Basel
Basel ranks 165th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Lagos, Malmö, and New Delhi. Memorable people born in Basel include Leonhard Euler, Jacob Bernoulli, and K. Alex Müller. Memorable people who died in Basel include Erasmus, Jacob Bernoulli, and Daniel Bernoulli. Basel has been the birth place of many soccer players, and mathematicians and the death place of many writers, and mathematicians. Basel is located in Switzerland.
Basel, also known as Basle, is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine. Basel is Switzerland's third-most-populous city, with 177,595 inhabitants within the city municipality limits. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2000, Basel was the birth place of 78 globally memorable people, including Leonhard Euler, Jacob Bernoulli, and K. Alex Müller. Additionaly, 56 globally memorable people have passed away in Basel including Erasmus, Jacob Bernoulli, and Daniel Bernoulli.
People Born in Basel
Go to all RankingsLeonhard Euler
MATHEMATICIAN
1707 - 1783
HPI: 87.60
Rank: 47
Jacob Bernoulli
MATHEMATICIAN
1654 - 1705
HPI: 81.66
Rank: 55
K. Alex Müller
PHYSICIST
1927 - 2023
HPI: 78.96
Rank: 21
Johann Bernoulli
MATHEMATICIAN
1667 - 1748
HPI: 77.25
Rank: 37
Arnold Böcklin
PAINTER
1827 - 1901
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 22
Jacob Burckhardt
HISTORIAN
1818 - 1897
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 44
Karl Barth
WRITER
1886 - 1968
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 52
Auguste Piccard
PHYSICIST
1884 - 1962
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 49
Peter Zumthor
ARCHITECT
1943 - Present
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 69
Roger Federer
TENNIS PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 1
Gaspard Bauhin
BIOLOGIST
1560 - 1624
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 25
Johann Jakob Bachofen
HISTORIAN
1815 - 1887
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 27
Newly Added People Born in Basel
Go to all RankingsBeat Jans
POLITICIAN
1964 - Present
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 35
Zoë Më
SINGER
2000 - Present
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 33
Gianna Hablützel-Bürki
FENCER
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.95
Rank: 34
People Deceased in Basel
Go to all RankingsErasmus
PHILOSOPHER
1466 - 1536
HPI: 88.33
Rank: 23
Jacob Bernoulli
MATHEMATICIAN
1654 - 1705
HPI: 81.66
Rank: 47
Daniel Bernoulli
PHYSICIST
1700 - 1782
HPI: 80.97
Rank: 40
Karl Jaspers
PHILOSOPHER
1883 - 1969
HPI: 80.28
Rank: 55
Fritz Haber
CHEMIST
1868 - 1934
HPI: 78.61
Rank: 27
Johann Bernoulli
MATHEMATICIAN
1667 - 1748
HPI: 77.25
Rank: 18
Tadeusz Reichstein
CHEMIST
1897 - 1996
HPI: 77.04
Rank: 6
Jean Arp
ARTIST
1886 - 1966
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 42
Jacob Burckhardt
HISTORIAN
1818 - 1897
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 30
Johann Jakob Balmer
PHYSICIST
1825 - 1898
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 52
Paul Hermann Müller
CHEMIST
1899 - 1965
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 5
Karl Barth
WRITER
1886 - 1968
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 45
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Basel were soccer players (15), mathematicians (8), politicians (7), athletes (6), and physicists (4), while most who died were writers (10), mathematicians (6), politicians (5), painters (4), and philosophers (3).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Basel, including Werner Leimgruber, Alexander Frei, and Granit Xhaka. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Basel, including Werner Leimgruber, Leopold Kielholz, and Alexander Frei.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Basel since 1700.























