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Amsterdam (nld)

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Amsterdam ranks 31st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Mumbai, Toronto, and São Paulo. Memorable people born in Amsterdam include Baruch Spinoza, Johan Cruyff, and Louis van Gaal. Memorable people who died in Amsterdam include Rembrandt, John Amos Comenius, and Pieter Zeeman. Amsterdam has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many painters, and writers. Amsterdam is located in Netherlands.

Amsterdam is the capital and second largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands after Rotterdam. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area. Located in the Dutch province of North Holland, Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the "Venice of the North", for its large number of canals, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2005, Amsterdam was the birth place of 264 globally memorable people, including Baruch Spinoza, Johan Cruyff, and Louis van Gaal. Additionaly, 151 globally memorable people have passed away in Amsterdam including Rembrandt, John Amos Comenius, and Pieter Zeeman.

People Born in Amsterdam

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Amsterdam were soccer players (76), athletes (29), painters (26), politicians (18), and writers (17),  while most who died were painters (56), writers (13), politicians (10), athletes (7), and biologists (5).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Amsterdam, including Johan Cruyff, Ruud Gullit, and Rob Rensenbrink. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Amsterdam, including Johan Cruyff, Ruud Gullit, and Rob Rensenbrink.

Places

Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Amsterdam since 1700.