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Leiden (nld)

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Leiden ranks 287th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ankara, Kazan, and Norway. Memorable people born in Leiden include Rembrandt, Johannes Diderik van der Waals, and Gerrit Dou. Memorable people who died in Leiden include Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Willem Einthoven, and Gerrit Dou. Leiden has been the birth place of many painters, and athletes and the death place of many mathematicians, and painters. Leiden is located in Netherlands.

Leiden is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 127,046, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration with its suburbs Oegstgeest, Leiderdorp, Voorschoten and Zoeterwoude with 215,602 inhabitants. The Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) further includes Katwijk in the agglomeration which makes the total population of the Leiden urban agglomeration 282,207 and in the larger Leiden urban area also Teylingen, Noordwijk, and Noordwijkerhout are included with in total 365,913 inhabitants. Leiden is located on the Oude Rijn, at a distance of some 20 km (12 mi) from The Hague to its south and some 40 km (25 mi) from Amsterdam to its north. The recreational area of the Kaag Lakes (Kagerplassen) lies just to the northeast of Leiden. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 1999, Leiden was the birth place of 49 globally memorable people, including Rembrandt, Johannes Diderik van der Waals, and Gerrit Dou. Additionaly, 40 globally memorable people have passed away in Leiden including Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Willem Einthoven, and Gerrit Dou.

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Leiden were painters (13), athletes (7), politicians (4), physicians (4), and soccer players (4),  while most who died were mathematicians (8), painters (5), biologists (5), physicians (4), and astronomers (3).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Leiden, including Tim de Cler, Barry Opdam, and Ricardo van Rhijn. Whereas, throughout history, painters have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Leiden, including Rembrandt, Gerrit Dou, and Jan Steen.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 12 globally memorable people born in Leiden since 1700.