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Leuven (bel)

Belgium

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Leuven ranks 343rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Parma, Bamako, and Nantes. Memorable people born in Leuven include Eleanor of Austria, Quentin Matsys, and Godfrey I, Count of Louvain. Memorable people who died in Leuven include Georges Lemaître, Dominique Pire, and Gilles Villeneuve. Leuven has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and painters. Leuven is located in Belgium.

Leuven, also called Louvain, is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about 25 kilometres east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the sub-municipalities of Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, Leuven proper, Wilsele, Wijgmaal and part of Haasrode and Korbeek-Lo. It is the eighth largest city in Belgium, with more than 100,244 inhabitants. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1000 and 1997, Leuven was the birth place of 40 globally memorable people, including Eleanor of Austria, Quentin Matsys, and Godfrey I, Count of Louvain. Additionaly, 20 globally memorable people have passed away in Leuven including Georges Lemaître, Dominique Pire, and Gilles Villeneuve.

People Born in Leuven

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People Deceased in Leuven

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Leuven were politicians (7), soccer players (5), noblemen (4), painters (3), and companions (3),  while most who died were politicians (6), painters (2), philosophers (2), noblemen (2), and physicists (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Leuven, including Dries Mertens, Dennis Praet, and Denis Odoi. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Leuven, including Eleanor of Austria, Henry II, Duke of Brabant, and Henry III, Duke of Brabant.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 8 globally memorable people born in Leuven since 1700.