Locarno
Locarno ranks 4,130th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Dachau, Bavaria, Point Pleasant, New Jersey, and Palmerston North. Memorable people born in Locarno include Oliver Neuville, Carla Juri, and Noè Ponti. Memorable people who died in Locarno include Erich Maria Remarque, Patricia Highsmith, and Walter Rudolf Hess. Locarno has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors 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 1973 and 2001, Locarno was the birth place of 4 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, Patricia Highsmith, and Walter Rudolf Hess. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Locarno than were born there.
People Born in Locarno
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Oliver Neuville
SOCCER PLAYER
1973 - Present
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 1
Carla Juri
ACTOR
1985 - Present
HPI: 38.81
Rank: 2
Noè Ponti
SWIMMER
2001 - Present
HPI: 26.51
Rank: 3
Simon Pellaud
CYCLIST
1992 - Present
HPI: 26.25
Rank: 4
People Deceased in Locarno
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Erich Maria Remarque
WRITER
1898 - 1970
HPI: 77.35
Rank: 1
Patricia Highsmith
WRITER
1921 - 1995
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 2
Walter Rudolf Hess
PHYSICIAN
1881 - 1973
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 3
Otto Braun
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1955
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 4
Jan Tschichold
POLITICIAN
1902 - 1974
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 5
Karl Rapp
BUSINESSPERSON
1882 - 1962
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 6
Salvador de Madariaga
WRITER
1886 - 1978
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 7
Flavio Cotti
POLITICIAN
1939 - 2020
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 8
Silvio Moser
RACING DRIVER
1941 - 1974
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 9
Hans Huber
COMPOSER
1852 - 1921
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 10
Alessandro Frigerio
SOCCER PLAYER
1914 - 1979
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 11
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Locarno were 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).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Locarno, including Oliver Neuville. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Locarno, including Oliver Neuville.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Locarno since 1700.
