Cuxhaven
Cuxhaven ranks 6,108th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Newcastle-under-Lyme, Herlev, and Söğüt. The most famous people from Cuxhaven are Carsten Niebuhr, Gunnar Sauer, and Lena Petermann. Cuxhaven has been the birth place of many soccer players, and explorers. Cuxhaven is located in Germany.
Cuxhaven is a port town and seat of the Cuxhaven district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town includes the northernmost point of Lower Saxony. The city serves as a gateway to the nearby Heligoland islands, a tax free zone off the coast of Germany. Cuxhaven is situated on the shore of the North Sea at the mouth of the Elbe River. Cuxhaven has a footprint of 14 kilometres (east–west) by 7 km (4 mi) (north–south). Its town quarters Duhnen, Döse and Sahlenburg are especially popular vacation spots on the North Sea and home to about 52,000 residents. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1733 and 1994, Cuxhaven was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Carsten Niebuhr, Gunnar Sauer, and Lena Petermann.
People Born in Cuxhaven
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Carsten Niebuhr
EXPLORER
1733 - 1815
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 1
Gunnar Sauer
SOCCER PLAYER
1964 - Present
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 2
Lena Petermann
SOCCER PLAYER
1994 - Present
HPI: 34.25
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Cuxhaven were soccer players (2), and explorers (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Cuxhaven, including Gunnar Sauer, and Lena Petermann. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Cuxhaven, including Gunnar Sauer, and Lena Petermann.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Cuxhaven since 1700.
