Cultural Production in

Present Day

Puerto Rico

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Puerto Rico ranks 99th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Haiti, Malaysia, and Honduras. Memorable people born in present day Puerto Rico include Joaquin Phoenix, José Feliciano, and Raul Julia. Memorable people who died in Puerto Rico include Pablo Casals, Juan Ramón Jiménez, and John Hawkins. Puerto Rico has been the birth place of many actors, and singers and the death place of many politicians, and musicians.

Puerto Rico, officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a self-governing Caribbean archipelago and island organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States under the designation of commonwealth. Located about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) southeast of Miami, Florida, between the Dominican Republic in the Greater Antilles and the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Lesser Antilles, it consists of the eponymous main island and numerous smaller islands, including Vieques, Culebra, and Mona. With approximately 3.2 million residents, it is divided into 78 municipalities, of which the most populous is the capital municipality of San Juan, followed by those within the San Juan metropolitan area. Spanish and English are the official languages of the government, though Spanish predominates. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 1999, present day Puerto Rico was the birth place of 95 globally memorable people, including Joaquin Phoenix, José Feliciano, and Raul Julia. Additionaly, 14 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Puerto Rico including Pablo Casals, Juan Ramón Jiménez, and John Hawkins.

People Born in Present Day Puerto Rico

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People Deceased in Present Day Puerto Rico

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Puerto Rico were actors (19), singers (17), athletes (17), politicians (8), and wrestlers (5),  while most who died were politicians (4), musicians (2), military personnels (2), boxers (2), and writers (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Puerto Rico, including Joaquin Phoenix, Raul Julia, and Benicio del Toro. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Puerto Rico, including Joaquin Phoenix, Raul Julia, and Benicio del Toro.

Places

Overlapping Lives

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