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Heidelberg ranks 203rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Boulogne-Billancourt, Darmstadt, and Nottingham. Memorable people born in Heidelberg include Queen Silvia of Sweden, Friedrich Ebert, and Ernst Jünger. Memorable people who died in Heidelberg include Hans-Georg Gadamer, J. Hans D. Jensen, and Robert Bunsen. Heidelberg has been the birth place of many politicians, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and philosophers. Heidelberg is located in Germany.

Heidelberg is the fifth-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, and with a population of about 163,000, of which roughly a quarter consists of students, it is Germany's 51st-largest city. Located about 78 km (48 mi) south of Frankfurt, Heidelberg is part of the densely populated Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region which has its centre in Mannheim. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2002, Heidelberg was the birth place of 70 globally memorable people, including Queen Silvia of Sweden, Friedrich Ebert, and Ernst Jünger. Additionaly, 91 globally memorable people have passed away in Heidelberg including Hans-Georg Gadamer, J. Hans D. Jensen, and Robert Bunsen. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Heidelberg than were born there.

People Born in Heidelberg

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Heidelberg were politicians (16), athletes (11), actors (5), physicists (4), and astronomers (4),  while most who died were politicians (19), philosophers (9), chemists (8), biologists (6), and astronomers (6).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Heidelberg, including Ursula Knab, Malaika Mihambo, and Godfrey Khotso Mokoena. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Heidelberg, including Friedrich Ebert, Ananda Mahidol, and Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 16 globally memorable people born in Heidelberg since 1700.