Thun
Thun ranks 2,117th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Akureyri, Augustenborg, Denmark, and Council Bluffs, Iowa. Memorable people born in Thun include Jean Ziegler, Heinz Schneiter, and Peter Maurer. Memorable people who died in Thun include Antoinette Meyer. Thun has been the birth place of many soccer players, and racing drivers and the death place of many skiers. Thun is located in Switzerland.
Thun is a town and a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located where the Aare flows out of Lake Thun (Thunersee), 30 kilometres southeast of Bern. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 1992, Thun was the birth place of 8 globally memorable people, including Jean Ziegler, Heinz Schneiter, and Peter Maurer. Additionaly, 1 globally memorable people have passed away in Thun including Antoinette Meyer.
People Born in Thun
Go to all RankingsJean Ziegler
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1934 - Present
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 1
Heinz Schneiter
SOCCER PLAYER
1935 - 2017
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 2
Peter Maurer
DIPLOMAT
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.62
Rank: 3
Zdravko Kuzmanović
SOCCER PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 4
Bruno Kernen
SKIER
1972 - Present
HPI: 36.66
Rank: 5
Nico Müller
RACING DRIVER
1992 - Present
HPI: 27.52
Rank: 6
Simona de Silvestro
RACING DRIVER
1988 - Present
HPI: 25.44
Rank: 7
Alicia Wilson
ATHLETE
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 8
Newly Added People Born in Thun
Go to all RankingsPeter Maurer
DIPLOMAT
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.62
Rank: 3
Nico Müller
RACING DRIVER
1992 - Present
HPI: 27.52
Rank: 6
Alicia Wilson
ATHLETE
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 8
People Deceased in Thun
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Go to all RankingsOccupations
Most individuals born in present day Thun were soccer players (2), racing drivers (2), social activists (1), diplomats (1), and skiers (1), while most who died were skiers (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Thun, including Heinz Schneiter, and Zdravko Kuzmanović. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Thun, including Heinz Schneiter, and Zdravko Kuzmanović.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Thun since 1700.