Groningen ranks 452nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Fujieda, Shizuoka, Bonn, and Lambeth. Memorable people born in Groningen include Daniel Bernoulli, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, and Johan Huizinga. Memorable people who died in Groningen include Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, Adriaan Blaauw, and Franciscus Gomarus. Groningen has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians and the death place of many politicians and astronomers. Groningen is located in Netherlands.
Groningen is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The capital of the north, Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of the country; as of December 2021, it had 235,287 inhabitants, making it the sixth largest city/municipality in the Netherlands and the second largest outside the Randstad. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1534 and 1997, Groningen was the birth place of 27 globally memorable people, including Daniel Bernoulli, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, and Johan Huizinga. Additionaly, 6 globally memorable people have passed away in Groningen including Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, Adriaan Blaauw, and Franciscus Gomarus.
1700 - 1782
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 1
1853 - 1926
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 2
1872 - 1945
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 3
1824 - 1911
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 4
1788 - 1899
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 5
1764 - 1786
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 6
1630 - 1671
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 7
1831 - 1915
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 8
1610 - 1666
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 9
1949 - 2015
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 10
1870 - 1960
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 11
1914 - 1981
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 12
1788 - 1899
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 5
1630 - 1671
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 7
1610 - 1666
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 9
1534 - 1576
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 14
1967 - Present
HPI: 34.13
Rank: 20
1788 - 1899
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 1
1914 - 2010
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 2
1563 - 1641
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 3
1610 - 1666
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 4
1547 - 1625
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 5
1889 - 1950
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 6
1788 - 1899
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 1
1610 - 1666
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 4
1547 - 1625
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 5
Most individuals born in present day Groningen were soccer players (6), politicians (4), painters (3), physicists (2), and astronomers (2), while most who died were politicians (1), astronomers (1), philosophers (1), painters (1), and historians (1).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Groningen, including Dick Nanninga, Hugo Hovenkamp, and Jerry St. Juste. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Groningen, including Dick Nanninga, Jaap Eden, and Hugo Hovenkamp.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 12 globally memorable people born in Groningen since 1700.