Zoetermeer
Zoetermeer ranks 3,218th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Batna (city), Brody, and Gillingham, Kent. Memorable people born in Zoetermeer include Antonius van den Broek, Leroy Fer, and Romee Strijd. Memorable people who died in Zoetermeer include Xenia Stad-de Jong, and Jopie Selbach. Zoetermeer has been the birth place of many physicists, and soccer players and the death place of many athletes. Zoetermeer is located in Netherlands.
Zoetermeer is a city in the Western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 37.05 km2 (14.31 sq mi) of which 2.60 km2 (1.00 sq mi) is water. A small village until the late 1960s, it had 6,392 inhabitants in 1950. By 2023 this had grown to 126.998, making it the fourth largest population centre in the province of South Holland, after Rotterdam, The Hague and Leiden. While now a city in its own right, Zoetermeer started out as a suburb of The Hague and is still a part of the Greater The Hague urban area. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1870 and 1995, Zoetermeer was the birth place of 6 globally memorable people, including Antonius van den Broek, Leroy Fer, and Romee Strijd. Additionaly, 2 globally memorable people have passed away in Zoetermeer including Xenia Stad-de Jong, and Jopie Selbach.
People Born in Zoetermeer
Go to all RankingsAntonius van den Broek
PHYSICIST
1870 - 1926
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 6
Leroy Fer
SOCCER PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 1
Romee Strijd
MODEL
1995 - Present
HPI: 42.96
Rank: 2
Mr. Probz
SINGER
1984 - Present
HPI: 41.58
Rank: 3
Yara van Kerkhof
SKATER
1990 - Present
HPI: 36.25
Rank: 4
Naomi Sedney
ATHLETE
1994 - Present
HPI: 27.94
Rank: 5
People Deceased in Zoetermeer
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Most individuals born in present day Zoetermeer were physicists (1), soccer players (1), models (1), singers (1), and skaters (1), while most who died were athletes (2).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Zoetermeer, including Leroy Fer. Whereas, throughout history, physicists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Zoetermeer, including Antonius van den Broek.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Zoetermeer since 1700.