The Most Famous

DIPLOMATS from Spain

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This page contains a list of the greatest Spanish Diplomats. The pantheon dataset contains 90 Diplomats, 1 of which were born in Spain. This makes Spain the birth place of the 25th most number of Diplomats behind Portugal, and Costa Rica.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Spanish Diplomats of all time. This list of famous Spanish Diplomats is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Ángel Sanz Briz (1910 - 1980)

With an HPI of 58.52, Ángel Sanz Briz is the most famous Spanish Diplomat.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.

Ángel Sanz-Briz (28 September 1910 – 11 June 1980) was a Spanish diplomat and humanitarian. Sanz - Briz is credited with saving more than 5,200 Jews in German-occupied Hungary from the Holocaust in the later stages of World War II. For his actions, Sanz-Briz has been referred to as "the Angel of Budapest" and the "Spanish Schindler".

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Spanish diplomats born between 1910 and 1910. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Spanish diplomats include Ángel Sanz Briz.

Deceased Spanish Diplomats

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