Lausanne
Lausanne ranks 295th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Berkeley, California, Providence, Rhode Island, and Pisa. Memorable people born in Lausanne include Benjamin Constant, Michel Mayor, and Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. Memorable people who died in Lausanne include Georges Simenon, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, and Auguste Piccard. Lausanne has been the birth place of many soccer players and writers and the death place of many writers and companions. Lausanne is located in Switzerland.
Lausanne is the capital and largest city of the Swiss French-speaking canton of Vaud. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway between the Jura Mountains and the Alps, and facing the French town of Évian-les-Bains across the lake. Lausanne is located 62 kilometres northeast of Geneva, the nearest major city. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1718 and 1992, Lausanne was the birth place of 39 globally memorable people, including Benjamin Constant, Michel Mayor, and Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. Additionaly, 42 globally memorable people have passed away in Lausanne including Georges Simenon, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, and Auguste Piccard. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Lausanne than were born there.
People Born in Lausanne
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Benjamin Constant
1767 - 1830
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 1
Michel Mayor
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 2
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
1784 - 1817
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 3
Félix Vallotton
1865 - 1925
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 4
Alejo Carpentier
1904 - 1980
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 5
Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz
1878 - 1947
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 6
Margareta of Romania
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 7
Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria
1938 - 2015
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 8
Théophile Steinlen
1859 - 1923
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 9
Charles Dutoit
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 10
Umberto Agnelli
1934 - 2004
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 11
Bernard Tschumi
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Lausanne
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Aloïse Corbaz
1886 - 1964
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 19
Lionel Dunsterville
1865 - 1946
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 25
Oswald Zappelli
1913 - 1968
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 29
Martin Odersky
1958 - Present
HPI: 35.34
Rank: 36
People Deceased in Lausanne
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Georges Simenon
1903 - 1989
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 1
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
1814 - 1879
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 2
Auguste Piccard
1884 - 1962
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 3
Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg
1887 - 1969
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 4
Maurice Béjart
1927 - 2007
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 5
Helen of Greece and Denmark
1896 - 1982
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 6
Karol Szymanowski
1882 - 1937
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 7
Jean Anouilh
1910 - 1987
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 8
Frederica of Baden
1781 - 1826
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 9
Alfred Cortot
1877 - 1962
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 10
Capucine
1928 - 1990
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 11
Rudolph III of Burgundy
971 - 1032
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Lausanne
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Mahmud Taymur
1894 - 1973
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 34
Paul Martin
1901 - 1987
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 37
William Henry Young
1863 - 1942
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 38
Oswald Zappelli
1913 - 1968
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 42
Most individuals born in present day Lausanne were soccer players (6), writers (5), painters (5), politicians (4), and astronomers (2), while most who died were writers (6), companions (5), politicians (5), dancers (3), and actors (3).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Lausanne, including Stéphane Chapuisat, Fabio Celestini, and Ludovic Magnin. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Lausanne, including Stéphane Chapuisat, Fabio Celestini, and Ludovic Magnin.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 18 globally memorable people born in Lausanne since 1700.
