Landau
Landau ranks 2,904th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Thousand Oaks, California, Carpentras, and Câmpulung. Memorable people born in Landau include Michel Bréal, Thomas Nast, and Friedrich Wetter. Landau has been the birth place of many athletes, and linguists. Landau is located in Germany.
Landau, officially Landau in der Pfalz, is an autonomous (kreisfrei) town surrounded by the Südliche Weinstraße district of southern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a university town, a long-standing cultural centre, and a market and shopping town, surrounded by vineyards and wine-growing villages of the Palatinate wine region. Landau lies east of the Palatinate forest, on the German Wine Route. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1755 and 2001, Landau was the birth place of 9 globally memorable people, including Michel Bréal, Thomas Nast, and Friedrich Wetter.
People Born in Landau
Go to all RankingsMichel Bréal
LINGUIST
1832 - 1915
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 1
Thomas Nast
JOURNALIST
1840 - 1902
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 2
Friedrich Wetter
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1928 - Present
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 3
Johann Christoph Wendland
BIOLOGIST
1755 - 1828
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 4
Volker Zotz
PHILOSOPHER
1956 - Present
HPI: 44.82
Rank: 5
Volker Wissing
POLITICIAN
1970 - Present
HPI: 36.87
Rank: 6
Hanna Klein
ATHLETE
1993 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 7
Noha Hany
ATHLETE
2001 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 8
Ricarda Lobe
ATHLETE
1994 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 9
Newly Added People Born in Landau
Go to all RankingsVolker Wissing
POLITICIAN
1970 - Present
HPI: 36.87
Rank: 6
Hanna Klein
ATHLETE
1993 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 7
Noha Hany
ATHLETE
2001 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 8
Ricarda Lobe
ATHLETE
1994 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 9
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Landau were athletes (3), linguists (1), journalists (1), religious figures (1), and biologists (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Landau, including Hanna Klein, Noha Hany, and Ricarda Lobe. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Landau, including Hanna Klein, Noha Hany, and Ricarda Lobe.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Landau since 1700.