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Netherlands (nld)

Netherlands

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Netherlands ranks 1,617th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Suginami, Charleston, West Virginia, and Kitzbühel. Memorable people born in Netherlands include Arie Schans, Gijsbert van Tienhoven, and Ton Roosendaal. Memorable people who died in Netherlands include Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, and Paulien van Deutekom. Netherlands has been the birth place of many film directors, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and skaters. Netherlands is located in Netherlands.

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands consists of twelve provinces; it borders Germany to the east and Belgium to the south, with a North Sea coastline to the north and west. It shares maritime borders with the United Kingdom, Germany, and Belgium. The official language is Dutch, with West Frisian as a secondary official language in the province of Friesland. Dutch, English, and Papiamento are official in the Caribbean territories. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1841 and 1994, Netherlands was the birth place of 11 globally memorable people, including Arie Schans, Gijsbert van Tienhoven, and Ton Roosendaal. Additionaly, 2 globally memorable people have passed away in Netherlands including Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, and Paulien van Deutekom.

People Born in Netherlands

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Netherlands were film directors (3), soccer players (2), athletes (2), politicians (1), and businesspeople (1),  while most who died were politicians (1), and skaters (1).

Over the past 100 years, film directors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Netherlands, including Mike van Diem, Roel Reiné, and Harald Zwart. Whereas, throughout history, film directors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Netherlands, including Mike van Diem, Roel Reiné, and Harald Zwart.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Netherlands since 1700.