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Dominican Republic

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Dominican Republic ranks 114th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Nepal, Somalia, and Uganda. Memorable people born in present day Dominican Republic include Rafael Trujillo, Oscar de la Renta, and Théodore Chassériau. Memorable people who died in Dominican Republic include Rafael Trujillo, Ray Liotta, and Alonso de Ojeda. Dominican Republic has been the birth place of many athletes, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and explorers.

The Dominican Republic is a North American country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and a land border with Haiti to the west, occupying the eastern five-eighths of Hispaniola which, along with Saint Martin, is one of only two islands in the Caribbean shared by two sovereign states. In the Antilles, the country is the second-largest nation by area after Cuba at 48,671 square kilometers (18,792 sq mi) and second-largest by population after Haiti with approximately 11.4 million people in 2024, of whom 3.6 million reside in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, the capital city. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2001, present day Dominican Republic was the birth place of 104 globally memorable people, including Rafael Trujillo, Oscar de la Renta, and Théodore Chassériau. Additionaly, 16 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Dominican Republic including Rafael Trujillo, Ray Liotta, and Alonso de Ojeda.

People Born in Present Day Dominican Republic

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People Deceased in Present Day Dominican Republic

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Dominican Republic were athletes (46), politicians (16), baseball players (8), volleyball players (8), and actors (7),  while most who died were politicians (12), explorers (2), actors (1), and singers (1).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Dominican Republic, including Marileidy Paulino, Annerys Vargas, and Luguelín Santos. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Dominican Republic, including Marileidy Paulino, Annerys Vargas, and Max Brown.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 17 globally memorable people born in present day Dominican Republic since 1700.