Rotterdam
Rotterdam ranks 104th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Birmingham, Split, Croatia, and Zürich. Memorable people born in Rotterdam include Erasmus, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, and Pieter de Hooch. Memorable people who died in Rotterdam include Pierre Bayle, Ruud Lubbers, and Yevhen Konovalets. Rotterdam has been the birth place of many soccer players and painters and the death place of many soccer players and philosophers. Rotterdam is located in Netherlands.
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the "New Meuse" inland shipping channel, dug to connect to the Meuse at first and now to the Rhine. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1466 and 1999, Rotterdam was the birth place of 90 globally memorable people, including Erasmus, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, and Pieter de Hooch. Additionaly, 17 globally memorable people have passed away in Rotterdam including Pierre Bayle, Ruud Lubbers, and Yevhen Konovalets.
People Born in Rotterdam
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Erasmus
1466 - 1536
HPI: 83.50
Rank: 1
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
1852 - 1911
HPI: 73.64
Rank: 2
Pieter de Hooch
1629 - 1684
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 3
Rem Koolhaas
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 4
Bernard Mandeville
1670 - 1733
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 5
Edsger W. Dijkstra
1930 - 2002
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 6
Willem de Kooning
1904 - 1997
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 7
Kees van Dongen
1877 - 1968
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 8
Leo Beenhakker
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 9
Wim Jansen
1946 - 2022
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 10
George Blake
1922 - 2020
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 11
Ruud Lubbers
1939 - 2018
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Rotterdam
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Elly Ameling
1933 - Present
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 31
Martin van Creveld
1946 - Present
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 34
Janwillem van de Wetering
1931 - 2008
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 35
Greetje Kauffeld
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 47
Pleun Strik
1944 - 2022
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 52
Eddy Treijtel
1946 - Present
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 54
Ricardo Moniz
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.70
Rank: 61
Peter Houtman
1957 - Present
HPI: 39.03
Rank: 64
Hans van Baalen
1960 - 2021
HPI: 39.01
Rank: 65
Joop Hiele
1958 - Present
HPI: 38.61
Rank: 66
Mario Been
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.61
Rank: 69
Halil Dervişoğlu
1999 - Present
HPI: 30.97
Rank: 77
People Deceased in Rotterdam
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Pierre Bayle
1647 - 1706
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 1
Ruud Lubbers
1939 - 2018
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 2
Yevhen Konovalets
1891 - 1938
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 3
Adriaen van der Werff
1659 - 1722
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 4
Faas Wilkes
1923 - 2006
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 5
Richard Kohn
1888 - 1963
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 6
Rie Mastenbroek
1919 - 2003
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 7
Jaap Bakema
1914 - 1981
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 8
Coen Moulijn
1937 - 2011
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 9
František Škroup
1801 - 1862
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 10
Leen Vente
1911 - 1989
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 11
Adri van Male
1910 - 1990
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Rotterdam
Go to all RankingsMost individuals born in present day Rotterdam were soccer players (36), painters (6), politicians (6), writers (5), and athletes (3), while most who died were soccer players (7), philosophers (2), politicians (2), military personnels (1), and painters (1).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Rotterdam, including Wim Jansen, Robin van Persie, and Georginio Wijnaldum. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Rotterdam, including Wim Jansen, Robin van Persie, and Faas Wilkes.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Rotterdam since 1700.
