Groningen
Groningen ranks 444th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Chelyabinsk, Jersey City, New Jersey, and Haifa. Memorable people born in Groningen include Daniel Bernoulli, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, and Johan Huizinga. Memorable people who died in Groningen include Albert Eckhout, Adriaan Blaauw, and Ubbo Emmius. Groningen has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many painters, and astronomers. Groningen is located in Netherlands.
Groningen is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. Dubbed the "capital of the north", Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of the country; as of January 2025, it had 244,807 inhabitants, making it the sixth largest city/municipality in the Netherlands and the second largest outside the Randstad. The Groningen metropolitan area has a population of over 360,000. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1534 and 2000, Groningen was the birth place of 31 globally memorable people, including Daniel Bernoulli, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, and Johan Huizinga. Additionaly, 6 globally memorable people have passed away in Groningen including Albert Eckhout, Adriaan Blaauw, and Ubbo Emmius.
People Born in Groningen
Go to all RankingsDaniel Bernoulli
PHYSICIST
1700 - 1782
HPI: 80.97
Rank: 21
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
PHYSICIST
1853 - 1926
HPI: 78.07
Rank: 18
Johan Huizinga
HISTORIAN
1872 - 1945
HPI: 74.64
Rank: 12
John Goodricke
ASTRONOMER
1764 - 1786
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 13
Geert Adriaans Boomgaard
POLITICIAN
1788 - 1899
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 24
Jozef Israëls
PAINTER
1824 - 1911
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 15
Dick Nanninga
SOCCER PLAYER
1949 - 2015
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 23
Roche Braziliano
PIRATE
1630 - 1671
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 25
Dirk Jan de Geer
POLITICIAN
1870 - 1960
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 19
Maarten Schmidt
ASTRONOMER
1929 - 2022
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 16
Albert Eckhout
PAINTER
1610 - 1666
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 8
Hendrik Willem Mesdag
PAINTER
1831 - 1915
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 22
People Deceased in Groningen
Go to all RankingsAlbert Eckhout
PAINTER
1610 - 1666
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 1
Adriaan Blaauw
ASTRONOMER
1914 - 2010
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Ubbo Emmius
HISTORIAN
1547 - 1625
HPI: NaN
Rank: 3
Erwin Olaf
PHOTOGRAPHER
1959 - 2023
HPI: NaN
Rank: 4
Franciscus Gomarus
PHILOSOPHER
1563 - 1641
HPI: NaN
Rank: 5
Dirk Coster
PHYSICIST
1889 - 1950
HPI: NaN
Rank: 6
Newly Added People Deceased in Groningen
Go to all RankingsAdriaan Blaauw
ASTRONOMER
1914 - 2010
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Ubbo Emmius
HISTORIAN
1547 - 1625
HPI: NaN
Rank: 3
Erwin Olaf
PHOTOGRAPHER
1959 - 2023
HPI: NaN
Rank: 4
Franciscus Gomarus
PHILOSOPHER
1563 - 1641
HPI: NaN
Rank: 5
Dirk Coster
PHYSICIST
1889 - 1950
HPI: NaN
Rank: 6
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Groningen were soccer players (9), politicians (4), painters (3), physicists (2), and astronomers (2), while most who died were painters (1), astronomers (1), historians (1), photographers (1), and philosophers (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Groningen, including Dick Nanninga, Hugo Hovenkamp, and Leandro Bacuna. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Groningen, including Dick Nanninga, Jaap Eden, and Hugo Hovenkamp.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 12 globally memorable people born in Groningen since 1700.