Dalian
Dalian ranks 923rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Montbéliard, Ray, Iran, and Hoorn. Memorable people born in Dalian include Taiichi Ohno, Toshiko Fujita, and Jia Xiuquan. Dalian has been the birth place of many soccer players, and volleyball players. Dalian is located in China.
Dalian is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city and the third-most populous city of Northeast China. Located on the southern tip of the Liaodong peninsula, it is the southernmost city in both Liaoning and the entire Northeast. Dalian borders the prefectural cities of Yingkou and Anshan to the north and Dandong to the northeast, and also shares maritime boundaries with Qinhuangdao and Huludao across the Liaodong Bay to west and northwest, Yantai and Weihai on the Shandong peninsula across the Bohai Strait to the south, and North Korea across the Korea Bay to the east. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1912 and 1991, Dalian was the birth place of 16 globally memorable people, including Taiichi Ohno, Toshiko Fujita, and Jia Xiuquan.
People Born in Dalian
Go to all RankingsTaiichi Ohno
INVENTOR
1912 - 1990
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 1
Toshiko Fujita
ACTOR
1950 - 2018
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 2
Jia Xiuquan
SOCCER PLAYER
1963 - Present
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 3
Dong Fangzhuo
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 40.48
Rank: 4
Qu Yunxia
ATHLETE
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.60
Rank: 5
Zhang Enhua
SOCCER PLAYER
1973 - 2021
HPI: 35.39
Rank: 6
An Qi
SOCCER PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 34.18
Rank: 7
Yang Hao
VOLLEYBALL PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 32.45
Rank: 8
Zhao Xuri
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 31.25
Rank: 9
Yang Xu
SOCCER PLAYER
1988 - Present
HPI: 31.01
Rank: 10
Zhou Haibin
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 30.91
Rank: 11
Wang Yimei
VOLLEYBALL PLAYER
1988 - Present
HPI: 30.91
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Dalian
Go to all RankingsOccupations
Most individuals born in present day Dalian were soccer players (10), volleyball players (3), inventors (1), actors (1), and athletes (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Dalian, including Jia Xiuquan, Dong Fangzhuo, and Zhang Enhua. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Dalian, including Jia Xiuquan, Dong Fangzhuo, and Zhang Enhua.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Dalian since 1700.