Rotterdam
Rotterdam ranks 106th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Split, Croatia, Yokohama, and Beijing. Memorable people born in Rotterdam include Erasmus, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, and Leo Beenhakker. Memorable people who died in Rotterdam include Bep van Klaveren, William Ames, and Ruud Lubbers. Rotterdam has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many soccer players, and painters. Rotterdam is located in Netherlands.
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the New Meuse inland shipping channel, dug to connect to the Meuse at first and now to the Rhine. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2002, Rotterdam was the birth place of 119 globally memorable people, including Erasmus, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, and Leo Beenhakker. Additionaly, 21 globally memorable people have passed away in Rotterdam including Bep van Klaveren, William Ames, and Ruud Lubbers.
People Born in Rotterdam
Go to all RankingsErasmus
PHILOSOPHER
1466 - 1536
HPI: 88.33
Rank: 17
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
CHEMIST
1852 - 1911
HPI: 80.83
Rank: 33
Leo Beenhakker
COACH
1942 - 2025
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 58
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
POLITICIAN
1649 - 1685
HPI: 74.25
Rank: 3
Rem Koolhaas
ARCHITECT
1944 - Present
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 64
Kees van Dongen
PAINTER
1877 - 1968
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 5
Edsger W. Dijkstra
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1930 - 2002
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 23
Bernard Mandeville
ECONOMIST
1670 - 1733
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 16
Willem de Kooning
PAINTER
1904 - 1997
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 1
Ruud Lubbers
POLITICIAN
1939 - 2018
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 25
Robin van Persie
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 113
Wim Jansen
SOCCER PLAYER
1946 - 2022
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 20
People Deceased in Rotterdam
Go to all RankingsBep van Klaveren
BOXER
1907 - 1992
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 1
William Ames
PHILOSOPHER
1576 - 1633
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Ruud Lubbers
POLITICIAN
1939 - 2018
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 3
Rie Mastenbroek
SWIMMER
1919 - 2003
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 4
Faas Wilkes
SOCCER PLAYER
1923 - 2006
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 5
Adri van Male
SOCCER PLAYER
1910 - 1990
HPI: NaN
Rank: 6
Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech
PAINTER
1591 - 1624
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 16
Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh
PAINTER
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 13
Willy den Ouden
SWIMMER
1918 - 1997
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 18
Leen Vente
SOCCER PLAYER
1911 - 1989
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 7
Richard Kohn
SOCCER PLAYER
1888 - 1963
HPI: NaN
Rank: 8
Leo Beenhakker
COACH
1942 - 2025
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 11
Newly Added People Deceased in Rotterdam
Go to all RankingsWilliam Ames
PHILOSOPHER
1576 - 1633
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Adri van Male
SOCCER PLAYER
1910 - 1990
HPI: NaN
Rank: 6
Richard Kohn
SOCCER PLAYER
1888 - 1963
HPI: NaN
Rank: 8
Pierre Bayle
PHILOSOPHER
1647 - 1706
HPI: NaN
Rank: 12
František Škroup
COMPOSER
1801 - 1862
HPI: NaN
Rank: 14
Yevhen Konovalets
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1891 - 1938
HPI: NaN
Rank: 19
Adriaen van der Werff
PAINTER
1659 - 1722
HPI: NaN
Rank: 20
Jaap Bakema
ARCHITECT
1914 - 1981
HPI: NaN
Rank: 21
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Rotterdam were soccer players (44), athletes (17), painters (7), politicians (6), and writers (5), while most who died were soccer players (7), painters (3), philosophers (2), politicians (2), and swimmers (2).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Rotterdam, including Robin van Persie, Wim Jansen, and Giovanni van Bronckhorst. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Rotterdam, including Robin van Persie, Wim Jansen, and Faas Wilkes.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Rotterdam since 1700.