Plauen
Plauen ranks 3,002nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Chad, Russia, and Ottoman Syria. Memorable people born in Plauen include Karl Richter, Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, and Kornelia Ender. Plauen has been the birth place of many composers, and biologists. Plauen is located in Germany.
Plauen is a town in Saxony, Germany with a population of around 65,000. It is Saxony's 5th most populated city after Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz and Zwickau, the second-largest city of the Vogtland after Gera, as well as the largest city in the Saxon Vogtland region. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1798 and 1989, Plauen was the birth place of 5 globally memorable people, including Karl Richter, Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, and Kornelia Ender.
People Born in Plauen
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Karl Richter
COMPOSER
1926 - 1981
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 1
Eduard Friedrich Poeppig
BIOLOGIST
1798 - 1868
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 2
Kornelia Ender
SWIMMER
1958 - Present
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 3
Angelika Bahmann
ATHLETE
1952 - Present
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 4
Chris Löwe
SOCCER PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 36.64
Rank: 5
Newly Added People Born in Plauen
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Most individuals born in present day Plauen were composers (1), biologists (1), swimmers (1), athletes (1), and soccer players (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, composers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Plauen, including Karl Richter. Whereas, throughout history, composers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Plauen, including Karl Richter.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Plauen since 1700.
