Welkom
Welkom ranks 17,007th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Golfito, Albino, Lombardy, and Nicoya. Memorable people born in Welkom include Mark Shuttleworth, and Wayne Snyman. Welkom has been the birth place of many businesspeople, and athletes. Welkom is located in South Africa.
Welkom is the second-largest city in the Free State province of South Africa, located about 140 kilometres (90 mi) northeast of Bloemfontein, the provincial capital. Welkom is also known as Circle City, City Within A Garden, Mvela and Matjhabeng. The city's Sesotho name, Matjhabeng means 'where nations meet', derived from the migrant labour system, where people of various countries such as Lesotho, Malawi and Mozambique etc. met to work in the mines of the gold fields. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1973 and 1985, Welkom was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including Mark Shuttleworth, and Wayne Snyman.
People Born in Welkom
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Mark Shuttleworth
BUSINESSPERSON
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 1
Wayne Snyman
ATHLETE
1985 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 2
Newly Added People Born in Welkom
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Most individuals born in present day Welkom were businesspeople (1), and athletes (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, businesspeople have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Welkom, including Mark Shuttleworth. Whereas, throughout history, businesspeople have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Welkom, including Mark Shuttleworth.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Welkom since 1700.
