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Locarno (che)

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Locarno ranks 4,130th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Dachau, Bavaria, Point Pleasant, New Jersey, and Palmerston North. The most famous people from Locarno are Oliver Neuville, Carla Juri, and Noè Ponti. The most famous people who died in Locarno are Erich Maria Remarque, Walter Rudolf Hess, and Patricia Highsmith. Locarno has been the birth place of many athletes, and soccer players and the death place of many writers, and politicians. Locarno is located in Switzerland.

Locarno is a southern Swiss town and municipality in the district Locarno, located on the northern shore of Lake Maggiore at its northeastern tip in the canton of Ticino at the southern foot of the Swiss Alps. It has a population of about 16,000 (proper), and about 56,000 for the agglomeration of the same name including Ascona besides other municipalities. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2001, Locarno was the birth place of 9 globally memorable people, including Oliver Neuville, Carla Juri, and Noè Ponti. Additionaly, 11 globally memorable people have passed away in Locarno including Erich Maria Remarque, Walter Rudolf Hess, and Patricia Highsmith. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Locarno than were born there.

People Born in Locarno

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People Deceased in Locarno

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Locarno were athletes (5), soccer players (1), actors (1), swimmers (1), and cyclists (1),  while most who died were writers (3), politicians (3), physicians (1), businesspeople (1), and racing drivers (1).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Locarno, including Ajla Del Ponte, Ricky Petrucciani, and Zhang Jingjing. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Locarno, including Ajla Del Ponte, Ricky Petrucciani, and Zhang Jingjing.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Locarno since 1700.