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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.
Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southwestern Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Europe and the fourth-most populous European Union member state. Spanning across the majority of the Iberian Peninsula, its territory also includes the Canary Islands, in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Balearic Islands, in the Western Mediterranean Sea, and the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, in Africa. Peninsular Spain is bordered to the north by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; to the east and south by the Mediterranean Sea and Gibraltar; and to the west by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. Spain's capital and largest city is Madrid, and other major urban areas include Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Zaragoza, Málaga, Murcia and Palma de Mallorca. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 300 BC and 2007, present day Spain was the birth place of 3,546 globally memorable people, including Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, and Miguel de Cervantes. Additionaly, 1,308 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
Go to all RankingsPablo Picasso
PAINTER
1881 - 1973
HPI: 89.05
Rank: 1
Salvador Dalí
PAINTER
1904 - 1989
HPI: 86.32
Rank: 2
Miguel de Cervantes
WRITER
1547 - 1616
HPI: 85.17
Rank: 3
Antoni Gaudí
ARCHITECT
1852 - 1926
HPI: 83.76
Rank: 4
Francisco Goya
PAINTER
1746 - 1828
HPI: 83.32
Rank: 5
Seneca the Younger
PHILOSOPHER
4 BC - 65
HPI: 82.95
Rank: 6
Averroes
PHILOSOPHER
1126 - 1198
HPI: 82.73
Rank: 7
Francisco Franco
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1975
HPI: 82.31
Rank: 8
Diego Velázquez
PAINTER
1599 - 1660
HPI: 82.15
Rank: 9
Trajan
POLITICIAN
53 - 117
HPI: 81.68
Rank: 10
Philip II of Spain
POLITICIAN
1527 - 1598
HPI: 81.50
Rank: 11
Hernán Cortés
EXPLORER
1485 - 1547
HPI: 81.10
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Present Day Spain
Go to all RankingsMaría de Padilla
POLITICIAN
1334 - 1361
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 447
José Villalonga
COACH
1919 - 1973
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 520
Lucio Urtubia
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1931 - 2020
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 570
Francesc Pi i Margall
POLITICIAN
1824 - 1901
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 590
Fernando Vérgez Alzaga
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 605
Luis de la Fuente
COACH
1961 - Present
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 614
Ibn 'Abd al-Barr
WRITER
978 - 1071
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 658
Muhammad XIII of Granada
POLITICIAN
1500 - 1494
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 721
Alphonsus Rodriguez
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1532 - 1617
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 731
Qadi Iyad
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1083 - 1149
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 734
Antonio de Pereda
PAINTER
1611 - 1678
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 765
Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo
POLITICIAN
983 - 1009
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 766
People Deceased in Present Day Spain
Go to all RankingsChristopher Columbus
EXPLORER
1451 - 1506
HPI: 92.63
Rank: 1
Salvador Dalí
PAINTER
1904 - 1989
HPI: 86.32
Rank: 2
Miguel de Cervantes
WRITER
1547 - 1616
HPI: 85.17
Rank: 3
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
POLITICIAN
1500 - 1558
HPI: 83.97
Rank: 4
Antoni Gaudí
ARCHITECT
1852 - 1926
HPI: 83.76
Rank: 5
Amerigo Vespucci
EXPLORER
1454 - 1512
HPI: 83.37
Rank: 6
Francisco Franco
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1975
HPI: 82.31
Rank: 7
El Greco
PAINTER
1541 - 1614
HPI: 82.22
Rank: 8
Diego Velázquez
PAINTER
1599 - 1660
HPI: 82.15
Rank: 9
Philip II of Spain
POLITICIAN
1527 - 1598
HPI: 81.50
Rank: 10
Hernán Cortés
EXPLORER
1485 - 1547
HPI: 81.10
Rank: 11
Johan Cruyff
SOCCER PLAYER
1947 - 2016
HPI: 80.03
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Present Day Spain
Go to all RankingsMaría de Padilla
POLITICIAN
1334 - 1361
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 355
José Villalonga
COACH
1919 - 1973
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 423
Maria Branyas
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1907 - 2024
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 451
Francesc Pi i Margall
POLITICIAN
1824 - 1901
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 484
Alphonsus Rodriguez
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1532 - 1617
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 596
Fructuosus
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
200 - 259
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 602
Antonio de Pereda
PAINTER
1611 - 1678
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 617
Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo
POLITICIAN
983 - 1009
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 618
Luis Otero
SOCCER PLAYER
1893 - 1955
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 627
Nasr of Granada
POLITICIAN
1287 - 1322
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 644
Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza
NOBLEMAN
1913 - 2007
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 664
José Millán-Astray
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1879 - 1954
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 671
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Spain were soccer players (1153), politicians (515), athletes (243), writers (226), and actors (200), while most who died were politicians (388), writers (167), soccer players (161), religious figures (60), and actors (54).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Spain, including Francisco Gento, Luis Suárez, and Luis Enrique. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Spain, including Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Ricardo Zamora, and Francisco Gento.
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.