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Bruges (bel)

Belgium

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Bruges ranks 445th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Jersey City, New Jersey, Haifa, and Groningen. Memorable people born in Bruges include Philip I of Castile, Simon Stevin, and Matilda of Flanders. Memorable people who died in Bruges include Jan van Eyck, Philip the Good, and Hans Memling. Bruges has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many painters, and politicians. Bruges is located in Belgium.

Bruges is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country. It is the sixth most populous city in the country. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1031 and 2001, Bruges was the birth place of 39 globally memorable people, including Philip I of Castile, Simon Stevin, and Matilda of Flanders. Additionaly, 18 globally memorable people have passed away in Bruges including Jan van Eyck, Philip the Good, and Hans Memling.

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Bruges were soccer players (8), athletes (7), painters (5), politicians (3), and mathematicians (3),  while most who died were painters (9), politicians (4), philosophers (1), religious figures (1), and composers (1).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Bruges, including Philip Milanov, Edgar Iro, and Sandrine Billiet. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Bruges, including Raoul Lambert, Louis Versyp, and Hector Goetinck.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 11 globally memorable people born in Bruges since 1700.