Bonn
Bonn ranks 377th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Yekaterinburg, Versailles, Yvelines, and Fez, Morocco. The most famous people from Bonn are Ludwig van Beethoven, Moses Hess, and Johann van Beethoven. The most famous people who died in Bonn are Robert Schumann, Heinrich Hertz, and August Kekulé. Bonn has been the birth place of many composers, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and physicists. Bonn is located in Germany.
Bonn, officially the Federal City of Bonn, is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about 24 km (15 mi) south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1740 and 1997, Bonn was the birth place of 39 globally memorable people, including Ludwig van Beethoven, Moses Hess, and Johann van Beethoven. Additionaly, 64 globally memorable people have passed away in Bonn including Robert Schumann, Heinrich Hertz, and August Kekulé. 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
COMPOSER
1770 - 1827
HPI: 96.89
Rank: 1
Moses Hess
PHILOSOPHER
1812 - 1875
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 2
Johann van Beethoven
COMPOSER
1740 - 1792
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 3
Paul Schäfer
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1921 - 2010
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 4
Ferdinand Ries
COMPOSER
1784 - 1838
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 5
Juan José Linz
SOCIOLOGIST
1926 - 2013
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 6
Johann Wilhelm Hittorf
PHYSICIST
1824 - 1914
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 7
Walter Gotell
ACTOR
1924 - 1997
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 8
Hans Riegel
BUSINESSPERSON
1923 - 2013
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 9
E. F. Schumacher
ECONOMIST
1911 - 1977
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 10
Thomas de Maizière
POLITICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 11
Ferdinand Zirkel
GEOLOGIST
1838 - 1912
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Bonn
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Alexander Koch
ATHLETE
1969 - Present
HPI: 43.24
Rank: 29
Sonja Fuss
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 37.89
Rank: 34
Marc Zwiebler
BADMINTON PLAYER
1984 - Present
HPI: 36.13
Rank: 36
People Deceased in Bonn
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Robert Schumann
COMPOSER
1810 - 1856
HPI: 84.50
Rank: 1
Heinrich Hertz
PHYSICIST
1857 - 1894
HPI: 82.34
Rank: 2
August Kekulé
CHEMIST
1829 - 1896
HPI: 79.36
Rank: 3
Rudolf Clausius
PHYSICIST
1822 - 1888
HPI: 76.74
Rank: 4
Ludwig Erhard
BUSINESSPERSON
1897 - 1977
HPI: 75.70
Rank: 5
August Wilhelm Schlegel
WRITER
1767 - 1845
HPI: 72.59
Rank: 6
Maximilian von Weichs
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1881 - 1954
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 7
Wolfgang Paul
PHYSICIST
1913 - 1993
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 8
Wilhelm Marx
POLITICIAN
1863 - 1946
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 9
Princess Viktoria of Prussia
COMPANION
1866 - 1929
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 10
Heinrich Lübke
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1972
HPI: 70.85
Rank: 11
Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander
ASTRONOMER
1799 - 1875
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Bonn were composers (4), athletes (4), politicians (3), musicians (3), and soccer players (3), while most who died were politicians (20), physicists (6), mathematicians (6), military personnels (5), and writers (4).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Bonn, including Alexander Koch, Konstanze Klosterhalfen, and Max Rendschmidt. Whereas, throughout history, composers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Bonn, including Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann van Beethoven, and Ferdinand Ries.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 18 globally memorable people born in Bonn since 1700.
