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Leipzig (deu)

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Leipzig ranks 98th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Birmingham, New Orleans, and Queens. Memorable people born in Leipzig include Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Richard Wagner, and Clara Schumann. Memorable people who died in Leipzig include Johann Adam Hiller, Karl Brugmann, and Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher. Leipzig has been the birth place of many athletes, and politicians and the death place of many composers, and politicians. Leipzig is located in Germany.

Leipzig is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the eighth-largest city in Germany and is part of the Central German Metropolitan Region. The name of the city is usually interpreted as a Slavic term meaning place of linden trees, in line with many other Slavic placenames in the region. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1000 and 2001, Leipzig was the birth place of 112 globally memorable people, including Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Richard Wagner, and Clara Schumann. Additionaly, 80 globally memorable people have passed away in Leipzig including Johann Adam Hiller, Karl Brugmann, and Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher.

People Born in Leipzig

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Leipzig were athletes (18), politicians (12), composers (8), musicians (6), and biologists (6),  while most who died were composers (13), politicians (9), mathematicians (7), physicians (5), and writers (4).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Leipzig, including Andreas Kunz, Bärbel Wöckel, and Rita Wilden. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Leipzig, including Luz Long, Andreas Kunz, and Bärbel Wöckel.

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Overlapping Lives

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