Żory
Żory ranks 8,165th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Cingoli, Jerez de los Caballeros, and Surochów. Memorable people born in Żory include Otto Stern, and Ewa Swoboda. Żory has been the birth place of many physicists, and athletes. Żory is located in Poland.
Żory is a town and city county in the Silesian Voivodeship, located in southern Poland with 62,848 inhabitants (2021). It is located in the historic Upper Silesia region about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of Katowice. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1888 and 1997, Żory was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including Otto Stern, and Ewa Swoboda.
People Born in Żory
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Most individuals born in present day Żory were physicists (1), and athletes (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Żory, including Ewa Swoboda. Whereas, throughout history, physicists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Żory, including Otto Stern.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Żory since 1700.