Elmshorn
Elmshorn ranks 7,403rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kolpino, Vila Real, and Peterhead. Memorable people born in Elmshorn include Hermann Weyl, Johann Friedrich Höger, and Rob Muffels. Memorable people who died in Elmshorn include Kathleen Nord. Elmshorn has been the birth place of many mathematicians, and architects and the death place of many swimmers. Elmshorn is located in Germany.
Elmshorn is a town in the district of Pinneberg in Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. It is 30 km north of Hamburg on the small river Krückau, a tributary of the Elbe, and with about 50,000 inhabitants is the sixth-largest town in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the birthplace of writer and editor Hermann Schlüter (1851–1919), the mathematician Hermann Weyl (1885–1955) and the medievalist Heinz Woehlk. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1877 and 1994, Elmshorn was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Hermann Weyl, Johann Friedrich Höger, and Rob Muffels. Additionaly, 1 globally memorable people have passed away in Elmshorn including Kathleen Nord.
People Born in Elmshorn
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Hermann Weyl
MATHEMATICIAN
1885 - 1955
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 1
Johann Friedrich Höger
ARCHITECT
1877 - 1949
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 2
Rob Muffels
SWIMMER
1994 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 3
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Newly Added People Deceased in Elmshorn
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Most individuals born in present day Elmshorn were mathematicians (1), architects (1), and swimmers (1), while most who died were swimmers (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, swimmers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Elmshorn, including Rob Muffels. Whereas, throughout history, mathematicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Elmshorn, including Hermann Weyl.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Elmshorn since 1700.
