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Uppsala (swe)

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Uppsala ranks 311th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Incheon, East Berlin, and Mantua. Memorable people born in Uppsala include Anders Celsius, Ingmar Bergman, and Alva Myrdal. Memorable people who died in Uppsala include Cora Sandel, Elias Magnus Fries, and Anders Jonas Ångström. Uppsala has been the birth place of many politicians, and physicians and the death place of many biologists, and chemists. Uppsala is located in Sweden.

Uppsala is the capital of Uppsala County and the fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1001 and 1999, Uppsala was the birth place of 42 globally memorable people, including Anders Celsius, Ingmar Bergman, and Alva Myrdal. Additionaly, 25 globally memorable people have passed away in Uppsala including Cora Sandel, Elias Magnus Fries, and Anders Jonas Ångström.

People Born in Uppsala

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People Deceased in Uppsala

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Uppsala were politicians (6), physicians (5), soccer players (5), singers (3), and film directors (2),  while most who died were biologists (5), chemists (3), religious figures (3), physicians (3), and writers (2).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Uppsala, including Linda Sembrant, Josefine Öqvist, and Filippa Angeldahl. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Uppsala, including Rudolf Kjellén, Blot-Sweyn, and Magdalena Andersson.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 15 globally memorable people born in Uppsala since 1700.