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Utrecht (nld)

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Utrecht ranks 216th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Córdoba, Spain, Egypt, and Sweden. Memorable people born in Utrecht include Pope Adrian VI, Marco van Basten, and Theo van Doesburg. Memorable people who died in Utrecht include Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, and Theo van Gogh. Utrecht has been the birth place of many soccer players, and painters and the death place of many painters, and politicians. Utrecht is located in Netherlands.

Utrecht is the fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the province of Utrecht. The municipality of Utrecht is located in the eastern part of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Netherlands, and includes Haarzuilens, Vleuten and De Meern. It has a population of 361,699 as of December 2021. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1459 and 2004, Utrecht was the birth place of 64 globally memorable people, including Pope Adrian VI, Marco van Basten, and Theo van Doesburg. Additionaly, 40 globally memorable people have passed away in Utrecht including Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, and Theo van Gogh.

People Born in Utrecht

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Utrecht were soccer players (15), painters (13), athletes (6), coaches (2), and actors (2),  while most who died were painters (15), politicians (6), writers (5), physicians (3), and biologists (2).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Utrecht, including Wesley Sneijder, Hans van Breukelen, and Gerald Vanenburg. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Utrecht, including Wesley Sneijder, Hans van Breukelen, and Gerald Vanenburg.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 14 globally memorable people born in Utrecht since 1700.