Cultural Production in
Present Day
Spain
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.
People
Between 300 BC and 2012, present day Spain was the birth place of 3,959 globally memorable people, including Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, and Miguel de Cervantes. Additionaly, 1,334 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
Karla Sofía Gascón
ACTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 1,075
Ángel Fernández Artime
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 1,142
Rodrigo Paz
POLITICIAN
1967 - Present
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 1,183
Nino Bravo
SINGER
1944 - 1973
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 1,424
Eleuterio Sánchez
WRITER
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 1,455
El Cordobés
BULLFIGHTER
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 1,463
Loles León
ACTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 1,673
Salvador Illa
POLITICIAN
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 1,714
Fernando Aramburu
WRITER
1959 - Present
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 1,722
Guillermo Fernández Vara
POLITICIAN
1958 - 2025
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 1,786
José Cobo Cano
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1965 - Present
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 1,802
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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BIOLOGIST
1938 - 2019
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 775
Nino Bravo
SINGER
1944 - 1973
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 1,043
Guillermo Fernández Vara
POLITICIAN
1958 - 2025
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 1,235
Kardam, Prince of Tarnovo
NOBLEMAN
1962 - 2015
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 1,245
Joan Margarit
ARCHITECT
1938 - 2021
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 1,259
Eduard Punset
POLITICIAN
1936 - 2019
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 1,262
Javier Lambán
POLITICIAN
1957 - 2025
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 1,281
Ouka Leele
PHOTOGRAPHER
1957 - 2022
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 1,293
Felicia Țilea-Moldovan
ATHLETE
1967 - 2025
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 1,302
Miguel Ángel Blanco
POLITICIAN
1968 - 1997
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 1,310
Bimba Bosé
SINGER
1975 - 2017
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 1,317
Sergi López
SOCCER PLAYER
1967 - 2006
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 1,319
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Spain were soccer players (1329), politicians (529), athletes (279), actors (245), and writers (236), while most who died were politicians (392), writers (168), soccer players (167), religious figures (59), and actors (56).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Spain, including Luis Suárez, Luis Enrique, and Francisco Gento. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Spain, including Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Luis Suárez, and Luis Enrique.
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.
