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Deventer (nld)

Netherlands

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Deventer ranks 1,176th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Pontoise, Edmonton, London, and Stepanakert. Memorable people born in Deventer include Han van Meegeren, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, and Bert van Marwijk. Memorable people who died in Deventer include Gerard ter Borch, Geert Groote, and Eleanor of Woodstock. Deventer has been the birth place of many soccer players, and painters and the death place of many painters, and religious figures. Deventer is located in Netherlands.

Deventer is a city and municipality in the Salland historical region of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands. In 2020 the municipality of Deventer had a population of 100,913. The city is largely situated on the east bank of the river IJssel, but it also has a small part of its territory on the west bank. In 2005 the municipality of Bathmen was merged with Deventer as part of a national effort to reduce bureaucracy in the country. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1340 and 1998, Deventer was the birth place of 13 globally memorable people, including Han van Meegeren, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, and Bert van Marwijk. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in Deventer including Gerard ter Borch, Geert Groote, and Eleanor of Woodstock.

People Born in Deventer

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Deventer were soccer players (3), painters (2), composers (2), coaches (2), and athletes (2),  while most who died were painters (1), religious figures (1), noblemen (1), and soccer players (1).

Over the past 100 years, coaches have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Deventer, including Bert van Marwijk, and Gertjan Verbeek. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Deventer, including Barry Hulshoff, Bas Dost, and Leo Halle.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Deventer since 1700.