEMATICIAN
1707 - 1783
HPI: 84.18
Rank: 1
Johann Bernoulli
MATHEMATICIAN
1667 - 1748
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 2
Arnold Böcklin
PAINTER
1827 - 1901
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 3
Jacob Burckhardt
HISTORIAN
1818 - 1897
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 4
K. Alex Müller
PHYSICIST
1927 - 2023
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 5
Karl Barth
WRITER
1886 - 1968
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 6
Jacob Bernoulli
MATHEMATICIAN
1654 - 1705
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 7
Auguste Piccard
PHYSICIST
1884 - 1962
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 8
Peter Zumthor
ARCHITECT
1943 - Present
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 9
Friedrich Miescher
PHYSICIAN
1844 - 1895
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 10
Johann Jakob Bachofen
HISTORIAN
1815 - 1887
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 11
Roger Federer
TENNIS PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Basel
Go to all RankingsWilhelm His Sr.
PHYSICIAN
1831 - 1904
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 39
Paolo Macchiarini
PHYSICIAN
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 42
Werner Leimgruber
SOCCER PLAYER
1934 - Present
HPI: 45.24
Rank: 50
George Gruntz
MUSICIAN
1932 - 2013
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 51
Lukas Ammann
ACTOR
1912 - 2017
HPI: 44.43
Rank: 53
Paul Meister
ATHLETE
1926 - 2018
HPI: 36.70
Rank: 61
Rebeka Masarova
TENNIS PLAYER
1999 - Present
HPI: 30.18
Rank: 67
Cedric Itten
SOCCER PLAYER
1996 - Present
HPI: 25.82
Rank: 69
Nicolas Wettstein
ATHLETE
1981 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 71
Benjamin Steffen
FENCER
1982 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 72
Shafiqua Maloney
ATHLETE
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 73
Melanie Santos
ATHLETE
1995 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 74
People Deceased in Basel
Go to all RankingsErasmus
PHILOSOPHER
1466 - 1536
HPI: 81.74
Rank: 1
Karl Jaspers
PHILOSOPHER
1883 - 1969
HPI: 76.18
Rank: 2
Daniel Bernoulli
PHYSICIST
1700 - 1782
HPI: 75.63
Rank: 3
Fritz Haber
CHEMIST
1868 - 1934
HPI: 74.67
Rank: 4
Johann Bernoulli
MATHEMATICIAN
1667 - 1748
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 5
Jacob Burckhardt
HISTORIAN
1818 - 1897
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 6
Jean Arp
ARTIST
1886 - 1966
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 7
Karl Barth
WRITER
1886 - 1968
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 8
Jacob Bernoulli
MATHEMATICIAN
1654 - 1705
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 9
Tadeusz Reichstein
CHEMIST
1897 - 1996
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 10
Johann Jakob Balmer
PHYSICIST
1825 - 1898
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 11
Pierre Louis Maupertuis
MATHEMATICIAN
1698 - 1759
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Basel
Go to all RankingsMarta Hillers
JOURNALIST
1911 - 2001
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 34
Urs Graf
PAINTER
1485 - 1528
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 39
Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper
BIOLOGIST
1856 - 1901
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 44
Simeon Bavier
POLITICIAN
1825 - 1896
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 45
Walther von Wartburg
LINGUIST
1888 - 1971
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 46
Konrad von Würzburg
WRITER
1225 - 1287
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 52
Paul Barth
ATHLETE
1921 - 1974
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 55
Alfred Probst
ATHLETE
1894 - 1958
HPI: 42.41
Rank: 56
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Basel were soccer players (15), mathematicians (8), politicians (6), athletes (6), and physicists (4), while most who died were writers (10), mathematicians (6), politicians (5), painters (4), and philosophers (3).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Basel, including Murat Yakin, Hakan Yakin, and Granit Xhaka. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Basel, including Leopold Kielholz, Murat Yakin, and Hakan Yakin.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Basel since 1700.