Visp
Visp ranks 5,443rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Hereford, Texas, Denton, Texas, and Illertissen. Memorable people born in Visp include Sepp Blatter, Dominique Gisin, and Stefanie Heinzmann. Memorable people who died in Visp include Theodor W. Adorno, Willi Boskovsky, and Carl Zuckmayer. Visp has been the birth place of many businesspeople, and skiers and the death place of many sociologists, and musicians. Visp is located in Switzerland.
Visp is the capital of the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1936 and 1989, Visp was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Sepp Blatter, Dominique Gisin, and Stefanie Heinzmann. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in Visp including Theodor W. Adorno, Willi Boskovsky, and Carl Zuckmayer. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Visp than were born there.
People Born in Visp
Go to all RankingsSepp Blatter
BUSINESSPERSON
1936 - Present
HPI: 76.70
Rank: 1
Dominique Gisin
SKIER
1986 - Present
HPI: 35.86
Rank: 2
Stefanie Heinzmann
SINGER
1989 - Present
HPI: 28.60
Rank: 3
People Deceased in Visp
Go to all RankingsTheodor W. Adorno
SOCIOLOGIST
1903 - 1969
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 1
Willi Boskovsky
MUSICIAN
1909 - 1991
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 2
Carl Zuckmayer
WRITER
1896 - 1977
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 3
Franz Neumann
PHILOSOPHER
1900 - 1954
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 4
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Visp were businesspeople (1), skiers (1), and singers (1), while most who died were sociologists (1), musicians (1), writers (1), and philosophers (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, businesspeople have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Visp, including Sepp Blatter. Whereas, throughout history, businesspeople have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Visp, including Sepp Blatter.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Visp since 1700.