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Davos (che)

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Davos ranks 3,158th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Hanover Parish, Baltimore County, Maryland, and Bad Honnef. Memorable people born in Davos include Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Paul Accola, and Andres Ambühl. Memorable people who died in Davos include Wilhelm Gustloff, Princess Mathilde of Bavaria, and Leonard Meredith. Davos has been the birth place of many skiers, and painters and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Davos is located in Switzerland.

Davos is an Alpine resort town and municipality in the Prättigau/Davos Region in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of 10,832 (2020). Davos is located on the river Landwasser, in the Rhaetian Alps, between the Plessur and Albula Ranges. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1889 and 1993, Davos was the birth place of 5 globally memorable people, including Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Paul Accola, and Andres Ambühl. Additionaly, 9 globally memorable people have passed away in Davos including Wilhelm Gustloff, Princess Mathilde of Bavaria, and Leonard Meredith. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Davos than were born there.

People Born in Davos

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Davos were skiers (2), painters (1), hockey players (1), and athletes (1),  while most who died were politicians (3), writers (2), cyclists (1), painters (1), and physicians (1).

Over the past 100 years, skiers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Davos, including Paul Accola, and Jasmine Flury. Whereas, throughout history, skiers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Davos, including Paul Accola, and Jasmine Flury.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Davos since 1700.