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Braunschweig (deu)

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Braunschweig ranks 378th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Versailles, Yvelines, Fez, Morocco, and Bonn. Memorable people born in Braunschweig include Carl Friedrich Gauss, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor. Memorable people who died in Braunschweig include Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Henry the Lion, and Richard Dedekind. Braunschweig has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Braunschweig is located in Germany.

Braunschweig or Brunswick is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser. In 2016, it had a population of 250,704 and in 2024, it has a population of 272,417. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1060 and 1997, Braunschweig was the birth place of 36 globally memorable people, including Carl Friedrich Gauss, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor. Additionaly, 26 globally memorable people have passed away in Braunschweig including Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Henry the Lion, and Richard Dedekind.

People Born in Braunschweig

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Braunschweig were politicians (10), soccer players (4), military personnels (3), mathematicians (2), and companions (2),  while most who died were politicians (8), writers (3), military personnels (3), noblemen (3), and philosophers (2).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Braunschweig, including Willi Giesemann, Robin Knoche, and Alexander Madlung. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Braunschweig, including Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Otto Grotewohl, and Caroline of Brunswick.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 23 globally memorable people born in Braunschweig since 1700.