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Liège (bel)

Belgium

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Liège ranks 220th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Fukuoka Prefecture, Porto Alegre, and Austria-Hungary. Memorable people born in Liège include Pepin the Short, Georges Simenon, and César Franck. Memorable people who died in Liège include Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Desiderius, and John Browning. Liège has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and soccer players. Liège is located in Belgium.

Liège is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Liège, Belgium. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from borders with the Netherlands and with Germany. In Liège, the Meuse meets the river Ourthe. The city is part of the sillon industriel, the former industrial backbone of Wallonia. It still is the principal economic and cultural centre of the region. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 715 and 2004, Liège was the birth place of 60 globally memorable people, including Pepin the Short, Georges Simenon, and César Franck. Additionaly, 23 globally memorable people have passed away in Liège including Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Desiderius, and John Browning.

People Born in Liège

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Liège were soccer players (22), politicians (8), composers (5), racing drivers (3), and painters (2),  while most who died were politicians (4), soccer players (4), religious figures (3), biologists (2), and inventors (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Liège, including Jean-Marc Bosman, Axel Witsel, and Nacer Chadli. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Liège, including Jean-Marc Bosman, Axel Witsel, and Jean Brichaut.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 21 globally memorable people born in Liège since 1700.