Montreux
Montreux ranks 4,445th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Auburn, California, Moss Side, and Gladbeck. Memorable people born in Montreux include Patrick Juvet, Uri Rosenthal, and Eugène Parlier. Memorable people who died in Montreux include Rainer Maria Rilke, Vladimir Nabokov, and Oskar Kokoschka. Montreux has been the birth place of many singers, and politicians and the death place of many writers, and painters. Montreux is located in Switzerland.
Montreux is a Swiss municipality and town on the shoreline of Lake Geneva at the foot of the Alps. It belongs to the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut district in the canton of Vaud, having a population of approximately 26,500, with about 85,000 in the Vevey-Montreux agglomeration as of 2019. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1929 and 1969, Montreux was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including Patrick Juvet, Uri Rosenthal, and Eugène Parlier. Additionaly, 8 globally memorable people have passed away in Montreux including Rainer Maria Rilke, Vladimir Nabokov, and Oskar Kokoschka. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Montreux than were born there.
People Born in Montreux
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Patrick Juvet
SINGER
1950 - 2021
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 1
Uri Rosenthal
POLITICIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 2
Eugène Parlier
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 2017
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 3
Laurent Dufaux
CYCLIST
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.38
Rank: 4
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Rainer Maria Rilke
WRITER
1875 - 1926
HPI: 78.45
Rank: 1
Vladimir Nabokov
WRITER
1899 - 1977
HPI: 75.90
Rank: 2
Oskar Kokoschka
PAINTER
1886 - 1980
HPI: 71.88
Rank: 3
Léon Walras
ECONOMIST
1834 - 1910
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 4
A. J. Cronin
WRITER
1896 - 1981
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 5
Lucio Dalla
MUSICIAN
1943 - 2012
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 6
Princess Anna of Montenegro
COMPANION
1874 - 1971
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 7
Eugène Parlier
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 2017
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 8
Newly Added People Deceased in Montreux
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Most individuals born in present day Montreux were singers (1), politicians (1), soccer players (1), and cyclists (1), while most who died were writers (3), painters (1), economists (1), musicians (1), and companions (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, singers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Montreux, including Patrick Juvet. Whereas, throughout history, singers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Montreux, including Patrick Juvet.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Montreux since 1700.
