Cultural Production in
Present Day
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Spain
Spain ranks 8th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Japan, Italy, and Russia. Memorable people born in present day Spain include Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, and Miguel de Cervantes. Memorable people who died in Spain include Christopher Columbus, Salvador Dalí, and Miguel de Cervantes. Spain has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and writers. The top cities in Spain by number of biographies are Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Valencia, and Pamplona.
People
Between 300 BC and 2012, present day Spain was the birth place of 3,981 globally memorable people, including Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, and Miguel de Cervantes. Additionaly, 1,348 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Spain including Christopher Columbus, Salvador Dalí, and Miguel de Cervantes.
People Born in Present Day Spain
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Pablo Picasso
PAINTER
1881 - 1973
HPI: 91.68
Rank: 1
Salvador Dalí
PAINTER
1904 - 1989
HPI: 89.93
Rank: 2
Miguel de Cervantes
WRITER
1547 - 1616
HPI: 87.60
Rank: 3
Francisco Goya
PAINTER
1746 - 1828
HPI: 87.42
Rank: 4
Diego Velázquez
PAINTER
1599 - 1660
HPI: 86.97
Rank: 5
Antoni Gaudí
ARCHITECT
1852 - 1926
HPI: 86.92
Rank: 6
Seneca the Younger
PHILOSOPHER
4 BC - 65
HPI: 86.81
Rank: 7
Averroes
PHILOSOPHER
1126 - 1198
HPI: 86.05
Rank: 8
Trajan
POLITICIAN
53 - 117
HPI: 85.85
Rank: 9
Francisco Franco
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1975
HPI: 85.72
Rank: 10
Hernán Cortés
EXPLORER
1485 - 1547
HPI: 85.59
Rank: 11
Pope Alexander VI
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1431 - 1503
HPI: 85.46
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Present Day Spain
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Margarita Salas
BIOLOGIST
1938 - 2019
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 1,021
Alfonso de Galarreta
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1957 - Present
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 1,023
Karla Sofía Gascón
ACTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 1,076
Ángel Fernández Artime
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 1,143
Rodrigo Paz
POLITICIAN
1967 - Present
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 1,184
Nino Bravo
SINGER
1944 - 1973
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 1,425
Eleuterio Sánchez
WRITER
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 1,456
El Cordobés
BULLFIGHTER
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 1,464
Loles León
ACTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 1,674
Maria Micaela Desmaisieres
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1809 - 1865
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 1,686
Salvador Illa
POLITICIAN
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 1,716
Fernando Aramburu
WRITER
1959 - Present
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 1,724
People Deceased in Present Day Spain
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Christopher Columbus
EXPLORER
1451 - 1506
HPI: 94.91
Rank: 1
Salvador Dalí
PAINTER
1904 - 1989
HPI: 89.93
Rank: 2
Miguel de Cervantes
WRITER
1547 - 1616
HPI: 87.60
Rank: 3
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
POLITICIAN
1500 - 1558
HPI: 87.50
Rank: 4
Diego Velázquez
PAINTER
1599 - 1660
HPI: 86.97
Rank: 5
Antoni Gaudí
ARCHITECT
1852 - 1926
HPI: 86.92
Rank: 6
Amerigo Vespucci
EXPLORER
1454 - 1512
HPI: 86.55
Rank: 7
Francisco Franco
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1975
HPI: 85.72
Rank: 8
Hernán Cortés
EXPLORER
1485 - 1547
HPI: 85.59
Rank: 9
Philip II of Spain
POLITICIAN
1527 - 1598
HPI: 84.79
Rank: 10
El Greco
PAINTER
1541 - 1614
HPI: 84.26
Rank: 11
Johan Cruyff
SOCCER PLAYER
1947 - 2016
HPI: 84.03
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Present Day Spain
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Isak Andic
BUSINESSPERSON
1953 - 2024
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 572
Gérard Barray
ACTOR
1931 - 2024
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 618
Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza
BUSINESSPERSON
1921 - 2002
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 728
Ian Watson
WRITER
1943 - 2026
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 774
Margarita Salas
BIOLOGIST
1938 - 2019
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 780
Alvin Karpis
MAFIOSO
1907 - 1979
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 994
Nino Bravo
SINGER
1944 - 1973
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 1,049
Maria Micaela Desmaisieres
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1809 - 1865
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 1,199
Guillermo Fernández Vara
POLITICIAN
1958 - 2025
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 1,244
Kardam, Prince of Tarnovo
NOBLEMAN
1962 - 2015
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 1,254
Joan Margarit
ARCHITECT
1938 - 2021
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 1,268
Eduard Punset
POLITICIAN
1936 - 2019
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 1,271
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Spainwere soccer players (1331), politicians (531), athletes (279), actors (252), and writers (239), while most who died were politicians (394), writers (172), soccer players (168), religious figures (60), and actors (58).
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Spain since 1700.
