Dinant
Dinant ranks 3,990th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Harvey, Illinois, Flanders, and Winter Haven, Florida. Memorable people born in Dinant include Adolphe Sax, Dominique Pire, and Joachim Patinir. Dinant has been the birth place of many painters, and inventors. Dinant is located in Belgium.
Dinant is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On the shores of river Meuse, in the Ardennes, it lies 90 kilometres (56 mi) south-east of Brussels, 30 kilometres (19 mi) south-east of Charleroi and 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of the city of Namur. Dinant is situated 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the border with France. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1480 and 1910, Dinant was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including Adolphe Sax, Dominique Pire, and Joachim Patinir.
People Born in Dinant
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Adolphe Sax
INVENTOR
1814 - 1894
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 1
Dominique Pire
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1910 - 1969
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 2
Joachim Patinir
PAINTER
1480 - 1524
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 3
Antoine Wiertz
PAINTER
1806 - 1865
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 4
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Dinant were painters (2), inventors (1), and social activists (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Throughout history painters have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Dinant, including Joachim Patinir, and Antoine Wiertz.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Dinant since 1700.
