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Haarlem (nld)

Netherlands

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Haarlem ranks 204th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Darmstadt, Nottingham, and Heidelberg. Memorable people born in Haarlem include Jacob van Ruisdael, Dieric Bouts, and Hugo de Vries. Memorable people who died in Haarlem include Hendrik Lorentz, Frans Hals, and Pieter Claesz. Haarlem has been the birth place of many painters, and soccer players and the death place of many painters, and soccer players. Haarlem is located in Netherlands.

Haarlem is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the more populated metropolitan areas in Europe; it is also part of the Amsterdam metropolitan area. Haarlem had a population of 162,543 in 2021. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1340 and 2000, Haarlem was the birth place of 65 globally memorable people, including Jacob van Ruisdael, Dieric Bouts, and Hugo de Vries. Additionaly, 36 globally memorable people have passed away in Haarlem including Hendrik Lorentz, Frans Hals, and Pieter Claesz.

People Born in Haarlem

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Haarlem were painters (22), soccer players (10), athletes (7), writers (4), and politicians (3),  while most who died were painters (23), soccer players (4), politicians (3), biologists (2), and physicists (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Haarlem, including Ruud Geels, Maarten Stekelenburg, and William Troost-Ekong. Whereas, throughout history, painters have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Haarlem, including Jacob van Ruisdael, Dieric Bouts, and Judith Leyster.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 12 globally memorable people born in Haarlem since 1700.