Hoorn
Hoorn ranks 907th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Lübeck, Peoria, Illinois, and San Miguel de Tucumán. Memorable people born in Hoorn include Willem Schouten, Jan Pieterszoon Coen, and Frank de Boer. Memorable people who died in Hoorn include Miep Gies, Andreas Cellarius, and Wim Ruska. Hoorn has been the birth place of many soccer players and athletes and the death place of many writers and astronomers. Hoorn is located in Netherlands.
Hoorn is a city and municipality in the northwest of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is the largest town and the traditional capital of the region of West Friesland. Hoorn is located on the Markermeer, 20 kilometers (12 mi) east of Alkmaar and 35 kilometers (22 mi) north of Amsterdam. The municipality has just over 73,000 inhabitants and a land area of 20.38 km2 (7.87 sq mi), making it the third most densely populated municipality in North Holland after Haarlem and Amsterdam. Apart from the city of Hoorn, the municipality includes the villages of Blokker and Zwaag, as well as parts of the hamlets De Bangert, De Hulk and Munnickaij. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1533 and 1995, Hoorn was the birth place of 14 globally memorable people, including Willem Schouten, Jan Pieterszoon Coen, and Frank de Boer. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Hoorn including Miep Gies, Andreas Cellarius, and Wim Ruska.
People Born in Hoorn
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Willem Schouten
1567 - 1625
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 1
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
1587 - 1629
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 2
Frank de Boer
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 3
Cornelis Cort
1533 - 1578
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 4
Ronald de Boer
1970 - Present
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 5
George Baker
1944 - Present
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 6
Corine Rottschäfer
1938 - 2020
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 7
Bart Bok
1906 - 1983
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 8
Marco Bizot
1991 - Present
HPI: 34.64
Rank: 9
Ruud Vormer
1988 - Present
HPI: 33.41
Rank: 10
Lorenzo Ebecilio
1991 - Present
HPI: 33.14
Rank: 11
Nadine Visser
1995 - Present
HPI: 24.91
Rank: 12
People Deceased in Hoorn
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Miep Gies
1909 - 2010
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 1
Andreas Cellarius
1596 - 1665
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 2
Wim Ruska
1940 - 2015
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 3
Most individuals born in present day Hoorn were soccer players (5), athletes (2), explorers (1), military personnels (1), and painters (1), while most who died were writers (1), astronomers (1), and wrestlers (1).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Hoorn, including Frank de Boer, Ronald de Boer, and Marco Bizot. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Hoorn, including Frank de Boer, Ronald de Boer, and Marco Bizot.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Hoorn since 1700.
