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Berlin (deu)

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Berlin ranks 9th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Rome, Chicago, and Vienna. The most famous people from Berlin are Frederick the Great, Marlene Dietrich, and Alexander von Humboldt. The most famous people who died in Berlin are Joseph Goebbels, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, and Rosa Luxemburg. Berlin has been the birth place of many politicians, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Berlin is located in Germany.

Berlin is the capital of Germany, as well as its largest city by both area and population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the highest population within its city limits of any city in the European Union. The city is also one of the states of Germany, being the third-smallest state in the country by area. Berlin is surrounded by the state of Brandenburg, and Brandenburg's capital Potsdam is nearby. The urban area of Berlin has a population of over 4.6 million, making it the most populous in Germany. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr region, as well as the fifth-biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2008, Berlin was the birth place of 531 globally memorable people, including Frederick the Great, Marlene Dietrich, and Alexander von Humboldt. Additionaly, 518 globally memorable people have passed away in Berlin including Joseph Goebbels, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, and Rosa Luxemburg.

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Berlin were politicians (68), athletes (61), actors (49), writers (35), and soccer players (31),  while most who died were politicians (92), writers (52), biologists (35), military personnels (32), and actors (29).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Berlin, including Karl-Friedrich Haas, Jörg Lucke, and Andreas Krieger. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Berlin, including Frederick the Great, Frederick William I of Prussia, and Baldur von Schirach.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Berlin since 1700.