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Espoo (fin)

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Espoo ranks 545th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Catania, South Korea, and Daejeon. Memorable people born in Espoo include Kimi Räikkönen, Alexi Laiho, and JJ Lehto. Memorable people who died in Espoo include Arto Paasilinna, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, and Bo Carpelan. Espoo has been the birth place of many soccer players, and musicians and the death place of many writers, and athletes. Espoo is located in Finland.

Espoo is a city in Finland. It is located to the west of the capital, Helsinki, in southern Uusimaa. The population is approximately 320,000. It is the 2nd most populous municipality in Finland. Espoo is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, which has approximately 1.6 million inhabitants. Espoo is on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland and borders Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi. The city includes the enclave of Kauniainen. Espoo covers an area of 528 square kilometres (204 sq mi). Espoo is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of 70% Finnish speakers, 6% Swedish speakers, and 24% speakers of other languages, well above the national average. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 1999, Espoo was the birth place of 29 globally memorable people, including Kimi Räikkönen, Alexi Laiho, and JJ Lehto. Additionaly, 8 globally memorable people have passed away in Espoo including Arto Paasilinna, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, and Bo Carpelan.

People Born in Espoo

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People Deceased in Espoo

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Espoo were soccer players (7), musicians (5), athletes (5), hockey players (3), and racing drivers (2),  while most who died were writers (3), athletes (2), politicians (1), dancers (1), and skaters (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Espoo, including Niki Mäenpää, Rasmus Schüller, and Janne Saarinen. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Espoo, including Niki Mäenpää, Rasmus Schüller, and Janne Saarinen.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Espoo since 1700.