Sosnowiec
Sosnowiec ranks 2,591st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Devon, Iwata, Shizuoka, and Gennevilliers. Memorable people born in Sosnowiec include Władysław Szpilman, Edward Gierek, and Bella Darvi. Sosnowiec has been the birth place of many musicians, and politicians. Sosnowiec is located in Poland.
Sosnowiec is an industrial city county in the Dąbrowa Basin of southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship, which is also part of the Metropolis GZM municipal association. Located in the eastern part of the Upper Silesian Industrial Region, Sosnowiec is one of the cities of the Katowice urban area, which is a conurbation with the overall population of 2.7 million people; as well as the greater Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area populated by about 5.3 million people. The population of the city is 189,178 as of December 2022. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1902 and 1997, Sosnowiec was the birth place of 8 globally memorable people, including Władysław Szpilman, Edward Gierek, and Bella Darvi.
People Born in Sosnowiec
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Władysław Szpilman
MUSICIAN
1911 - 2000
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 1
Edward Gierek
POLITICIAN
1913 - 2001
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 2
Bella Darvi
ACTOR
1928 - 1971
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 3
Jan Kiepura
SINGER
1902 - 1966
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 4
Eugen Polanski
SOCCER PLAYER
1986 - Present
HPI: 37.20
Rank: 5
Paula Kania
TENNIS PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 23.29
Rank: 6
Xu Shiyan
WRESTLER
1997 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 7
Piotr Kantor
ATHLETE
1992 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 8
Newly Added People Born in Sosnowiec
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Most individuals born in present day Sosnowiec were musicians (1), politicians (1), actors (1), singers (1), and soccer players (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Sosnowiec, including Bella Darvi. Whereas, throughout history, musicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Sosnowiec, including Władysław Szpilman.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Sosnowiec since 1700.
