Klaipėda
Klaipėda ranks 735th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Celje, Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, and Brașov. Memorable people born in Klaipėda include Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander, Gitanas Nausėda, and Simon Dach. Klaipėda has been the birth place of many basketball players, and athletes. Klaipėda is located in Lithuania.
Klaipėda is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. It is the third-largest city in Lithuania, the fifth-largest city in the Baltic States, and the capital of Klaipėda County, as well as the only major seaport in the country – the Port of Klaipėda, which is also the busiest port in the Baltic States. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 1994, Klaipėda was the birth place of 22 globally memorable people, including Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander, Gitanas Nausėda, and Simon Dach.
People Born in Klaipėda
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Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander
ASTRONOMER
1799 - 1875
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 4
Gitanas Nausėda
POLITICIAN
1964 - Present
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 20
Simon Dach
WRITER
1605 - 1659
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 21
Tomas Venclova
WRITER
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 9
Hans-Georg Reimann
ATHLETE
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 3
Lena Valaitis
SINGER
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 7
Artūras Kasputis
CYCLIST
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 1
Tomas Danilevičius
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 11
Saulius Štombergas
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1973 - Present
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 17
Artūras Karnišovas
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 18
Eurelijus Žukauskas
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 19
Arvydas Macijauskas
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 13
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Klaipėda were basketball players (6), athletes (5), singers (4), writers (2), and cyclists (2), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, basketball players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Klaipėda, including Saulius Štombergas, Artūras Karnišovas, and Eurelijus Žukauskas. Whereas, throughout history, basketball players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Klaipėda, including Saulius Štombergas, Artūras Karnišovas, and Eurelijus Žukauskas.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Klaipėda since 1700.
