Rostock
Rostock ranks 653rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Barranquilla, Niš, and Grand Rapids, Michigan. Memorable people born in Rostock include Joachim Gauck, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, 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 cyclists and politicians and the death place of many lawyers and writers. 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
Between 1718 and 1999, Rostock was the birth place of 19 globally memorable people, including Joachim Gauck, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, and Albrecht Kossel. Additionaly, 4 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
1940 - Present
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 1
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
1742 - 1819
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 2
Albrecht Kossel
1853 - 1927
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 3
Anna Leopoldovna
1718 - 1746
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 4
Franz Aepinus
1724 - 1802
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 5
Carl Brockelmann
1868 - 1956
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 6
Rolf Carls
1885 - 1945
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 7
Heinrich Tessenow
1876 - 1950
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 8
Jan Ullrich
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 9
Gustav Mie
1868 - 1957
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 10
Walter Kempowski
1929 - 2007
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 11
Ferdinand von Mueller
1825 - 1896
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Rostock
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Steffen Baumgart
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.29
Rank: 14
Andreas Tews
1968 - Present
HPI: 32.30
Rank: 17
Ron-Thorben Hoffmann
1999 - Present
HPI: 19.48
Rank: 19
People Deceased in Rostock
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Hugo Grotius
1583 - 1645
HPI: 77.44
Rank: 1
Ernst Barlach
1870 - 1938
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 2
Margaret Sambiria
1230 - 1282
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 3
Noël Liétaer
1908 - 1941
HPI: 42.07
Rank: 4
Newly Added People Deceased in Rostock
Go to all RankingsMost individuals born in present day Rostock were cyclists (4), politicians (2), military personnels (2), physicists (2), and soccer players (2), while most who died were lawyers (1), writers (1), politicians (1), and soccer players (1).
Over the past 100 years, cyclists have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Rostock, including Jan Ullrich, André Greipel, and Günther Schumacher. Whereas, throughout history, cyclists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Rostock, including Jan Ullrich, André Greipel, and Günther Schumacher.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 10 globally memorable people born in Rostock since 1700.
