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Plzeň ranks 604th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Quito, Münster, and Wolverhampton. Memorable people born in Plzeň include Karel Gott, Peter Grünberg, and Emil Škoda. Memorable people who died in Plzeň include Konrad Henlein, Josef Kajetán Tyl, and Karel Kolský. Plzeň has been the birth place of many soccer players and singers and the death place of many politicians and writers. Plzeň is located in Czechia.

Plzeň, also known in English and German as Pilsen, is a city in the Czech Republic. About 78 kilometres west of Prague in western Bohemia, it is the fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 181,000 inhabitants. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 1805 and 1990, Plzeň was the birth place of 20 globally memorable people, including Karel Gott, Peter Grünberg, and Emil Škoda. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Plzeň including Konrad Henlein, Josef Kajetán Tyl, and Karel Kolský.

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Most individuals born in present day Plzeň were soccer players (4), singers (2), politicians (2), tennis players (2), and physicists (1),  while most who died were politicians (1), writers (1), and soccer players (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Plzeň, including Petr Čech, Jaroslav Šilhavý, and Vladimír Darida. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Plzeň, including Petr Čech, Jaroslav Šilhavý, and Vladimír Darida.

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