Rostock
Rostock ranks 594th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Takatsuki, Conakry, and Mobile, Alabama. The most famous people from Rostock are Joachim Gauck, Albrecht Kossel, and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. The most famous people who died in Rostock are Hugo Grotius, Ernst Barlach, and Margaret Sambiria. Rostock has been the birth place of many athletes, and cyclists and the death place of many politicians, and lawyers. Rostock is located in Germany.
Rostock, officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock, is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, close to the border with Pomerania. With around 210,000 inhabitants, it is the third-largest city on the German Baltic coast after Kiel and Lübeck, the eighth-largest city in the area of former East Germany, as well as the 39th-largest city of Germany. Rostock was the largest coastal and most important port city in East Germany. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 1999, Rostock was the birth place of 26 globally memorable people, including Joachim Gauck, Albrecht Kossel, and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. Additionaly, 5 globally memorable people have passed away in Rostock including Hugo Grotius, Ernst Barlach, and Margaret Sambiria.
People Born in Rostock
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Joachim Gauck
POLITICIAN
1940 - Present
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 1
Albrecht Kossel
BIOLOGIST
1853 - 1927
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 2
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1742 - 1819
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 3
Anna Leopoldovna
POLITICIAN
1718 - 1746
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 4
Franz Aepinus
PHYSICIST
1724 - 1802
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 5
Carl Brockelmann
LINGUIST
1868 - 1956
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 6
Rolf Carls
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1885 - 1945
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 7
Ferdinand von Mueller
PHYSICIAN
1825 - 1896
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 8
Heinrich Tessenow
ARCHITECT
1876 - 1950
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 9
Jan Ullrich
CYCLIST
1973 - Present
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 10
Gustav Mie
PHYSICIST
1868 - 1957
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 11
Walter Kempowski
WRITER
1929 - 2007
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Rostock
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People Deceased in Rostock
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Hugo Grotius
LAWYER
1583 - 1645
HPI: 80.80
Rank: 1
Ernst Barlach
WRITER
1870 - 1938
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 2
Margaret Sambiria
POLITICIAN
1230 - 1282
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 3
Lothar Metz
POLITICIAN
1939 - 2021
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 4
Noël Liétaer
SOCCER PLAYER
1908 - 1941
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 5
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Rostock were athletes (8), cyclists (4), politicians (2), military personnels (2), and physicists (2), while most who died were politicians (2), lawyers (1), writers (1), and soccer players (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Rostock, including Siegfried Brietzke, Christian Schenk, and Andreas Tews. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Rostock, including Siegfried Brietzke, Christian Schenk, and Andreas Tews.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 11 globally memorable people born in Rostock since 1700.
