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Halle (Saale) ranks 304th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Hamamatsu, Tartu, and France. Memorable people born in Halle (Saale) include George Frideric Handel, Reinhard Heydrich, and John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg. Memorable people who died in Halle (Saale) include Georg Cantor, Matthias Grünewald, and Christian Wolff. Halle (Saale) has been the birth place of many politicians, and athletes and the death place of many philosophers, and composers. Halle (Saale) is located in Germany.

Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (German pronunciation: [ˈhalə] ), is the second largest city of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is the sixth-most populous city in the area of former East Germany after (East) Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz and Magdeburg as well as the 31st-largest city of Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1555 and 1998, Halle (Saale) was the birth place of 44 globally memorable people, including George Frideric Handel, Reinhard Heydrich, and John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg. Additionaly, 36 globally memorable people have passed away in Halle (Saale) including Georg Cantor, Matthias Grünewald, and Christian Wolff.

People Born in Halle (Saale)

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Halle (Saale) were politicians (11), athletes (5), composers (4), physicians (3), and noblemen (3),  while most who died were philosophers (6), composers (4), biologists (4), mathematicians (3), and physicians (3).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Halle (Saale), including Marita Lange, Conny Waßmuth, and Stefan Henze. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Halle (Saale), including Reinhard Heydrich, John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg, and Johann Friedrich Struensee.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 19 globally memorable people born in Halle (Saale) since 1700.