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Barcelona ranks 20th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Buenos Aires, Seoul, and Copenhagen. Memorable people born in Barcelona include Joan Miró, Montserrat Caballé, and Ramón Mercader. Memorable people who died in Barcelona include Antoni Gaudí, Johan Cruyff, and Montserrat Caballé. Barcelona has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians and the death place of many politicians and soccer players. Barcelona is located in Spain.

Barcelona is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits, its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the Province of Barcelona and is home to around 4.8 million people, making it the fifth most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris, the Ruhr area, Madrid, and Milan. It is one of the largest metropolises on the Mediterranean Sea, located on the coast between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs, and bounded to the west by the Serra de Collserola mountain range, the tallest peak of which is 512 metres high. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 40 and 1998, Barcelona was the birth place of 268 globally memorable people, including Joan Miró, Montserrat Caballé, and Ramón Mercader. Additionaly, 127 globally memorable people have passed away in Barcelona including Antoni Gaudí, Johan Cruyff, and Montserrat Caballé.

People Born in Barcelona

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People Deceased in Barcelona

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Barcelona were soccer players (64), politicians (31), actors (31), writers (26), and tennis players (15),  while most who died were politicians (28), soccer players (22), writers (14), architects (6), and singers (6).

Occupational Trends

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Barcelona, including Gerard Piqué, Antoni Ramallets, and Ferran Olivella. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Barcelona, including Ricardo Zamora, Josep Samitier, and Gerard Piqué.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Barcelona since 1700.

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