Cologne ranks 99th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Baghdad, Geneva, and Shizuoka (city). Memorable people born in Cologne include Jacques Offenbach, Konrad Adenauer, and Heinrich Böll. Memorable people who died in Cologne include Albertus Magnus, Nikolaus Otto, and Marie de' Medici. Cologne has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians and the death place of many religious figures and soccer players. Cologne is located in Germany.
Cologne is the largest city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the Cologne Bonn urban region. Cologne is also part of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, the second biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. Centered on the left (west) bank of the Rhine, Cologne is about 35 km (22 mi) southeast of the North Rhine-Westphalia state capital Düsseldorf and 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Bonn, the former capital of West Germany. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 15 and 1999, Cologne was the birth place of 93 globally memorable people, including Jacques Offenbach, Konrad Adenauer, and Heinrich Böll. Additionaly, 61 globally memorable people have passed away in Cologne including Albertus Magnus, Nikolaus Otto, and Marie de' Medici.
1819 - 1880
HPI: 77.67
Rank: 1
1876 - 1967
HPI: 77.27
Rank: 2
1917 - 1985
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 3
15 - 59
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 4
1938 - 1988
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 5
1874 - 1940
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 6
1486 - 1535
HPI: 68.14
Rank: 7
1030 - 1101
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 8
1838 - 1920
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 9
1552 - 1615
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 10
1863 - 1946
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 11
1911 - 1978
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 12
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 49
1941 - 2020
HPI: 45.22
Rank: 55
1956 - Present
HPI: 44.81
Rank: 57
1851 - 1930
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 58
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 60
1900 - 1998
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 61
1891 - 1973
HPI: 43.77
Rank: 62
1912 - 1970
HPI: 43.17
Rank: 63
1924 - 2010
HPI: 39.13
Rank: 71
1965 - Present
HPI: 37.63
Rank: 74
1962 - Present
HPI: 34.59
Rank: 76
1999 - Present
HPI: 26.39
Rank: 90
1206 - 1280
HPI: 76.17
Rank: 1
1832 - 1891
HPI: 74.92
Rank: 2
1575 - 1642
HPI: 73.80
Rank: 3
1265 - 1308
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 4
400 - 383
HPI: 70.90
Rank: 5
1000 - 1048
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 6
1810 - 1882
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 7
1900 - 1953
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 8
1902 - 1958
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 9
1883 - 1931
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 10
1935 - 2015
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 11
1929 - 2009
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 12
960 - 1015
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 32
1882 - 1962
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 37
1805 - 1867
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 47
1803 - 1890
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 48
1919 - 2007
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 50
1941 - 2020
HPI: 45.22
Rank: 51
1890 - 1943
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 57
1956 - 2012
HPI: 35.70
Rank: 60
Most individuals born in present day Cologne were soccer players (17), politicians (13), writers (7), actors (6), and cyclists (5), while most who died were religious figures (6), soccer players (6), politicians (5), painters (5), and composers (4).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Cologne, including Heinz Flohe, Fritz Herkenrath, and Herbert Neumann. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Cologne, including Heinz Flohe, Fritz Herkenrath, and Herbert Neumann.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Cologne since 1700.