Bonn
Bonn ranks 450th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Italy, Brighton, and Fujieda, Shizuoka. Memorable people born in Bonn include Ludwig van Beethoven, Paul Schäfer, and Moses Hess. Memorable people who died in Bonn include Robert Schumann, Heinrich Hertz, and Rudolf Clausius. Bonn has been the birth place of many composers and businesspeople and the death place of many politicians and physicists. Bonn is located in Germany.
Bonn is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. It has a population of over 300,000. About 24 km (15 mi) south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region, Germany's largest metropolitan area and the second biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union, with over 11 million inhabitants. It is a university city, was the birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven and was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990. Bonn was the seat of government of reunited Germany from 1990 to 1999. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1740 and 1997, Bonn was the birth place of 27 globally memorable people, including Ludwig van Beethoven, Paul Schäfer, and Moses Hess. Additionaly, 52 globally memorable people have passed away in Bonn including Robert Schumann, Heinrich Hertz, and Rudolf Clausius. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Bonn than were born there.
People Born in Bonn
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Ludwig van Beethoven
1770 - 1827
HPI: 95.23
Rank: 1
Paul Schäfer
1921 - 2010
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 2
Moses Hess
1812 - 1875
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 3
Ferdinand Ries
1784 - 1838
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 4
Johann van Beethoven
1740 - 1792
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 5
Johann Wilhelm Hittorf
1824 - 1914
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 6
Walter Gotell
1924 - 1997
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 7
Hans Riegel
1923 - 2013
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 8
Juan José Linz
1926 - 2013
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 9
E. F. Schumacher
1911 - 1977
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 10
Thomas de Maizière
1954 - Present
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 11
Peter Joseph Lenné
1789 - 1866
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Bonn
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Hermann Josef Abs
1901 - 1994
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 15
Peter Wohlleben
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 16
David Kopp
1979 - Present
HPI: 29.69
Rank: 24
People Deceased in Bonn
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Robert Schumann
1810 - 1856
HPI: 81.35
Rank: 1
Heinrich Hertz
1857 - 1894
HPI: 77.14
Rank: 2
Rudolf Clausius
1822 - 1888
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 3
Ludwig Erhard
1897 - 1977
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 4
August Kekulé
1829 - 1896
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 5
Maximilian von Weichs
1881 - 1954
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 6
August Wilhelm Schlegel
1767 - 1845
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 7
Wilhelm Marx
1863 - 1946
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 8
Wolfgang Paul
1913 - 1993
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 9
Heinrich Lübke
1894 - 1972
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 10
Felix Hausdorff
1868 - 1942
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 11
Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander
1799 - 1875
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Bonn
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Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann
1785 - 1860
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 50
Gisela Arendt
1918 - 1969
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 51
Rudolf Thurneysen
1857 - 1940
HPI: 37.97
Rank: 52
Most individuals born in present day Bonn were composers (3), businesspeople (2), politicians (2), geologists (2), and writers (2), while most who died were politicians (17), physicists (6), military personnels (4), mathematicians (4), and composers (3).
Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Bonn, including Thomas de Maizière and Julia Reda. Whereas, throughout history, composers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Bonn, including Ludwig van Beethoven, Ferdinand Ries, and Johann van Beethoven.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 14 globally memorable people born in Bonn since 1700.
