Lahr
Lahr ranks 2,953rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Surrey, British Columbia, Montrouge, and Saint-Omer. Memorable people born in Lahr include Felix Wankel, Paul Bader, and Hans Furler. Memorable people who died in Lahr include Tilly Fleischer. Lahr has been the birth place of many engineers, and military personnels and the death place of many athletes. Lahr is located in Germany.
Lahr ; Low Alemannic: Lohr) is a city in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany, approximately 50 km north of Freiburg im Breisgau, 40 km southeast of Strasbourg, and 95 km southwest of Karlsruhe. It is the second largest city in Ortenau (district) after Offenburg, and serves as an intermediate economic centre for the cities and towns of Ettenheim, Friesenheim, Kappel-Grafenhausen, Kippenheim, Mahlberg, Meißenheim, Ringsheim, Rust, Schuttertal, Schwanau and Seelbach. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1883 and 1983, Lahr was the birth place of 6 globally memorable people, including Felix Wankel, Paul Bader, and Hans Furler. Additionaly, 1 globally memorable people have passed away in Lahr including Tilly Fleischer.
People Born in Lahr
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Felix Wankel
ENGINEER
1902 - 1988
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 1
Paul Bader
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1883 - 1971
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 2
Hans Furler
POLITICIAN
1904 - 1975
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 3
Tabea Zimmermann
MUSICIAN
1966 - Present
HPI: 42.87
Rank: 4
Christina Obergföll
ATHLETE
1981 - Present
HPI: 35.73
Rank: 5
Sascha Riether
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 32.12
Rank: 6
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Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Lahr were engineers (1), military personnels (1), politicians (1), musicians (1), and athletes (1), while most who died were athletes (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, musicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Lahr, including Tabea Zimmermann. Whereas, throughout history, engineers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Lahr, including Felix Wankel.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Lahr since 1700.
