Jesenice
Jesenice ranks 1,434th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Épinal, Ramat Gan, and Burnley. Memorable people born in Jesenice include Thomas Luckmann, Jure Košir, and Grega Bole. Jesenice has been the birth place of many skiers, and hockey players. Jesenice is located in Slovenia.
Jesenice is the tenth-largest town in Slovenia, located in the traditional province of Upper Carniola. It is the seat of the Municipality of Jesenice spanning the southern side of the Karawanks, along Slovenia's border with Austria to the north. Renowned as a mining town, its ironworks and metallurgy industries being the driving force of the town's historical development. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1927 and 1995, Jesenice was the birth place of 11 globally memorable people, including Thomas Luckmann, Jure Košir, and Grega Bole.
People Born in Jesenice
Go to all RankingsThomas Luckmann
SOCIOLOGIST
1927 - 2016
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 1
Jure Košir
SKIER
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.80
Rank: 2
Grega Bole
CYCLIST
1985 - Present
HPI: 33.23
Rank: 3
Anže Kopitar
HOCKEY PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 32.69
Rank: 4
Senad Tiganj
SOCCER PLAYER
1975 - Present
HPI: 31.92
Rank: 5
Robert Kristan
HOCKEY PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 30.60
Rank: 6
Grega Žemlja
TENNIS PLAYER
1986 - Present
HPI: 30.54
Rank: 7
Jaka Blažič
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 29.42
Rank: 8
Maruša Ferk
SKIER
1988 - Present
HPI: 28.46
Rank: 9
Eva Urevc
SKIER
1995 - Present
HPI: 25.92
Rank: 10
Maša Zec Peškirič
TENNIS PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 24.91
Rank: 11
Newly Added People Born in Jesenice
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Most individuals born in present day Jesenice were skiers (3), hockey players (2), tennis players (2), sociologists (1), and cyclists (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, skiers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Jesenice, including Jure Košir, Maruša Ferk, and Eva Urevc. Whereas, throughout history, skiers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Jesenice, including Jure Košir, Maruša Ferk, and Eva Urevc.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Jesenice since 1700.