Remscheid
Remscheid ranks 6,014th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Richmond, North Yorkshire, Neijiang, and Aguascalientes (city). Memorable people born in Remscheid include Wilhelm Röntgen, Peter Brötzmann, and Wolfgang Tillmans. Remscheid has been the birth place of many physicists, and musicians. Remscheid is located in Germany.
Remscheid is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is, after Wuppertal and Solingen, the third-largest municipality in Bergisches Land, being located on the northern edge of the region, on the south side of the Ruhr area. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1845 and 1968, Remscheid was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Wilhelm Röntgen, Peter Brötzmann, and Wolfgang Tillmans.
People Born in Remscheid
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Wilhelm Röntgen
PHYSICIST
1845 - 1923
HPI: 83.96
Rank: 1
Peter Brötzmann
MUSICIAN
1941 - 2023
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 2
Wolfgang Tillmans
PHOTOGRAPHER
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Remscheid were physicists (1), musicians (1), and photographers (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, musicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Remscheid, including Peter Brötzmann. Whereas, throughout history, physicists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Remscheid, including Wilhelm Röntgen.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Remscheid since 1700.
