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Ostend (bel)

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Ostend ranks 1,184th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bahía Blanca, Southport, and Free City of Frankfurt. Memorable people born in Ostend include James Ensor, Auguste Beernaert, and Marie José of Belgium. Memorable people who died in Ostend include James Ensor, Louise of Orléans, and Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark. Ostend has been the birth place of many athletes, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and painters. Ostend is located in Belgium.

Ostend is a coastal city and municipality in the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It comprises the boroughs of Mariakerke, Raversijde, Stene and Zandvoorde, and the city of Ostend proper – the largest on the Belgian coast. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2000, Ostend was the birth place of 21 globally memorable people, including James Ensor, Auguste Beernaert, and Marie José of Belgium. Additionaly, 10 globally memorable people have passed away in Ostend including James Ensor, Louise of Orléans, and Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark.

People Born in Ostend

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People Deceased in Ostend

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Ostend were athletes (5), soccer players (3), politicians (2), cyclists (2), and basketball players (2),  while most who died were politicians (4), painters (2), noblemen (1), racing drivers (1), and cyclists (1).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Ostend, including Wannes Van Laer, Emma Plasschaert, and Aymen Bacha. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Ostend, including Wannes Van Laer, Emma Plasschaert, and Zoltán Lévai.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 9 globally memorable people born in Ostend since 1700.