Paderborn
Paderborn ranks 1,988th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bujumbura, and Starnberg. Memorable people born in Paderborn include Friedrich Sertürner, Heinrich Aldegrever, and Alexander Nübel. Memorable people who died in Paderborn include Helmut Lent, and Johannes Joachim Degenhardt. Paderborn has been the birth place of many soccer players, and chemists and the death place of many military personnels, and religious figures. Paderborn is located in Germany.
Paderborn is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader and Born, an old German term for the source of a river. The river Pader originates in more than 200 springs near Paderborn Cathedral, where St. Liborius is buried. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1502 and 1996, Paderborn was the birth place of 8 globally memorable people, including Friedrich Sertürner, Heinrich Aldegrever, and Alexander Nübel. Additionaly, 2 globally memorable people have passed away in Paderborn including Helmut Lent, and Johannes Joachim Degenhardt.
People Born in Paderborn
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Friedrich Sertürner
CHEMIST
1783 - 1841
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 1
Heinrich Aldegrever
PAINTER
1502 - 1555
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 2
Alexander Nübel
SOCCER PLAYER
1996 - Present
HPI: 39.84
Rank: 3
Judith Rakers
PRESENTER
1976 - Present
HPI: 39.34
Rank: 4
Tolgay Arslan
SOCCER PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 33.69
Rank: 5
Patrick Sensburg
POLITICIAN
1971 - Present
HPI: 32.34
Rank: 6
Martin Amedick
SOCCER PLAYER
1982 - Present
HPI: 27.50
Rank: 7
Jasmin Duehring
CYCLIST
1992 - Present
HPI: 22.97
Rank: 8
Newly Added People Born in Paderborn
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Helmut Lent
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1918 - 1944
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 1
Johannes Joachim Degenhardt
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1926 - 2002
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Paderborn were soccer players (3), chemists (1), painters (1), presenters (1), and politicians (1), while most who died were military personnels (1), and religious figures (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Paderborn, including Alexander Nübel, Tolgay Arslan, and Martin Amedick. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Paderborn, including Alexander Nübel, Tolgay Arslan, and Martin Amedick.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Paderborn since 1700.
