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Hanover ranks 116th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind The Hague, Minsk, and Ljubljana. Memorable people born in Hanover include William Herschel, George I of Great Britain, and Friedrich Schlegel. Memorable people who died in Hanover include Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Gerd von Rundstedt, and Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia. Hanover has been the birth place of many politicians and actors and the death place of many military personnels and politicians. Hanover is located in Germany.

Hanover is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) population makes it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in northern Germany after Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen. Hanover's urban area comprises the towns of Garbsen, Langenhagen and Laatzen and has a population of about 791,000 (2018). The Hanover Region has approximately 1.16 million inhabitants (2019) and is the largest in the Hannover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1660 and 1998, Hanover was the birth place of 82 globally memorable people, including William Herschel, George I of Great Britain, and Friedrich Schlegel. Additionaly, 25 globally memorable people have passed away in Hanover including Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Gerd von Rundstedt, and Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia.

People Born in Hanover

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Hanover were politicians (17), actors (11), soccer players (7), noblemen (6), and writers (5),  while most who died were military personnels (5), politicians (5), mathematicians (2), companions (2), and noblemen (2).

Occupational Trends

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Hanover, including Per Mertesacker, Fabian Ernst, and Vladimir Vasilj. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Hanover, including George I of Great Britain, Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Alfred Hugenberg.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Hanover since 1700.

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