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Geneva ranks 107th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Yokohama, Beijing, and Rotterdam. Memorable people born in Geneva include Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Henry Dunant, and Ferdinand de Saussure. Memorable people who died in Geneva include Jacques Plante, Antonio Flores Jijón, and Umberto II of Italy. Geneva has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Geneva is located in Switzerland.

Geneva is the second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva, and a centre for international diplomacy. Geneva hosts the highest number of international organizations in the world, and has been referred to as the world's most compact metropolis and the "Peace Capital". Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2002, Geneva was the birth place of 106 globally memorable people, including Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Henry Dunant, and Ferdinand de Saussure. Additionaly, 114 globally memorable people have passed away in Geneva including Jacques Plante, Antonio Flores Jijón, and Umberto II of Italy. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Geneva than were born there.

People Born in Geneva

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Geneva were soccer players (12), politicians (8), biologists (8), writers (7), and athletes (7),  while most who died were politicians (26), writers (11), biologists (6), physicists (5), and composers (5).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Geneva, including Johann Vogel, Philippe Senderos, and Patrick Müller. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Geneva, including Roger Courtois, Roger Bocquet, and Frank Séchehaye.

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Overlapping Lives

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