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Rostock ranks 594th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Takatsuki, Conakry, and Mobile, Alabama. Memorable people born in Rostock include Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Joachim Gauck, and Albrecht Kossel. Memorable people who died in Rostock include 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-Vorpommern 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 25 globally memorable people, including Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Joachim Gauck, and Albrecht Kossel. 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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People Deceased in Rostock

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Rostock were athletes (7), cyclists (4), military personnels (2), politicians (2), and physicists (2),  while most who died were politicians (2), lawyers (1), writers (1), and soccer players (1).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Rostock, including Siegfried Brietzke, Christian Schenk, and Ramona Portwich. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Rostock, including Siegfried Brietzke, Christian Schenk, and Ramona Portwich.

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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.