Rotterdam
Rotterdam ranks 106th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Split, Croatia, Yokohama, and Beijing. Memorable people born in Rotterdam include Erasmus, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, and Rem Koolhaas. 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 painters. 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
People
Between 0 and 2000, Rotterdam was the birth place of 103 globally memorable people, including Erasmus, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, and Rem Koolhaas. Additionaly, 20 globally memorable people have passed away in Rotterdam including Pierre Bayle, Ruud Lubbers, and Yevhen Konovalets.
People Born in Rotterdam
Go to all RankingsErasmus
PHILOSOPHER
1466 - 1536
HPI: 81.74
Rank: 1
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
CHEMIST
1852 - 1911
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 2
Rem Koolhaas
ARCHITECT
1944 - Present
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 3
Bernard Mandeville
ECONOMIST
1670 - 1733
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 4
Edsger W. Dijkstra
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1930 - 2002
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 5
Leo Beenhakker
COACH
1942 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 6
Kees van Dongen
PAINTER
1877 - 1968
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 7
Willem de Kooning
PAINTER
1904 - 1997
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 8
George Hendrik Breitner
PAINTER
1857 - 1923
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 9
Ruud Lubbers
POLITICIAN
1939 - 2018
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 10
Antonia Brico
COMPOSER
1902 - 1989
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 11
Wim Jansen
SOCCER PLAYER
1946 - 2022
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Rotterdam
Go to all RankingsAntonia Brico
COMPOSER
1902 - 1989
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 11
Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech
PAINTER
1591 - 1624
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 26
Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh
PAINTER
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 45
Willy den Ouden
SWIMMER
1918 - 1997
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 47
Wim Lagendaal
SOCCER PLAYER
1909 - 1987
HPI: 40.97
Rank: 71
Ben Wijnstekers
SOCCER PLAYER
1955 - Present
HPI: 38.92
Rank: 74
Koos Maasdijk
ATHLETE
1968 - Present
HPI: 36.00
Rank: 80
Hannah Hoekstra
ACTOR
1987 - Present
HPI: 35.92
Rank: 81
Tyrell Malacia
SOCCER PLAYER
1999 - Present
HPI: 34.36
Rank: 85
Lutsharel Geertruida
SOCCER PLAYER
2000 - Present
HPI: 32.88
Rank: 87
Rangelo Janga
SOCCER PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 28.17
Rank: 97
Danilho Doekhi
SOCCER PLAYER
1998 - Present
HPI: 26.44
Rank: 102
People Deceased in Rotterdam
Go to all RankingsPierre Bayle
PHILOSOPHER
1647 - 1706
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 1
Ruud Lubbers
POLITICIAN
1939 - 2018
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 2
Yevhen Konovalets
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1891 - 1938
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 3
Richard Kohn
SOCCER PLAYER
1888 - 1963
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 4
Faas Wilkes
SOCCER PLAYER
1923 - 2006
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 5
Adriaen van der Werff
PAINTER
1659 - 1722
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 6
Rie Mastenbroek
SWIMMER
1919 - 2003
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 7
Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech
PAINTER
1591 - 1624
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 8
Coen Moulijn
SOCCER PLAYER
1937 - 2011
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 9
Jaap Bakema
ARCHITECT
1914 - 1981
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 10
František Škroup
COMPOSER
1801 - 1862
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 11
Leen Vente
SOCCER PLAYER
1911 - 1989
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Rotterdam
Go to all RankingsWillem Pieterszoon Buytewech
PAINTER
1591 - 1624
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 8
Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh
PAINTER
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 13
Willy den Ouden
SWIMMER
1918 - 1997
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 14
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Rotterdam were soccer players (44), painters (7), politicians (6), writers (5), and athletes (4), while most who died were soccer players (7), painters (3), philosophers (2), politicians (2), and swimmers (2).
Occupational Trends
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 Giovanni van Bronckhorst. 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 Giovanni van Bronckhorst.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Rotterdam since 1700.