Winterthur ranks 1,042nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Varanasi, Logroño, and Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis. Memorable people born in Winterthur include Joan Gamper, Richard R. Ernst, and Niklaus Wirth. Memorable people who died in Winterthur include Richard R. Ernst and Felix Weingartner. Winterthur has been the birth place of many soccer players and businesspeople and the death place of many chemists and conductors. Winterthur is located in Switzerland.
Winterthur is a city in the canton of Zürich in northern Switzerland. With over 110,000 residents, it is the country's sixth-largest city by population, as well as its ninth-largest agglomeration with about 140,000 inhabitants. Located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of Zürich, Winterthur is a service and high-tech industrial satellite city within Greater Zürich. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1736 and 1991, Winterthur was the birth place of 12 globally memorable people, including Joan Gamper, Richard R. Ernst, and Niklaus Wirth. Additionaly, 2 globally memorable people have passed away in Winterthur including Richard R. Ernst and Felix Weingartner.
1877 - 1930
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 1
1933 - 2021
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 2
1934 - 2024
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 3
1864 - 1945
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 4
1908 - 1994
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 5
1805 - 1861
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 6
1889 - 1966
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 7
1736 - 1813
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 8
1920 - 2017
HPI: 40.62
Rank: 9
1991 - Present
HPI: 39.26
Rank: 10
1979 - Present
HPI: 30.73
Rank: 11
1990 - Present
HPI: 26.26
Rank: 12
Most individuals born in present day Winterthur were soccer players (2), businesspeople (1), chemists (1), computer scientists (1), and historians (1), while most who died were chemists (1) and conductors (1).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Winterthur, including Steven Zuber and Luca Zuffi. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Winterthur, including Steven Zuber and Luca Zuffi.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 9 globally memorable people born in Winterthur since 1700.