Lund
Lund ranks 466th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Wichita, Kansas, Aberdeen, and Vitoria-Gasteiz. Memorable people born in Lund include Tycho Brahe, Max von Sydow, and Kai Siegbahn. Memorable people who died in Lund include Johannes Rydberg, Louis Gerhard De Geer, and Lars Hörmander. Lund has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many biologists, and physicists. Lund is located in Sweden.
Lund is a city in the southern Swedish province of Scania, across the Öresund strait from Copenhagen, Denmark. The town had 91,940 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 121,510 as of 2018. It is the seat of Lund Municipality, Scania County. The Öresund Region, which includes Lund, is home to more than 4.1 million people. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1546 and 1994, Lund was the birth place of 33 globally memorable people, including Tycho Brahe, Max von Sydow, and Kai Siegbahn. Additionaly, 14 globally memorable people have passed away in Lund including Johannes Rydberg, Louis Gerhard De Geer, and Lars Hörmander.
People Born in Lund
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Tycho Brahe
ASTRONOMER
1546 - 1601
HPI: 78.61
Rank: 1
Max von Sydow
ACTOR
1929 - 2020
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 2
Kai Siegbahn
PHYSICIST
1918 - 2007
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 3
Ulf Kristersson
POLITICIAN
1963 - Present
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 4
Jacob Georg Agardh
BIOLOGIST
1813 - 1901
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 5
Carl Fredrik Hill
PAINTER
1849 - 1911
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 6
Mikael Håfström
FILM DIRECTOR
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 7
Stellan Nilsson
SOCCER PLAYER
1922 - 2003
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 8
Elin Wägner
WRITER
1882 - 1949
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 9
Måns Zelmerlöw
SINGER
1986 - Present
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 10
Alf Kjellin
ACTOR
1920 - 1988
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 11
Lukas Moodysson
WRITER
1969 - Present
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Lund
Go to all RankingsAlf Kjellin
ACTOR
1920 - 1988
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 11
Hjördis Nordin
GYMNAST
1932 - Present
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 13
Timbuktu
SINGER
1975 - Present
HPI: 33.95
Rank: 24
Joel Ekstrand
SOCCER PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 23.65
Rank: 29
Jessica Ryde
HANDBALL PLAYER
1994 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 30
Jordan Wood
ATHLETE
1994 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 31
Max Salminen
ATHLETE
1988 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 32
Anna Lagerquist
HANDBALL PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 33
People Deceased in Lund
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Johannes Rydberg
PHYSICIST
1854 - 1919
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 1
Louis Gerhard De Geer
POLITICIAN
1818 - 1896
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 2
Lars Hörmander
MATHEMATICIAN
1931 - 2012
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 3
Jacob Georg Agardh
BIOLOGIST
1813 - 1901
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 4
Carl Charlier
ASTRONOMER
1862 - 1934
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 5
Carl Fredrik Hill
PAINTER
1849 - 1911
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 6
Sven Nilsson
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1787 - 1883
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 7
Torsten Hägerstrand
GEOGRAPHER
1916 - 2004
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 8
Birgitta Trotzig
WRITER
1929 - 2011
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 9
Marcel Riesz
MATHEMATICIAN
1886 - 1969
HPI: 46.41
Rank: 10
Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt
BIOLOGIST
1785 - 1874
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 11
Carl Fredrik Fallén
BIOLOGIST
1764 - 1830
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Lund
Go to all RankingsMarcel Riesz
MATHEMATICIAN
1886 - 1969
HPI: 46.41
Rank: 10
Bengt Edlén
PHYSICIST
1906 - 1993
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 13
Albert Kivikas
WRITER
1898 - 1978
HPI: 42.81
Rank: 14
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Lund were soccer players (5), actors (4), singers (4), handball players (4), and writers (3), while most who died were biologists (3), physicists (2), mathematicians (2), writers (2), and politicians (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, singers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Lund, including Måns Zelmerlöw, Timbuktu, and Brother Leo. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Lund, including Stellan Nilsson, Daniel Andersson, and Andreas Jakobsson.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 8 globally memorable people born in Lund since 1700.
