Gliwice
Gliwice ranks 939th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Davenport, Iowa, Syria, and South Bend, Indiana. Memorable people born in Gliwice include Lukas Podolski, Włodzimierz Lubański, and Eugen Goldstein. Memorable people who died in Gliwice include Tekla Juniewicz. Gliwice has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many religious figures. Gliwice is located in Poland.
Gliwice is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. The city is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica river. It lies approximately 25 km west from Katowice, the regional capital of the Silesian Voivodeship. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1838 and 1994, Gliwice was the birth place of 15 globally memorable people, including Lukas Podolski, Włodzimierz Lubański, and Eugen Goldstein. Additionaly, 1 globally memorable people have passed away in Gliwice including Tekla Juniewicz.
People Born in Gliwice
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Lukas Podolski
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 1
Włodzimierz Lubański
SOCCER PLAYER
1947 - Present
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 2
Eugen Goldstein
PHYSICIST
1860 - 1930
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 3
Horst Bienek
WRITER
1930 - 1990
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 4
Gustav Neumann
POLITICIAN
1838 - 1881
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 5
Ernst Degner
RACING DRIVER
1931 - 1983
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 6
Lothar Bolz
POLITICIAN
1903 - 1986
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 7
Joachim Marx
SOCCER PLAYER
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 8
Egon Franke
FENCER
1935 - 2022
HPI: 45.23
Rank: 9
Dieter Kottysch
ATHLETE
1943 - 2017
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 10
Andrzej Buncol
SOCCER PLAYER
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.32
Rank: 11
Marek Dąbrowski
ATHLETE
1949 - Present
HPI: 41.79
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Gliwice
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RACING DRIVER
1931 - 1983
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 6
Joachim Marx
SOCCER PLAYER
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 8
Marek Dąbrowski
ATHLETE
1949 - Present
HPI: 41.79
Rank: 12
Radosław Murawski
SOCCER PLAYER
1994 - Present
HPI: 23.24
Rank: 15
People Deceased in Gliwice
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Newly Added People Deceased in Gliwice
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Most individuals born in present day Gliwice were soccer players (7), politicians (2), athletes (2), physicists (1), and writers (1), while most who died were religious figures (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Gliwice, including Lukas Podolski, Włodzimierz Lubański, and Joachim Marx. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Gliwice, including Lukas Podolski, Włodzimierz Lubański, and Joachim Marx.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 7 globally memorable people born in Gliwice since 1700.
